World Youth Day in Poland
July 26th, 2016 at 11:31:51 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Not too much love for Francis, though. Pope Francis Faces Tepid Welcome In Migrant-Wary Poland https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-francis-faces-tepid-welcome-migrant-wary-poland-054049770.html?ref=gs If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 26th, 2016 at 12:13:11 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
No, the god your selling is supposed to BE a superman. According to you (and the Bible) god can do everything from destroying the earth in a flood, parting the sea, walking on water, even rising from the dead. Even Superman himself can't do any of that. So when challenged as to why god just stood by and twiddled his thumbs during the Holocaust, your excuse for him is he just wants to be our buddy, he can't really do much except be our Casper Milquetoast best friend. So again I ask, what the heck good is he, why bother with such a weak deity. Why bother with any deity at all. Quit using a god as an emotional crutch. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 26th, 2016 at 1:55:01 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Bob, would you call a friend or perhaps your dog an emotional crutch? Jesus shows us clearly that He came not to be a distant superman who does not identify with us nor us with Him, but rather He came to share our life, our joys, our suffering, and our pain - even our death. Through this He gives a model to live by in caring for others and gives us hope in His victory over death. Anyway, I just wanted to say how awesome the opening Mass was today. As far as the eye could see young people praying and singing the Mass. There were flags waving from every country imaginable. It was beautiful, peaceful, fun, prayerful, and a glimpse into what Heaven must be like. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
July 26th, 2016 at 2:44:36 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Of course, why do you think people have dogs. They love us no matter what and that makes them very special to us. You have your imaginary friend as your crutch, he takes the place of a dog in your life. Kinda sad, at least my friend is warm and soft and sleeps in my bed every night. Yours is long dead and I would think you could do a little better for yourself than an urban myth. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 26th, 2016 at 2:53:43 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | So we all need some help through life, I agree. You have chosen a warm fuzzy animal and I have chosen the God of the universe who became one of us, loves us, and desires a real, living, and true relationship with Him. An urban myth who is not real does not bring over a million young people to Karakow in Poland. God is very real and much better than a dog. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
July 26th, 2016 at 3:14:59 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You were brainwashed into this decision, and you're at an event to sustain the brainwashing. Historical cult behavior, in the real world it's meaningless.
You think saying something makes it true, more magical thinking. I hope your dead friend hanging forever from a Roman cross keeps you warm at night. The only way it can really keep you warm is to use it for firewood, which I heartily recommend. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 26th, 2016 at 10:47:25 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Yes and although the opera is presented in several languages the Alabama Song is always sung in English. The Vagabond Opera's performance at the SF Edwardian Ball (Dressed to the Nines) featured Ashia Greshik the Polish seamstress, songstress, actress and dancer. Someone who escaped drab life under communism. This was meant to counter the assertion that Polish Youth were mindless followers. These two sisters learned to sew before they learned to walk. That is individualism, not mindless cultism. The performer in that youtube video never had a singing lesson or an acting lesson in her life yet there she was with Vagabond Opera and later Bison Rouge. Nothing of course will ever surpass Lotte Lenya. |
July 27th, 2016 at 2:27:06 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Oh Bob, how I wish you were here. Not only would you see the vibrant faith of over a million young people from every corner of the globe, but you would hear some great preaching. Today Bishop Barron was talking about the martyrdom of the French priest Fr. Jacques and referenced the image of the crucifix and why we use it. I think you would also be in awe of what WYD is and how the Catholic church and only her could hold such an event. The Pope arrived today and from all accounts he was vibrant. We welcome him tomorrow, I'm so excited. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
July 27th, 2016 at 3:11:57 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
It's disgusting that they refer to a church started by men, run by one man, overseen by men, where women aren't allowed to be in the hierarchy, it's disgusting that you refer to this body of men as the 'bride' of Christ. . "Jesus never told His disciples He would someday be their bride. Paul didn't say we are the bride. In fact, nowhere in scriptures does it ever say Christians are the bride of Christ." It's a perverted idea thought up by desperate men who are turned on by some twisted concept that only they could understand. Women are especially disgusted by the whole thing, and who can blame them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 27th, 2016 at 5:59:01 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 |
You should have invited him. You guys would be the greatest team since Bert & Ernie. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |