[Seventy]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

Strawman. As you well know, we are bound by secular law (1 Peter 2:13-15).

You have clearly demonstrated that people use this word because it sounds pretty,while showing their lack of knowledge of it's meaning. We are talking about your God laws, I posted some of your God laws. Now what you have done is made an ad hominem attack, a tu quoque to be specific.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

My same question. Thank you, I thought I was the only one that saw this.

No, you're not the only one who cannot distinguish between trying to counter disinformation about what the Bible says and saying that this crap is actually true.

So far, you ARE the only one who has missed the fact that I responded to the other clueless twit LAST WEEK.

Your prize:

[Seventy]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

There's nothing illegal about Tomato Staking children. For example, thirty-one states have child-abuse religious exemptions. These are Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming. In the other states, one simply has to be... creative about how they train up a child.

Have you read any of these laws? I'm sure you haven't, because if you did you would know they are talking about medical treatment. For example Arizona defines abuse as this:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CCUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndaa.org%2Fpdf%2FReligious%2520Exemption%2520Statutes%2520Aug%25202010.pdf&ei=TlBjUOK2Nub-iwL4_YC4Cw&usg=AFQjCNF2z5b9032Hm8m3y9YxMAnXXqT3mQ&sig2=LMA5lxKqyVbCYukKQgZQ9A

2. “Abuse” means the infliction or allowing of physical injury, impairment of bodily
function or disfigurement or the infliction of or allowing another person to cause serious
emotional damage as evidenced by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal or untoward
aggressive behavior and which emotional damage is diagnosed by a medical doctor or
psychologist and is caused by the acts or omissions of an individual having care, custody
and control of a child. Abuse includes:

Several of these things you have implied you do. All of those pictures you used falls under this definition of abuse. Seriously, a child with a broken arm is not seen as abuse if it hides under the skirt of religion?

Who in their right mind in the judicial arena would get behind this? No one because no one has. Yes, I'm tasking you to show me where it says you can burn a child, or break their bones due to religious beliefs. And your second picture in your thread just under the child with the broken arm is not a child.

Are you trying to shape opinions? That so call child clearly is full grown man with a mustache, also his skin looks aged.

[James Hutchins]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

So you fear man more than you fear God. Abraham was going to kill his only begotten son because God commanded him to. The simple fact is that more people have killed in the name of God than anything else. Now why is that? They do it because they know they can use it to justify their actions.

Like this story here:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Frawreplay%2F2011%2F08%2Ffundamentalist-christians-spanked-daughter-to-death-in-the-name-of-god%2F&ei=t0pjUIm2AuTQiwL97oHwCA&usg=AFQjCNEymE0vDQvlkn3KX-3TpCdK2ci_Aw&sig2=-fa0ZB6ATtMrsIZAHTi4zA

Now I know Mary, and many others have no problem with this. I say this because many of you have used God's word as your defense pertaining to issues such as this.

I fear no man. I follow the Bible. The Bible tells us to follow it EXCEPT when doing so conflicts with 'Stupid' (sic) secular law. This has been stated over and over again. Next time, actually read your Bible. If you follow His Word, you need no defense.
More people have died because of God because God has been here for ever. Obama has only had a scant 50 years or so.

[Seventy]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

Why the hell are you arguing for these people then?

My same question. Thank you, I thought I was the only one that saw this.

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

So you fear man more than you fear God. Abraham was going to kill his only begotten son because God commanded him to. The simple fact is that more people have killed in the name of God than anything else. Now why is that? They do it because they know they can use it to justify their actions.

Like this story here:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Frawreplay%2F2011%2F08%2Ffundamentalist-christians-spanked-daughter-to-death-in-the-name-of-god%2F&ei=t0pjUIm2AuTQiwL97oHwCA&usg=AFQjCNEymE0vDQvlkn3KX-3TpCdK2ci_Aw&sig2=-fa0ZB6ATtMrsIZAHTi4zA

Now I know Mary, and many others have no problem with this. I say this because many of you have used God's word as your defense pertaining to issues such as this.

Can we not simply do our best to follow God's Will? God understands when we do our best to carry out his Holy Mission™.

For instance, he predicted Israel would be many days without a priest or king, and in the meantime, accepted "the calves of the lips" as sacrifice (See Hosea 3:4; 14:2). So God understands that we try our best to take the lives of the infidels, be it punching, kicking, harassing, imprisoning, and/or otherwise using God's nice American justice system to take away the rights of the ungodly. And we've done remarkably well. We've just still got a long way to go.

[Seventy]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

We follow the Bible EXACTLY unless secular law does not permit it. Then it only matters if you are indicted.

So you fear man more than you fear God. Abraham was going to kill his only begotten son because God commanded him to. The simple fact is that more people have killed in the name of God than anything else. Now why is that? They do it because they know they can use it to justify their actions.

Like this story here:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Frawreplay%2F2011%2F08%2Ffundamentalist-christians-spanked-daughter-to-death-in-the-name-of-god%2F&ei=t0pjUIm2AuTQiwL97oHwCA&usg=AFQjCNEymE0vDQvlkn3KX-3TpCdK2ci_Aw&sig2=-fa0ZB6ATtMrsIZAHTi4zA

CNN’s Gary Tuchman reported Monday on a fundamentalist Christian couple who killed their 7-year-old adopted daughter while practicing a violent form of discipline.

They reportedly beat their nine children regularly because they thought God wanted them to. Both parents were jailed after pleading guilty to the crime and the surviving children are now in foster homes.

Now I know Mary, and many others have no problem with this. I say this because many of you have used God's word as your defense pertaining to issues such as this.

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

In the same humble fashion??? Are you kidding? The fashion here is arrogance and personal offense. Even pagans know that you attract more bees with honey than with vinegar. If Christianity followed your example it would have died out in the first century. Jesus offers the example of love. You offend people and call them names...not exactly the example of Scripture.
In Christ, George

We bring you the truth, non-watered down or diluted. You bring us papal edicts and traditions of men. And when we expose them as frauds, you act like a simpering pansy who can't take correction, but cries after belt whippings from his righteous father.

You're going to tell me WE are in the wrong with these scriptures in God's Holy Word telling us the opposite?? (See Matthew 23:33; I Corinthians 15:36; Galatians 4:16)

That you have the audacity to spit in Jesus' face only ensures your most eminent damnation.

Pastor Ed

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

You don't need a law withing your own community. I see many things that many of you do that is unlawful,like "tomato staking". So who do you fear the most;God, or man's laws? Looking at your convictions the choice what to do should be obvious, unless you don't feel any cohesion within the church community.

There's nothing illegal about Tomato Staking children. For example, thirty-one states have child-abuse religious exemptions. These are Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming. In the other states, one simply has to be... creative about how they train up a child.

[Dr. Ernest C. Ville, D.C.S.]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

You don't need a law withing your own community. I see many things that many of you do that is unlawful,like "tomato staking". So who do you fear the most;God, or man's laws? Looking at your convictions the choice what to do should be obvious, unless you don't feel any cohesion within the church community.

Did you eat too much rum cake? I can't make heads nor tails out of this.

[Seventy]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

Changes in the law will permit, in fact mandate, that we do all those things. This is why we need Christian politicians. Make no mistake, we would if the laws permitted.

You don't need a law withing your own community. I see many things that many of you do that is unlawful,like "tomato staking". So who do you fear the most;God, or man's laws? Looking at your convictions the choice what to do should be obvious, unless you don't feel any cohesion within the church community.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

Mary, there is disagreement all over the Christian world about what the Scripture says. Tens of thousands of denominations, trying to follow the Scripture down to the letter, yet they can't agree on what it says. All presume that the Holy Spirit is leading them in truth.

Exactly, and that's what they get for presuming to interpret God's Word instead of just reading it, as we do.

It's nice that you add your name/church to that list. But you could be just as wrong as everyone else. Are you infallible? If not, you could be the same false prophet that you mentioned, the wolf in sheep's clothing.
In Christ, George

So what guarantee do you have that your faith is the correct one?

In Christ (not some saint's finger bone),

Isaac

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

Mary, there is disagreement all over the Christian world about what the Scripture says. Tens of thousands of denominations, trying to follow the Scripture down to the letter, yet they can't agree on what it says. All presume that the Holy Spirit is leading them in truth.

According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, there were approximately 41,000 Christian denominations and organizations in the world as of 2011. (link)

It's nice that you add your name/church to that list. But you could be just as wrong as everyone else. Are you infallible? If not, you could be the same false prophet that you mentioned, the wolf in sheep's clothing.
In Christ, George

This is where you are yet again mistaken. Because we follow the Holy Bible to the letter, Landover Baptist Church cannot be any more fallible than the Holy Bible is. Of course this means we are, as is the Holy Bible, completely infallible.

[Redeemed Papist]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

Mary, there is disagreement all over the Christian world about what the Scripture says. Tens of thousands of denominations, trying to follow the Scripture down to the letter, yet they can't agree on what it says. All presume that the Holy Spirit is leading them in truth. It's nice that you add your name/church to that list. But you could be just as wrong as everyone else. Are you infallible? If not, you could be the same false prophet that you mentioned, the wolf in sheep's clothing.
In Christ, George

What a load of relativistic tosh! We can't be wrong about Jesus because we follow His word. Everyone else is not following His word. Therefore we are right and they are wrong.

Why can you not grasp this simple concept? Why do you pray to dead people and bits of dead people and statues?

Seriously! What's with the dead people thing? Why?

[Faithful Catholic]

Re: Why Am I Catholic

The LORD Jesus Christ told us,

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16

I think you are simply confused. We believe and follow the Holy Bible down to the very letter and make no apologies for doing so. This world is full of false prophets, wolves in sheep's clothing, we must remain on our guard against heresy and false teachings. That's not arrogance, friend, that's confidence in the LORD, for His faithfulness endures forever.

Mary, there is disagreement all over the Christian world about what the Scripture says. Tens of thousands of denominations, trying to follow the Scripture down to the letter, yet they can't agree on what it says. All presume that the Holy Spirit is leading them in truth. It's nice that you add your name/church to that list. But you could be just as wrong as everyone else. Are you infallible? If not, you could be the same false prophet that you mentioned, the wolf in sheep's clothing.
In Christ, George