catholicism

Need a little help trying to understand a Catholic dude. 1. Gallileo was wrong. God created the world at the center of the universe 2. There has been no real Pope since before Pope Paul V. The current Vatican Resident is an anti-pope 3. Nobody in Office in DC can be a Catholic if they swear to...

Discovery Institute Miffed by Vatican Snub So, the Vatican is essentially admitting that the Bible isn't really true? :popcorn1

Vatican Statue of Galileo CANCELED??? Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo The Associated Press Published: December 23, 2008 VATICAN CITY: Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/europe/EU-Vatican-Rehabilitating-Galileo.php...

First the Pope finally admits it was wrong to persecute Galileo: I guess he was warming us up for hatin' on gays:

Pope praises Galileo's astronomy Pope Benedict had been accused of condoning the heresy charge Pope Benedict XVI has paid tribute to 17th-Century astronomer Galileo Galilei, whose scientific theories once drew the wrath of the Catholic Church. The Pope was speaking at events...

While I don't think it is a good thing to have a political leader who is also religious - especially not one who asks God if he should send soldiers into battle - I'd rather see a political leader be open and honest about his faith, than be sneaky and deceitful, in order to protect his own...

Well, ok. What he says is that any church defined through the claims of the papacy is no true church. MSNBC story. I thought that I would actually go to the source to see what he said. From Rev. Mohler's blog (relevant part roughly 1/2-way down page): Thoughts?

Link And the Pope Benedict hit parade just keeps on marching...

A French nun suffering from Parkinson's Disease recently claimed that Pope JP II (the sequel) cured her disease. No one questions WHY the cure appeared two full months after his death, but hey - a miracle is a miracle right? I might believe this miracle if her prayers get the dead Pope to...

I've been struck by something recently that may be well-known long-yawn stuff to others, but it fascinates me. Of course, I know the rough history of the RC Church via Constantine, Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire, but it seems to me that it is an actual continuation of the Roman Empire...

And I ended up asking them why God wouldn't annihilate the damned instead of torturing them for eternity. And they told me, Hell "provides a beautiful poignancy." Oh, and don't worry about your relatives and loved ones' fates. If you go to hell, you certainly won't care about anyone else, and...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1859760,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 You need to read this one closely. If it's true, the ID controversy will flare up like never before, and one of THE basic tenets of Catholicism/Christianity will be brought into public debate as never before. This...

Here's a really nice Catholic to Atheist de-conversion story. http://mycaseagainstgod.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-de-conversion-narrative.html

Hello guys. We're all aware of the mohammed cartoon situation; well this is whats happening in New Zealand lately: It was announced that in March a commercial tv station C4 was going to show the episode of South Park where the a virgin mary statue squirts blood out its ass into the face of the...

I'm seething mad. Seethe, seethe, seethe - if I keep on seething like this I'll turn into a seethe. http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060103/en_tv_eo/18055;_ylt=Asn2DbuWac3YzUNwFPchVtis0NUE South Park has to be the world's most equal opportunity satire. There are no sacred cows - they've poked...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-vatican23.html Transitory homosexuality? What does that mean? And why three years? Is that how long it takes to get rid of the cooties? Wow. Why would the priesthood be so far above the national average? "I deeply respect you and your...

Yeah - it only took the Southern Baptist church 150 years to repudiate slavery. In 1995. That's right - the SB church of the USA finally admitted in 1995 that slavery is wrong. Check out here, or google.

I've been having a discussion in the following thread. I'm saying that the Catholic Church has a history of denials, concealment, and history revision. JREF Thread I've mentioned, specifically, Anti-semitism during WWII and up to Pope JPII who attempted to bring change to the Church. I've...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040530/film_nm/religion_passion_nun_dc_3 Wait a minute! There was embellishment going on?!

I'm confused. There are some people on the internet claiming that the trail between Galileo and the Church never took place. What really happened?

I apologize for this ceo_esq but this is the only way to attract your attention since you don't accept PMs. In another thread I mentioned that the Greek Orthodox Church considers mediumship as Necromancy and it's very hostile towards mediums. I tried to search for the opinion of the Catholic...

I have a righteous Christian friend who tells me that "Hitler could not have believed in God!". I'm aware that he referred to "the Lord" in Mein Kampf, but don't have any other ammo. Anyone know of any other citations, evidence, etc.? Help!