The printing press is a miracle? O.K. I’ll go with that thought. But when was that created again?
Didnt say such a thing.The irony. I’m sure geno75 would be the first one to tell us that Lent, the 40 days of prayer and fasting for Catholics that prepares us for Easter, is unbiblical.
But you quoted it as though a Catholic had never even heard of Matthew before. Does your religion have 40 days of prayer and fasting before Easter?Didnt say such a thing.
If you just tone down the condescension and just be little more charitable, your points will be heard a lot better. Your bitterness and sarcasm come through i your posts, and it puts people on the immediate defense. Why not just step away for minute, and realize you can get your points across without being sarcastic?
For those that cannot read all 123,343,234,323 volumes of the RCC teachings because of oppression in this world, the Holy Bible, the Word of God can be smuggled easier to them. In it is the way, the truth, and the life-Jesus Christ. All those whispers calling out to us in this world that thirst for truth. And the Holy Bible can give it to them.
Seen enough?
The printing press is a mechanical device for printing multiple copies of a text on sheets of paper. It was first invented in China. It was reinvented in the West by a German goldsmith and eventual printer, Johann Gutenburg, in the 1450s.
I will. But again, I must call out the blatent overuse of smileys and other bitter and sarcastic words used by those who call home here at CA against other christian brothers and sisters.
What does that have to do with the 1400 years before the printing press and the relationship to oral Tradition and Scripture?
It’ hard for me to get worked up over something called “smileys” for heaven’s sake. Anyway, I believe there is an ignore “smileys” feature available for your use if you do not wish to look at them.
I’ll agree with you there–the smileys do more to inflame the already inherent vices of apologetics than anything else. A smiley after a well-executed refutation can seem like the most arrogant thing possible. That’s why I restrict myself to the occasional wink and that’s it. Excessive emoticon use blunts your ability to create a really good turn of phrase, and kills your ability to convey tone.
The thing to remember is that the reason the Catholic Church regards Tradition (capital T) and Scripture on an equal basis is because Scripture is part of our Tradition. So if we were to subscribe to the misunderstanding that Jesus was warning us against Tradition, we would have to conclude that Jesus was warning us againstthe Scriptures.
Okay, now you’re just pushing it, Eden.
I’m sure geno75 realizes it’s all in good fun.
Smileys!!! aarrrghhhh Im melting!!!
I am praying for you. I have been in constant pain for twentyone years. Celiac disdease is not any harder than being a diabetic. You make it sound like it is cancer. You have to have a special diet and considering how much wheat is used it is difficult. Yes I have it too. I don’t think anything will calm you down to being a listening person. I offered the pain I had today for you. I hope someday you to will learn the great grace of suffering for our Lord. I pray that you will read Church Militiant he has a lot of wisdom. If you truly were listening to just the bible, you wouldn’t be calling the Blood of Christ wine. Church Militant is right about you talking this over with your parish priest. I find that the difficult part of just receiving the Blood of Christ is traveling. There are underlying issues that you are not dealing with. I hope you find someone to talk this over with I will continue to pray for you.Thanks for the prayers above posters. I appreciate them.
To Churchmilitant. Oh, no you wouldn’t. Don’t go declaring things like that as if you know what you would do. You haven’t experienced it yet, so you have no idea what you’d do. That’s the most honest answer you can give to a question like the one I posed. At the height of my Endo pain, I could barely parent my three children due to the extreme pain I was in. I fell on the ground in public places and would have the wind knocked out of me due to the pain. I was handed two “tubs” of pain meds, Vicodin and motrin and told to take them everyday for the duration of my cycles. At the point of menopause, the pain may go away, or it may not, I was told. So staring down 20 years of pain medication, I prayed for a better solution. Knowing I have a Celiac child, I decided to see if the gluten was contributing… and guess what? It was. Dispite the fact that I tested negative for gluten sensitivity or Celiac disease.
Do you think God will marvel at your strength if are dx with something like I had and continue to eat the protein that provokes the pain??? Or do you think God will be relieved that you’ve found a solution to ending your pain and you take it and thank Him for guiding you and assisting you in finding relief? I am convinced God prefers the latter. It’s just messed up thinking to suggest you’d eat a food that caused you harm and compare yourself to Jesus while doing it.
What you fail to point out, is that Jesus is using Scripture to debunk the incomplete use of Scripture.
I have not read all the post so this might have been answered adaquetly already. The answer to your first question depends on if the person regards the statue as a god. Catholics do not regard Mary as god. So the answer is no.
