[Brother Larry]

Re: Hello

A clarification I neglected to make- I do not pray to Mary, but pray for her to intercede on my behalf.

Think about what you just said.

What is the Rosary? The Angelus? Where are they found?
Hint: In The Catholic Book of Prayer. When I used to say "Hail Holy Queen, etc etc, I was not just mouthing words. It was a prayer.

Before you get your righteous indignation all aboil, please note one thing. I am ex-Catholic. (That is not a joke - that is reality). For years, that institution brought me hope, peace, and comfort - and then I started to recognize that GOD will not condone an organization that allows the horrors that it allowed to go unpunished. I have had many people tell me "Oh, you can't blame the entire church. Just those rogue priests." Rogue? Do you have any idea how many there have been through the years? Do a search either in this forum or on the web. The numbers might shock you. I'll tell you this: it is WAY more than what you may have heard on the news. For instance, lesbian nuns and little girls - heard of that much? It happened.

Prayer for Mary's intervention is NOT taught anywhere but in the traditions of the church. The cathechism is not a Bible, though much (not all) of it was based on Biblical teachings. If my Bible tells me that it is good for instruction to learn the ways of GOD, and it tells me to "Study the scriptures," not "Study the scriptures and - oh, hey - like, study these things that these here guys tell you, too," I believe the Bible is enough. Enough.

Have you been to Rome? Within a very short distance of the Vatican, you will find people unsure of where their next meal is coming from. Yet billions of dollars flow into the church annually. Catholic charities do a great work all over the world - but they barely touch the iceberg of what they could do if they chose to give up some of the ornate, needless crap that goes into the cathedrals, basilicas, and small churches.

There is a reason the current pope is leaning toward more liberal ideas and it's not because he has a hotline to Jesus. It's because people are leaving the church in droves. Not only because of the whole sex scandal; for many, that is old news (even though I guarantee you these things are still happening). No, it's because of the ridiculous things that have been perpetuated through the years in the dogma of the church. The only way to attract people back to the church or to attract new members is to relax the rules. Sure, let's let the priests marry. (Which I think is good, don't get me wrong) Let's tell people that GOD will be ok with them regardless of how they live their lives or what they believe (if you follow the Bible, that's far from true).

Sorry those of you that are used to my usual style of posting. This is one that I can't kid about.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Hello

... I'm going to stop defending my faith to those who neither agree with it...

So long as you can defend it to yourself, that's what matters , right?

...nor have made any attempt at compassionate evangelization...

Compassionate? What could be more loving than to warn people that they're endangering their eternal souls through their ignorance of what the Bible really says?

[James Hutchins]

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No one here has said Mary is the messiah. No one here has said she is God. I have already likened it to asking your mother to pray for you, for that is precisely what is being done.

First, my mother is dead. Thanks for talking about her.
Second, as a female, she had no soul
Lastly, why would she pray for me, when what she should of done was pray to Jesus?

See friend, you are no Christian.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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I'm sorry you feel that way, but Catholics are, indeed, Christians.

Stop right there, ring-kisser.

Papists are not Christians. This is a fact. Read THIS.

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[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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Talking to the dead is the DEFINITION of necromancy. How is this an acceptable Christian practice? You might as well cannibalize an infant and make a boardgame out of its bones.

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: Hello

I have friends who are Pentacostal, Mormon, Methodist, and Lutheran, but none who are Baptist

No. You do not have any friends. Someone who pretends to be a Christian can never be a friend. The Bible clearly forbids you from ever wasting another second of you life on these Hell bound child raping Satan worshippers that pretend do be your friends.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17
King James Version (KJV)
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.