Publican wrote:
like the church of Rome, the adherents of Islam may deny or lie about their faith, in order to acccomplish a purpose.

Although Islam permits lying in order to promote Islam, the RCC teaches that lying, for any reason, is a sin. And clearly, lying to promote any cause is going to be, in the long run, counter-productive.

DJC49 wrote:
That entire Siberian "drilling to hell" story was proven to be a fraud.

savedbygrace wrote:
John Yurich,
Surely, the bishop of this states capitols diocese would have rebuked the editor!

We have several like that in Australia.

Administratively, it's hard for the Church to do anything about them; but occasionally something is done, as in the case of a dissident French bishop who was transferred to a diocese, existing in name only, somewhere in the Algerian desert.

Publican wrote:
no one wants to end this endless debate about this already settled disagreement.

itsaboutheremnant wrote:
Thats why i like people like don fortner and fred phelps and the wbc they wont give an inch on the truth

Ken W wrote:
Finally, a religious studies course that ... is instead about teaching students what a variety of beliefs are

A ridiculous parody of academic-speak.

lyn wrote:
Dr. White is more knowledgeable on this than I am.

lyn wrote:
Lance,
where is the office of pope explained in scripture? Where is papacy identified and described in God's word?
I am not referring to a roundabout backdoor explanation.

Dan wrote:
So the one who warns against witchcraft turns around and performs a ceremony where he supposedly turns a cracker into Christ saying some magic words that sound sort of like hocus pocus.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Actually, Lance it is easy to find a list of [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes]]]The Bad Popes[/URL].

Tony Lopez-Cisneros wrote:
ESPECIALLY THE WORLD'S MAJOR FALSE RELIGIONS OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM, MOHAMMEDANISM ("ISLAM"), HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, SIKHISM, JUDAISM, PAGAN-HEATHENISM, ETC. !

GK wrote:
ok....so who was the "ONE TRUE POPE"?Can we have a name,please???
also.....why were new popes carried around for the rest of the team to have a sneaky peek under his garb to make sure he's "qualified" ie-actually not a woman?

GK wrote:
hey Lance....tell me this.Cast your mind way back to the time when there were 2 people calling themselves "pope" at the same time
which one was "infallible",and which was the actual head of your "church"?
and also,what about the time a woman was holding the position?

Actually, at one stage there were even three rivals claiming to be pope. But in fact, there has only ever been one true pope at any one time.

Even today, you'll find a few "antipopes" claiming to be the real one.

As for Pope Joan, I thought it was a Protestant, writing several centuries ago, who proved that such a person never existed.

Regarding the current fuss about the Pope's mention of condoms, and the furious condemnations in the secular press, it may be a good thing. It may alert people to the fact that those countries that have the biggest promotion of condoms are the very ones with the biggest incidence of AIDS.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Rejecting the Council of Lucerne's about Papal infallibility would help the Romish

Jim Lincoln wrote:
'A lighted fagot was now laid at Dr. Ridley's feet, which caused Mr. Latimer to say: "Be of good cheer, Ridley; and play the man. We shall this day, by God's grace, light up such a candle in England, as I trust, will never be put out."'

GK wrote:
so the "sacrifice of the mass" isn't a sacrifice....