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Even more general then Islamic terrorism, this list is non specific to the events of the war against Islamic terrorists. Another look at the article would show that it doesn’t even mention specific kinds of terrorists, considering that there are plenty of other kinds of terrorists then just the nasty Islamic brand, I’m surprised this list is so small...

1 million names out of a total world population of 6+ Billion, not counting Islamic specific terrorism...that list seems more inept rather then overzealous IMO

“Wouldn’t taking his advice be a little like getting health tips from a funeral home director?” said Mr. Obama’s press secretary, Bill Burton.

That doesn't even make any sense, what does being a funeral director and its the relationship to health parallel the advice of one political advisor's suggestion to the opposite party?

I think you need to read further in your own scriptures.

1 Co 1: 26-27 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Who chose the weak to shame the strong? Who's message was the cause of grace that transfigured both the speaker and the listener?

That may be good preachin' but it's bad theology...God does not do signs and wonders for His church...The signs were for the Jews (and will again be for the Jews in the near future)...

Bad Theology is telling God that he cannot be performing miracles for the faithful. Who are you to say this? By what authority? Did not the Apostles work miracles?

I think you fail to realize the connections between receiving a message and receiving the graces that come with the message.

As a Priest is a conduit for grace, so too is sacred scripture. God used men to preach the Gospel did he not? When exactly did this contradict some teaching you believe?

You simply fail to recognize one major aspect of the actions of God that is also found in the sacred scripture you quote. God uses signs and wonders to pour out his graces, I did not think this was beyond even a bible thumper such as you; especially considering that it is not really the words of the page that spark conversion, but the grace which comes from God through those words. If Gods grace is not transferred via signs and wonders, then why is there even a commandment to go out an preach the Gospel? Why doesn't God just talk to each person sans sacred scripture?

Fact is, that is very often exactly how God communicates to us, you should really learn more about the scriptures you seem to quote at me.

The letters of Paul always speak of a blessing of grace for the believers (along with peace). Just for an example, Romans 1:7 states, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ." Paul is speaking to believers who are already saved and on their way to heaven, but he also recognizes that they need grace for living the Christian life. They need God's strength and sufficiency.

Why does Paul Go through the trouble of writing these things down if they do not allow someone to hear and receive what comes from God alone?

You simply fail to understand the distinction between a conduit and the source of grace. A lot of things can be a conduit for Gods grace. God chose men particularly Apostles to bear testimony.

You have originally brought a cynicism into this thread from the beginning that does not help advance the cause of the Gospel. I have simply stated what I found to be in error.

Why don’t you go and study the position of the Catholic Church more before you begin bringing in your ignorance on this forum.

Does God’s grace work through people? Of course it does, where else does his salvation go to? Does God save stones or human beings?

Did he not send himself as a man to speak to other men or not?

These is a simple and easily answered questions. But if it is the case with “persons” in general, why is it not more the case with a Holy Bishop, or a Priest who has spent his entire life in dedication to the Gospel?

No words of recruitment to religious life would men anything if it was not first that the word of God spoken to the hearts of to those who heard it. A Priest is a conduit for God’s grace, this is a miracle not a sales pitch.

I can tell you straight from my own heart that filling out an application to go the seminary is not like a job application.

I agree this is a poor way of representing expenditures, you have to compare this with current operating costs incurred by our maintaining older technology for the next 30-40 years.

Not to mention the cost in lives to service men if on some later date we are outmatched in warfare technology, that is completely inestimable.

Splenda is made from sugar

“If there is a God, She was looking after McCain’s interests on Feb. 5. “

Wait God is a She?....Ack!

Even Jesus prayed to God in the Gospels. How can this be so, if Jesus is God?

The reason is that it fulfill all righteousness, the answer is that it isn’t as if God doesn’t know what you are praying for, or that he hasn’t made up his mind about it. But he likes to hear you speaking what you want, and he just might order events based on your response to his call for prayer. Remember this is the God that gave you lips to proclaim him, otherwise you would have been like the psalm 135 “they have mouths but they do not speak.”

This is what the catechism teaches, that prayer is a response to the gift of faith (2561).

Ah yes the Peter Singer argument that supports abortion. Babies can be aborted because they are not persons, and a cost benefit analysis of the “happiness” that one would lose if the baby we’re allowed to live, suggests that killing the unborn, or the infantile before they have become “persons,” is better than dealing with the trouble of raising them.

But then, that same argument could be used to justify killing children with low math scores, or sacking your employee because he has the audacity to suffer injury.

Judging Peter Singers criteria of “personhood” on pure human capacity, begs the question of degree in matters best discerned on “speciesism,” as Singer coined.

So what Epicurianism?

If pleasure is all that is important in life, then thats a life worthy of swine not human beings.

That is simply sacrilegious! What has possessed the Irish Jesuits to sell this church to men who would debase a house of God? What were they thinking???

“So can the churches recapture the imagination of our culture? If not, many will conclude that they deserve to fade away. Never have Christian leaders been under such pressure to prove their worth to their people. We need visionary leadership. Will we find it?”

Theres the problem, no culture, British or American is greater than the faith. It is precisely this misconception that has lead to the dwindling belief of the faithful.

The bar is not “if the faith doesn’t bow to the culture then it shouldn’t be followed.” Rather, it should be if the culture doesn’t follow the faith, then it shouldn’t be lauded, or cherished, or followed. Thats whats called not living of the world.

Aha, is it too soon to hope for another Charles Martel?

Could the French be on their way to reliving history and saving western Europe from Islamic expansion?

I must say, I am terribly sorry for your loss. You have courage however, God bless you for your courage in this moment.

You are right when you say hold fast to your loved ones, the future is not certain. You alone can say “yes I have seen evil, in its actions, and in its consequences, and in its intentions.” If there is nothing less than wisdom that can be learned from that tragedy, it is in literally knowing how much is wasted because of evil.

If you are a man of the faith, I pray that there is consolation even in this suffering for you and your family. Since Christ the lord emptied himself, and took the form of a slave; being born in the likeness of men, he has shared in every kind of human suffering for us—you are not alone. Since he lives after death, look with hope the second hope of Christmas, for his second coming, when evil no longer causes suffering. I will pray for your family this night at mass, and at vespers. At Christmas vigil I will ask God for you. Come Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus come!

You will see your brother again.

I agree, I saw the film. The Idea that the Golden Compass can convert anyone into any sort of belief is dyslexic. The Movie is terrible, lacking continuity, and coherency within its own presentation of the story. Perhaps this is because the filmmakers felt that they could get away with not explaining anything of the first books underlying philosophy, but the film itself is so terrible that I cannot justify paying for even a rental of the movie. Unless watching someone ride a poler bear, and seeing one wearing “armor” really gets you going.

The only reason that the movie is remotely offensive is its connection with an obvious atheist, who is pushing his agenda in a series of books, that bear some parallel to the supposed universe presented in the film “The Golden Compass.”

I honestly would have preferred to see the more offensive elements back in the movie in order to explain what it was I wasting my time to see. At least then my reaction would have been anger at idiotic philosophy, not disgust at a poorly presented film.

I have seen it, it is a good film. There are no pointless sex scenes in the film, but there is lots of violence, and it is very intense, so don’t bring the young kiddies.

Will Smith is just good in this role, and the religious themes running through this movie are similar to “Job” and must of the Old testament as well, but then the Bible is really only one book, just in different revelations.

I’d say that it is a good film, and worth the price of a ticket.

Sorry, addiction is a perfectly adequate word to refer to “unhealthy attachments.” If the guy was not attached to porn, but only had “behavior patterns,” then casual porn use is acceptable, which it certainly is not, no way, never.

It does not occur to you at all that sexuality is something we are hardwired to want to do does it? But just because its important to procreate, should not mean you should abandon the good old fashion way of having a partner of the opposite sex, otherwise its unnatural by its very nature.

Don't play with fire unless you are willing to give the full measure, anything less is unmanly.