Are we praying for one another in Latin or English?
On Jul 18, 9:01�pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> No doubt you do rub shoulders with the Catholic faithful who are as
> you say. But most of the ones I know well are devout, counter-
> cultural, pro-life, receive the sacraments, love their priest, Bishop
> and our German Shepherd the Pope! �We're a big global family comprised
> of saints and sinners, and we have prayed for you for centuries in the
> Mass.
>
> On Jul 18, 4:19�pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > The RCC is like the English monarchy- elegant and bejeweled but
> > defunct. Most of the American Catholics I know are cafeteria-style and
> > very secular in spirit- most despise their bishops, cardinals and the
> > pope. If they have a whacky parish priest they continue to attend
> > church- or shop around until they find one- because his moral
> > relativism matches their own. I believe Joseph Campbell also gave up
> > his faith.//What is fanaticism? It probably started when one guy in
> > the the hunting party always managed to topple a beast and soon he was
> > considered all-wise and a magical person. Or someone invented a tool/
> > machine/industry/social idea/harnessed resentment and went to war.
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> > On Jul 18, 5:14 pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > "religious fanaticism is a very dangerous thing".... well, one might
> > > as well say secular fanaticism is a very dangerous thing; or
> > > democratic fanaticism is a dangerous thing, or economic fanaticism is
> > > very dangerous thing.
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> > > If one believes fanaticism is always dangerous, and danger is always
> > > bad, of course any fanaticism is a bad fanaticism. On the other hand
> > > if one does not think fanaticism is essentially evil, then some are
> > > fanaticisms are good, some, bad, and we'd need to separate one from
> > > the other.
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> > > I'm fanatical about, for example, every clause in the Nicene creed,
> > > because I happen to believe it's true. A billion Catholics profess it
> > > every Sunday, I figure I ought to do some homework understanding it. I
> > > pray it daily, read entire books by Saints and Popes opening up it's
> > > beautiful meaning. Some might call that fanatic. And I'd agree. Slip,
> > > what's wrong with that?
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> > > On Jul 10, 6:44 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > No way, there has been much more development within the secular than
> > > > there has been in any religious segment of society, fact is that
> > > > religions are mostly at the base of all the fears that are occurring
> > > > in our time. Religious fanaticism is a very dangerous thing and it's
> > > > getting worse!! Take a real look.
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> > > > On Jul 10, 5:32 am, alexandra laughton <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
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> > > > > Sure bible has it's faults but it just aims at reducing human ones.
> > > > > human mind has not progressed enough to support the developments &
> > > > > inventions around it.H
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