tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post8523053912732620191..comments2023-08-01T09:12:56.403-05:00Comments on Catholic Wintertime In Milwaukee: The "Virgin" Mary?Faithful Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04831599719531551810noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-51945305835028223042008-01-05T22:08:00.000-06:002008-01-05T22:08:00.000-06:00You would have fit in well at the ELCA Church that...You would have fit in well at the ELCA Church that I used to attend before I became Catholic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-6280207196525410542008-01-02T14:28:00.000-06:002008-01-02T14:28:00.000-06:00In the Apostles Creed, it's a leap over one senten...In the Apostles Creed, it's a leap over one sentence.Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-89565844875723467542008-01-02T09:21:00.000-06:002008-01-02T09:21:00.000-06:00JB, maybe for you it's not a long jump and you fin...JB, maybe for you it's not a long jump and you find it troubling. But for me, the jump from Jesus' natural conception and birth to no resurrection, is a leap so far I cannot make it.Faithful Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831599719531551810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-13850724627539315372007-12-31T17:53:00.000-06:002007-12-31T17:53:00.000-06:00"Personally, I have no problem believing that Jose..."Personally, I have no problem believing that Joseph and Mary had sex, "<BR/><BR/>It's not a long jump from that position to the position that Jesus did not rise bodily from the tomb, and from there to the position that the Gospels are patriarical bunk and should be disregarded with all dispatch.<BR/><BR/>The Gospels are full of events that modern people deem impossible, and full of concepts that seem impossible as well; Chastity, Continence, Celibacy, Obedience, and Humility. Once you start discarding the ones you don't fancy, the rest disappear as well.<BR/><BR/>Here's a thought: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, and what do you think that the Holy Spirit's been doing in the last 2000 years?Brother Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697860817229595126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-1412698208085352342007-12-31T17:03:00.000-06:002007-12-31T17:03:00.000-06:00I suppose some of the folks on the Church payroll ...I suppose some of the folks on the Church payroll that go to such lengths to omit the Creed at Sunday Mass don't believe all of what it says, either.Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-57123770957550790122007-12-31T12:34:00.000-06:002007-12-31T12:34:00.000-06:00Insofar as it is dogmatic, I think there's a diffe...Insofar as it is dogmatic, I think there's a difference.<BR/><BR/>Remind me again why you call yourself Catholic.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421805005649888614.post-1264816253819006612007-12-31T11:47:00.000-06:002007-12-31T11:47:00.000-06:00BRACE YOURSELF!!!!!! THERE'LL BE A TORRENT.BRACE YOURSELF!!!!!! THERE'LL BE A TORRENT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com