BBC Scotland video says Holy Communion ‘smells like hate’

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Why would any Catholic read such vile stuff?
How does this edify CAF members?
 
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Why would any Catholic read such vile stuff?

How does this edify CAF members?
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It is disgusting anti-Catholicism from BBC Scotland and this stuff needs to be brought out into the light and people should be informed about what is going on and what is being spread by a major outlet.

Bishop Paisley commented on it, it’s significant news.
 
It’s always good to be reminded that the BBC hates us, so we can put their next article on “what Jesus really looked like” or anything else Christian into the proper context.
 
Apparently there is still a lot of anti-Catholicism in Scotland. Sad.
 
As far as I am concerned the BBC is a Left secular organisation with their own politically correct religion that they are evangelising.

Of course they are going to be anti-Christian.
 
I thought it was a good video. I felt a lot of sympathy for that young man. I thought his partners nose ring was kind of gross, but then piercing any mucus membrane is kind of gross.

I wouldn’t say the video was anti-Catholic so much as critical of false expressions of Christianity. It just happens that Catholic imagry is awfully powerful and always makes good cinema. That’s why when you’ve only got 15 seconds to make a point, you go for the most powerful image you can find, and that will almost certainly be Catholic. The Protestant dude with the sign just looks like a crazy old coot, but Jesus in the Eucharist is like dynamite. Also, it’s good to see that despite it’s criticism of false Christians, Jesus still gets a thumbs up. Just goes to show how despite all the damage false Christians do, the outcast and marginalized still embrace the Gospel, because really it’s for them.

I would just say that rather than complaining, the Bishop would do well to engage the organizers of the parade and ask what he could do to show his solidarity with the LGBT community as beloved children of God, created in God’s image, and deserving of dignity.

I bet Fr. James Martin, S.J., would have handled the situation much better.
 
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Yes, I saw something about this too. Scotland no doubt has its share of modern, ‘lapsed Calvinists’ who, not unlike their ancestors, can be a pretty scary bunch. In this case, doesn’t look like the fruit fell too far from the tree. But then we see this kind of virulent anti-Christianity/Catholicism in the secular left in the US too - not to start that argument again (does the US have Calvinist cultural roots…). I find it more disturbing than sad.
 
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and ask what he could do to show his solidarity with the LGBT community as beloved children of God, created in God’s image, and deserving of dignity.
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This seems naive. The Bishop, as a Bishop, already bestows these things upon all of God’s children. It is the LGBT people who are choosing to stand apart from what God offers.
 
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and ask what he could do to show his solidarity with the LGBT community as beloved children of God, created in God’s image, and deserving of dignity.
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This seems naive. The Bishop, as a Bishop, already bestows these things upon all of God’s children. It is the LGBT people who are choosing to stand apart from what God offers.
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Naive? I’m not sure how that follows. The Bishop does not bestow any of those things on anyone. They come from God. The Bishop is supposed to be Christ-like. So what would Jesus do?
 
From the article: Last month, a report for the Scottish government found that Catholics are the victims of 57 per cent of all religiously aggravated hate crimes reported in the country. Elaine Smith, a Labour member of the Scottish Parliament, noted that this is also an increasing trend.
 
Just imagine if the film had said that about halal food, then maybe you will understand why some would feel it was an utterly inappropriate comment.
 
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the outcast and marginalized still embrace the Gospel, because really it’s for them.
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Why would you say this? Didn’t Christ come for us all?
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I would say it, because that is the consistent teaching of scripture and tradition. Christ’s atonement includes everyone. However, the message of the Gospel has always been good news for those folks who are marginalized by society for whatever reasons. Mary proclaims it quite clearly in the Magnificat…

He has shown might with his arm,
dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.
He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones
but lifted up the lowly.
The hungry he has filled with good things;
the rich he has sent away empty.
He has helped Israel his servant,
remembering his mercy,
according to his promise to our fathers,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

Luke 1:46 - 55
 
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Not right away. First he would invite himself over for dinner, or ask for a drink of water, or save them from being killed.
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Sure. And THEN he would tell them to stop sinning.
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Absolutely!

Unfortunately, too many Christians do them in the wrong order. They invert the Gospel and then wonder why it fails to entice people or even worse, pushes them away.

The power of the Gospel gathers people together. It is the devil who divides or pushes them apart…
What are his usual effects? We can answer that question quite well by examining the names that the Bible gives to this figure. He is often called diabolos in the Greek of the New Testament, a word derived from dia-balein, to throw apart, to scatter. God is a great gathering force, for by his very nature he is love; but the devil’s work is to sunder, to set one against the other. Whenever communities, families, nations, churches are divided, we sniff out the diabolic.
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The power of the Gospel gathers people together. It is the devil who divides or pushes them apart…
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Indeed. And it’s not the Gospel that’s telling people that it’s okay to live a gay lifestyle. The people in Catholic families who choose to live such lifestyles are the ones doing the tearing apart, NOT the family members who will not condone their lifestyle.
 
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The power of the Gospel gathers people together. It is the devil who divides or pushes them apart…
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Indeed. And it’s not the Gospel that’s telling people that it’s okay to live a gay lifestyle. The people in Catholic families who choose to live such lifestyles are the ones doing the tearing apart, NOT the family members who will not condone their lifestyle.
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I have a great deal of sympathy for all who are involved. However, I would hesitate to place blame on anyone. You can’t judge real people based on broad generalizations.

However, lets keep things in perspective. The overwhelming majority of sexual sinners are heterosexual couples. So if you are going to crusade against the tiny proportion of same sex couples who are open about their relationship, you really can’t ignore the many heterosexual couples who have extramarital sex - whether it is fornication or adultery and/or use birth control.
 
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