Bruce S Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Bruce. If the Catholic Church spoke the TRUTH, would you hear it? You say you don't dislike the Catholic Church, but I haven't seen a sincere post from you where you spell it out? Out of respect for the SINCERE ... honest Catholics here, I tread lightly on what I post. So, I try to engage on threads of interest, and stay away from really hard core objections, they can be found around the nets. MOST of them regard PRACTICE, not position papers, and proof texed pre-written term exams. Believe it or not, I'm nice here....grin.
Anna Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Bruce is looking for an Church full of perfect people and perfect practices! Lots of fun searching, Bruce! Is the Catholic Church the Church which Christ founded? Yes. Did He promise the gates of hell would not prevail against it? Yes. Did He promise we'd all be perfect in everything we think, do, and say once we've joined?........ You've missed the mark, you've fallen overboard. You've been so busy finding fault that you've lost the Truth. Wake up, man! pax Christi. <><
jasJis Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Bruce, You did not answer my direct and simple question.
Bruce S Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Is it correct for 'Bruce' to say: "The Catholic Church cannot teach any TRUTH because you see error in practice?" Nope. Strawman again. How MANY times have I stated I watch EWTN nightly, love people on the network, learn tremendous things? I see truth, AND error. I tune out the Marianian aspects, too elevated for my taste, I laugh at some of the apparitions that are validated, I LOVE the doctrine about life and it's sanctity. I HATE "Coming Home" the most bigoted religous show on TV. And Mother is a hoot. See. Balance. Filtering out the worthwhile from the dross.
BLAZEr Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 So you follow the religion of Bruce . . . Maybe Bruce Almighty? :P
Anna Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 I see truth, AND error. I tune out the Marianian aspects, too elevated for my taste, I laugh at some of the apparitions that are validated, I LOVE the doctrine about life and it's sanctity. I HATE "Coming Home" the most bigoted religous show on TV. And Mother is a hoot... Filtering out the worthwhile from the dross. So, it's the Truth according to Bruce's likes and dislikes. Very convincing. Pax Christi. <>< Oh, and btw, it's "Marian," not "Marianian." That just plain idioticotic. <_<
jasJis Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Nope. Strawman again. How MANY times have I stated I watch EWTN nightly, love people on the network, learn tremendous things? I see truth, AND error. I tune out the Marianian aspects, too elevated for my taste, I laugh at some of the apparitions that are validated, I LOVE the doctrine about life and it's sanctity. I HATE "Coming Home" the most bigoted religous show on TV. And Mother is a hoot. See. Balance. Filtering out the worthwhile from the dross. EWTN is television . It doesn't attempt to be the complete and official'evangelical' package teaching everything about the Catholic Church. I certainly don't watch CTN as the complete compendium of protestant theology. So, since the "Marianian aspects" are too elevated for your tastes, does that mean they aren't relative for anyone? Do you know the theology that uplifts Mary is also fundamental to the doctrine of life and it's sanctity. I'm surprised you find "Coming Home" as so bigoted considering the substantial evangelical effort Catholics put into getting prots to becom caths. Are you being arrogant or just cheeky with your statement that you see truth AND error and sum it up with: "See. Balance. Filtering out the worthwhile from the dross." I had to look up dross. 1 : the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal 2 : waste or foreign matter : IMPURITY 3 : something that is base, trivial, or inferior I assume you aren't calling Marianian aspects as scum, but maybe waste, or trivial, or inferior. What standard do you use to make that judgement? Can you share your standard with us so we can evaluate it ourselves? Since it is about a theological issue, not sports, did the Holy Spirit move you to that conclusion? How did you recognize it as the Holy Spirit? Sorry if it's too many questions. Sometimes I just feel like I should be in the remedial class.
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