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To: kosta50
But does that mean you are still, "technically" speaking, Catholic, the way I am, technically speaking, Eastern Orthodox?

As an adult convert to Catholicism I was of course baptized by intinction, but whether that means I am "Catholic" I don't know and don't care. Besides, don't I incur automatic excommunication for my belief in the pre-existence of souls? And if that don't do it, my "Biblical literalism" certainly does!

35 posted on 08/02/2009 4:26:28 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Lo' `al-halechem levaddo yichyeh ha'adam, ki `al-kol-motza' Fi-HaShem yichyeh ha'adam.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Besides, don't I incur automatic excommunication for my belief in the pre-existence of souls? And if that don't do it, my "Biblical literalism" certainly does!

Biblical literalism would not prevent you from receiving communion but belief in the pre-existence of the souls is not just grounds for the denial of communion, but grounds to be considered anathema—you no longer qualify as a Christian.

It's really amusing to see how different religions made their little man-made rules with which they mete "God's" justice. I was just scolded on an Orthodox site for not using capitalized personal pronouns for God. Does God really care if I write "His" with an upper-case or "his" with a lower-case letter "h," or would he be more interested in how much I am the way he wants mankind to be? (of course, this is all assuming there is God and we have a way of positively identifying him based on somehow knowing what God is...)

36 posted on 08/02/2009 6:31:55 PM PDT by kosta50 (Don't look up, the truth is all around you)
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