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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 12:00 am
OP fucking use hide tags with long posts.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization join today.
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 1:07 am
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So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 1:36 am
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 10:03 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2015 at 10:08 am by The Grand Nudger.)
What if I wasn't interested in salvation..but wondered how much jesus blood/suffering on the cross would be required in order to satisfy my outstanding parking tickets? Is there an arrangement for that.....some spell I could ask your witchdoctors to perform on my behalf? Gimme the juice!
(also, do rosary beads come in different sizes and, if so, whats the convention for naming? #12-#4, for example - if applicable? I got an idea from another catholic that I wanted to follow up on....related to that..can I call -just any- set of beads rosary beads, are they all equally suitable? Yet another idea from a fellow catholic, of course.)
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 12:20 pm
What happens if the jesus wafer decides to start break dancing on his way down your esophagus?
Not that I'm not mildly amused by deluded religionists who sincerely believe they have a divine mandate to convert us heathen atheists, but in the interest of brevity, please I just want an answer to the wafer question.
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 12:32 pm
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Quote: Okay. First, the rosary is a devotion. Not a doctrine or dogma.
—-I don’t think this is a requirement, but it shouldn’t be optional, when it clearly says in the bible that jesus is the only mediator
I clearly didn’t say it was a doctrine or a dogma.
Quote:But before you do, make sure you know the differences between dogmas, doctrines, devotions, and disciplines. The latter two can change, but the former two never have.
The Catholic Church is teaching the same doctrines it has for 2,000 years.
—This may be true, but, the catholic church has been changing it’s mind and making up new rules since it was first established.
Again, please don’t words in my mouth. I agreed doctrines haven’t changed, as for everything else, well..I’m sure you know.
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 1:55 pm
(May 31, 2015 at 1:28 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: Quote: Okay. First, the rosary is a devotion. Not a doctrine or dogma.
—-I don’t think this is a requirement, but it shouldn’t be optional, when it clearly says in the bible that jesus is the only mediator
I clearly didn’t say it was a doctrine or a dogma.
Quote:But before you do, make sure you know the differences between dogmas, doctrines, devotions, and disciplines. The latter two can change, but the former two never have.
The Catholic Church is teaching the same doctrines it has for 2,000 years.
—This may be true, but, the catholic church has been changing it’s mind and making up new rules since it was first established.
Again, please don’t words in my mouth. I agreed doctrines haven’t changed, as for everything else, well..I’m sure you know.
I did not mean to do so...I'm not accustomed to hearing someone complain that something other than dogmas and doctrines have changed - if that is what you meant.
If you are saying that devotions and disciplines have changed over the years, then sure. But so what?
It's only an issue if you assert that dogmas and doctrines have been changed (abandoned or reversed).
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 1:58 pm
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So, you don't know. Who would, do I have to take this all the way to the man with the funny hat? That you think the blood and suffering of jesus is unserious with regards to my parking tickets ought to give you pause. Why would it be -serious- with regards to my sins and soul...if it can't handle a speeding violation for me................some of the things I've done are, at least potentially, a bit more grievous than doing 50 in a 30. Anything that can clear that account isn't going to have any trouble with a citation from the local fuzz.....right?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 3:30 pm
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RC... Roman Catholic... Also, remote control... Curious... I'm still waiting for your musings on what I wrote over a week ago...
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