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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:53 PM Original message |
The Times: Catholic Church No Longer Swears By Truth Of The Bible |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. this will go over like a led zeppelin with the fundies! |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly so... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And they'll forget they're a desendent of same church. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was raised as a Catholic and we were ALWAYS told that the Old Testament |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. We were taught that not everything in the Bible is to be taken literally. |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 09:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
53. I was raised a Unitarian ... |
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mcar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Same here |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. same here |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Same here |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Exactly. As a kid, nuns told me these were stories and parables to teach |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Agreed |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Same here -- and same for when I taught CCD in the |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. That's because Catholics take a scholarly approach to religion. |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Same here. This is old news |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. So Noah's Ark was a myth, and Jesus' alleged resurrection isn't? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Some of it was seen |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. the fundies will blow a collective gasket |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. god is going to take away their part out of the book of life |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Hahahahahah! You have to use a "sarcasm" smilie when you |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I REALLY hope you're being sarcastic. (nt) |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. You bet |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. They've also changed interpretations: Lazarus & the Rich man parable |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. "How Rome hates the infallible Bible" by Ian Paisley |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:22 PM Original message |
The King James version IS the only True Bible. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. It is quite silly how some view the KJV as "God's authoritative word" |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. All non-heretics agree. The rest will be burned. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Boy will they have egg on their face when Jesus returns next week |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. And I was looking forward to going out as a pillar of salt. Nuts. nt |
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Francine Frensky (870 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Please change the title of your post. This is nothing new!! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Jews don't take the Hebrew Bible literally |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. Why is it necessary to take the "there is a god" part literally, then? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Some don't, I can introduce you to an atheist Rabbi if you like |
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matthewf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. I got my rapture Ticket |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. so, can I have your car? |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Weren't clothes the original sin? |
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hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. So the Catholic Church is getting weirded out... |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. What in the world do you mean? |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Do I smell a "Great Schism" between fundy Catholics and fundy Protestants? |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Wow, only 500 years after the fact! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Most Catholics really hate fundie Protestants |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I have met both stripes of Catholics |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Catholics are like Democrats. We have a lot of different types. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I even know an atheist Catholic |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #29 |
56. Fundie Catholics are not necessarily bad people |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Even fundies can be quite nice, the problem is time |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Yes and no |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Yep--could work to the world's advantage |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thats a bit of a bombshell |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That Whole 'Earth-Revolving- Around-The-Sun' Thing Must Still Sting... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The previous pope acknowledged evolution as true |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Mendel was a monk |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. No, it isn't. This is what the Catholic Church has always said. It isn't |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. As I said above, I have met both liberal and fundamentalist Catholics |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. The reaction should be that, but it's not. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
55. Not really |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. ALSO NEWS; POPE CATHOLIC, BEARS SHIT IN WOODS!!!!!! HUGH!!! |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. Now they have really gone and done it! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. They may need to explain that to the Holy See |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. As long as there is a Roman Catholic Church, |
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dretceterini (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Religious war! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
58. You gat it! |
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