Not enough non catholic here

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guanophore said:
The magi travelled from modern day Persia and it might have taken them two years to make the journey. The time calculated by Herod was based upon when the magi reported the star appearing.

Matt 2:10-12
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; 11 and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

The Gk word used here for "child’ is paidon which is also used for toddlers or young weaned children ( as well as babies in the Christian faith). Also, note that they arrived after the family have moved into a house. Their arrival, then is almost certainly not the night of his birth. All that being said, I agree with you that it is right and proper to celebrate His birth. Since we don’t know the exact time, the Church chose Dec. 25th to overtrump the celebration of the birth of the invicible sun god that was celebrated on that day. The Church always celebrated the coming of the magi on Jan 6, because they came shortly after the birth of Jesus, and that day is celebrated as Epiphany, or the light of Christ to the Gentiles.
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Thank you. I was not meaning to say that the magi appeared the night of his birth but soon after as you said. The main point being that they paid the King homage regarding his birth. Fittingly so.
 
Faithdancer said:
This forum is of course res ipsa loquitur “Catholic.” However, I have noted that among the non-Catholics who frequent here and who post frequently, there seem to be more who identify as atheist, agnostic, pagan whatever, etc. than Protestant. This is not what I would have expected.
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Faithdancer,

That seems to be the case more so now, than when I first joined CAF.

Some atheists, agnostics, pagans come here with a clear anti-Catholic/anti-Christian agenda. They usually “bite the dust” quickly, because that don’t abide by forum rules.

Others come seeking serious discussion and truth. This is a good place for all who are seeking truth. 🙂

Peace and blessings,
Anna
 
Anna_Scott said:
Faithdancer,

That seems to be the case more so now, than when I first joined CAF.

Some atheists, agnostics, pagans come here with a clear anti-Catholic/anti-Christian agenda. They usually “bite the dust” quickly, because that don’t abide by forum rules.

Others come seeking serious discussion and truth. This is a good place for all who are seeking truth. 🙂

Peace and blessings,
Anna
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I don’t identify as protestant.

GKC
 
SteveVH said:
That’s because you are both 99% on board. I wish, for the Church’s sake, that you would both just jump in and get it over with. We need folks like you. 🙂
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You are very kind. Speaking for Anna and myself, thank you.

GKC
 
SteveVH said:
That’s because you are both 99% on board. I wish, for the Church’s sake, that you would both just jump in and get it over with. We need folks like you. 🙂
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Hi, Steve,

You are very kind; and yes we are so close. My toes are in the Tiber. 😉

Peace and blessings to you and your family. Good to bump into an old friend. 🙂

Anna
 
Anna_Scott said:
Hi, Steve,

You are very kind; and yes we are so close. My toes are in the Tiber. 😉

Peace and blessings to you and your family. Good to bump into an old friend. 🙂

Anna
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Good to bump into you again as well.

God bless.

Steve
 
Faithdancer said:
This forum is of course res ipsa loquitur “Catholic.” However, I have noted that among the non-Catholics who frequent here and who post frequently, there seem to be more who identify as atheist, agnostic, pagan whatever, etc. than Protestant. This is not what I would have expected.
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Maybe more non-Catholics would participate if people quit throwing around Latin phrases. I don’t speak Latin, per se.😉
 
I am a Catholic and I am connected to other Christian and Non Christian groups.
Do any of you have similar interest. I have been steady in my Catholic faith for
many years but have also learned so much by becoming associated with other groups.
The city I live in has an interfaith group where members of many different groups come together to share and build relationships. I find this a very healthy and uplifting activity.

ES
 
Anna_Scott said:
Sadly, there are many non-Catholics who come here with an agenda that does not include gaining knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith, or other faiths depending on the topic. Things sometimes end up like this :slapfight: instead of this :grouphug
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I’ve spoken with, and have had many exchanges with, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and I have yet to find one that is rude, argumentative, impolite or uncharitable.

Sadly, I can’t say the same for a lot of other Christians I spoken with, or have had exchanges with.

Just my experience.

Sarah x 🙂
 
I did not read all of the pages before this

I’m here, what do you want to ask, I love discussing things about religion. I have a group called Protestants who want answers, it has fallen from popularity and I have not been able to get any of the members back or even to email me about answering questions. It wasn’t ever really popular.

I don’t want to be on here just to talk about our differences. I want fellowship with believers
 
Woody87 said:
I did not read all of the pages before this

I’m here, what do you want to ask, I love discussing things about religion. I have a group called Protestants who want answers, it has fallen from popularity and I have not been able to get any of the members back or even to email me about answering questions. It wasn’t ever really popular.

I don’t want to be on here just to talk about our differences. I want fellowship with believers
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The Catholic Living section tends to be more fellowshippy here. In this section, and in apologetics we tend to be argumentative and somewhat abrasive at times. I have had people come here and say they would never become Catholic because of our heated debates over there.:o
 
FrederickOz said:
Is it just my imagination that there are very few non Catholics on this forum? I would have thought that this place would be full of non catholic Christians telling us where we have gone wrong. But no, there are very few.

My supposition is that Protestants (with a few exceptions) don’t hang around here because they cannot debate knowledgeable Catholics.
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FrederickOz said:
Is it just my imagination that there are very few non Catholics on this forum? I would have thought that this place would be full of non catholic Christians telling us where we have gone wrong. But no, there are very few.

My supposition is that Protestants (with a few exceptions) don’t hang around here because they cannot debate knowledgeable Catholics.
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maybe because of condescending remarks like that?

actually, that was uncharitable on my part; my answer is two fold

First. I enjoy learning about Catholicism. Do I agree with everything it teaches? Of course not; if i did I would join the Catholic Church:)

Second, I thought this sub-forum (I do not post on any other forum of this site since they are Catholic forums) was for Catholics to learn about “non-catholic religions” which I thought meant having protestants answer questions from Catholics; not debating – not denigrating (that would be rude} but answering, which means of course most here will probably disagree with the answer in the sense that it is not Catholic teaching, but you asked “what do protestants think?”

There are some incredibly wrong answers by Catholics about Protestants on this forum (just as there are in the reverse in other forums), but we are supposed to be conversing with our “separated brethren” aren’t we (you), not sniping at each other. I like what your Popes have said about getting along with each other

For example, one post in this thread said protestants are taught to avoid Catholics. I will never say never about what some crazy person may have said, but as life long protestant (66) I have NEVER, not one time, no way no how, ever heard that said.

we have Catholics in our church; not one time have i ever heard one person say even one time something like “praise God they have seen the light and are no longer heathen but are now saved”

i have heard that remark in reverse virtually every day on a catholic radio station i listen to
(because I like to learn)

polite discourse, even though we disagree about some things, is the Christ like approach
 
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