Another reason for me to not like the current Pope

Tref · 07-11-2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

Historically true, but where we differ is that I don't feel it's required to trace that kind of ancestry to have a valid church.

Now, I have to be so careful with my words, Alphabassettgrrl, but if you follow what Jesus intended per the Gospels then it is important. It is very important. To a Catholic, this isn't just any ancestry. It is the ancestry of God's word.

But again, I am speaking as a Catholic. You are welcome to pray where-ever and with whomever you desire.

And to Katiesue, the moment they broke off from the Mother Church they broke that line. You can not change the rules, even a bit and be faithful to what was first preached 2000 years ago -- this according to the Church.

My feeling is that maybe I should break off my end of the discussion here. I do not want to give the impression I believe any one group is better then the next.

To quote the gospel of XTC

This is your life and you do what you want to do,
This is your life and you spend it all.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
Just dont hurt nobody,
less of course they ask you,
In the garden of earthly delights

Not Afraid · 07-11-2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tref

You can not change the rules, even a bit and be faithful to what was first preached 2000 years ago -- this according to the Church.

But, things HAVE been changed! The bible itself has gone through enormous changes (the fact that a book called "The Bible" didn't even exist 2000 years ago is just the tip of the iceberg). The "rules" have changed, morphed, developed and gone by the wayside over 2000+ years. Such is the nature of mankind.

Kevy Baby · 07-11-2007, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

But, things HAVE been changed! The bible itself has gone through enormous changes (the fact that a book called "The Bible" didn't even exist 2000 years ago is just the tip of the iceberg). The "rules" have changed, morphed, developed and gone by the wayside over 2000+ years. Such is the nature of mankind.

One must also remember that the "Bible" is but a shadow of what it was originally and has been rewritten and had many parts discarded by old white men.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-11-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

One must also remember that the "Bible" is but a shadow of what it was originally and has been rewritten and had many parts discarded by old white men.

Oh good, you believe in Torah, then?

Kevy Baby · 07-11-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Oh good, you believe in Torah, then?

I don't know nearly enough about it to say yeah or nay. However, when at one point in my life I was searching for an outlet for my spiritual yearnings, Judaism appealed to me most early on (though as many know, I have since started practicing Wicca, a form of Paganism).