Rinnie, that’s ok. My faith may be simple but I guess to some simplicity can be rather complexing.Thank-you Matt. Of all of the people on thread, I can’t figure you out.God bless you!
Sometmes I even start to get too complicated for myself and have to fight it. But thank you and God bless you and have a great day.It’s not a doctor’s job to push his or her religion on patients. How would you feel if a Hindu doctor told you to light candles to Shiva to cure your cold?
Whoever told you that was giving you some good advice. In a diverse workplace environment, no one appreciates being force fed your beliefs.
Again, it’s not a teacher’s job to “speak of God” or “express their personal beliefs.” It’s their job to teach the material, which – unless it’s specifically a theology class – will have nothing to do with any particular god or any particular religion. Once again, imagine a Hindu teacher telling your kid about the joy of worshipping Shiva during a social studies lesson. How would you feel about that?
Put up all the Christian decorations you want on your property – or pay to put up Christian ads, like I see on the subway all the time. Or stand out in public and hand out pamphlets. It’s when you want to put up decorations on government property that you’re going to have a problem.
No, we don’t allow school officials to lead students in prayer because our government, and government-run institutions, like schools, do not support any particular religion over another or religion over non-religion. Note, however, that individual students can pray all they want privately.
**"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions."
Huh? I simply sent you a PM pointing out where you had changed the words of one of my posts on another thread and asking if the opinion you have of me is the same opinion you have of someone like Cardinal Law for instance based on his fruit and if you call him not a Catholic as well. That was all. Since you avoided answering I presume you now agree you, I, Elvis, and the Cardinal are. Peace.Wrong. I am convicted of Christ our Lord and Savior, Elvis. God bless.
[/SIGN] Just curious. so you would consider taking prayer out of school as true freedom? Because IMO that is not freedom at all. Only for those who have hate for God, and want him out of school completely. And what was our Dear God replaced with? Guns, drugs, etc. So while you view it one way, I view it another.
Sure they do, they support Non-Religion, thats why it has been taken out of Schools
very well put
I would not change my life one bit. I’d go to church like I always do. Why hide who you are? I think if it ever came down to it, I would try to be a part of a Red Dawn style counter. WOLVERINES!!!
It sound’s like so far, we are all going to stick it out and fight the good fight. And you know what I really think we would. I believe that our faith is that important to us. I thi n k that Catholics and Protestants would come together and become one. I really do.During the second world war , then Fr. Karol Wotyla, late Pope John Paul II, went underground to save the jews in Poland and Germany, from the Nazis. He said mass every day to God for those who would listen. Hiding from danger is preserving the temple of the Holy Spirit. [The body that God has given each one of us out of His love for us.], taking to praying with the Bible ''in secret, as it were, is not kept secret from the eys of God. God sees everything and will most likely understand the fear those of His followers will have even if they hide from being killed physically at a time during war. God will most likely forgive those who do not want to show their faces out of fear even though no one will physically survive the Revelation, those who still believe in God will most likely be with Him in the end when we are in the seat of judgement. I can’t see anyone who will not want to protect someone they love from the snares of the Devil however, and therefore we will all be in the same battle, fighting for the good of mankind and God’s people, or for the Devil’s side in the downfall of mankind.
Wrong - because if you were, you would cease to pervert the teachings of his Body.
**Elvis, the last I knew you were debating in your mind on another thread before it closed what our Church defines as the body of Christ and you and some other hard cores were disagreeing. You first said no all Christians were not included. Then you said yes because they were related but being related to the family does not mean a brother or sister is part of the family or something like that. Whatever that means. I have to say you lost me on your definition of the body of Christ at that point. So I’m not going to be too worried about what you think I’m perverting since I’m not even certain you know what the body of Christ is. But peace to you in your belief my brother in Christ and again bless you on your walk. **
I can help you here Matt. The body and blood of Christ is the living Christ and is what we call the Eucharist!
Yes Rinnie thank you. I know about that. We were discussing what makes up the family body of Christ. You know your husband and if you have any children or siblings, they are part of the body of your family. Not that you are Christ I know but you see what I mean.I can help you here Matt. The body and blood of Christ is the living Christ and is what we call the Eucharist!
Ummm . . . I never changed my position on that other thread about where Protestants fit into the Body of Christ. I said that they were outside the Body of Christ but were related to the Body - just like a divorce party.
Ok Elvis. Divorced I think is where you ended up. But you did suggest a disowned brother or sister being not part of the family.Quite Correct My Lad,
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Regardless ask a young child whose divorced parents both love their child if both parents are not part of his or her family.
But we shouldn’t derail Rinnie’s thread any longer. You had to say something about my posting and I responded. And then of course you felt the need to say I was wrong, that I was not convicted of Christ as our Lord and Savior and so on. But I don’t want Rinnie’s thread closed. It was about Muslim terrorist extremists attacking. Not you and me. So I won’t be carrying on this discussion with you here. God bless and peace though.
But back to the thread its like impossible for us to believe that such a thing could be possible in this country. And hopefully it never would. I think that when push came to shove I would like to think I would die for Christ. And I wonder if push will ever come to shove. I hope not. I hope that it will come to where we are all together in Christ instead. Thats seems to be the only other outcome really.