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Manners and civility has nothing to do with pretentious snobbery. There is very little manners and civility in this forum. When I see it it is quite refreshing. There is little discussion in the midst of a tavern brawl. Nobody can receive anything when the fists are up in the air. I see...

Don't you get tired of swinging that axe? You should take a break. You need a self help group, not a discussion forum. Read this: http://www.adultchildren.org/ I know where you are at because I've been there too. May God be with you in your journey towards healing and recovery.

Shalom, Retrobyter. Looks to me like you are saying the same thing as veteran. Who is the prince of princes in Daniel 8:25? I think Dan. 2:44 is a prophecy of an earthly kingdom that will never be destroyed. Either this is a false prophecy, or the earthly kingdom requires succession. What do...

check this out, Neophyte An Ordinary Woman and Mother of God by Catherine Doherty Consider Mary as she really is. Everybody honors Our Lady. Of course she is to be honored. She is the Mother of God. But I would like to tell of her ordinary life. There are many women like me who feel that...

The Catholic Church is the true church, but she is not the only church with truths. What are the "words of eternal life"? Is Peter talking about just the words of Jesus in the New Testament? Or is Peter talking in the context of what Jesus just finished teaching them? Note that Jesus says...

It was a pleasure reading your post. The Church makes the final ruling binding on all believers, not just one individual community, as you suggest. If a ruling is to be binding on all Christians, then some entity must exist to do the binding. That entity is refereed to as the Magisterium...

In seeking to understand the traditional family, Christians should keep in mind that not only are individual persons created in the image of God, but so is the family itself. The human family is the closest analogy that mankind will ever come to concretely understanding the Blessed Trinity. The...

The Obama administration's official declaration of hostility toward religion came in January with rules requiring faith-based service ministries and charities to offer their employees health insurance covering contraception and abortion-inducing drugs. But it was not the first or only volley...

God does not object to religious statuary, he objects to the worship of them. In fact, he commands the proper use of religious images. Deut. 4:15 - from this verse, Protestants and Sabbitarianists say that since we saw "no form" of the Lord, we should not make graven images of Him. Deut. 4:16...

I am working on a theory that people who have authority issues come from dysfunctional families. They had a parent who was spiritually abusive, or emotionally absent, usually the father. Or their parents are divorced. Or they are adopted. In reality, they are acting out the pain of missing out...

Give the man a cigar! But, A) how many denominations are in heaven? B ) Won't those who are saved and forever with God be as holy as Christ Himself? C) Will there be a universal faith in heaven? D) Is the Church in heaven built with Christ, the cornerstone, and the Apostles and prophets her...

He's new. I think he is testing the waters to see what degree of hate and bigotry is tolerated. (in the name of Jesus). But his writing is so mixed up I can't tell if he is taking about Catholics or Protestants. Last I checked, Christians are supposed to have good manners; It's the mark of...

Williemac sez: Why? Just because you are convinced? Paul did not write his letters in light of the gospels. He wrote them in light of what was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit and with his vast knowledge of what we call the old testament. Paul had to receive the Gospel message from the Holy...

Son of Man, works and miracles are not the same thing. You cannot claim to walk on water. I know you want to be a good Christian, and for all I know, you probably are. But when I read your posts, I see a young man in a lot of pain. What God wants you to do is to go out and comfort someone who is...

Mother of God comes right out of the Bible. Luke 1:42 Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit, so she is not about to utter an opinion. Luke 1:43 - Elizabeth's use of "Mother of my Lord" (in Hebrew, Elizabeth used "Adonai" which means Lord God) is the equivalent of "Holy Mary, Mother of God"...

The Epistles are to be read in the light of the Gospels. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

I think what you mean is that Jesus has empowered us to do His works, not everyone is called to do His miracles, and not every believer has the authority to teach. What are the "works" that Jesus does that we do also? Very good, Son of Man. Although these verses have nothing to do with the...

I made no such claim of self-understanding the mysteries of faith. Calling my posts on mystery a trade off just shows you misunderstood everything. Faith without reason is dangerous.

It shouldn't. "...In Scripture, the term "worship" was similarly broad in meaning, but in the early Christian centuries, theologians began to differentiate between different types of honor in order to make more clear which is due to God and which is not. As the terminology of Christian...

Our sexual identity is determined by what we do, not by what we are. Let's consider the converse of the statement: How can you be heterosexual, if you don't do heterosexual things? Cheating on one's wife is a heterosexual thing, isn't it? Is the sin any less serious than a homosexual who...