(November 8, 2013 at 12:02 pm)Ben Davis Wrote:(November 8, 2013 at 11:09 am)ronedee Wrote: It's about God. Not people. "Stupid" is following "religiously" anything man institutes. Our relationship is one on one with our Savior. All else is suspect.This is not Catholicism. A central tenet of Catholicism is that God is revealed through the hierarchy of the church and only in extremely rare & very special circumstances by personal revelation. Basically, you're not worthy of having a 'one-on-one relationship' with God.
Quote:Its time to take the shades off and realize that God is the standard. Unchanging. The rule.You claim to be Catholic so you have to admit to having no one-on-one relationship with God. However you also reject anything instituted by man (e.g. religious structure, hierarchy, the bible etc.). How then do you know what God's standard is and how it hasn't & will not change?
Everything else SUCKS!
This is true. When the Catholic Church released the diaries of Mother Teresa, they revealed how tortured she felt when she admits to have never once been spoken to by God. She grappled with this to her death. But, I guess the average fundie around here is probably held in a higher regard with the big guy. Did Mother Teresa just not have her hearing aid turned up high enough? Is that what's being implied?
Is the solicitation of misunderstood relgious doctrine via the internet something God recognizes as behavior worthy of his divine communication?
When you read The Bible, I guess such a thing would be consistent with the God it portrays. Good point.
