Posted on 05/07/2012 2:39:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I just learned at church the last few weeks some interesting things. I trust the pastor and believe that they are true.
One was that people think it was/is impossible for Jews to follow all 600+ Jewish laws. He said MANY observant Jews did/do. (Well, probably not their whole lives....) In fact, some of the leaders thought that if they could just get ALL the Jews to follow all the laws for just one day (but all on the same day!), that would bring the Messiah back!
And Jesus perhaps acknowledged this as well. Like when the rich man asked Jesus, “I have kept all the laws, what must I do to gain eternal life?” And Jesus replied something like “That is good that you keep all the laws, now go give away everything you own.”
And of course the Law does not equate to Sin. The Sermon on the Mount covers that! (One may keep the letter of the Law by not stealing, but then Jesus brings it down to what is in your heart and mind as well (to lust over a woman, car, cow, etc.)
And off topic - but I was surprised to learn that many people had the gift of healing back then. So that in of itself did not set Jesus apart too much. But nobody else could command nature (calming the storm, causing the fish to swim into the nets,, etc.) and of course raising the dead to life WAS a huge deal! And then like you said - the whole making Himself like God thing. ;)
“Springtime of Vatican II” bumpus ad summum
There is a reason she was conceived without original sin. It would make no sense for her, then, to sin later in life. And what sin would she have committed? Pride, envy, sloth, murder, thievery, etc.? I can’t picture the Blessed Mother committing any of these.
Geez.
This is what happens when Catholics ignore the Bible.
Well at least they have Gallante up there. Hopefully he’ll be able to reach them.
Oh, please. I read Scripture every morning. Most folks I know at my parish do the same thing.
Maybe they went to a Latin mass and can’t understand Latin. Heh.
SnakeDoc
I can’t really comment on this without seeing the exact wording of the questions. The results are so ludicrous, I have to wonder if the respondents were misled or confused.
Thomas Aquinas.
Unfortunately since Vatican II, the teaching of the faith has been abysmal (and that’s being charitable). It is no surprise then that our Pope Benedict is striving to make corrections to the teaching of the faith by wayward nuns, and liberal priests - both of which are too much involved in worldly pursuits instead of furthering the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity.
The cleaning out of these heretical religious people within our church cannot be too soon for me.
So, based on this, Barna thinks 60% of self-described Catholics are material heretics? Only about 40% of self-described Catholics can actually be bothered to show up at church on Sunday. As for the rest of them ... if they live like pagans, why would anyone be surprised that they think like pagans?
As opposed to throwing out tired, trite, stereotypes like "Catholics aren't known to read The Bible"??
I'm Catholic. I read from the Bible (or The Bible, if you prefer) to my family just tonight. Trite stereotype disproven.
Pathetic. The poll takers are worse in their job then the so called Catholics are being Catholic. LOL!!
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