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Cathecism of The Catholic Church

 
Spitting Into The Wind

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LOL, you all do not understand; Islam was and still is a judgment again Christendom by the Almighty. Thanks to all of the religious people professing Jesus' name are responsible for the growth of it due to your man-made doctrines.
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Once again:

"The Christian veneration of images is not contrary to the first commandment which proscribes idols. Indeed, "the honor rendered to an image passes to its prototype," and "whoever venerates an image venerates the person portrayed in it."70 The honor paid to sacred images is a "respectful veneration," not the adoration due to God alone".

[link to www.vatican.va]
 Quoting: K.Kool


It's idolatry the church doesn't make the laws, they were given to prophets and passed down to people. Your church happened to remove the commandment from the bible.

Read revelations 21 and see what John has to say about anyone changing one word. The very church you worship.
 Quoting: A Heretic



No, the commandment is still there, the meaning is still there, it is a law to guard against pagan practices, not
to stop people using visual aids to prayer.
 Quoting: K.Kool


"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

Is seeing?
then somehow Believing?,

The Second Commandment

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,

or that is in the earth beneath,

or that is in the water under the earth:

Thou shalt --not bow down-- thyself to them,

--nor serve them:--

for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And -->shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and -->keep my commandments."

Some Catholic Churches have this 2nd Commandment, But most do not, most have discarded it and split the tenth commandment into two to win the number 10 back

[link to www.the-ten-commandments.org]
Shamar

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OK, I'm going to respond to this, not because I think you will actually give my response any attention or thought, but in case there are others on here who are questioning these things.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37674349
You raise many valid points; and while not speaking for OP, I would like to respond to them.

1. Loving the Father. One way Jesus loved his Father was by obeying him. But the Old Testament is full of people who loved God by obeying him. Jesus was sent to teach us HOW to obey the Father - and that was through love. Specifically, the Gospels are Jesus teaching us how to love. If you haven't figured this out, then I suggest you read the Gospels again. (And yes, a huge part of loving is to keep the commandments - but, as Jesus, said, the commandments can be summarized by one - love the Lord your God with all your heart. Matthew 22:36-40;

So, I guess I don't get your point. Are you saying that obeying the commandments is more important than loving? Aren't they one and the same? If you were Catholic, you would have a long list of things that would be considered sub-categories of the Ten Commandments. For example, being emotionally abusive to someone would be a violation of the First Commandment because you kill a part of their soul.

My point - if you are going to argue that the Catholic church does not teach its sheep to obey the commandments and keep the laws of God, you are on very, very shaky ground.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37674349
I agree with most of what you wrote here.....seems like you on the right path, but not fully there (as none of us are yet.) Jesus loved His Father and did come to show us how to do the same, by and through obedience to His Father's loving instructions. And recognition and declaration to the Father as the one and only God was He asks.. We are his children by being in His image. The second command is like the first......loving others in the same way the Father loves us, and by showing others His image, by the way we live and follow His instructions.

So no, the commandments ARE all about loving the Father and each other, and further not only humans, but all of His creation. If we are going to be in His image, we will be creators, as He is.... One of His commands is DO NOT KILL. And that means ANY LIFE.

2. With regard to your insistence that all issues of faith must be supported by 'the word of God.' Well, you do realize, of course, that the Catholic church church assembled the Bible. Jesus did not write the bible - the apostles and their followers wrote the Gospels - they are also the people who established the traditions of the Church. Now, Jesus promised us an advocate - the Holy Spirit - to continue to teach us. I believe in the Holy Spirit? Don't you? If you don't, why not? Do you call Jesus a liar? -
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. I will not leave you orphaned ..... I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you." John 14:15-26

Hmm - seems that Christ didn't intend for his words to be the very last - seems like he promised a way to continue to be with and teach us, no? If we keep reading, we will learn how the Holy Spirit descended up on the apostles and how they would pass the spirit on to other apostles through the laying on of hands - just like the Catholic church still does today!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37674349


There are two issues you raise in your second point. First that the RCC assembled the bible. You said: Jesus did not write the bible - the apostles and their followers wrote the Gospels
I find that to be an oxymoronic statement - Jesus did not write the bible. Jesus IS the bible.... He is the Living Word come down from his position from next to the the most High incarnated in a human body... He was incarnate LIVING WORD of God the Father. And every word that He uttered was a statement of fulfilling prophecy (quoting from the OT), OR it was a correcting statement showing the people how badly they had screwed up THEIR interpretations from what they had been previously given, through the prophets.

Further, to say that the apostles and his followers wrote the bible, is an incorrect statement as well. Most of the NT is a reflection, explanation and/or expounding of the old testament. There is some newly revealed prophecy in it, but it is primarily a revealing of the showing the end of the story begun in the OT.

If you read closely, the NT, you will see the many, continual references to quotes from the OT. The writers BUILD on those verses by showing how Y'shua fulfilled them, but they never created new theology from them

I agree about the Holy Spirit and that the Spirit of YAH continues its works through today. I would be careful though, of who lays hands on you.......the spirit of YAH is not the only who travels that way.....

I find it so interesting how you accuse the Catholic church of being a man-made religion/theology. But you espouse sola scriptura - rejecting any teachings that aren't in the bible - which is a very recent idea that has come out of the Protestant movement - a movement of men. Just in case you weren't aware - the Bible didn't exist when Jesus was alive, so he couldn't have directed us to rely only on scripture. Not only that, but the Bible doesn't say ANYTHING at all about relying only on scripture - (I'd love for you to show me where it does, if you think you can.) Jesus did, however, say that he would send the Holy Spirit to abide with his apostles - and those apostles passed on the Holy Spirit to their successors and so on and so forth on down to the Priests and Bishops of the modern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

Further support that the authoritative word of God is to be found in the Church, through her tradition and through her teaching and preaching, can be found at 2 Th 2:15; 3:6; 1 Pet 1:25; 2 Pet 1:20-21; and Mt 18:17.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37674349


I haven't yet seen where OP can be categorized as sola scriptura, as he refers to several extra-biblical writings, those that were removed by the CC. Those writings that reveal much more to our stories, than the CC would allow her people to have, thus keeping them *in the dark* and under her control through the limitations of understanding of the Word as come down.

As far as following traditions supposedly handed down from Jesus and the apostles.....unless you believe that every single person come in contact with His words and His examples -- and did pass those on to the next person and the next and the next.....if you believe every single person that came into contact with them was holy spirit inspired and trusted by God to provide truth for the following 2,000 years -- well then, that ideology is nothing more than the telephone game.

And worse than that...... some of the most corrupt and evil people in all of creation were the holders of the given scriptures and its traditions, and those were the ones to pass it down and teach to their followers. Don't believe me? Let me know and I will be happy to show you historical proof.

The thing is, this activity is not owned soley by the RCC.... it began with the Israelites in the OT......which activities were condemned over and over and over by YAH til He finally said "I AM DONE WITH YOU (for the time being) and scattered them through the gentile nations.

3. With regard to Mary – I think that we have clearly addressed the worship issue, and even the prayer issue, but if you want evidence of the Communion of Saints (that Saints are alive in Heaven and we can ask them to pray for us) – here you go:

Tobit 12:12 - angel presents Tobit and Sarah's prayer to God
Romans 15:30 - join me by your prayers to God on my behalf
Ephesians 4:3 - pray for us
Ephesians 6:18-19 - Never get tired of staying awake to pray for all God's holy people, and pray
for me to be given an opportunity to open my mouth and fearlessly make known the mystery of
the gospel - finally, brothers, pray for us
Revelation 5:8 - angel offers prayers of the holy ones to God.

Are the saints dead? Is this prayer necromancy?
(Deuteronomy 18:10)? Wisdom 3:1-6 - the souls of the just are in the hand of God
Mark 12:26-27 - he is the God of the living, not of the dead
Mark 9:4 - Jesus seen conversing with Elijah and Moses
Luke 16:19-30 - departed rich man intercedes for brothers
Luke 23:43 - To the thief on the Cross: "this day you will be with me in
Hebrews 12:1 - we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses
Revelation 6:9-11 - martyrs under the altar want earthly vindication
Revelation 20:4 - saw the souls of those that had been beheaded
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37674349


I don't think you have clearly addressed the issue of Mary.... not at all. I understand you hold to the belief that you are praying to her as intercessor, and that you use the word "venerate" rather than worship. But I have provided quotes and can provide more, picutres included, that show adoration on levels MUCH MUCH MUCH higher than what you allude to. You create a very grey, blurred line on what is actually occurring, yet the Word itself is black and white and is very clear about what our Father asks of us. And He never, EVER said to pray to the Queen of Heaven to intercede on your behalf. We ask other to pray for us because God works THROUGH us as His family in that He may be glorified, and unite us as one.

The verses you quote don't support worship and adulation of the Queen of Heaven, and never instruct us for her intercession. In fact, our scriptures give us the exact opposite instruction, in every way.



First, regarding the rosary....It sounds all pretty and nice ... using beads to keep your place while in prary.....but as a former catholic I know that most people who pray the rosary, their minds are far far away, and they do it for appearance sake only, or they are doing it for all the wrong reasons........Saying hail marys' and glory be to the father, and the intermittent our father, does NOT reveal the mysteries of Moshiach.

Look, prayer is not "vain repetitions" of the same words, over and over. It is not reliving what we believe happened to Jesus and Mary, and attempting to experience THEIR experiences over and over. Our time in our closet with the Most High is to be a one-on-one time with HIM and ourself, OUR lives, and HIS purpose. It's that simple.

And finally, your verses where people fell down prostrate before the messenger, what were they instructed each time? DON'T DO IT !!!!
Love is like light. It is never constrained to its source; it shines on everything and tends to spread spontaneously, unless we block it! ~ Cosmic Swami

Love is a one-way street.
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My fav catholic story is at Palermo in the inquisition.If convicted they put you in a statue and roasted you. I just figured jesus was hungry.
Prior to WW2 the poles and jews in Poland thought they could steal german assets. They killed 59000. At Bromberg those brave jews nailed the german children to the wall. I just figured jehovah was decorating.
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My fav catholic story is at Palermo in the inquisition.If convicted they put you in a statue and roasted you. I just figured jesus was hungry.
Prior to WW2 the poles and jews in Poland thought they could steal german assets. They killed 59000. At Bromberg those brave jews nailed the german children to the wall. I just figured jehovah was decorating.
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we are some ugly humans, aren't we......We most definitely need HIS ways to become ours.
Love is like light. It is never constrained to its source; it shines on everything and tends to spread spontaneously, unless we block it! ~ Cosmic Swami

Love is a one-way street.





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