Posted on 08/21/2015 7:07:55 AM PDT by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
So, in other words, the Bible is wrong? Does the good Monsignor intend on going down that rocky road?
Even when I was a Catholic I thought this kind of thinking was blasphemous. Now I KNOW it is.
If the Bible doesn’t mean what it says, why doesn’t it say what it means?
I usually enjoy Msgr Pope.
I will even defend him against the foolish bigotry of Facebook.
But, given the choice, I would rather take the words of St. Paul and the Author of Hebrews to heart.
Either God is correct, or man is correct. Constant battle, isn't it?
Reading the bible is the best defense against this type of gobbledygook.
I guess that applies to only one side.
It doesn't mean what it says because it would be impossible to manipulate the masses with falsehoods if one followed the Bible. Look at the Koran, pure lies to manipulate the masses. Same thing with the Hindu Vedas and Buddhist texts. Sun Mying Moon has some stuff too. You want to get rich? Come up with some smooth-sounding writings that tell people what they WANT to hear instead of what they NEED to hear and you've got it made.
Politicians do it all of the time. The really SMART politicos ensure that their version of politics becomes the state religion (i.e. Communism and emperor worship).
As for me and my house, I will serve the Lord.
I.one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or form a compact, or for ratifying a covenantII.a medium of communication, arbitrator
There is only one who restores us to peace and friendship with our God, and that is Jesus Christ. When we have people pray for us, they are not acting as mediators, but petition Christ to intervene on our behalf.
In a legal sense, they are not our lawyer, our advocate, but are amicus curiae (friend of the court).
Grace and Peace.
Might as well disable replies on this one if no criticism is allowed....
I will ask live persons to pray for me or someone else. I do not ask dead people since they cannot be with us except by the will of God. I ask Him and His Son.
Thank you for the post!
But seriously, it will be hard to eliminate “Catholic bashing” as long as there are posts like this. One man’s positive assertion is another man’s insult, especially in the field of religion. This article is deliberately provocative toward Protestants. But I’m sure many Catholics think it’s a stouthearted defense of Holy Mother Church. Unhappiness will cease only if discussion of doctrine is banned altogether. Even then, a lot of religious news has a strong doctrinal component.
I love my Catholic brethren, but I cannot follow you down that road.
I cannot see asking a dead person to do anything on my behalf.
I love you all, but I cannot go there.
Peace.
Whether the departed or alive is another question. It would SEEM that you will ask others to mediate for you. Is that correct?
What balderdash! The Bible instructs us to pray for one another. Besides, there is a distinct division between the Church militant and the Church triumphant.
If I ask someone in the Church militant to pray for me, I can know that they heard me.
If I ask someone in the Church triumphant to pray for me, I do not know that they heard me and can only hope.
My hope is in Jesus, based on the word.
Since talking with someone in the Church triumphant is a one-way communication, maybe you should start incorporating a ouija board so you can receive answers. Because if a member of the Church triumphant does not have to obey the rules of time and space (how many people are praying to Mary at this time all over the world?) what big deal would it be to move a little piece of wood.
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