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Post by redsoxfan on May 6, 2008 15:27:48 GMT -5
Thank God Em is not into JW theology.
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Post by Cepha on May 6, 2008 15:30:28 GMT -5
Thank God Em is not into JW theology. One cult is about as good as the other.  |
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Post by redsoxfan on May 6, 2008 16:13:51 GMT -5
You need more sugar to catch the fly!
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Post by Cepha on May 6, 2008 16:15:36 GMT -5
You need more sugar to catch the fly! Yeah...I'm not good at catching flies...but that's what one gets for poking a hornet's nest with a stick. You mess with the bull, you get...well, you know. LOL! |
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Post by Cepha on May 6, 2008 16:17:34 GMT -5
Anyway, who are we kidding...she'll be back!
;D
Like a moth to the flame!
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Post by Cepha on Aug 4, 2008 14:59:42 GMT -5
Ever notice that when a Catholic becomes a Protestant, they becomes very bitter and nasty and rude and unChristianlike in their behaviour towards their former brethren? Is this what their new church teaches them? To slander? To judge? To divide? But when a Protestant becomes Catholic, they always speak highly of their former faith and are kind and gentlehearted & Christlike towards their Protestant brethren? This is what Jesus taught, mercy, compassion, love. Which of the two truly represent Christian behaviour? Jesus called a spade a spade, meaning he called the pharisees and other ''religious'' Jew generation of vipers, hypocrites, and even children of satan, much like the catholics are. I see nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Ok, you're a spade! ;D |
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Post by Cepha on Aug 4, 2008 15:18:47 GMT -5
and even children of satan, much like the catholics are.
Oh yes!Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you,
and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you." |
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Post by Cepha on Aug 4, 2008 18:38:44 GMT -5
Now, what was it that Jesus "also" said?
Oh yes!Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you,
and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you." K Key word ''falsely'', there is nothing false about my statement. Of course, that's what a "false" accuser would believe.  |
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Post by Cepha on Aug 4, 2008 18:39:13 GMT -5
LOL, that was great, thanks for the laugh. ;D |
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Post by teresahrc on Sept 10, 2008 10:44:40 GMT -5
I'm working on it Cepha.
But you know what's interesting? It seems like the people that gave me the most "brainwashing" against the Catholic Church were not people that were born and raised Protestant, but former Catholics and the families of former Catholics.
A lot of them did have bad experiences with certain indidual Catholics, but then it seems they sort of projected their bad experiences onto the whole Church.
One Church I went to was very anti-catholic (the Pastor's wife was a former Catholic who had a bad experience as a child--she was "born again" but her Catholic parents thought she was joining a cult, which there were certainly a lot of in the 60's)
Anyway, one time I brought my Catholic friend to youth group when I was like 17, and no one knew she was Catholic. During that one youth meeting, there were like 3 separate negative references to Catholics. In spite of all that, my Catholic friend was EXTREMELY polite to me and that Church.
Also, a lot of people don't realize that most Catholics that leave the Church do not have a lot of theological knowledge. Many of them really don't understand the differences and don't realize what they are doing, then once they leave they are brainwashed by lots of falsehoods about the Catholic Church.
Most protestants that become Catholic either marry a Catholic, or like me, they make an informed decision based on theology and truth instead of mere emotion.
But aside from apologetics, I am very polite about different beliefs. Tonight in fact, I plan to go to an ecumenical "Taize" at a Lutheran Church.
teresa
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Post by Cepha on Sept 10, 2008 10:54:06 GMT -5
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Post by teresahrc on Sept 10, 2008 10:58:58 GMT -5
At least Catholics that become Protestant are still Christians. We can't forget that.
We all need to love each other more.
"And we pray that our unity may one day be restored. And they'll know we are Christians by our love..."
teresa
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Post by Cepha on Sept 10, 2008 14:58:37 GMT -5
At least Catholics that become Protestant are still Christians. We can't forget that. We all need to love each other more. "And we pray that our unity may one day be restored. And they'll know we are Christians by our love..." teresa Unity among denominations? Impossible from the Catholic perspective. We cannot sacrifice truth for the sake of good feelings, but we can love each other. We don't have to be unified to love each other. If we can love our enemies, we can definitely love our bretheren. Even those that falsely accuse us...wait, let me rephrase that..."Especially" those that falsely accuse us. |
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Post by teresahrc on Sept 11, 2008 12:10:22 GMT -5
I never said unity among denominations. Unity can only come through the Universal Church. That's us. The closer those denominations come to Uniting with the Catholic Church, the more unity we will have (and for that matter, the closer CATHOLICS come to agree with the Church)
A house divided against itself cannot stand. That's why protestantism is starting to crumble, and we have to be there for them when it does. Already many Anglicans are coming back to the Church, and many others. My biggest prayer right now is that the Orthodox will unite with us again. Perhaps the situations now with the Ecumenical Patriarch will bring us closer to unity?
teresa
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