So I'm spiritually dead?

[the-3rd-parent]

Ok, I don’t know which post it was, but someone posted a website of www.justforcatholics.com

I have to share this bit of humor. So I sent them this email that ended with:

"I give you all of Mt 25:14-46 to read and meditate on.
Oh I give you Mt 7:15-27

As for the length, I’m a Catholic not a Protestant. I don’t live my
life based on mere soundbytes of the bible."

I get an email back about 10 minutes later that reads:

“You admit that you are spiritually dead (“I don’t live my life based on mere soundbytes of the bible”) for those who are alive in Christ live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

 

[CollegeCatholic]

There are some really good soundbytes in the Bible such as “God does not exist” that we should all hold near and dear.

 

[b_justb]

I thought about this a lot and at first I was just going to post a quickie smirk and an image of the Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz proclaiming the Wicked Witch as dead (“truly-ooooly dead!”) but couldn’t find the image I wanted.

Then I thought about the language used “You’re spiritually dead.” Classic Gnosticism shown in American Evangelical thought.

If you were really “spiritually dead” then you’d be physically dead. There is no separation. JP2’s “theology of the Body” is some GREAT stuff. Give it a gander if you get a chance.

 

[wcknight]

How so ??? , Catholics follow the Bible even more than most other Christian denominations. Every Catholic doctrine is first reviewed against all scriptures, so it can never contradict anything that is written.

Where we differ is that we have ALL the books of the Bible included in our texts, and we accept sacred traditions, just as scriptures TELLS us to, while other Christians do not.

What we do NOT do, is spout out random quotes out of context even when they do not apply.

AND we do NOT have many individual interpretations of scriptures so there is not several thousand different interpretations of various passages.

We love our Bible as much as the next Christian but we do not use it to club others in attempts to make them agree with us.

 

[Kevan]

That guy’s response reveals that he didn’t really read your email before retorting. He thought you were saying “I’m a Catholic, I believe the Church, I don’t live by verses you quote from the Bible.” which is just the opposite of what you actually said.

It is very common, when a reader has a preconceived notion of what a writer believes, to assume that a writing says just that. Folks here have done that to me a time or two, and I might have done it myself.

As for “spiritually dead,” that idea comes from John 5:24 and Ephesians 2:1.

 

[asteroid]

That’s an amazing response. Not the most, sensible constructive comment ever!

We must remember it whenever a Protestant tries to disparage Catholicism with a Bible quotation shorter than the entire Bible.

 

[Malachi4U]

the-3rd-parent:

…“You admit that you are spiritually dead (“I don’t live my life based on mere soundbytes of the bible”) for those who are alive in Christ live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

He condriticts his own words by his words. He says he lives by soundbytes then admits that Catholics are right by needing the ENTIRE Word of God. That guy needs some Bible soundbytes in context.

 

[eleusis]

wcknight:

How so ??? , Catholics follow the Bible even more than most other Christian denominations. Every Catholic doctrine is first reviewed against all scriptures, so it can never contradict anything that is written.

Where we differ is that we have ALL the books of the Bible included in our texts, and we accept sacred traditions, just as scriptures TELLS us to, while other Christians do not.

What we do NOT do, is spout out random quotes out of context even when they do not apply.

AND we do NOT have many individual interpretations of scriptures so there is not several thousand different interpretations of various passages.

We love our Bible as much as the next Christian but we do not use it to club others in attempts to make them agree with us.

Very well said.