Questions For A Catholic

[Selene]

What I see from you, Selene, is that you have a hard time following the truth, whether it be God's Truth from the Bible, or something someone in this group says.

You and aspen are not innocent when it comes to being rude and calling people names. Period.

So stop going on about how rude others are to you. I understand that people who defend false doctrine....they don't want to see the truth, and they will be offended. So be prepared.

The fact that you cannot even show those "so-called" rude words that I said says it all. You can't quote any name-calling from me simply because there are none to show.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God and Jesus. You deny the very name. For you to say that is an "only" is beyond strange and wrong.

For me, the Holy Spirit is God. He is the third person in the Holy Trinity.

You make up stories to keep your lies alive. You said that I don't know what to make of your explanation of Elijah and Moses....I don't even remember what you said about it. And I believe in the life of the spirit after the death of the body.

You don't remember? All you have to do is go back and re-read the posts.

 

[Selene]

If Catholics were willing to accept the scriptural feedback they are receiving with the same openness and faith that they are asking non-Catholics to accept their non-scripture based claims, I am of the opinion there would be a lot fewer Catholics in the world today.

If you had been reading the posts since the beginning of this thread, the Catholics on this thread have been the ones who were called liars and heretics by non-Catholics while we explained our beliefs to them. We, on the other hand, have not stooped to their level of animosity and hatred.

Statistics say that the Catholics are the largest Christian group worldwide. Statistics also say that Catholics are increasing especially in the continents of Asia and Africa (continents that are mainly pagan). The Holy Spirit is truely working with us in those continents. The number of Catholic priests and seminarians are also increasing in those continents. According to Statistics:


In 2008 there were 1.166 billion baptized Catholics worldwide, an increase of 19 million (up 1.7%). Taking into account the increase in the world’s population to 6.7 billion, there is a slight growth in the percentage of Catholics who make up the global population (from 17.33% to 17.40%).

There was also an increase in the number of bishops, from 4,946 in 2007 to 5,002 in 2008 (up 1.13%). The growth in Africa (up 1.83%) and the Americas (up 1.57%) was significant, while in Asia (up 1.09%) and in Europe (up 0.70%) the values are below the overall average. In Oceania during the same period there was a 3% decrease in the number of bishops.

There was also a slight increase (around 1% between 2000 and 2008) for diocesan and religious priests, whose numbers grew from 405,178 in 2000 to 409,166 in 2008.

The number of clergy by continent has Europe on top, with almost half of the world's priests still residing there (47.1%), followed by the Americas (30%), then Asia (13.2%) and Africa (8.7%) and finally Oceania (1.2%).

Written by a hand made of flesh? Yes. Did they have God's stamp of approval and commissioning of them? Yes.

And did you ever figured out who compiled those books together? The Bible did not just come down from Heaven and landed in your lap the way it is. Who compiled them together?

 

[Anastacia]

The fact that you cannot even show those "so-called" rude words that I said says it all. You can't quote any name-calling from me simply because there are none to show.


For me, the Holy Spirit is God. He is the third person in the Holy Trinity.


You don't remember? All you have to do is go back and re-read the posts.

The Holy Spirit is God and Jesus. You have been going against what I have been saying.


I'm not going back to find your comments because I'm not playing that game. You go against the Word of God. That is what I care about.

I don't remember what you said about the time of the transformation with Moses and Elijah, but that's not the point, the point is that you made up something about me.

 

[Selene]

How are you Catholics taking the Pope's new announcement that Child Porn is OK? He's your "doctrine protector", right? All bow and all hail what the Pope says.
http://www.belfastte...s-15035449.html

TexUs, in order to be a very good researcher, a person would look at the Pope's entire speech to see if this newspaper that you just printed was biased or not. Here is the Pope's 2010 Christmas entire address printed from the Vatican's website. So now, read it and figure it out whether the Pope actually said it.

http://www.vatican.v...-auguri_en.html

If you had read the entire speech, this is the context of which his sentence was taken out of. I placed in bold what the newspaper took out of context of his speech.

"In order to resist these forces, we must turn our attention to their ideological foundations. In the 1970s, paedophilia was theorized as something fully in conformity with man and even with children. This, however, was part of a fundamental perversion of the concept of ethos. It was maintained – even within the realm of Catholic theology – that there is no such thing as evil in itself or good in itself. There is only a “better than” and a “worse than”. Nothing is good or bad in itself. Everything depends on the circumstances and on the end in view. Anything can be good or also bad, depending upon purposes and circumstances. Morality is replaced by a calculus of consequences, and in the process it ceases to exist. The effects of such theories are evident today. Against them, Pope John Paul II, in his 1993 Encyclical Letter Veritatis Splendor, indicated with prophetic force in the great rational tradition of Christian ethos the essential and permanent foundations of moral action. Today, attention must be focussed anew on this text as a path in the formation of conscience. It is our responsibility to make these criteria audible and intelligible once more for people today as paths of true humanity, in the context of our paramount concern for mankind"

 

[mcorba]

How are you Catholics taking the Pope's new announcement that Child Porn is OK? He's your "doctrine protector", right? All bow and all hail what the Pope says.
http://www.belfastte...s-15035449.html

Wow, you guys are really not interested in taking Anything in the correct context, are you???
Here is the specific quote from the newspaper:

“We cannot remain silent about the context of these times in which these events have come to light,” he said, citing the growth of child pornography “that seems in some way to be considered more and more normal by society” he said.

Read more: http://www.belfastte...l#ixzz18t46qku8

- Cant remain silent - suggests he Disagrees with it!
The growth of the child porn industry seems more and more normal in an excessively over liberalised society - this is the Context of what he means it......but that wouldnt be a good story for attacking Catholics would it?

If it wasn't for the Catholics we would all be Muslims by now.

Haha! :lol:

Now that is Food for Thought for some on here!!!!

I have never put down your beliefs. I do not even ask you questions any of your beliefs. You believe that the Holy Spirit is ONLY a spirit of God and Jesus....how is that putting your beliefs down compared to YOU calling my beliefs evil and taught by demons? I put emphasis on "only" to show that your beliefs and mine are indeed different.

I do not put down the Word of God nor ignore the Scriptures because I use scriptures as support. You just don't like how scripture can support what I say.

For example, when I stated that Jesus spoke to Moses and Elijah in the Transfiguration, you do not like that Scripture because in that Scripture Jesus was actually speaking to someone who was no longer walking on the earth. And the three Apostles who were with Jesus was able to see the spirits of Moses and Elijah. That is what you do not like simply because you do not know what to make of it.

You are the one who kept calling us "liars". Where have we been disrespectful? We have never even called you any names? But you....how easy it is for you to call someone who don't even know a "liar." You and Marksman have been doing all the persecuting and all the name calling, and we are your victims. What rude names have I called you?

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:

Selene, you should save your energy for the positive people in the world - you are just feeding the metaphorical monster!

I don't think you got it.

TexUs, read your history, then consider how Protestantism would have developed if Christianity had been crushed during all the battles, without the efforts of the traditional church you so despise.

I can assure you we do get it.

Can you imagine easily emerging from Muslim faith to your loose, non denominational Christian beliefs, oh really?

 

[mcorba]

Wh are we still being sown pictures of saint's remains. This discussion is going nowhere; we're not going to agree with you and your not going to agree with us so let's just drop it.

Templar, they should really start their own thread posting these images, where they could enjoy them and use them to back up their distorted prejudiced ideas - ideas that they certainly havent come to this thread to discuss!!

Posting those images with knowitall commentary is neither insiteful, big, nor clever I am afraid.
PS, they cant drop it, they enjoy hijacking the thread too much. Its puerile.

 

[Selene]

Selene, you should save your energy for the positive people in the world - you are just feeding the metaphorical monster!

Indeed. There are positive people in this world.

TexUs, read your history, then consider how Protestantism would have developed if Christianity had been crushed during all the battles, without the efforts of the traditional church you so despise.

I can assure you we do get it.

Can you imagine easily emerging from Muslim faith to your loose, non denominational Christian beliefs, oh really?

I don't even think he has any idea who actually compiled the books of that Bible that he worship.

 

[mcorba]

I don't even think he has any idea who actually compiled the books of that Bible that he worship.
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Now that might be an interesting discussion...exactly how we got to the multitude of denominations of Christianity without the help of the Catholic church sustaining it, through the rise of Islam, and endless persecution, just so that some Christians (who have a less than Christian manner imho) can put it down so casually and dismissively, because they have decided that they know all the answers.

It was during my time in the States that I was taught the following:
As soon as you cop an attitude, you are probably wrong. (an open mind is the way forward)

Peace and love - try to bring warmth and understanding into the world.

 

[TexUs]

And did you ever figured out who compiled those books together? The Bible did not just come down from Heaven and landed in your lap the way it is. Who compiled them together?

Some of them were referred to as Scripture by the inspired men that could speak for God. Those are given.
The rest took time. They were not all written together, but within the first century the cannon we have today (no, you proud Catholic, your council in the 16th century didn't do it) was assembled and regarded as scripture by the first century church. These are the people that walked and learned from Christ and could identify "That's not accurate!".
And of course one also expects God's sovereign hand in preserving his word. The more archeological discoveries we find, the more this is reinforced that what we have today is accurate.

Wow, you guys are really not interested in taking Anything in the correct context, are you???

LOL, now you know how it looks to use Protestants that hold the Bible in high regard as the world of God. (Yes, my posting of that was intended to illicit this response).

TexUs, read your history, then consider how Protestantism would have developed if Christianity had been crushed during all the battles, without the efforts of the traditional church you so despise.

God can work all things to his good- even the bad.

 

[Anastacia]

Now that might be an interesting discussion...exactly how we got to the multitude of denominations of Christianity without the help of the Catholic church sustaining it, through the rise of Islam, and endless persecution, just so that some Christians (who have a less than Christian manner imho) can put it down so casually and dismissively, because they have decided that they know all the answers.

The Catholic church does not have the Truth. So how could they of sustained anything?

 

[amadeus]

The Catholic church does not have the Truth. So how could they of sustained anything?

So then who is it that does have the Truth? When Pilate asked, "What is truth", he didn't realize that Truth itself stood before him. How much does each of us have of Jesus? Then again just exactly what is Jesus? Is He not the Word made flesh? So then is not the Word of God the flesh of Jesus, even as the Blood is the Spirit of God.

When have eaten all of His flesh and all of it has been quickened by God's Spirit then we have all of Him alive in us.

Does any Catholic have any portion of that Jesus alive in him?

Does any non-Catholic have any portion of Jesus alive in him?

The answer to both questions is, yes, unless you would confirm that all Catholic,s or all non-Catholics, or all of both are complete and absolute reprobates having no real Life in any of them.

As to sustaining, is it not God who sustains anything?

"And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Col 1:17

Has God ever used a sinner to do His work? Other than Jesus, what man has ever been used by God who was not a sinner?

If we are to cast out all of the Catholics as sinners, then had be enough room in the place of casting out for all of the non-Catholic believers as well.

 

[Anastacia]

So then who is it that does have the Truth? When Pilate asked, "What is truth", he didn't realize that Truth itself stood before him. How much does each of us have of Jesus? Then again just exactly what is Jesus? Is He not the Word made flesh? So then is not the Word of God the flesh of Jesus, even as the Blood is the Spirit of God.

When have eaten all of His flesh and all of it has been quickened by God's Spirit then we have all of Him alive in us.

Does any Catholic have any portion of that Jesus alive in him?

Does any non-Catholic have any portion of Jesus alive in him?

The answer to both questions is, yes, unless you would confirm that all Catholic,s or all non-Catholics, or all of both are complete and absolute reprobates having no real Life in any of them.

As to sustaining, is it not God who sustains anything?

"And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Col 1:17

Has God ever used a sinner to do His work? Other than Jesus, what man has ever been used by God who was not a sinner?

If we are to cast out all of the Catholics as sinners, then had be enough room in the place of casting out for all of the non-Catholic believers as well.

I hardly recognize what you say as anything from the Bible.

Jesus is Truth.

Jesus is the Word of God.

When you read the Bible...you read the Word of God.

Catholics go against what the scriptures say.

They go against the Word of God.

If Catholics do things that are taught by men, then they worship God in vain. That's what Jesus says.

If you obey Jesus' commands, that's when you eat the flesh of Jesus.

If you are not obeying the Word of God, then you do not have Jesus.

Catholics have doctrines that are unbiblical.

Just the name for the pope "Holy Father" will keep true believers far from the Catholic religion.

 

[Selene]

So then who is it that does have the Truth? When Pilate asked, "What is truth", he didn't realize that Truth itself stood before him. How much does each of us have of Jesus? Then again just exactly what is Jesus? Is He not the Word made flesh? So then is not the Word of God the flesh of Jesus, even as the Blood is the Spirit of God.

When have eaten all of His flesh and all of it has been quickened by God's Spirit then we have all of Him alive in us.

Does any Catholic have any portion of that Jesus alive in him?

Does any non-Catholic have any portion of Jesus alive in him?

The answer to both questions is, yes, unless you would confirm that all Catholic,s or all non-Catholics, or all of both are complete and absolute reprobates having no real Life in any of them.

As to sustaining, is it not God who sustains anything?

"And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Col 1:17

Has God ever used a sinner to do His work? Other than Jesus, what man has ever been used by God who was not a sinner?

If we are to cast out all of the Catholics as sinners, then had be enough room in the place of casting out for all of the non-Catholic believers as well.

Well said! I agree that God always uses the sinners. Even the Apostles were sinners. St. Paul was a murderer of Christians, and he was chosen by God. He became an instrument for God to spread the Gospel.

 

[marksman]

So then who is it that does have the Truth? When Pilate asked, "What is truth", he didn't realize that Truth itself stood before him. How much does each of us have of Jesus? Then again just exactly what is Jesus? Is He not the Word made flesh? So then is not the Word of God the flesh of Jesus, even as the Blood is the Spirit of God.

No you silly sod, and that is a coloquism in my country, the Word of God is not the flesh of Jesus. All it means is that the Word, Jesus became flesh to show us the Father. When he ascended into heaven, he no longer was flesh. I wish you catholics would stop saying such stupid things.

This is the kind of condescending garbage that reminds me of arguments I used to get into with my sister when I was 4.

Just as I thought. Rather than do what you said you would do, you avoid like the plague answering questions you can't answer with responses that are blathering nonsense. I am still waitng for the scripture verses to support your claim.

What attacks and rude comments are coming from us? We are the ones who are being called liars and heretics. None of the Catholics here have ever called you a liar or a heretic.

Being called liars and heretics is not rude. It is the truth and as we know the truth hurts.

And where in scripture does it say to pray to the Holy Spirit? Just a straight forward answer of specific verses would be appreciated, not some waffle about, this that and the other

Still waitiing for your answer dearie.

Actually, what you really want us to say are bad and negative things about everything that we believe in about our Lord Jesus Christ.. Sorry, but we cannot do that. I would never give up my faith in Christ.

Can you show me where I said that?

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:

Using this verse to support your cause is nothing more than sanctimonious self-righteousness.

And you said goodbye a long time ago so how come you are still here? Was that another lie to try and bamboozle us?

 

[marksman]

You see this....this is exactly what I mean. I gave you an answer saying that we believe that the Holy Spirit is God because we believe in the Holy Trinity. Nowhere in my answer to you did I ever say that your question was an example of convoluted twistology or some waffle. It has always been you who was doing the persecuting. You put down my answer simply you don't like it. But nowhere in my response did I put down your question.

Have you been drinkiing too much communion wine? This post is complete nonsense. I didn't ask for the answer you gave, so lets try again

And where in scripture does it say to pray to the Holy Spirit? Just a straight forward answer of specific verses would be appreciated, not some waffle about, this that and the other

Please note.....SPECIFIC VERSES, NOT WAFFLE AND GARBAGE.

No my dear of course you didn't say that and I never said you did. I SAID your response was an example of convoluted twistology because it is.

If keeping you to account is deemed persecution by you, I hope that you never actually experience REAL persecution.

You see this? These posts are all from you.

Please tell me something I don't know.

You call our answers "rubbish." Since you already believed that what we have to say is "rubbish" why do you even bother to ask us questions?

It might be possible, just possible that we might get an answer, but I am not holding my breath.

All these persecutions are coming from you and Anastacia.

Persecutions!!!!! You come on here touting yourself as some defender of the faith and when the going gets tough all you can do is cry "persecution."

All you have been doing is making condenscending remarks on all our answers simply because you do not like our answers.

And why should I like answers that are pure heresy? That shows a rc mindset. You have to believe it because we said it. Sorry to say but we got over that idea centuries ago.

If Catholics were willing to accept the scriptural feedback they are receiving with the same openness and faith that they are asking non-Catholics to accept their non-scripture based claims, I am of the opinion there would be a lot fewer Catholics in the world today.

Why do you think that the rcc was up in arms when Wycliffe made the bible available to the man in the street??? Doesn't take much to work that one out.

Those pictures of dead people are flat out CREEPY AS HELL (and probably, literally creepy as hell). I can't look at that and say it's something good, honoring, and glorifying to God.

I couldn't agree more. I think it is totally repulsive!!!!!

Wh are we still being sown pictures of saint's remains. This discussion is going nowhere; we're not going to agree with you and your not going to agree with us so let's just drop it.

A typical response from someone who want's to avoid the truth.

 

[marksman]

Wow, you guys are really not interested in taking Anything in the correct context, are you???

So, when it is the pope talking, we have to have the correct context. When it comes to the word of God, context is irrelevant unless it supports our latest heresy. That my dear boy, speaks volumes.

Posting those images with knowitall commentary is neither insiteful, big, nor clever I am afraid. PS, they cant drop it, they enjoy hijacking the thread too much. Its puerile.

Well Selene, what would you call this if not purile, infantile and very unclever.

 

[marksman]

I am still waiting for answers to all these questions....

1. And where in scripture does it say to pray to the Holy Spirit? Just a straight forward answer of specific verses would be appreciated, not some waffle about, this that and the other.

2. That wouldn't be any chance your way would it, so like the rcc which has its people saying the same thing over and over and over again. And please don't say they don't. I have been in enough catholic meetings to know that they do.

3. Are you saying we should follow the teaching of scripture?

4. But you claimed all these saints are alive in heaven already. If that is the case, why do they need to be resurrected back to life?

5. And how do you imitate Christ?

6. What has the second death got to do with what you are saying? You are just making it up as you go along.

7. Where does it say in scripture that God approves of denominations?

8. Chapter and verse please for what you are claiming here?

9. Sorry, I don't have Cahters in my bible. Is that the catholic version?

10. How do you know he is a better man than me? I would like some irrefutable evidence please. Otherwise retract the statement.

11. Since when has a dictionary been a commentary on the bible?

12. And you said goodbye a long time ago so how come you are still here?

13. Can you show me where I said that?

14. That wouldn't be any chance your way would it, so like the rcc which has its people saying the same thing over and over and over again. And please don't say they don't. I have been in enough catholic meetings to know that they do.

 

[Foreigner]

Statistics say that the Catholics are the largest Christian group worldwide. Statistics also say that Catholics are increasing especially in the continents of Asia and Africa (continents that are mainly pagan). The Holy Spirit is truely working with us in those continents. The number of Catholic priests and seminarians are also increasing in those continents. According to Statistics:


In 2008 there were 1.166 billion baptized Catholics worldwide, an increase of 19 million (up 1.7%). Taking into account the increase in the world’s population to 6.7 billion, there is a slight growth in the percentage of Catholics who make up the global population (from 17.33% to 17.40%).

There was also an increase in the number of bishops, from 4,946 in 2007 to 5,002 in 2008 (up 1.13%). The growth in Africa (up 1.83%) and the Americas (up 1.57%) was significant, while in Asia (up 1.09%) and in Europe (up 0.70%) the values are below the overall average. In Oceania during the same period there was a 3% decrease in the number of bishops.

There was also a slight increase (around 1% between 2000 and 2008) for diocesan and religious priests, whose numbers grew from 405,178 in 2000 to 409,166 in 2008.

The number of clergy by continent has Europe on top, with almost half of the world's priests still residing there (47.1%), followed by the Americas (30%), then Asia (13.2%) and Africa (8.7%) and finally Oceania (1.2%).

-- Currently there are roughly 1.5 BILLION Muslims in the world and that number is growing rapidly


Using the numbers game to show support of Catholicism and imply that it is because it is a faith encouraged by God is not a wise move.

 

[Selene]

-- Currently there are roughly 1.5 BILLION Muslims in the world and that number is growing rapidly


Using the numbers game to show support of Catholicism and imply that it is because it is a faith encouraged by God is not a wise move.

I was not using the number game to imply that it is a faith encouraged by God. I was using the number game to show that YOUR statement about Catholics' lack of openess and about Catholicism decreasing is false.

 

[Selene]

I am still waiting for answers to all these questions....

1. And where in scripture does it say to pray to the Holy Spirit? Just a straight forward answer of specific verses would be appreciated, not some waffle about, this that and the other.

Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

You pray to Jesus because He is God. You pray to the Father because the Father is God. Well, we can pray to the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit is God. All these three are one because we believe in the Holy Trinity. I will and can pray to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy Spirit because they are one. If you cannot understand this simple point of view from us, then it is useless answering the rest of your questions.