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[BJean 16]

Carlene: I just re-read what I wrote. To clarify, I am not criticizing the Catholic Church. There are many things that I love about the Catholic Church. I found it very easy to worship and learn in that environment. But it just doesn't make sense to me on some levels. I totally disagree with many of the things they believe that pertain to women and families.

[lisah25 3]

A command that my church takes "literally", so I guess you see "clear indication" that it should not be....never mind that the Catholic Church is about 2000 years older than you, with a staggering accumulation of history and knowledge at its disposal.

Anglicans also believe in the transubstantiation, as does the Orthodox church.

Yep, what is "clear" to some is not to others.

I believe God cares more about what is in our hearts then how well we follow the rules exactly just so.

[lisah25 3]

Sharing Salvation is not about "LOOK HOW RIGHT I AM, HERE IS MY PEDIGREE AND HERE"S WHAT I KNOW AND HOW IGNORANT ARE YOU FOR NOT BELIEVING WHAT I BELIEVE." It is about accepting people, as Jesus did, right where they are, here and now, and living your life in a way that they want what you have and want to know how you have it. Things shoved down the throat are usually violently regurgitated.

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" does not have a "but" or "except" after it.

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Nicely said.

[lisah25 3]

It is interesting to note that those mocking the authority of the literal, infallible scriptures, and me personally, are athiests, ultra liberals, liberal Christians which does include Catholics, and an old man who is a socialist/Communist, hates the government and country he lives in and worships a God of his own imagining that is admittedly imperfect and fallible. Why should I be suprised! In fact, this raging is exactly what the vWord of God describes in the first verse of the 22nd Psalm.

Jesus said we shouldn't be surprised if "the world hates us for His names sake, because the world first hated Him"! You all just prove Him and the scriptures to be 100% correct, literal and true!

Once again, I must call BS. Show me one post where I mocked the scripture. Where I showed a hatred of Jesus. Or admit you are lying about me. I take that seriously.

Interesting to me that you equate yourself with scripture...:myscared:

[Wheetsin 714]

I asked is she investigated faith,

That's not entirely accurate. What you asked was:

You claim to be the token "Atheist"! Do you really mean that?? [...] I have done my homework!! Have you??

If you had asked "is she investigated faith", my answer would have been much different. But that's not what you asked. Not only were the words different (which who cares), but the meaning - or at the very least the tone - were completely different.

[wavydaby 1]

Hi guys,

I just wanted to respectfully request that we just stop posting.

Ron will always think he better in his head, and all we are doing is beating our head against a wall.

Its late and I am going to try to get up early to go to the salad bar Catholic Church and pick up a crouton, and a nice red wine vinegrette to go with it.

After all, the only reason why I would want to go to church is to learn about God, and then die and go to hell.

[Tired_Old_Man 1]

Does anyone know what the record for posts in a thread is?

And I am not talking a thread made for just bumping to bring up one's post count. This thread, for al its faults has been very instructive. I have learned some things. I would assume just about everyone has.

[anonemouse 1]

Oh my! I just snorted! You made me snort, you salad-bar Catholic, you!:dance::pound::myscared:

By the way, I wonder how a salad-bar Catholic differs from a salad-bar Protestant. Hmm. Something to think about. And I'm going to post this icon because it's cute and I never noticed it before.:croc:

[Tired_Old_Man 1]

Oh my! I just snorted! You made me snort, you salad-bar Catholic, you!:dance::pound::myscared:

By the way, I wonder how a salad-bar Catholic differs from a salad-bar Protestant. Hmm. Something to think about. And I'm going to post this icon because it's cute and I never noticed it before.:croc:

That one fits this thread to a "T". :croc:

[Wheetsin 714]

When "communism" or "socialism" are used negatively, it's usually by someone who doesn't know the difference between communism, socialism, and fascism. Or just someone who straight up doesn't know what they mean, but thinks they do. There's a real definition, and there's the "What lots of people think it means" definition. Outside of primitive man, we've never really seen pure implementations.

Let's talk -isms. I'm tired of religion.

[Carlene 12]

By the way, I wonder how a salad-bar Catholic differs from a salad-bar Protestant. Hmm. Something to think about.

The salad bar Catholics serve real wine and the Protestants serve grape juice. But the Protestant salad bars offer real bread (some of them, at least), while at the Catholics' you only get a wafer that looks/tastes like fish food.< /span>

Also, the Catholics can't eat anything else for at least an hour before they approach the salad bar, but the Protestants can.

There is a woman at my church who brings little slips of paper to Mass with her, pre-printed with an admonition not to chew gum prior to Communion, so as to be sure not to break the required fast. She taps people on the shoulder and shoves these little missives at them whenever she observes a gum-chewing transgressor. I call her the chewing gum police. My DH calls her something else.

[wavydaby 1]

Maybe its me.. but I think its kinda rude to chew gum in church.

I can just hear the snapping and popping.

ick

[Carlene 12]

Maybe its me.. but I think its kinda rude to chew gum in church.

I can just hear the snapping and popping.

ick

Perhaps, but this woman's admonishments have nothing to do with good manners. She maintains that you cannot take Communion if you have chewed gum in the last hour because, she says, it breaks the fast.

My mother-in-law is almost 87 years old and suffers with dry mouth. She is seldom up to going to Mass any more, but when she does, she sometimes sucks on mints, or chews gum (very quietly), to help alleviate this condition. I intercepted one of this nut-case woman's notes intended for my MIL once. And frankly, it made me furious.

[wavydaby 1]

Now, she is rude. ( the gum policewoman.. not your MIL). Somehow I just thought she would target the smackers.

I guess every religion has its wack-jobs.

HA :heh:

[BJean 16]

We had a kleenex policeman in our Catholic church in Chantilly, Va. The priest went on a five minute tirade one morning about people leaving kleenex on the pews after mass. (It was winter and cold season was underway.)

Now I don't know if I ever did leave a kleenex on a pew, but I have an eye that waters too much so I often carry a kleenex to catch the overflow. After the priest's admonishment, I always figured people who saw me with a kleenex thought I was the main culprit. It did tend to interfere with my feeling comfortable at mass every week.