Watching The Catholic Church stuff

[taft2012]

Here's where I struggle - I'm unsure how to watch them; their ceremony and all that - and relate ANY of it to Christ. How can all THAT - the robes and strolling and order and propper and all that religion-stuff relate to the ministery of Christ Jesus. That is, I suppose, to ask - I simply cannot imagine Christ suddenly appearing as flesh and blood and getting into those things. What am I missing?

But you can picture Christ returning and hooping and hollering it up in a Baptist or Pentecostal church?

Or dancing with snakes and drinking arsenic?

Or being a televangelist in a suit?

I have always said....if THAT is poverty, ill take some please.

The Catholics have spent centuries spreading the word around the world. You will find impoverished churches in locales like Haiti, the Philippines, Vietnam, etc. What you won't see in these places are pimped out ghetto preachers who cruise around Brooklyn in Rolls Royces, which I have seen. Or televangelists in mansions.

[darin]

But you can picture Christ returning and hooping and hollering it up in a Baptist or Pentecostal church?

Or dancing with snakes and drinking arsenic?

Or being a televangelist in a suit?

We can talk about all types of faiths and their traditions; but I'm refering to the opulence and ceremony - the look of 'royalty'.

[Voted4Reagan]

Tell that to the thousands of children abused by them and the cover up of that fact and to the millions killed by the crusades.

we moved past the Crusades 600+ years ago.

It is Islam that still lives in that period.

and there are sex offenders in all religions Jafar, even in Islam.

How about all the women being raped by Islamic extremists in Africa?

How about the SS- Brigades formed by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the 1940's that raped and murdered their way across Europe?

Do not hold Islam above reproach Jafar.

You will fail at it

[jimnyc]

Tell that to the thousands of children abused by them and the cover up of that fact and to the millions killed by the crusades.

By that logic, the non-stop daily terrorism by a bunch of Muslims invalidates anything "good" that Islam does.

[glockmail]

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So my guess is that with the huge event of a new Pope, their age-old rituals carry power and meaning that isn't readily transparent to observers.

As a practicing Catholic I can attest that the rituals can work. A very interesting read is Exodus 25-31, which describes exactly how the Tabernacle is to be constructed, its furnishings, consecration of priests and even how it is paid for and how much it costs.

[Abbey Marie]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...92D05P20130314

This is fantastic. Pope Francis will either accomplish a long-needed revival in the church, or someone will do away with him in short order. I will pray for the former.

[gabosaurus]

The Catholic Church has inner secrets that you don't want to know about.

[tailfins]

As a practicing Catholic I can attest that the rituals can work. A very interesting read is Exodus 25-31, which describes exactly how the Tabernacle is to be constructed, its furnishings, consecration of priests and even how it is paid for and how much it costs.

All I can really say is that Fundamentalists may need Catholic help some time, so it's a good idea not to stir up anger. I wonder if "Don't ask, don't tell" will work. I hear some pretty hair curling stuff from the preacher about Catholicism, but understand there's a time and a place for it (Think Ecclesiastes 3).

[PostmodernProphet]

That is, I suppose, to ask - I simply cannot imagine Christ suddenly appearing as flesh and blood and getting into those things.

actually, I expect his reaction would be quite similar to the reaction he once had to the Sanhedrin......

As a practicing Catholic I can attest that the rituals can work. A very interesting read is Exodus 25-31, which describes exactly how the Tabernacle is to be constructed, its furnishings, consecration of priests and even how it is paid for and how much it costs.

isn't that the place Jesus said he would tear down and rebuild in three days?.........

But you can picture Christ returning and hooping and hollering it up in a Baptist or Pentecostal church?

if the Vatican is the Sanhedrin, the Fundamentalists can be the Pharisees.........

Do you believe in that mumbo jumbo stuff some Catholics are alleged to do?

/grins....did I just hear a Mormon complaining about Catholic "mumbo jumbo stuff"?...........

Tell that to the thousands of children abused by them and the cover up of that fact and to the millions killed by the crusades.

thank god no children have ever been abused by a mullah....

{I have now attacked Catholics, Baptists, Jews, Mormans and Muslims.......did I miss anyone?......}

[aboutime]

thank god no children have ever been abused by a mullah....

{I have now attacked Catholics, Baptists, Jews, Mormans and Muslims.......did I miss anyone?......}

Only Yourself. And not one of us has any need to identify you. Common knowledge precedes.....

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

thank god no children have ever been abused by a mullah....

{I have now attacked Catholics, Baptists, Jews, Mormans and Muslims.......did I miss anyone?......}

Only the Great Turtle and my grandfather's faith in the "Happy Hunting Ground"...

Don't go there, the great 'Injun spirit Itchigummie has been known to return to earth simply to scalp such people for such careless insolence... --Tyr

[Voted4Reagan]

thank god no children have ever been abused by a mullah....

{I have now attacked Catholics, Baptists, Jews, Mormans and Muslims.......did I miss anyone?......}

Atheists

[taft2012]

We can talk about all types of faiths and their traditions; but I'm refering to the opulence and ceremony - the look of 'royalty'.

How "royal" do Catholic clerics look during the Easter season when they are on their hands and knees washing the feet of congregants?

I've never seen Queen Elizabeth wash commoners' feet.

[PostmodernProphet]

Only Yourself. And not one of us has any need to identify you. Common knowledge precedes.....

I would love to hear where you believe I fall in the spectrum.....

here, I'll give you a clue....man, I love that article more everytime I read it.......
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html?start=2

[tailfins]

But you can picture Christ returning and hooping and hollering it up in a Baptist or Pentecostal church?

Or dancing with snakes and drinking arsenic?

Or being a televangelist in a suit?

Old gospel Baptists don't "whoop and holler". You can hear a pin drop.

Can you picture THESE Baptists "whoop and hollerin'"? The below are German Baptists, but a Bible Baptist and other Fundamentalist would be just as conservative in worship:

Taking a photo illustrates they are not Amish nor Mennonite.