Emo Philips:
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump.
I said, “Don’t do it!”
He said, “Nobody loves me.”
I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”
He said, “Yes.”
I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?”
He said, “A Christian.”
I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?”
He said, “Protestant.”
I said, “Me, too! What franchise?”
He said, “Baptist.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?”
He said, “Northern Baptist.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.”
I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.
Thank you Jim.
Jim,
To my extreme disappointment I’ve actually seen it go both ways with Catholics posting blame to Protestants. For example, an alleged Priest blamed manifestations of the Protestant Reformation for the SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage. I posted that this condescension was uncalled for and out of order as pedophilia in many churches including Catholic churches left all with unclean hands.
The bashing both ways needs to stop and you are 100% correct to warn people about it but I would add that the warning should go both ways.
There is an educational benefit to posting of the hostilities among Christians but not in the continuation of hostilities but in expounding the history of such conflicts. Civil discourse of the historical basis for conflicts helps illuminate all sides of such conflicts.
Christians have killed and terrorized other Christians for centuries with a notable recent example of Sinn Fein in Ireland. The benefit of education is to understand how it is that disputes among Christians flow into militant groups that are looking for a fight, any fight and how to air such disputes without inciting violence.
Thanks Jim; great move.
We conservatives have much more in common we can focus on together.
Thanks Jim. Check is in the mail.
Thank You Jim.
Thank you, Jim.
How about the Protestant-bashing threads by Catholics?
I had been ignoring them but thanks!
Amen and thank you.
Thank you for this.
Thank you!
Thank you!!! Freepathon donation coming your way
You are a gentleman. Thanks.
Since I can’t give you a hug right now, I will just say “Thank you, Dearest Father in Freedom”. I will also donate to the Freepathon and reinstate my monthly.
I will confess my irritation with what I perceived as free reign by some of the more zealous Anti-Catholic posters on FR was the reason I let my monthly drop.
I am glad you made this decision. Thanks again.
Thank, Jim.
Thank you
It’s OK to trash Methodists. Even God does it.
Thank you this is very gracious of you. Speaking for myself only, I do share some of the blame at least for these flame wars in the past. I hope and pray we can move past all of it and I do offer my sincerest apologies for any offense I have given to any of my non-Catholic Christian brethren.
Thanks. :)