Answer the question: Do you believe arch bishop Carlson when he swore under oath that he did not know that it was illegal for a priest to sodomize a 14 year old boy?
Sure, sure. Talk about deflection! He was covering for the church and the abusers.
I hope it’s tecmo Super Bowl or I’m going to call you a word
Like most practicing Catholics you’re in a really tough position. It’s OK man, we’ve all been there.I'm in the Church so I can PREVENT scandals myself, as I've explained already. I am part of the solution, unlike you.
In summary, you claim you left the Catholic Church because of the sex abuse scandals and are now Buddhist, which also has sex abuse scandals, which YOU ignore.
You are a complete hypocrite! If you weren't, you'd leave Buddhism today.
Enjoy the scandals in Buddhism which you ignore because Buddhism "suits" you better.
Buddhist monk at OC temple accused of sexually molesting 2 women when they were little girls
Disturbing allegations: A Buddhist monk in Orange County is accused of sexually molesting two women when they were just little girls. "I really needed somebody to protect me at the time and I just remember having to protect myself."www.google.com
Hey, Bubby, take the love and turn the cheek if you believe. I’ll talk with you in the light and disagree and agree.I'm in the Church so I can PREVENT scandals myself, as I've explained already. I am part of the solution, unlike you.
In summary, you claim you left the Catholic Church because of the sex abuse scandals and are now Buddhist, which also has sex abuse scandals, which YOU ignore.
You are a complete hypocrite! Abuse doesn't bother you.
If you were sincere, you'd leave Buddhism today.
Buddhist monk at OC temple accused of sexually molesting 2 women when they were little girls
Disturbing allegations: A Buddhist monk in Orange County is accused of sexually molesting two women when they were just little girls. "I really needed somebody to protect me at the time and I just remember having to protect myself."
Yeah, Tecmo Super Bowl. Aikmen went down, Without cheating, guess who his backup is
NES we’re talking the Babe
Second easiest backup quarterback after simms with hostetler. We also have the Alan being so popular vs Jackson being op argument and obviously we are all Billy Joe Hobert fans
Gracious, Bubby. We don’t have to believe but we have to try to believe in people. I fail a lot, but I’d ask you to try.
Worms will eat our ashes no matter what.
1.) Good points. I also agree that Jesus only wanted ONE church but humans splintered it 1,500+ years later. Flawed human nature is a real thing. I'm not sure how someone can be "religious" if they reject all religions though. And most religions can have some good things in them.
2.) There's a theological concept called "invincible ignorance" which applies here. If a Native American or anyone else doesn't know about Christ/Church, they get judged by what they know, could know and what they did and how they acted. That's only fair.
Vincible and invincible ignorance - Wikipedia
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3.) Good points. We know the crucifixion of Jesus is a historical fact. Christianity exploded in Jeruslam where it happened so SOMETHING happened that was out of this world.
4.) Good questions. Humans are obviously special.
Christians have necessarily invented non-biblical doctrines to close and explain away obvious fundamental loopholes.
There's been so many violent things done in the name of religion and though Muslim extremist is one... there are many, many more... here are a few: Crusades, Roman Persecutions, Human Sacrifice, Inquisitions, Native American Genocide, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Holocaust, KKK, mistreatment of homosexuals, abortion clinic bombings, cults (Koresh, Heaven's Gate, Jones, etc), tar & feathering of Mormans, French Wars, etc, etc.
I’m addition you also have the heralded “death bed” confession in order to accommodate biblical doctrine. A situation so twisted that a guy like mass murderer John Wayne Gacey or even Hitler could make it to Heaven if he sincerely confesses his sins and accepts Jesus Christ as savior :… while innocent babies who died shortly after birth or remote tribesman in Madagascar who have never been visited by outsiders are destined to purgatory or even eternal damnation.Yes, Jesus is the only way.
It's possible for someone that's invincibly ignorant to encounter Him in Purgatory. The Bible says "All who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" FIVE times. It doesn't specify where or when.
Invincible ignorance makes perfect sense Biblically.
What do you think happens to babies that die?
They get reincarnated?
I would suggest that citing the expansion of Christianity as evidence of the reality of the resurrection is a flawed argument. The rapid expansion actually took 100s of years to take hold. You can see a very similar phenomenon when you look at the expansion of Islam.
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I'd get banned again. I'm only here visiting to invite you here.
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this thread pertains to religion. The subject line literally states “Are You Religious? Try to stay on topic. As you can tell by now, I no longer belong to an organized religion. In that sense, I don’t consider myself religious. Buddhism is not a religion, it is a non-theistic practice.
