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Holly3278
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Drinking alcohol is not a sin if done in moderation. It is a sin if you are drinking to get drunk though.
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Student09
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You need to meet some Lutherans I know.
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Allegra
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I’m trying to understand fromt he point of view of those who criticize Catholics for going to a pub after Mass. I would venture to guess that the fast majority of people who go to a pub in the early afternoon are not up to getting sloshed yet.
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triumphguy
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Catholic statues:
http://www.fluminalis.com/galleries/304667_max.jpg
Protestant statues:
http://drjamesgalyon.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/martin-luther-statue1.jpg?w=275&h=300
http://www.fluminalis.com/galleries/304667_max.jpg
Protestant statues:
http://drjamesgalyon.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/martin-luther-statue1.jpg?w=275&h=300
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anp1215
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People look at the Church’s teachings on sexuality (no contraception, husband must climax inside wife, etc.) and misconstrue that as meaning that we hate sex and think sex itself as sinful.
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LoyalViews
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There’s a BIG difference between the statues.
The protestant one is more “LOOK AT ME!”
Ours are more “Pray!”
The protestant one is more “LOOK AT ME!”
Ours are more “Pray!”
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TrueLight
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Oh come on. The man is preaching.
Which is exactly what St Vincent Ferrer is doing here:
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/6426/93066116.jpg
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Allegra
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St. Vincent’s mouth is open. I don’t know what the Protestant statue is supposed to be doing but he looks like he’s about to wack someone. (Probably because they went to a pub.)
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anp1215
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hahahahahahaha. That just cracked me up.
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triumphguy
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Yeah, but St. Vincent has a dove, AND a halo!
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cjmclark
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Looks like he’s getting ready to chow down on some dove!Yeah, but St. Vincent has a dove, AND a halo!
I’ve always loved the Pentecost art…
…where the Holy Spirit zaps in out of nowhere and everyone just loses their minds. I always imagine this is accompanied by an eagle’s cry, even though it’s obviously a dove.
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Elizium23
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From the readings of the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. I thought this was a great tie-in to this topic!
[BIBLEDRB]Wisdom 1:12-16[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Wisdom 1:12-16[/BIBLEDRB]
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LoyalViews
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You’re right, I’m biased
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Contra_Mundum_1
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Exactly. Many protestans don’t touch alcohol for example. Catholics are allowed to drink but not to be drunks. There is a difference. I could mention many other examples of this sort but I’d be repeating what others have said.
My previous parish was TLM and boy, those people knew how to have a good time. We’d often go for gin and tonics after mass, then lunch, then pub. At the same time there was a strong sense of decorum. No bad language, dirty jokes, gossip, etc. Clothes were always appropriate to the occasion but not potato sacks either.
I think that in the US things are a bit different, that people tend to be a bit puritan even when they are Catholic. This is my experience with many American Catholics whom I’ve met over the years.
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Lost_Wanderer
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You forgot music.
Protestant music - Makes me think I’m some Asian city slicker lost in some small, Southern town in the Good ol Bible Belt.
Catholic music - Makes me think I’m an adventurer passing by the place where people train to become paladins and clerics.
Despite my dislike for those two job classes, I prefer the second. Despite the prudes in our ranks, they’ve never been able to keep us from having our own flashy sense of style. Art was one of the few things I found the Renaissance Popes did right. (At least, compared to fundamentalist Protestantism.)
Besides, it’s better than thinking of myself in the first scenario where the only remotely amusing thing I’d do is post this statement on my FB wall:
“Attention all dudes and dudettes heading to the convention. Am stranded in Nowhere’s-ville. Bible-thumpers everywhere. TASUKETE!! SAKLOLO!! NEED HEEEEEEEELP!!! DX”
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Pat_Payne
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In the name of charity, I must protest inflicting Budweiser on our Protestant brethren. What did they do to deserve that?
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