1, The Protestant dogma Sola Scriptura only ends up being wrong when it used to the point that dogmatic mess replaces sound theology. I believe that sound theology usually isn’t dogmatic.
1, Purgatory
neither by the bible alone and protestant believe is true.
Then the Jews also worship a different God? Or, I guess it would be that Christians worship a different god.1, The Protestant dogma Sola Scriptura only ends up being wrong when it used to the point that dogmatic mess replaces sound theology. I believe that sound theology usually isn’t dogmatic.
Huh? The Protestant dogma isn’t dogmatic?
2, The woman seen at Fatima was not Mary. Mary would not say we worship the same God as Muslims. The Muslim god can’t have a son and we know Jesus is The Son of God.
I beleive that the “original sin” was committed. However, I do not believe that we are punished for another’s sins. What sort of parent would punish one child for what another child does wrong? Makes no sense to me.
I was referring to spiritual insights, not social & political!
Why do all people die, then? Why did God come to save everyone? Did he only come to save people older than 7, old enough to know right from wrong, old enough to commit sins themselves?
But we are punsihed for the sin of Adam and Eve. We have to work to survive, we die, women have pain in childbirth. Obviously, we inherited the physical punishment for the first sin.
But that shows that there can be punishment for someone else’s sins. Do you know what the spiritual punishment associated with origional sin is?
Perhaps this will help you understand what original sin is, and what it is not.
Mankind being denied the kind of direct relationship that Adam & Eve had with God is a form of spiritual punishment.
I understand what it is - I just do not agree with the Catholic Church about original sin and it’s results on mankind. I was just stating my point of view - not looking for an argument.
Good point. I guess I was specifically referring to being eternally punished for the sin of another…Mankind being denied the kind of direct relationship that Adam & Eve had with God is a form of spiritual punishment.
Yeah but if you only refer to that you cripple my arguement!I was referring to spiritual insights, not social & political!
If the mass is boring, and it can be, then perhaps you really need to understand what the mass is. Hahn’s the Lamb’s Supper is a great book that talks about the mass and where a lot of it comes from. If you already know that and are just stuck in parish that is lack luster you might want to try to find one where you fit in better. Being in PA this should be fairly easy for you. I personally can attest that you get out of mass and the parish what you put into it. Perhaps you could instigate that change that you wish would occur in your parish. Try to build up the parish community a little bit.
