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Though one should know it from one’s own background, it often may be best to simply point out that Catholics do not worship anyone but God and omit discussing the history of the term. Many non-Catholics might be more perplexed than enlightened by hearing the history of the word. Familiar only...

The word "worship" has undergone a change in meaning in English. It comes from the Old English weorthscipe, which means the condition of being worthy of honor, respect, or dignity. To worship in the older, larger sense is to ascribe honor, worth, or excellence to someone, whether a sage, a...

If you have ever been to a Mass, you would see that almost the entire Mass is prayers directly to the Father. Should you ever find yourself at a wedding or a funeral Mass, try not to shut your ears. It’s understood in Catholic spirituality and theology that any of us can pray to God at any...

You grossly misrepresent everything I said.

This response is a misunderstanding of the traditional teaching. All Christians can and should pray directly to Jesus. But no one actually "goes" to Jesus "alone". We all carry with us some mediating group or individual when we go to Jesus. Fundamentalists approach him with a Calvinist picture...

The rationale for devotion to Mary, and devotion means honoring her and seeking her intercession, is simple and forceful. Mary's primary role in the divine scheme of salvation revealed in Scripture is to lead all her children to her Son. Taken doesn't get it. The Genesis 3:15 prophecy of the...

Jesus did not condemn repetition, He condemned VANITY, such as the VANITY of your stupid attacks. Nobody ever said we are always right and everyone else is wrong. You are speaking from an inferiority complex viewpoint, which is your problem, not ours. Mariology developed over time, just as the...

How does that answer my questions? Which parent did you dishonor the most? The one who struggled the hardest to nurture your faith? Were they less than perfect so you rebelled? We don't worship statues and you are bearing false witness with such lies. It's not our fault you refuse explanations...

exceptions to the celibacy rule

Your statement is bass-ackwards and illogical. If they want to become priests, they have already made the decision for a celibate lifestyle when they enter the seminary. It's a free choice. The "requirement" is made by the seminarians, you make it sound like an imposition by a dominating...

If Jesus and Paul did not require such a choice, tell me the names of Jesus and Paul's wives. Here is a clue: Jesus and Paul did not have a wife, it is by their example where celibacy has it's source. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see what’s plain to see. Then again, Scripture...

You don't need to honor your parents so you turned your back on Jesus in the Eucharist? Was it because it was easier to make friends in a Protestant church? If you say you didn't agree with the Church's doctrines, how can that be when thousands of Protestant ministers and Bible scholars are...

DPMartin, Revisionism is not documented history, it's propaganda. And you haven't a clue what forgiveness means. It's not a candy machine. It means true repentance and taking responsibility for ones actions. It does not mean getting away with murder. How can it be a Vatican rat line when...

Senior German Nazi criminals? No names given??? They must be known by now. To say all 5000 were guilty is like saying all Protestants are anti-Catholic bigots (like the author of Vatican ratlines, who writes grossly biased web sites and bend over backwards just to discredit the Church). What's...

What makes you think bad rulers have not been excommunicated? One must be Catholic to be excommunicated. Again, you give no names, no dates, no places and invent hypothetical scenarios with no historical context. Your efforts to demonize the justice system of 1000+ years ago (and the Church) is...

"...It is estimated that at least 3,000 other Polish priests were sent to other concentration camps, including Auschwitz, while priests from across Europe were condemned to death and labor camps: 300 priests died at Sachsenhausen, 780 at Mauthausen, and 5,000 at Buchenwald. These numbers do not...

The Vatican is not the Church, it is a center of administration. Rome is a city in Italy, it is not the Church. If you nuke the Vatican, you will still be unable to destroy the Church. Anti-Catholic obsession with the alleged evil Vatican gets tiresome, because it is grounded in stupidity.

WHAT THE VATICAN RATLINES WEB SITE DOESN'T TELL YOU Any time a Holocaust memorial does not single out Jews, it is an historical farce: they were the only ethnic group that was exclusively targeted by the Nazis. To that extent, the Holocaust was a Jewish event of monumental significance. But any...

This is the Protestant one. 150 reasons why I Could Never be a Protestant.

Sure, just tell that to the ignorant anti-Catholic that opened the thread "Why I could Never Choose to be Catholic" and I'll see about deleting this one.