Again... just telling you what the belief is. In the Catholic Church, the pope literally does speak for God. Not when he says it's a nice day, but when he says that such and such is what God wants.... it is.
On 7/10/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
