I am sorry…but…
Where was the brothel statement?
Well if you are wrong, and some one is telling the truth you will not see any one stucking up for you and if you have demons ,I do not think you are going to find help here.
Post 147.
Yeah, I’ll agree he got a little too passionate and angry there, but you do seem to make a lot of posts challenging and questioning the Catholic Church. Remember, you are on a Catholic site. I don’t know about others, but I don’t go to Protestant sites and start arguments.
Remember, charity does not always consist in being all mushy-gushy. Remember, both Jesus and St. John the Baptist were quite harsh to the Pharisees and Sadducees, whom they say saw as leading the Jewish people astray. St. Paul was quite harsh towards the Galatian Judaizers and even called out St. Peter when he was incorrect.
I’m going to say this with all charity and love, NTS: you mix your overly-sensitive psyche (by your own admission, mind you. I’m not calling you anything you haven’t already proffered as a possibility) and a screen name that simply invites insults…this is what you’ll get.
Well I have thought about changing my screen name…but I don’t think you can.
You should PM or e-mail the Admins. They can either change it for you or close your account so you can make a new one with a new SN.
And I think you’re wonderful to not get insulted by what I posted earlier.
Good idea. I think I will. I have been thinking for a while that my choice of a screen name was…well…kind of…not too smart.
Excuse me, but Catholics MUST confess their sins to God BEFORE going to Reconciliation. That is the first step. When explaining Confession we often forget to include this step, because it is just common sense. Of course you go to God for forgiveness first, but because any sin harms the body of Christ, you must reconcile yourself to the Community, too. The early Christians took Paul at his word when he said “Confess your sins to one another…” .
We’re not guilty of Adam’s sin; however, we suffer the consequences of it (loss of eternal life, loss of relationship with God, tendency to prefer sin rather than good).
The problem is, NTS, most of the people responding on the forum don’t know what you mean by some of the things you say, and, to them, it sounds a bit like you are spazzing out about this. Now, you want to know why the inconsistency of the Catholic curch claiming the bible as something the church did and claiming all those scandals are done by individuals exists, correct? I will tell you: When the bible was canonized, its canonization was performed by a conference/committee whose sole purpose was to produce that canon. The committee was appointed directly by the pope, the Head of the church. It took a collaboration of church officials which desired and prayed to represent the will of the whole church. As for the scandals, they were performed by men who simply thought they could get away with a horrible act because they were priests or bishops or whatever. Those people did not constantly pray to represent the will of the whole church when they were molesting children or killing people. That is why the church feels the right to make a distinction between the two. There IS a difference, and that is why they seem inconsistent to someone who does not wish to accept the fact that there is a difference. Please note that the priests who are caught in these scandals are excommunicated from the church in most cases. They have disinherited their sacred vows, not affirmed them as the committee which canonized the Bible did. Have a wonderful day, and may Christ be with you.
Well said, brother. Well said…
A very good post, but do you think Nottoosmart will understand what you are saying/