The just person sins seven times a day. So you may be a couple of Commandments off before brunch.

Yeah, I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to base my decisions on how others acted. Or play two wrongs equals one right.

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No.

I disagreed with ponying up dough being of most importance.

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I'm talking to JORR.

Also talking about the 5 precepts.

But nobody keeps track of anything you do. The priest doesn't check your ID card before mass.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I think we've found a new CSFMB slogan

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Sorry, but dough makes a celiac guy nervous.

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are communion wafers gluten free?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

What do you mean? How does Catholicism square its worship of graven images (statues, rosaries, etc.) and its worship of false gods (saints, the Pope, etc.) with the Ten Commandments that explicitly forbids such behavior. No wonder the Bible thumpers don't consider you Papists Christians!

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Freedom is our Strength.

No.

There is a gf version but that has trace amounts of gluten in them.

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Who's worshiping statues, the pope or rosaries?

The prayer for the rosary is the most quoted passage from the bible.

Do you have pictures of your relatives around your house? Are you worshiping them? Of course not.

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so what do you do, bring your own?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

If you met the Pope, would you kiss his ring?

The entire concept of "saints" and praying to them is pagan and quite strange in a supposed monotheistic religion. Also, why do people kiss the rosary?

You're really stretching in comparing my sister's graduation photo to a statue that people kneel in front of.

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I'm admittedly confused. Can he actually do is or nah? http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/1 ... -refugees/

(hey, that Julie DiCaro feed CAN give you popcorn kernels of information!)

you don't pray to saints, you talk to them. totally logical.



And no, I would not kiss the Pope's ring unless that was demanded of me for meeting him. I would not be worshipping him.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

it depends on your interpretation of the phrase "believes in Him." The language thereafter certainly sounds like the conversion is immediate, no other work needed. Also Paul's phrase in 1 tim 2:5 would seem to indicate the lack of need for confession to a priest, etc. But we've had these arguments before. We stopped when you stated your belief in the apocrypha.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

fairly clear that Jesus came to forgive our sins and commanded the apostles to act similarly in his name. Now maybe you don't believe in confession, but its certainly not something to get all hot and bothered about.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I think it's expected. And it's certainly Catholic doctrine the the Pope is the living representative of Christ on earth until that day when He returns. He is infallible in his role as the shepherd of Christians, isn't he?

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Freedom is our Strength.

The pope is only considered infallible under certain circumstances as it relates to formal doctrine. I'll let Seacrest get into the details, as I don't care. As the pope said himself, "who am I to judge?"

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I wouldn't kiss the Pope's ring either.

And you are I are both a living representative of Christ on earth.

And Hatchet is correct about doctrine related to faith and morals. If he comes out tomorrow and says that it is required that I like the Wu Tang clan, then he is not speaking about things related to infallibility.

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That's what I said: in his role as the shepherd of Christians.

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Freedom is our Strength.

you are morally obligated to follow your own conscience. assuming you've studied the church doctrine to try and understand the issue.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I have.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Not sure I went cover to cover but theology class at St. Laurence one year was all bible.

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Elections have consequences.

I have, but I forgot most of it, and didn't find it that easy. In Basic Training we weren't allowed to read anything else(except military stuff)

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

If there's a flood of refugees I wonder how quickly people will want stricter background checks on firearm purchases?

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Did people sleep during religion class/CCD?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

What is CCD?

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That's the class that Catholic kids who attended public school went to on Saturday to be indoctrinated.

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Freedom is our Strength.

Or so they could play on the Catholic basketball team

Hmm...that sucks...

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Did they really do that sneaky shit on the South side? I'm pretty sure Jerry LaPlume who was about 5'10" when we were in fourth grade was in my CCD class and nobody every thought of sticking him on the Queen of All Saints hoops team.

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