Is the Pope Catholic?

BornAgainChristian · 2018-05-27T18:38:49.375Z

Bill.in.PA:

But that begs the question, “who is to blame for it being ‘innate’?” (If indeed it is, I’m not convinced it is)

Why a particular person has a particular cross is a usually a mystery beyond human understanding, but each person has his own cross to deal with. Jesus made that clear:
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. . . Matthew 16:24

Crosses come in many forms. For example, there is evidence for a genetic component to alcoholism. People have that trait may need to abstain completely from alcohol, while others have no issues with moderate drinking. That may be a cross that they have to deal with.

As you quoted from John about Jesus’s explanation of the reason for the man to have been born blind:
. . . it was in order that the works of God might be displayed in him. John 9:3

Perhaps if there were no personal crosses, there would be no opportunity to display the works of God.

That isn’t the cross Jesus referred to. Its the one they hung Him on, that one.

It symbolizes the world’s rejection, and violence done against any who follow Christ.

Has nothing to do with alcoholism or sexual orientation. That is a secular adaptation of this saying having nothing to do with the Bible…

Bill.in.PA · 2018-05-27T18:47:27.260Z

That isn’t the cross Jesus referred to. Its the one they hung Him on, that one.

Is that some sort of tradition? The plain text from Matthew says otherwise.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-05-27T20:34:49.981Z

BornAgainChristian:

Do they accept these methods now? Do we have the pope on record?

You are focused on the wrong thing. You’re only looking at the mechanics of the method. Can you explain why the Catholic Church teaches what it does about sex, reproduction and family planning?

BornAgainChristian · 2018-05-27T23:44:17.405Z

koushi_shinigami:

BornAgainChristian:

Do they accept these methods now? Do we have the pope on record?

You are focused on the wrong thing. You’re only looking at the mechanics of the method. Can you explain why the Catholic Church teaches what it does about sex, reproduction and family planning?

No. Can you, citing primary sources? I doubt it. Lets see if you can do it.

BornAgainChristian · 2018-05-27T23:49:41.831Z

Bill.in.PA:

That isn’t the cross Jesus referred to. Its the one they hung Him on, that one.

Is that some sort of tradition? The plain text from Matthew says otherwise.

Christ uses “cross” to represent trials and tribulations caused by faith in Him.

That’s the plain facts Jack.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-05-28T00:35:10.615Z

BornAgainChristian:

No

Didn’t think so.

BornAgainChristian:

Can you,

Yes.

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-28T01:07:30.624Z

Again is sexual attraction a sin or not?

koushi_shinigami · 2018-05-28T01:10:58.538Z

CanadianJudo:

Again is sexual attraction a sin or not?

Is it an action?

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-28T01:15:36.200Z

matter of debate.

I’m not talking about having homosexual sex.
I’m talking about finding people of the same gender attractive is that alone a sin.

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-28T01:16:21.618Z

is someone who is attracted to men but never has gay sex a sinner.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-05-28T01:31:43.091Z

CanadianJudo:

is someone who is attracted to men but never has gay sex a sinner.

We are all sinners

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-28T01:33:06.594Z

The the pope is right, homosexual are born in god image. he is separating the human from the action of homosexual sex.

BornAgainChristian · 2018-05-29T00:46:23.700Z

ROME — “They call me a heretic.”

Not the words you’d expect to hear from the head of the Roman Catholic Church. But that’s what Pope Francis told a group of fellow Jesuits in Chile earlier this year, acknowledging the fierce pushback from arch-conservatives in the Vatican.

Celebrated by progressives around the world for his push to update and liberalize aspects of church doctrine, Francis is facing fierce blowback from traditionalists who take issue with his openness to Muslim migrants, his concern for the environment and his softer tone on divorce, cohabitation and homosexuality. Opposition has become so heated that some advisers are warning him to tread carefully to avoid a “schism” in the church.

POLITICO – 28 May 18

‘Heretic’ in the Vatican

Pope Francis faces pushback from the church’s arch-conservatives.

While leftists here applaud the pope’s heresy, that’s not the reaction of many conservative Catholics. The Politico’s article details the push back he is getting, and its building.

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-29T00:49:12.519Z

Its a joke based on how Jesuit have been treated historically by the Church.

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-29T00:50:53.056Z

There is less then 10,000 Jesuit Priest world wide they were historically one of the most mistreated sect of Catholicism.

BornAgainChristian · 2018-05-29T00:58:33.524Z

CanadianJudo:

Its a joke based on how Jesuit have been treated historically by the Church.

Last fall, more than 200 scholars and priests signed a letter accusing Francis of spreading heresy.

That’s in the article you didn’t read, they are not joking about his being a Jesuit.

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-29T01:02:12.934Z

Jesuits have been called heretics for centuries i have no doubt some people in the church still think this way.

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-29T01:03:31.495Z

When it comes to priest there are rivals when it comes to sects majority of Catholics have no idea it goes on

CanadianJudo · 2018-05-29T01:06:42.994Z

My Priest growing up attended school in Rome it wasn’t uncommon for them to have angry shouting matches when it comes to theology and proper teaching of the church based on what school of theology they are studying.

Bill.in.PA · 2018-05-29T02:23:24.554Z

BornAgainChristian:

Christ uses “cross” to represent trials and tribulations caused by faith in Him.

The two ideas are not mutually exclusive.

Taking up your cross can mean following Jesus to overcome your own human weaknesses and faults. That is a difficult process.

In the case of the early Christians it was even more literal. Tradition is that most of the apostles died on the cross.