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Post by Swordmasterdragoon on Apr 10, 2005 17:47:22 GMT -5
Wow... Why such an adverse judgement? Did you both disagree on his policies and views, or do you just not like the catholic faith? Either way, he was an at least competent spiritual leader, wasnt he :S? its nothing against the man but the religon. The position of the pope is the anti-christ. us lutherans don't like the catholics and thats very evident. they have fallen away from scripture and put in things that aren't meant to be there |
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Post by Knight of Lodis on Apr 10, 2005 19:47:08 GMT -5
I also don't care for the catholic religion. It goes above and beyond other christian religions and has problems with it that I hate. I consider myself an Agnostic Jew anyway so like the post above me I was not phased by his death at all.
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Post by Zynx on Apr 12, 2005 19:26:48 GMT -5
its nothing against the man but the religon. The position of the pope is the anti-christ. us lutherans don't like the catholics and thats very evident. they have fallen away from scripture and put in things that aren't meant to be there Hey, I'm Catholic so watch what you say.  Don't paint Catholics with such a broad brush. The opinions within the Church are very diverse ranging from fundamentalist to liberal, and that includes priests and bishops. |
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Post by Swordmasterdragoon on Apr 12, 2005 20:27:45 GMT -5
thats another thing i don't like about catholics. there is no universal set of beliefs. each church teaches something a little different then the next church
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Post by Zynx on Apr 13, 2005 7:27:47 GMT -5
thats another thing i don't like about catholics. there is no universal set of beliefs. each church teaches something a little different then the next church Is that bad somehow? The fundamental beliefs are the same, but there is some variation on some of the more nuanced things. |
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Post by Knight of Lodis on Apr 13, 2005 14:38:22 GMT -5
I went to Catholic school for 6 years. It was a very different experience not being catholic. I am not going to bash the religion or anything, obviously I don't like it, but I will say that it is WAY different than other Christian faiths. People that are Lutherian, Baptist, Presbertarian, etc. don't really understand Catholicism because it is so much more strict. I could go on but it is definitely a lot different than other Christian religions and you have to think differently to understand it. Just to give a few examples we have purgatory, eucharist = body and blood, stricter rules in regards to drugs that alter people like birth control (well used to be they were anti-birth control) and so on.
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Post by Zynx on Apr 14, 2005 4:47:50 GMT -5
The new fundamentalist brands of Protestantism that have emerged over the past forty years are far stricter on many doctrinal issues than Catholics are.
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Post by TreasureFinder on Apr 14, 2005 20:21:48 GMT -5
The new fundamentalist brands of Protestantism that have emerged over the past forty years are far stricter on many doctrinal issues than Catholics are. Southern Baptist, anyone? Honestly, they are probably the most fundamental sect of Protestanism. Did you they are thinking of splitting again? Kind of sad, in my opinion: I don't think a church should become so divided so as to split. I learned that Methodism (my denomination) became prominent in the early 1800s, with the Second Great Awakening. I even drew a comic about it... |
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Post by OldSchool on Apr 18, 2005 14:08:45 GMT -5
is there a number we can text to vote? |
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Post by TreasureFinder on Apr 18, 2005 15:55:57 GMT -5
Really? 'Cuz I called that number and some woman started to ask me if I wanted to 'do it'. |
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Post by Mystria on Apr 18, 2005 17:42:06 GMT -5
lol seriously? if so, i got to write that number down! lol jk
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Post by SNK! on Apr 20, 2005 19:06:32 GMT -5
Much of the opposition to catholicism is because they push to ban gay marriage, abortion, etc. I guess people feel threatened by this, and deal with it the only way they know how: bitching and moaning. To their defense they're just doing it in response to the opposing sides bitching and moaning. Lame.  |
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Don't paint Catholics with such a broad brush. The opinions within the Church are very diverse ranging from fundamentalist to liberal, and that includes priests and bishops. 
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