Where is FrG?
January 4th, 2016 at 11:34:11 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | 8 days ago he said he was going on vacay for a couple of days, we've heard nothing since. My theory is all my common sense posts have weighted him down with questions he has no answer for. I completely understand. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 4th, 2016 at 11:36:45 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5053 |
What on Earth would you do with your days if you couldn't fence with Father G.? I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
January 4th, 2016 at 2:44:47 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I don't call him 'father' anything, I don't even know what that means. He's not my father, he's not your father, why would you call him that. I looked it up and Jesus supposedly said 'call no man father' but the Catholics don't think that applies to them. I guess. The answers I read on Catholic sites were so wordy and convoluted I gave up on them. I did read priests don't like people asking them that question, probably because they don't know the answer. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 4th, 2016 at 6:25:51 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Why do you read Catholic sites if you are an atheist? I don't read atheist sites, WOT for me. The President is a fink. |
January 4th, 2016 at 6:40:32 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Where else would I find the info if not a Catholic site. I suppose Catholics are the only ones allowed there. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 4th, 2016 at 6:48:57 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Didn't say others were not allowed, I just wonder why someone who hates the Catholic church like you do so much along with your hatred of religion in general that you would spend time there? Seems like a muslim surfing sites for the best rib joint in Memphis. The President is a fink. |
January 4th, 2016 at 7:08:00 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Religion is highly entertaining, the Catholic Church especially so. To an atheist all religions are interesting for various reasons. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 4th, 2016 at 7:08:33 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18629 | FrGamble probably had to take a break and do something more relaxing like an exorcism. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 5th, 2016 at 2:06:29 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | I asked my brother in law, the Baptist minister, about the calling a priest 'father' thing. He was quite adamant that the NT forbids calling anybody but god 'father' and it's just another example of Catholics ignoring or changing scripture. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 5th, 2016 at 10:04:38 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
I love talking about this issue because it shows two things. First, how problematic a fundamentalist reading of the Scripture can be and Secondly, how profoundly Biblical the Catholic Church is. Please point out to your brother in law the times when Jesus uses the title father to refer to other human beings (Mt. 15:4-6; 19:5, 19; 21:31; Jn 8:56) Jesus uses the term "Father Abraham" for example three times in the parable in Luke chapter 16:24, 27, 30. The ancient tradition of calling priests fathers comes from the tradition Paul established by calling himself and his disciples fathers of Churches, see Phil 2:22 and 1Cor 4:15 for just a couple of examples. This is not even bringing up the many times Jesus and others in Scripture call other people teachers or Rabbis which is supposedly forbidden by the same saying of Jesus. I'm sure your brother in law has a concordance, just ask him to look up all the times the words father or teacher is used in Scripture. When you look at the meaning of Jesus' saying and His teaching you can clearly see along with His own practice, Paul's, and the early Church that Jesus does not mean literally call no man on earth your father. Remember who Jesus is speaking to in this part of scripture namely the prideful Pharisees who have begun to think that they take the place of God with their rules and regulations. It is a warning against spiritual pride not a commendation of word we naturally and spiritual call those who have given life and care for us or for a community. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |