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January 4th, 2021 at 4:35:09 PM permalink
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1065 Posts: 12559	Quote: Evenbob you yourself are that entity and have the authority to torture people who don't agree with you, and even burn them at the stake if you wish. A priest can no more defend everything done in the name of the church for two millenium than an American can defened everything in the name of Our Country for the last two and half centuries,

January 4th, 2021 at 5:09:16 PM permalink
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 145 Posts: 24774	Quote: Pacomartin A priest can no more defend everything done in the name of the church for two millenium Yet they keep doing it. Every era is the victim of the times it lives in, there is no hand of god guiding anything. Just the whims of men.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.

January 4th, 2021 at 6:04:03 PM permalink
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596	It is true, no one can defend everything done in the name of the Church during its history. Some is indefensible and truly the whims of evil men. However the hand of God continues to guide us all to choose the good. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” (

January 4th, 2021 at 7:28:57 PM permalink

Pacomartin

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Look at the Transatlantic Slave trade: 58% of the African slaves shipped to America were in the fifty years from 1726–1775. In 1740 there were 150,000 slaves out of a population of less then one million in colonial America.

Benedict XIV, Roman Catholic Pope from 1740 to 1758, made it a priority in his first year when he issued the bull Immensa pastorum principis, demanding more humane treatment for the Indians of Brazil and Paraguay.

You have to argue that Pope Benedict was very forward thinking humanitarian.

April 9th, 2021 at 12:16:31 PM permalink
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 167 Posts: 15946	Is "The Exorcist" considered a pro-Catholic movie?

August 26th, 2021 at 2:17:46 PM permalink
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 167 Posts: 15946	Don't know if FrGamble is still coming by.

September 20th, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM permalink
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 167 Posts: 15946	Who says you need a god? Scientists Finally Created Matter from Nothing https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/40000/20220918/schwinger-effect-scientists-finally-created-particle-nothing-using-electromagnetic-fields.htm

January 26th, 2023 at 10:43:04 AM permalink

DoubleGold

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Quote: Nareed
What exactly do Christians mean by "salvation"?

Am I supposed to be saved from some kind of imminent peril?

And what do they mean by "accepting Jesus as your personal savior? Is this like a personal shopper? Will a man dead for 2,000+ years offer some kind of personalized assistance in this mysterious "salvation" business?

I don't expect I'll comprehend any of this.

Nareed, although I am not a Mormon, the following video explains it.

Understanding what they are speaking about is another story.

Nicodemous was a very smart person and he couldn't understand, which is why he came to Jesus.

In a nutshell, it's about being able to access the Holy Spirit at will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjIlhu-yuTI

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