Pope Asks Priests to Blog the Word of the Lord

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]omnimodis78[/nom]Your friends who want to spread "spiritual word" are corrupt liars who are in it for the money and getting some fresh meat from time to time. Plus, I thought the Bible is the instrument of choice.[/citation]Dude, you know what people like you need? Evidence. If you think a select handful of people who have been "corrupted" speak for MILLIONS of people who practice Christianity then you have a problem. The media is who you shouldn't believe and there is TONS and TONS of proof of that. That is the ONLY reason you know what you know in the first place. Otherwise you would be confined to what you have physically experienced unless you like to believe hear-say. It's like FOX News is your religion and your spreading the word. Yea, that's respectable.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Anyway, don't be a victim of "propaganda" and get out there and do something. See for "yourself". I am just defending against the cynicism only to be blasted with more of it. It's all good though! Everyone deserves an opinion!

 

[micr0be]

faith is just another word for people that are too lazy to work hard and prove what they believe in. anyway this is too sensitive of a topic to discuss, especially with the brick wall of ignorance and stubbornness in many people. MY POINT IS .... stop talking, start laughing.

 

[martel80]

[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]The cynicism of everyone's comments leaves little hope for humanity. Just give some thought into what we speak. There is nothing wrong with blogging spiritual words. The beauty of religion is that it lets people believe that there are better plans for them then this crap shoot we call earth which has only been getting worse. Trust me, we would be able to live without the internet as did billions of people and years before us did. With that in mind, go actually read the bible before you bash it. It has a lot of good advice in it. Even if you don't believe in god.[/citation]Obviously, you weren't around when the inquisition burned "heretics" and "witches", when they slaughtered innocents during so called "crusades" etc. In my opinion the Christian church should have no right to spread their word on the internet because if they were still ruling us we would have no internet at all and they would still be doing the sick stuff (since the freedom of information/belief/whatnot is exactly what they don't want, they need just sheep followers with no opinion of their own, for these are the easiest ones to control).
Loosening the grip of any church/dogma is what moves mankind forward. Constantly living under a single paradigm will not get us anywhere. Things need to change/progress which the Bible is the least likely to...

 

[headscratcher]

It always seems kind of ironic/silly to me that in the same breath people are proclaiming the intolerance of The Church AND telling them that they should change their teachings on birth control and chastity and whatnot. You expect the 2000 year church to bend to the lastest in pop culture? Ridiculous. Wouldn't be much of a church if it did, it would just be another trans-hippie cult/special interest group.

And then there is the assumed conflict between The Church and science/technology. It is The Church that brought science and technology to the West. The Church was the home of scientists and philosophy. The so called reformation saw the protestants sects deamonizing science and philosophy. It is the protestant fundementalists who gave us the monkey trials, not the Church. The Church opposed the protestants in much of this but, everyone lumps the Church in with the protestant fundementalists in blame and sites over dramatized stories about Galileo and the inquisition.

And let us not forget the gifts that the secular world has given us, gifts like Stalin and Hitler and Pol Pot. Is the Church filtering Google?

 

[dogofwars]

[citation] Do what Jesus said...Pray in the privacy of your closet," or something like that. If religion were a private matter and remained such, then all would be well. But, when people try to convert others then we have problems...problems we could do without.The Catholic Church needs to get with the program and cease with this "no-birth control" shit. It works fine in developed countries because we just blow them off, but in un-developed countries they are too ignorant to think for themselves and believe the teaching of some celibate old-fart who dresses funny. [/citation]

Amen to that!! LOL atold-fart who dresses funny

 

[codefuapprentice]

Oh great, they've finally decided to modernise and spread the "teachings of god" to the suggestable masses in a digital medium.

I'm very unreligious, and don't begrudge people their beliefs, but i don't personally approve of others trying to force beliefs onto people who don't want to believe in eternal beings such as this "God" "Allah" or even "Ganehsa" as i keep hearing about, as far as i'm concerned , they're just stories, don't get me wrong fiction is fantastic but trying to pass fiction for fact like these preachy buggers do just gets annoying and i've lost count of how many times i've been approached by jehovah's witnesses, christian and other religious associates.

 

[omnimodis78]

[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]Dude, you know what people like you need? Evidence. If you think a select handful of people who have been "corrupted" speak for MILLIONS of people who practice Christianity then you have a problem. The media is who you shouldn't believe and there is TONS and TONS of proof of that. That is the ONLY reason you know what you know in the first place. Otherwise you would be confined to what you have physically experienced unless you like to believe hear-say. It's like FOX News is your religion and your spreading the word. Yea, that's respectable.[/citation]
FOX news, what?! My good sir (or madam), I saw what religious bigots do, what the say and how they act when the cloth comes off (or often while it's still on). In my remark I did not disrespect any religion, but have no illusions that all men in cloth, robes, etc are brain-washing drones set upon your pasture to herd you like the sheep you are. You want to speak to God, do it from within your own heart through your deeds and actions, not by attending a creepy church service thinking that that is the only way to get your ticket into heaven. You are being mislead, and since you're a good faithful Christian from the sounds it, you'll realize this sooner or later.

 

[jacobdrj]

Job 314 - Mission Impossible

 

[Guest]

blueomni: "BUT I don't agree that people should be let to believe there is something better for them after they die while they sit idle and miserable about their dying world.
Instead of praying and begging, why not acting and doing something real to make the world a better place"

Exactly. I would call myself Christian, and one metaphor I heard quite accurately depicts the scene: are you soldiers fighting the war, or soldiers awaiting the airlift?

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]omnimodis78[/nom]FOX news, what?! My good sir (or madam), I saw what religious bigots do, what the say and how they act when the cloth comes off (or often while it's still on). In my remark I did not disrespect any religion, but have no illusions that all men in cloth, robes, etc are brain-washing drones set upon your pasture to herd you like the sheep you are. You want to speak to God, do it from within your own heart through your deeds and actions, not by attending a creepy church service thinking that that is the only way to get your ticket into heaven. You are being mislead, and since you're a good faithful Christian from the sounds it, you'll realize this sooner or later.[/citation]Practice what you preach. That's all. Don't tell ME what to do without actually doing what you think is right yourself. How about, keep YOUR thoughts to yourself and praise, whatever it is you... well, praise! Then, I might do the same for "you". But hey, I am sure you've done good things in your life and everyone deserves a chance to make changes in their lives. People make mistakes and always will.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]martel80[/nom]Obviously, you weren't around when the inquisition burned "heretics" and "witches", when they slaughtered innocents during so called "crusades" etc. In my opinion the Christian church should have no right to spread their word on the internet because if they were still ruling us we would have no internet at all and they would still be doing the sick stuff (since the freedom of information/belief/whatnot is exactly what they don't want, they need just sheep followers with no opinion of their own, for these are the easiest ones to control).Loosening the grip of any church/dogma is what moves mankind forward. Constantly living under a single paradigm will not get us anywhere. Things need to change/progress which the Bible is the least likely to...[/citation]Here we are again at the same cross in the road. You weren't around either. You are "preaching" what you believe and if someone lashes out at that, they are the downfall of society. Am I on to something? Just because some group of people that THOUGHT their way of thinking was the right way of thinking doesn't speak for everyone else. Just keep that in mind. I know well enough that I am not going to pick up a weapon because you don't believe what I believe. I know a few people who would. No reason for any of that. I would never let the horror stories that plague religion interfere with my beliefs. Nothing that I interpret in my mind, in the Bible, tell me to kill people for not believing what I say.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Anyway, I am horribly guilty of not following Christian ways. I am in the process of learning and realizing there is something WAY more powerful in control of things. I wan't to be a Christian who is respectable and trustworthy. Someone who you can count on. Someone with words that have meaning. I have cursed on here and got in arguments and I have no problem admitting to my failures. I just want to make this clear. But, I love technology and love reading! Ahh, I'm just blabbin on!

 

[rockstone1]

As a Catholic who is connected to the internet almost all the time myself, I'm very excited about this.

 

[jerreece]

[citation][nom]Mr_Man[/nom]I don't know about blogging specifically, but there have been Christian resources on the Internet as long as there has been Internet.[/citation]

Catholic-Christians don't necessarily have the same information as "Christian resources" though. I think the Pope's message is very important. The Catholic Church needs to keep up with technology and public media.

 

[omnimodis78]

[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]Practice what you preach. That's all. Don't tell ME what to do without actually doing what you think is right yourself. How about, keep YOUR thoughts to yourself and praise, whatever it is you... well, praise! Then, I might do the same for "you". But hey, I am sure you've done good things in your life and everyone deserves a chance to make changes in their lives. People make mistakes and always will.[/citation]
It's sort of difficult to keep my thought to myself on a forum...and since you post here I assume you're OK with me posting stuff too. You seem to be very defensive and in your tactics you come off insecure. I am not religious, in fact I am an atheist who has been firmly exposed to Christianity and I did not like what I experienced, thus based on that I made a comment. If you are content with the choices you make in life then that is great. Cheers!

 

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[citation][nom]omnimodis78[/nom]You want to speak to God, do it from within your own heart through your deeds and actions, not by attending a creepy church service thinking that that is the only way to get your ticket into heaven.[/citation]
Anyone who thinks that attending church will get them to heaven has not actually read the Bible.

@All: Anyone who is against this is against freedom of speech. These people have the right to preach on the Internet as much as you have the right to disagree with them on the Internet. It doesn't matter what you think of religion, if you try to suppress it you are no better than the Inquisition. Suppression of information should be left to the mass media and the government, because they are the ones who do it most.

 

[micky_lund]

theres alot of difference between catholic and christian...its like the old square rectangle thing again.... except different
not all catholics are christian, and definitely not all christians are catholic... but there is some crossover

and anyone who thinks being catholic will get them saved is wrong... theres only one who can save us, and its not urself

 

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[citation][nom]micky_lund[/nom]theres alot of difference between catholic and christian...[/citation]
"Christian" is an overly generic term. If it was applied only to Protestant denominations, then it would be quite safe to say that Christianity and Roman Catholicism are two different religions. Even if you don't want to remove Catholicism from the "Christianity" umbrella, Protestant Christianity is certainly a different religion to Catholic Christianity.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Both recognise Christ as the prophet so both Prodestant and Catholic are Christian based faiths. No arguement.[/citation]
Neither recognises as Christ as a simple prophet. He is believed to be the son of God. Islam believes Christ to be a prophet, however.

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Problem is they argue too much amongst each other instead of doing good work.[/citation]
And rightly so. They differ on fundamental issues so much that putting them together as denominations of the same religions is a tough call. It would be similar to calling Islam and Christianity denominations of Abrahamism (if it were a religion) because they both recognise Abraham as a significant figure in their history. Yet both differ on fundamental issues.

Now not all Catholics follow strict doctrine, and therefore we can't lump them all together, which is easier to do by mistake than it is with Protestants since there are so many recognised denominations under the Protestant umbrella, but Catholics are just assumed to be all the same.