Dana, I didn't mean to imply that you did.... This is just one of the most divisive, unnecessary, and just plain stupid things I've ever heard.
And no.... the Pope speaks for the Catholic Church, no one should suppose Themselves to be worthy of speaking for God. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:30 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Is Pope Benedict really this arrogant? I didn't say I agreed with this, Scott. But to a Catholic, no, it is not the same words. The Pope speaks for God, in particular. This seems to be merely a restatement of a really old credo. On 7/10/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But no Christian faith is more correct or incorrect than any other, they all > read from the same book. Some have more pomp and pageantry but it's the same > words..... > > Pope Benedict has made a ridiculous statement that will do absolutely > nothing but create division... unless that's what he wants, what other > reason would there be for such a statment > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > SSTWebworks > 7241 Jillspring Ct. > Springfield, Va. 22152 > (703) 220-2835 > > http://www.sstwebworks.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Is Pope Benedict really this arrogant? > > It has always been an article of faith that the Catholic faith is the > correct one. Like it or not -- it's not some new hair that Benedict > got. It does sounds as though he will choose to emphasize this more > than his predecessors though, and I agree that this is probably not > going to be good for dialogue. I dislike having fire-breathing > Baptists tell me I am goign to hell, and I am sure they feel the same. > > On 7/10/07, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's not arrogance, that is the faith. > > > There is one Church,and it is the Roman Catholic church, according to > faith. > > > > Actually it is religion. What Benedict is doing is going back on > > Vatican II, which as Pope he can at least make an "executive > > statement" on. > > > > Doesn't do much for Church relations in my opinion though. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
