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Napsack
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The Church has binding interpreations on about a half dozen verses of scripture.
It appears our differencess are you believe faith is nothing more than opinions and I believe faith is derived from the unchanging truths entrusted to his Church by Jesus Christ. if there are absolute truths they dont change from day-to-day or generation to generation and they most certainly don’t get discerned anew by each person who opens up the Bible.
I have found that about two thirds of Catholics who have a problems with the teachings of the church are problems solely grounded on conflict between church teachings and their political views
I thought that all Catholics were united in their beliefs and not “all over the map” as you say us Protestants are.
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LeroyCRHP
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Actually search with Google and include CAF. In other forums I found Google outdid the forum search engine everytime.
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Napsack
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You’ve proven nothing here, GET IT!
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htk553
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I will agree with you on that.
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Toni
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I agree but I do not think that this is just in the non catholic forum. I feel that I have learned in my years of being here that charity is the most important thing that we can give to one another.Though it is not always easy. If we all follow Christ than we need to all love one another as he has loved us.
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Muslim_Woman
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** In the name of Allah , the Most Gracious , Ever Merciful **
Salaam/ Peace
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what’s the meaning of love one another ? Christians think Muslims are anti Christ (p) & some ( if not many or most ) believe Bible tells them to oppose descedent of Ismail (pbuh) . So , Chrisitans must not love Muslims … that’s the impression I got from several Chrisitans.
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pprimeau1976
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This annoys me as well. What annoys me is the assumption that Christians are so gullible that we would just drop the entire basis of our faith when confronted with this story.I don’t know if it’s been covered already because I did not read each and every reply…
Here is mine:
Jesus lived to be 120 years old, traveled to India where He is buried and so did Mother Mary, She too went to India … and… she too died in India and is buried there as well…
Perhaps it’s a trap for tourism to India so all of the Christians (2.7 billion) may gather to see the tomb of Christ and Mother Mary… and increase Indias tourism. :banghead:
Ouch… my head hurts real bad…
As far as India goes, this is an interesting theory, but I don;t think India needs 2.7 billion more people to add to the 1.1 billion they already have.
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wisdomseeker
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Love one another. it seems very complicated doesn’t it?
well, Jesus says: forgive one another. does muslims teach this? meaning you shall not harm one another.
the CC teaches that muslims are also children of Abraham. we must love them too.
i have no hatreth for none of you.
with so many believing different things conflicts arise and we end up harming one another.
now, it all depends how one see it. we christians want everyone to come to the knowledge of the Son of God, the Christ, the Savior. but many do not believe. so many do hate christians because they believe Christ.
if you are interested you will find that many priests and laity people are being killed for trying to bring others to the knowledge of Christ. why? is it our Lord who is causing all this? of course not.
we must started by finding out where the Truth lies. then we can take from there.
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SpiritMeadow
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I fully agree that there is complaint on both sides. My issue pure and simple is why Catholics (not all of course) are allowed with impunity to start threads that are insulting. “Why does God allow protestant denominations?” What will it take for you to return to the TRUE CHURCH?" and stuff like that.
The real issue as I see it, is that Protestants and Anglicans (many of whom don’t think of themselves as Protestants btw) don’t think much about “defending” their faith. We are happy you have yours, we like ours. But it seems we are often baited into these nasty threads to “defend” ourselves. I guess I wonder at the need to “defend.” I certainly don’t agree with the efficacy of many Christian denominations, but I don’t tell them that. I am happy they are in relationship with God and Christ. The best I can do is to live out my faith as best I can, and if some are drawn to it through me, so much the better. I have nothing to prove and no desire to do so. I trust God collects the faithful from all the Christians as he sees fit.
But I totally agree that there is no denomination or faith when it comes to being unkind when we think we are being picked on, Catholic, Jew, Episcopalian, Muslim, Pentacost, etc. We all have much to work on it seems to me.
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SpiritMeadow
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Its crude to define it that way, as mere opinion. But in the end, all interpretation of scripture is opinion. Of course, some opinion is of more value than others, some is the product of deeper learning than others. You claim that your truths are entrusted by Christ. Well this may shock you, but so do all denominations! All denominations, believe that the Holy Spirit guides them into truth. Yet we often disagree about doctrine. If your truth were so clear, there of course would be but one Christian denomination.
So I reinterate, your interpretation is that which has been given you by your church. My church, is quite a bit more flexible in giving its members the grace of their own minds. Still,we have basic tenets, such as the Nicene Creed that we adhere to. We have a basic catechism as well. But of course it is not nearly as detailed as yours.
We would argue, if that were our intent that that has kept us from some of the difficulties you experience, but it has defintely set us up for other difficulties you don’t experience as much except for groups like the SSXP’'s.
The usual, we have truth and you don’t is ignored as I ignore all such self-serving and rather insulting remarks.
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PaulDupre
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The Catholic Bible does not contain any apochrypha. It contains the seven Deuterocanonical books that were part of all Christian bibles until the 17th century. The apochryphal books were never part of the bible.You just embarassed yourself. I am Protestant by your definition but yet my Bible contains the Apocrypha as yours does. Go figure.
Calling these books “apochrypha” shows how little regard you have for them.
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Napsack
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The proper name for them is the Apocrypha. Catholics call them the Deuterocanonical books and that is fine. Everyone else calls them the Apocrypha. So what?
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atassina
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Exactly! If the pope knew everything about Catholicism, he would have not counselors. That’s one reason Jesus chose 12 and not only one: The Twelve remembered it all. The pope and all the bishops and all the clergy and all the laity remember it all.
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tobinatorstark
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Islam is the most annoying thing I have read on this forum. Anything to do with Islam is quite anooying
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Bill_Pick
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Amd no jewish person picking on Cathloic or other Christians
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Bill_Pick
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AGREE The first 3 got my voteI actually have 3 things I’ve read that annoy me (ranked in order of annoyance):
The third one I laughed my head off the first time I read it because I thought it was a joke (
- Christians assign “partners” to God - when this is obviously not true and has been explained over and over and over and over… but still gets repeated.
- The Bible has been corrupted (when no proof has been offered for this statement.)
- Jesus did not die on the cross, but escaped and went to India and lived to be 120 years old (or whatever age).
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OneTrueCathApos
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The most annoying thing is how people claim Jesus as married or had brothers and sisters…and then insist it…good grief…
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chrisse
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Didn’t everyone think that the earth was flat at one time?
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chrisse
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The blasphemy of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, associating Him with the moral decadence of pure evil together with the claim He will return on Judgement Day to hail pure evil as the truth.
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