Sabbatismus

Reply to Undying Worms? and in Religion JoeUser Forums

Thank you, sir.

Undying Worms? and in Religion JoeUser Forums

Mt.8:Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth The we

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

JN, would you please quote the scripture where it says, "God cannot take the form of anything He created"?

Suffering and Prayers for the Dead in Religion JoeUser Forums

Did Christ die for the sins of Noah, Abraham, Issac, Jacob, the Prophets of the Old Testament? Were they Dead when Christ died? Then Christ did die for the sins of the dead. Chist made atonement for the dead, so that they might be delivered from their sin." In the Spirit and mind of the Apostles, the sacrifice of Christ offering on the cross is an offerin

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Dysmas, In some ways we have a similar background. I was reared Catholic though my mom had married a Protestant. She was from the south, my dad from the north. Opposites attract but opposites attack too. They didn't get along very well. My dad became a major anti-Catholic. My mom remained Catholic. They divorced after 25 years. My mother did send me to a Catholic schools through the eighth grade. It was a great education. Though, around

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

D: "But I feel that as long as the truth remains,(that women cannot be ordained) there is not a big deal with female altar servers.." I guess that's my point. Only a few years ago, the same thing would have been said about women severing at the altar. Of course, only the Vatican can make that decision. D: "The Church does not "misuse" Scripture. If you believe so I would like for you to give me an example of actual "misuse" not mi

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

I assume you are asking me? What is my stance on 1. Women Priests is an ordination rite of the church, which is the authority . It doesn't make any difference what I think. But, since you asked, my thinking is that just a few very short years ago, the congregations would have never even suggested that females could serve at the altar, as they do today in many churches. I don't personally like the idea of women Priests but I dare say,

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Come on. Augustine didn't know the earth wasn't flat and the earth traveled around the sun, rather than the sun around the earth. Neither did the church until Copernicus around 1400 AD. Why would we expect Augustine or the Church to understand microbiology in 300's AD?

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Yes Kingbee, around 600 AD there was a large debate over the use of icons. It become known as the iconoclastic heresy. While there was and still is some truth, that people misuse at times icons, it doesn't mean it use of icons should be totally banned. Like many other social issues, abuse of some, should not result in the banning of the propper use. The Protestants after Luther and Calvin picked up many of the early heresies and renewed them. You

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Dymas, thank you for your reply. I hate to demur but deep thought is something that comes from education, where the person is able to collect many ideas and organize them into a logical pattern and apply them in a profound manner. There are very rare cases where the uneducated is able to do this, but generally, it is not so. That is why I said, the unlearned and iliterate are not able to do deep mediative thinking. It's not intended to insult an

Reply to I'm So Proud to be an American, Today in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You know, some people just can't stand American success. The uninformed keep repeating the same ole mantra, wasn't the war about oil. Yet, they can't trace a drop of any oil in Iraq to America. It's about feedom and democracy for the a people in bondage, yet some just won't see it that way.

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Dysas, there are nearly a billion Catholics in the world. Millions of them are not able to read or comprehend or capable of deep meditative thought. On the subject of dealing with the scripture honestly, I will give you an example like that on the sin of Onan. His sin wasn't merely that he allowed his seed to fall upon the ground. The sin was that he refused to have children with his wife. The context of that scripture is now readily admitted by

Reply to Brain Tumor in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Thank you all for the prayers, messages of concern and love . We are still working on the problem but I am pleased to say that Heather's Mom's tumor is benign though still in a dangerous place. We are moving forward, cautiously and prayerfully. Thanks again, Heather's Dad, Sabbatismus

I'm So Proud to be an American, Today in Current Events JoeUser Forums

My heart is overtaken in love, respect and pride for the work our troops have done in securing the vote for Iraq. I don't know how many of you watched the faces of the Iraqi pleople as the cheered, waved flags and clapped and jumped for joy of feedom. Lord! What a wonderful people we are! There has never been so great a nation! How very thankful I am to have Bush

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Dysas, there are large numbers of people in the Catholic Church incapable of studying and learning the truths taught by the church. I disagree with you regarding the responsiblity of Priests to educate and settle the errors of the flock. Sure, there are some Protestants who don't want to know what the Catholic Church teaches or believes, but I think the main problem is that there is still so much misinformation floating around, people are automatic

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Addressing the Catholic issue, while some of the priests and bishops have made progress in setting the role of Mary in context, I'm afraid that too many have not properly addessed the issue. There is no doubt that most of Protestantism does not grasp the concept of the communion of the saints and this does leave the members of the church open for attack on something they are for the most part innocent.

Reply to Im a Catholic AND an American so? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Good reply Dysmas. I think you mean, the Catholic Church doesn't teach people to worship Mary. To that I agree. However, in my opinion, the line has been and is crossed by some Catholics. BTW: I'm Catholic.

The Immortality of the Soul Taught by Christ and the Jews in Religion JoeUser Forums

It is popular among the Adventist and the former Armstrong followers to say that the doctrine of the immortality of the soul was invented or borrowed from paganism around 1000 AD or at the the time of the Dante. However, the facts are quite the opposite. In every case the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is taught by Christ in agreement with the Pharisees at

Reply to Are There Different Paths to the Same God? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Echo_December, I appreciate your reply. Christians are generally not spineless or cowardly. The hope in Christians makes them fighers and noble, self-less and giving. As Christians we are taught to embrace both life and death, not one or the other. Life in the flesh is the glorifying of Christ and death, the hope of eternal life. Death is the gate to eternal life, whether we live or we die, we glorify God. Christians do not take pleasure in the

Reply to Culpability in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Andrea was no doubt out of it. Her husband, may have and likely, did contribute to her illness as well as the death of her children. Crimes like this, don't happen without warning signs all over the place to those familar with the family. These things generally happen because they were inevitable outcomes to nearly everyone in the immediate family, primarily to the spouse. I have a sick feeling that Rusty knew it may well happen and thought of it

Reply to U.S.National Monuments Are Pagan? in Religion JoeUser Forums

I suppose there are more few people that just believe that an obelisk has just got to be something obscene. It's simply not. The Washington Monument was built and designed so as to be seen from all parts of the city of Washington. It had nothing to do with the male anatomy. What a perverse world. Link

Reply to U.S.National Monuments Are Pagan? in Religion JoeUser Forums

My point is obelisks are part of Architecture and were never used to symbolized parts of the male anatomy. This is the kind of error Dan Brown in his Da Vinci Code Book is full of. It's very naive (I'm being kind here) to believe that when the architects planned to build the Washington Monumnet they said, let's build a male erection. To teach that kind of thing

Reply to U.S.National Monuments Are Pagan? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Did you mean, Anonymous? Peace on earth and good will toward mankind, that is my heart's desire .

Reply to U.S.National Monuments Are Pagan? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Well, Anonymous: We love you, too. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us.

U.S.National Monuments Are Pagan? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Recently, I was told by some former Armstrong cult member that the Washington Monument was a phallic symbol. Just like those who want to attack Christmas because it is sacred to Christianity, now they want to attack the sacred monuments of the United States as evil. The Washington Monument looks much more like a sharpened pencil than any phallic symbol. W