Why Religion Fails
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We may almost uniquely agree that his conduct was utterly inappropriate, but I suggest you look up what the requirements are to be Commissioned as a Chaplain in the U.S. Military.
Hence you are merely using something you admit is preposterous and has no chance of becoming law in an attempt to make points.
i look forward to hearing what you have done to try and defund Catholic schools. Or are you just a whiner? Spend much of your time lobbying on any of this or just cutting and pasting other people's thoughts?
It is also pretty sad to see you criticizing a chaplain who said something you don't like, instead of the rapist...but I guess you have your priorities.
And in some real religious news...the Pope reaches out to bring peace and comfort to the Jewish world community and is well received:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12637128
So while CM and radical athiests build hate, the Pope builds bridges.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12637128
So while CM and radical athiests build hate, the Pope builds bridges.
this pope was involved in covering up and protecting child abusers when he was a cardinal also this pope also said his church is the only way to salvation. that's not building bridges
i support and vote for folks who advocate defunding catholic schools
i support and vote for folks who advocate defunding catholic schools
The Church or his denomination, a rather significant and important difference.
Now who is prejudiced and attempting to deny others their rights?
catholics and other religious groups have the right to set p thier own schools. they don't have the right to have the tax payers pay for thier schools
you clearly don't understand even basic christian theology. But I am not surprised.
And which candidate did you work for that proposed defunding Catholic schools?
In Canada...they do. But if you don't understand basic theology, why would I expect you to understand the Constitution?
so what is christian theology? according to you will people not go to heaven or get salvation if they don't believe in Jesus? that's the basic belief of christianity. visit a church on a sunday and you will hear the preacher saying jesus is the only way
and the green party of ontario advocate a single public funded education system
"During the 2007 provincial election, education, and specifically the funding of religious schools, was a central issue. GPO policy calls for an end to government funding for the Catholic school system, and direct funding for the secular public system only, a merger that it claims would save millions of dollars in duplicate administrative costs"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario#Education
Why don't you explain the relationship between Jews and Christians in basic Christian theology? It is all right there. You might want to restrict your approach to the gospels, it gets a little more complicated when you add in the writings of Paul.
And while you feel that the Pope is not doing a good job of bridge building, it looks like Israel and most prominent jews disagree with you:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Israel+hails+Pope+clarity+courage+death+Jesus/4381828/story.html
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=211123
I guess you know better. Your problem is you thrive on unreasoning hatred, you don't know facts when they smack you in the face.
But your bias is so thick that if a religious leader saved a drowning child you would still condemn them. Feel free to have another drink with your communist friend Hitchens.
Christian theology states that Jesus is the Jewish messiah.
this is the pope doing public relations to hide the fact that he believes his denomination is the only way to salvation/heaven/God
nope i state facts to show how religious people do evil acts, say offensive things to dehumanize non-believers and engage in religious coercion
I would thank a religious leader if he save a child from drowning and for the last time Hitchens is NOT a communist
You should really read Dominus Iesus, it is more nuanced than you are making it out to be. (However, I will agree that from say a Baptist perspective it does say what you believe it does. However, for the Othodox, Lutherans, Anglicans and Old Catholics it does not, although I will agree it is still poor theology.)
Secondly, why do you care, are you secretly afraid that the Bishop of Rome, really is a Universal Pontiff?
Perhaps you and your poor sources should actually read what they quote instead of spinning.
From the first article:
“These separated churches and communities, though we believe they suffer from defects, are deprived neither of significance nor importance in the mystery of salvation,” the document read. “In fact the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as instruments of salvation, whose value derives from that fullness of grace and of truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church.”
So while the Pope suggests that other churches are imperfect, he clearly states that they have been used by Christ as "instruments of salvation."
Seriously, do you read this stuff?
Close but no cigar. Christian theology states that Jesus was a jew, who came in fulfillment of OT prophecies to bring salvation to all people. He is only the jewish messiah because jews are a subset of all people.
wrong CM. See my post above where you source quotes the pope as saying all churches have been used as instruments of salvation.
So a trotskiest is not a communist. He is a far left loopy drunken journalist. Nothing special at all. Just an angry attention seeking holocaust denier.
from the second article
Pope reasserts salvation comes from one church
By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press | July 11, 2007
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI reasserted the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released yesterday that says other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2007/07/11/pope_reasserts_salvation_comes_from_one_church/
he clearly states his church is the onbly way to salvation stop denying it
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