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I AM A A FORMER CATHOLIC, WHO LEFT THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN SEARCH OF EXACTLY WHAT THIS ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT,A PLACE WITH A GOD-FIRST ATTITUDE, I HAVE FOUND IT. I AM GLAD THAT THERE ARE RENEWALS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. IT IS PAST TIME.IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE MEDIA NOT ONLY PURSUE THE NEWS OF WHAT COMES TO KILL AND DESTROY, BUT ALSO OF THE GOOD NEWS ...
Posted to Faith-Based by michelle63 on October 17, 2008
I expect better of Rosin
Hanna Rosin's crass articulation (ie, ''In fact, so cavalier are conservatives about Sarah Palin's wreck of a home life that they make the rest of us look stuffy and slow-witted by comparison'') reveals her embedded bias against Christian values. Christians realize that Sarah Palin is a human, who, just like Hanna Rosin, commits sin and has ...
Posted to XX Factor Extra by kawikav on September 6, 2008
Comparing Christ to Abu Ghraib Prisoners?
I find it astonishing and degrading to Christians that the author compared Christ to prisoners at Abu Ghraib! ''Jesus of Nazareth was not only physically brutalized but also casually humiliated during his torture, echoing the abuses at Abu Ghraib. In 21st-century Iraq, some American soldiers posed prisoners with women's underwear on their heads ...
Posted to Faith-Based by Aghast79 on March 20, 2008
Re: Does Jesus Condone Capital Punishment?
ANSWER: In the context of the American penal system and American capitalist society: NO!!!!!!! Immorality and crime are tied to many things, including family upbringing, socialization, economic condition, political status, and more. Jesus (upon whom be peace and God's blessings) would likely reject the way America functions, period. And ...
Posted to Faith-Based by Usama2 on January 8, 2008
Big Split or Small Shift
If a reporter writes about a minor tectonic shift, a tremor, the writer is not getting a byline, but report a hard shot to the Richter scale and she has a headline. Subtly is an art that few newspapers or weekly political magazines practice. They are neither strong in subtle story telling nor in picking up small shifts in political movements; ...
Posted to Faith-Based by IMKessel on November 2, 2007
Salvation don't come cheap.
The central problem with Scientology and other cults is that there is no distinction between the religion and the faith. You must pay (handsomely) to obtain Scientology's salvation (it's ''freedom'' concept). There's no room for penniless Scientologists. Judaism, Islam, Christianity ... they all manage to separate the organized religion from the ...
Posted to Faith-Based by ATOMICPunkSTL on August 3, 2007
Re: All Religions are Cults
tsedek wrote the following post at 08-02-2007 2:12 PM: ''You were raised Christian?'' Yes; I was baptized Episcopalian, attended (Roman) Catholic schools (back when students attended mandatory services twice a week and on holy days), was taken to a Pentacostal church on Sundays by our babysitter for several years, and I was offered ...
Posted to Faith-Based by strive on August 3, 2007
Why Scientology Does Differ From Christianity & Judaism
Though the article on Scientology ''For The Love of Xenu'' made some good points at the end of the day the only point it made is that all religions rely on faith. You can cite things out of the Bible that don't ''jive'' with accepted norms but what leads Christians to believe these things is Faith. The probelm that the majority of ''Earthlings'' ...
Posted to Faith-Based by Make Sense on August 1, 2007