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> -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Is Pope Benedict really this arrogant? > > > 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 > > See, you'd think that but there is actually a Catholic bible > that is different (has more books and adds verses to some > others) when it comes to the Old Testament. Additionally > Catholics hold a number of beliefs that are different from > protestants: > > 1. A person can pray to a saint and ask for intercession on > their behalf. The prayers of the saints are closer to God > and therefore more likely to be answered. > 2. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was born and ascended to heaven > (instead of dying) as a virgin. Prayers to her are thought > to be whispered into the ear of Jesus. > 3. The Holy Church was founded by Peter, the first Pope, who > was told by Jesus, "You are my rock, on you I will build my > church." Any break from that rock is blasphemy. > 4. There are seven sacraments, 5 of which define a true child > of the church - Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, > Reconciliation, Matrimony, Holy Orders (Priesthood) and > Healing (or Anointing of the Sick). > 5. The Pope is Christ's Vicar on Earth, the elected > descendant of Peter and the voice of God on Earth. > > In short, Catholicism is a different religion than Protestant > Christianity - even the military recognizes that and has > different types of chaplains. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
