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At the cross, Jesus DID say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me." (See Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34). Are you saying that Jesus did not say those words at the cross? Jesus was never separated from the Father at all. He had always been one with the Father (See John 14:11 and John...

Yes, although Jesus was God, he was also 100% human. He even prayed to God to get this cup away from Him (meaning not to let Him endure the death He was to endure). At the cross, He cried out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" However, he persevered. In the same way, Mother Teresa...

What person would take a vow of poverty, live among the poor as one of them, and dedicate their lives serving them knowing that in the end none of it would matter because poverty will always exist? To take a vow of poverty means not to own anything. Like I said, even Christ at the cross said...

Exactly. Look who is being a hypocrite now.

Hypocrite? HELLO? Did you not read my post? I DID say "Not everything in the Bible should be taken literally". What part of "not everything" did you not comprehend??? Do you know what "not everything" means????? Here, let me help you understand better. Okay....little boys and girls, what...

Paradox? Oh, ok....I think I see. It is like one of those things. God is Almighty and All-powerful that He can do anything including creating a rock that He cannot lift. :D Yet, He is powerful enough to lift it, but cannot lift it. :D

She was doing Christ's work. A lot of people can say and write a lot of things in their diary, but their actions speaks more. If she truely believe that God no longer exists, then she would stop helping the poor. Why? Because she did what she did for God, not for herself. The fact that she...

Hi Aspen, As I was saying in another thread, I was very impressed with Hawaii's new saint who was canonized. Father Damian is an inspiration, and our seminarians even went to Hawaii to learn about him. Many years ago, those who had leprosy were isolated away from society because leprosy was...

Christ not only asked that all ownership of possessions be given up. He also ask for their full devotion and love more than their family. Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall...

[/color]Hi Aspen, By lessen, do you mean "humble"? I most certainly think that God humbled Himself when He became incarnated as a man. God not only knows "humility", but He also knows it from experience. A few years ago, when Indonesia had that 9.1 earthquake that caused a tsunami...

A son and daughter of God will not sit around doing nothing. With the Holy Spirit, they will do great things. To people who are blind, they only see "good works," but to those who see, it is the Spirit of God accomplishing the impossible for only with God are all things possible. The son and...

I stand corrected. Thank you, my brother, for using Catholic sources to correct me. :)

Because of Mother Teresa, a lot of people converted to Christianity. Christ said to love our neighbors, which is what she did. Christ also said not to judge them. God is the only judge. How does one love their neighbors. With Mother Teresa, she loved her neighbors by dedicating her life to...

Aspen and I have always said that the Bible IS the word of God. We just don't take it literally as you do. Not everything in the Bible should be taken literally otherwise, one would end up running into a lot of problems.

Actually, St. Jerome recognized he apocrypha as canonical, which is why he included them in the Latin Vulgate. The Jewish Council removed 7 books plus parts of Esther and Daniel in the Old Testament forty years AFTER Christ had already died and resurrected from the dead. During the time that...

I am not surprised that the kid who knew the Bible was a Protestant. That is the main thing I admire about them. They really study the Bible and they have Bible study. I have read the Bible when I was a kid. I never really liked the Old Testament then, and I often thought that the God of the...

I agree. The Bible is very important. So important that the Hebrew people wrote it down by hand for many centuries and passed it on down the generations. That was tedious work writing the Old Testament by hand copy after copy after copy. As to why I decide to post here....like most people...

I agree that she is not perfect. In fact, Mother Teresa even admits that she was a sinner. We are all not perfect and we are all sinners. Like her, we all have our weaknesses and we have our own doubts sometimes. What makes her amazing is that despite those doubts, she continued dedicating...

TexUs, I was not referring to God's revelation or to Abraham's justification. I was saying that the Bible is the written word of God, but the Bible is NOT God and therefore, should not be worshipped as God. That is what the discussion is about. God is three persons in one. The Father is...

So, you are saying that the Bible is wrong? This is what the Bible says about Abraham: Hebrews 11:8-20 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he ws to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the promised...