[Godly_David]

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Wrong. Your own church authority calls her the "mediatrix" (Lumen gentium #61-62). The Bible, however, says there is only one mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). You assign her the identity of Christ Himself by assigning her the identity of mediator



Wrong. You interpret Holy Scripture according to whatever capital -t tradition is fashionable at the time. Your own church once said with pride there is no salvation outside the catholic church. Now it balks at that, finally embarrassed that people notice the arrogance.



Wrong. Your church says the mass is a propitiatory sacrifice. But the mass doesn't "count" without specific words being chanted by a priest over bread and wine.



Wrong. The history of the catholic church is the history of forcing obedience to the magesterium. Study of the Bible was left to the priests (who were the only ones who could read and understand Latin). The parishioners are taught to trust the priest's interpretation and always have been. The first priest who defied that, Martin Luther, was excommunicated for his "heresy."

Although you have no idea what you're talking about as you're unqualified to tell me what my church believes as I am to tell you about yours, if your church had as many followers as the Catholic church I'm sure there would be MUCH, MUCH more violence, control and forcing obedience on the public than my church ever has in history. We don't pretend that there aren't metaphors in the bible taking everything literally is foolish.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Although you have no idea what you're talking about

Try me. I know the catholic cult better than you. This I promise. To know my faith, all you have to do is read the Holy Bible. To know yours, you have to be aware of 2000 years of backpedaling, papal encyclicals, counsel pronouncements, and the crazy logic like, if most of the catholics around the world believes in something, it must be true (ten points to you if you know to what I am referring).

[Godly_David]

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Try me. I know the catholic cult better than you. This I promise. To know my faith, all you have to do is read the Holy Bible. To know yours, you have to be aware of 2000 years of backpedaling, papal encyclicals, counsel pronouncements, and the crazy logic like, if most of the catholics around the world believes in something, it must be true (ten points to you if you know to what I am referring).

That's easy.. Argumentum ad populum. It's Latin, meaning, "appeal to the people"

It refers to a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it. In other words, the basic idea of the argument is: "If many believe so, it is so."

That was to keep in line the BILLIONS of Catholics before Martin Luther and Protestantism how the Bible is to be interpreted so there isn't mass confusion and society as a whole ran smoother.


I LOVE my religion, and its history, so hunny, I truly doubt you know more than I about it.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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[Mary Etheldreda]

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That's easy.. Argumentum ad populum. It's Latin, meaning, "appeal to the people"

It refers to a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it. In other words, the basic idea of the argument is: "If many believe so, it is so."

That was to keep in line the BILLIONS of Catholics before Martin Luther and Protestantism how the Bible is to be interpreted so there isn't mass confusion and society as a whole ran smoother.

It's also how the idea of the so-called "Immaculate Conception" was determined to be "revealed." The bishops asked their sheep throughout the world. The sheep believed it, because they had been taught to believe it, the bishops told Pope Pius IX, who conveniently "infallibly" declared it "dogma" in 1854. Look into the encyclical letter from Gaeta to the bishops in 1849 for more information.

I LOVE my religion, and its history, so hunny, I truly doubt you know more than I about it.

I loved it myself at one time, too. I actually believed studying history would only strengthen my faith in the roman catholic church. Instead, I learned the truth.

[Attila's Wife]

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Leviticus 19:19 says not to wear clothing of mixed cloths, but we all wear 50% polyester and 50% cotton clothing.

All? ALL? Where are your family from, dear? Sicily? Even Roman Catholics from ROME eschew the poly-cotton mix, as does every right-thinking person north of Calabria.

[Godly_David]

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All? ALL? Where are your family from, dear? Sicily? Even Roman Catholics from ROME eschew the poly-cotton mix, as does every right-thinking person north of Calabria.

I thought you were a literalist..

You do know that the law of God which says wearing poly-cotton mix is ABOMINATION is in the same list that says homosexuality is abomination.

Why is poly-cotton blends ok and not homosexuality? Maybe because in context it makes your argument of being against gay people seem like the rants of a moron.

[Didymus Much]

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All? ALL? Where are your family from, dear? Sicily? Even Roman Catholics from ROME eschew the poly-cotton mix, as does every right-thinking person north of Calabria.

...You do know that the law of God which says wearing poly-cotton mix is ABOMINATION...Why is poly-cotton blends ok and not homosexuality?...

Look up the word "eschew". We'll wait.

...Maybe because...it makes your argument...seem like the rants of a mormon.

Um, yeah.

[Godly_David]

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Look up the word "eschew". We'll wait.



Um, yeah.

i know what it means.. to avoid. as in you avoid those passages.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

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i know what it means.. to avoid. as in you avoid those passages.

To borrow from Foghorn Leghorn, something is just not penetrating that little blue bonnet you're wearing.

It doesn't mean avoiding passages - it means avoiding poly-cotton blends.

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

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i know what it means.. to avoid. as in you avoid those passages.

You never answered why you are here, ring kisser. You're accomplishing nothing but making yourself look like a pedantic, neurotic little man who thinks he's something the more he hears himself talk.

But before I initiate another beat-down, I'm going to let the others play with you some more. You're obviously enjoying thinking you're the pope's big-gun apologist.

Pastor Ed

[Attila's Wife]

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You do know that the law of God which says wearing poly-cotton mix is ABOMINATION is in the same list that says homosexuality is abomination.

Of course I know that. I was refuting your shameless LIE that "we all wear 50% polyester and 50% cotton clothing" and pointing out that even your OWN people consider this beyond the pale. Whether this is obedience to God's law (which in their case I doubt, frankly) or reasons of good taste (not wishing to smell like a gypsy), they still avoid such disgusting fabrics.

Why is poly-cotton blends ok and not homosexuality? Maybe because in context it makes your argument of being against gay people seem like the rants of a mormon.

I assume you mean why ARE poly-cotton blends ok? Well, they are not, are they? That was my point. Who here has said that they are acceptable?

[Faith_Machine]

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Negro? what is this the 50's? They prefer African American, and why is that you would even say that? are you insinuating that these remarkable people of God are less worthy than you? Because that is a repulsive thing to say.

And yes, I don't have a bible on me at every moment. I have Jesus in my heart and feel no need to carry one EVERYWHERE.

"Remarkable people of God?"

What is your basis for saying that, friend?

If I were a Negro, I think I'd find that a mite condescending.

As a non-Negro, I just find it absurd. How can you proclaim an entire race to be remarkable people of God?

Don't you understand that if you make such a flattering blanket statement about all Negroes, you have opened the door for me to then make an unflattering blanket statement about all Negroes?

You can't argue that one is logically unsound if you're doing the other.

[Dr Laurence Niles]

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i know what it means.. to avoid. as in you avoid those passages.

I don't get it. Why are you arguing with atheist scum? Heaven knows that one will be burning in Hell when the time comes with all the gays, murderers, paedophiles and most rapist.

To quote a man: you are preaching to the converted.

Jesus sees you.

[Oneofakind]

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He was a Jew in the middle east; even the bible describes him as having skin of bronze and hair like wool.

Isaiah 53 "He has no form nor glory, nor beauty when we beheld him, but his appearance was without honor and inferior to that of the sons of men."

This is correct. I don't understand why they deny Jesus being an Arabic Jew.