[James Dewitt]

Originally Posted by Lisa H

I am glad you said what they were for Brother James. Why would the Catheists want to do such a thing

Miss Lisa I have know idea, they act like Mary was the ONLY woman ever to give birth. What confuses me is if the love her so darn much why would the Pope have urinals made that look like her? It makes me wounder do the have toilets that look like Sweet Jesus?

[Lisa H]

Originally Posted by James Dewitt

Miss Lisa I have know idea, they act like Mary was the ONLY woman ever to give birth. What confuses me is if the love her so darn much why would the Pope have urinals made that look like her? It makes me wounder do the have toilets that look like Sweet Jesus?

After seeing that picture Brother James nothing would surprise me. It breaks my heart to even think they would do such a thing.

[BelieverInGod]

Originally Posted by Flatty10

What about if they have died, am i allowed to kiss the photograph?

Why would you kiss a photograph? I don't think I've ever seen one person in my entire life kiss the photograph of a dead relative.

[Sister Christina]

Originally Posted by James Dewitt

It makes me wounder do the have toilets that look like Sweet Jesus?

It's actually much worse...they are urinating on sweet BABY JESUS! I've never witnessed this kind of perversion before.

[Flatty10]

theres more to a photograph than a piece of paper

you have never seen anywhere, including a movie, a little girl kiss or hug a photograph of her dead mother before she goes to bed?

or heard of a person saving their photo albums from a house fire.

they indeed are not saving the paper within the album, but cherished memories of that person. When someones kisses or hugs a photo, they are remembering and honour that person dearest to them, not simply kissing a piece of paper.

Common sense?

[Lisa H]

Originally Posted by Sister Christina

It's actually much worse...they are urinating on sweet BABY JESUS! I've never witnessed this kind of perversion before.

Sister Christina that just makes me cry. How could they do such a thing. They really are a blasphemous organisation.

[BelieverInGod]

Originally Posted by Flatty10

theres more to a photograph than a piece of paper

you have never seen anywhere, including a movie, a little girl kiss or hug a photograph of her dead mother before she goes to bed?

I don't go to many movies, so no. As far as a child kissing the picture of their dead mother, my mother died when I was young, I can honestly say I have never kissed a picture of her in my life.

or heard of a person saving their photo albums from a house fire.

That's being sentimental, we were discussing worshiping something. I would save my dogs from a fire, I don't worship them. Don't try and turn this around, you catholics worship Mary more than you worship Jesus himself.

they indeed are not saving the paper within the album, but cherished memories of that person. When someones kisses or hugs a photo, they are remembering and honour that person dearest to them, not simply kissing a piece of paper.

Common sense?

So how many of these people put up statues of those cherished people where they make crowns of flowers, place candles at it's feet and bow down to pray to it. It seems like you'll worship pretty much anything.

[Flatty10]

Originally Posted by Lisa H

Sister Christina that just makes me cry. How could they do such a thing. They really are a blasphemous organisation.

I agree with you, how could anyone do such a thing.

This is completely wrong, but i would also think its wrong to say that we promote such behavior.

This urinal is obviously not of a Catholic nature. If it is i would contest them being a Catholic.

Im not saying not to save your material possessions in a fire, just drawing your attention to the fact that photographs are not merely pieces of paper. Just as dogs are not a ball of hair with 4 legs.

When we kneel before a statue of Mary, we are not kneeling to the atomic structure of the stone surface, we are venerating Mary, the person that the picture or statue is pointing to. and Mary being completely conformed to the will of God is like a road map directed to reach Jesus. Just as Mary gave birth and brought Jesus in the World, so to can Mary bring Jesus into our own world.

WE DO NOT WORSHIP MARY, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CATHOLIC DOCTRINE EVER THAT HAS SAID THIS. WORSHIPING MARY WOULD BE A GRAVE SIN.
WE HONOUR HER, AS GOD HIMSELF HAS DONE.

Honoring Mary as Gods greatest creature, gives Glory and Praise to God! Just as admiring a a painting from Picasso would "give glory" to Picasso himself.

[BelieverInGod]

Originally Posted by Flatty10

I agree with you, how could anyone do such a thing.

This is completely wrong, but i would also think its wrong to say that we promote such behavior.

This urinal is obviously not of a Catholic nature. If it is i would contest them being a Catholic.

Im not saying not to save your material possessions in a fire, just drawing your attention to the fact that photographs are not merely pieces of paper. Just as dogs are not a ball of hair with 4 legs.

When we kneel before a statue of Mary, we are not kneeling to the atomic structure of the stone surface, we are venerating Mary, the person that the picture or statue is pointing to. and Mary being completely conformed to the will of God is like a road map directed to reach Jesus. Just as Mary gave birth and brought Jesus in the World, so to can Mary bring Jesus into our own world.

WE DO NOT WORSHIP MARY, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CATHOLIC DOCTRINE EVER THAT HAS SAID THIS. WORSHIPING MARY WOULD BE A GRAVE SIN.
WE HONOUR HER, AS GOD HIMSELF HAS DONE.

Honoring Mary as Gods greatest creature, gives Glory and Praise to God! Just as admiring a a painting from Picasso would "give glory" to Picasso himself.

Yeah, yeah, you don't worship her, you just do everything that is akin to worshiping, but it's not worship.

There's a huge difference between admiring a Picasso to putting flowers on Picasso's head, surrounding his paintings with candles and praying to Picasso to give you an in with Jesus. If I saw somebody doing those things, then yeah, I would say they were worshiping Picasso.

[Didymus Much]

Originally Posted by Flatty10

WE DO NOT WORSHIP MARY, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CATHOLIC DOCTRINE EVER THAT HAS SAID THIS.

Let's go back to page 1 of this thread for a second...

Originally Posted by Flatty10

Directly from the catechism-
971 "All generations will call me blessed": "The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship."513 The Church rightly honors "the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. . . .

wor·ship
–verb (used with object)
6. to render religious reverence and homage to.
7. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
-definition from dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/worship

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[Flatty10]

Originally Posted by Didymus Much

Let's go back to page 1 of this thread for a second...


wor·ship
–verb (used with object)
6. to render religious reverence and homage to.
7. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
-definition from dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/worship

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As the terminology of Christian theology developed, the Greek term latria came to be used to refer to the honor that is due to God alone, and the term dulia came to refer to the honor that is due to human beings, especially those who lived and died in God’s friendship—in other words, the saints. Scripture indicates that honor is due to these individuals (Matt. 10:41b). A special term was coined to refer to the special honor given to the Virgin Mary, who bore Jesus—God in the flesh—in her womb. This term, hyperdulia (huper [more than]+ dulia = "beyond dulia"), indicates that the honor due to her as Christ’s own Mother is more than the dulia given to other saints. It is greater in degree, but still of the same kind. However, since Mary is a finite creature, the honor she is due is fundamentally different in kind from the latria owed to the infinite Creator.

All of these terms—latria, dulia, hyperdulia—used to be lumped under the one English word "worship." Sometimes when one reads old books discussing the subject of how particular persons are to be honored, they will qualify the word "worship" by referring to "the worship of latria" or "the worship of dulia." To contemporaries and to those not familiar with the history of these terms, however, this is too confusing.

Another attempt to make clear the difference between the honor due to God and that due to humans has been to use the words adore and adoration to describe the total, consuming reverence due to God and the terms venerate, veneration, and honor to refer to the respect due humans. Thus, Catholics sometimes say, "We adore God but we honor his saints."

Unfortunately, many non-Catholics have been so schooled in hostility toward the Church that they appear unable or unwilling to recognize these distinctions. They confidently (often arrogantly) assert that Catholics "worship" Mary and the saints, and, in so doing, commit idolatry. This is patently false, of course, but the education in anti-Catholic prejudice is so strong that one must patiently explain that Catholics do not worship anyone but God—at least given the contemporary use of the term. The Church is very strict about the fact that latria, adoration—what contemporary English speakers call "worship"—is to be given only to God.

[Sister Christina]

Originally Posted by Flatty10

tl/dr

Very nice copy/paste job.

[Flatty10]

so?

[Jo Freddie]

Originally Posted by Sister Charli

I have held that belief for a number of weeks Sister Lisa.

Why else would he hang around a True Christian™ forum.

It is only a matter of time. I pray for him every day as I am sure many of the True Christians™ here do.

I can't wait for the day that God shows him the light.

God has shown me the light, and I am drawn here to share that light with those who live in darkness, we have many things in common with our faith Chaz, a belief that God created the universe and all it contains for a start, it is just that you, and many here, have been diverted from the true path by the fairy tales perpetuated by the Cults of Elohim, your flavor of the cult has even gone so far as to purge the name your "god" from its handbook.

Originally Posted by Lisa H

Very true Sister Charli. I pray he will turn to the Lord. I noticed he does like talking to me, do you think I have a positive influence on him.

Lisa you did not answer my question before:

You think I should believe in someone who:

• Was born of a virgin
• The only begotten son of God
• Was of royal descent
• Whose coming was announced by an angel
• Whose birth was heralded by a star
• Whose parents had to take him into hiding
• Who disappeared between the ages of 12 & 30
• Was baptised in a river at the age of 30, the baptiser was later beheaded
• Who was taken from the desert up a mountain to be tempted and resisted the temptation
• Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind and raised the dead
• Made his key sermon on the Mount
• Was put to death (all be it temporarily) accompanied by two thieves
• Was buried in a tomb
• Descended into Hell and was then resurrected
• Who is due to reign for 1,000 years

Is that who I should give my life to Lisa?

[Sister Charli]

Originally Posted by Sister Christina

Very nice copy/paste job.

Well spotted Sister Christina.

It appears Flatstuff is totally brainwashed and does not have an opinion of his own.

[Sister Christina]

Originally Posted by Flatty10

so?

You're not only a cathlick...you're a false cathlick who can't even stand up for your own perverted religion without using other cathlicks sentences.

[Flatty10]

Originally Posted by Didymus Much

Let's go back to page 1 of this thread for a second...


wor·ship
–verb (used with object)
6. to render religious reverence and homage to.
7. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
-definition from dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/worship

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wor·ship   [wur-ship] Show IPA noun, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or ( especially British ) -shipped, -ship·ping.
–noun
1.
reverent honor and homage paid to god or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
2.
formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning.
3.
adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success.
4.
the object of adoring reverence or regard.
5.
( initial capital letter ) British . a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually prec. by Your, His, or Her ).
–verb (used with object)
6.
to render religious reverence and homage to.
7.
to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
–verb (used without object)
8.
to render religious reverence and homage, as to a deity.
9.
to attend services of divine worship.
10.
to feel an adoring reverence or regard.

This is the actual link with the entire definition.
1. Talks about a diety or sacred person. Mary fits niether
2. We do not attend ceremonies dedicated to worshiping mary. Holy Mass is Christ centred.
3. Talks about adoring, which we do not do in reguards to Mary as my last post says.
4.see above
5. We are not talking about a title
6.(6-10) deals with an object. Mary is a person and not an object.
7.Again we are not adoring
8. Talking about a diety, Mary is not a diety
9. We do not attend service of divine worship to Mary
10. Again not adoring.

Its good though you refered to another Authoritive Book, other than the Scriptures

I guess you ignore all the other definitions in the Dictionary that refer to the sciences then? as i was informed by another "True Christian" that "science is heathen lies."

[Lisa H]

Originally Posted by Jo Freddie

Lisa you did not answer my question before:

You think I should believe in someone who:

• Was born of a virgin
• The only begotten son of God
• Was of royal descent
• Whose coming was announced by an angel
• Whose birth was heralded by a star
• Whose parents had to take him into hiding
• Who disappeared between the ages of 12 & 30
• Was baptised in a river at the age of 30, the baptiser was later beheaded
• Who was taken from the desert up a mountain to be tempted and resisted the temptation
• Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind and raised the dead
• Made his key sermon on the Mount
• Was put to death (all be it temporarily) accompanied by two thieves
• Was buried in a tomb
• Descended into Hell and was then resurrected
• Who is due to reign for 1,000 years

Is that who I should give my life to Lisa?

Yes

[Jo Freddie]

Originally Posted by Lisa H

Yes

And is that the being that you have given your life to Lisa?

[Lisa H]

Originally Posted by Jo Freddie

And is that the being that you have given your life to Lisa?

Jo Freddy you just asking a question you know the answer to. I know you are starting to have doubts in your FSM.