RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-12 Thread Lyons, Larry
I like that response. I may do it the next time I have to suffer those cretins. larry > -Original Message- > From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Graeme
> cup, a tasse, a pet or a cawan, a cup is meant to be used. Stop arguing > and drink, stop squabbling and refresh your thirst." This is the > Buddhist attitude to other religions. Yeah, I've noticed that the Buddhist attitude is to be subtley patronizing. ;-) -Kevin [Todays Threads] [This Mes

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Wayne Putterill
up is meant to be used. Stop arguing and drink, stop squabbling and refresh your thirst." This is the Buddhist attitude to other religions. Ven. S. Dhammika -Original Message- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2004 17:02 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments o

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Davis
it would invalidate the sacrament.  ;^) Jim Davis   _   From: Pablo Varando [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:23 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church I thought "Religion and Politics" were NO-NO topics for bars, work and (CF-

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
We've always talked of religion and politics here the only rules in place were no malicious personal attacks against anyone. Like me saying Tim is an arogant utter fool and should be TOD. :D /me runs Cheers, Erika -- From: Pablo Varand

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
- Original Message - From: "Pablo Varando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > I thought "Religion and Politics" were NO-NO topics fo

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Heald, Tim
nitions in E.O. 12958. -Original Message- From: Pablo Varando [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 5:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church I thought "Religion and Politics" were NO-NO topics for bars, work and (CF-talk|CF-Community)

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Pablo Varando
-Original Message- >>From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:24 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church >> >> >>You don't "buy the idea"? >>Too bad for you. >>C

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Sandy Clark
Either that or have marriage be a religious institution only, and only civil unions get benefits of state/federal laws. Separation of church and state, I'm all for it.   _   Personally I believe that marriage is a religious institution until the state offers legal benefits for it - then it

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Heald, Tim
bject: Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church) Actually, Leavenworth is such that even if you're not in the federal prison system, you're still doing time there. - Jim Angel Stewart wrote: >0_0 > >You were in jail? >What were you in for? > >-Gel &g

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
true dat! :-) Jim Campbell wrote: > Actually, Leavenworth is such that even if you're not in the federal > prison system, you're still doing time there. > > - Jim > > Angel Stewart wrote: > > >0_0 > > > >You were in jail? > >What were you in for? > > > >-Gel > > > >-Original Message- > >

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
Shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die... ^_^ Nah... just lived in the town. Started off as a military brat at the post, then my parents decided they liked the place and retired there... Angel Stewart wrote: > 0_0 > > > You were in jail? > What were you in for? > > > -Gel > > -Original

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Actually, Leavenworth is such that even if you're not in the federal prison system, you're still doing time there. - Jim Angel Stewart wrote: >0_0 > >You were in jail? >What were you in for? > >-Gel > >-Original Message- >From: William H Bowen    > >heh, did 20 years in Leavenworth m

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Davis
y, March 11, 2004 3:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church) 2 messages on this thread brought to mind something that happened at lunch. SIN. Assholes of [insert sect here] faith. This morning, I was completely agnostic about the whole concept of gay marri

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Angel Stewart
0_0 You were in jail? What were you in for? -Gel -Original Message- From: William H Bowen    heh, did 20 years in Leavenworth myself --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Relea

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Harkins, Patrick
Ah, but some jerks just never quit! -Original Message- From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll step up to the challenge, Charlie: >> I hope I never have to come across people like that. Well, then you'll just have to aim better! - Jim Outbound email scanned for viruses. (e23

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
heh, did 20 years in Leavenworth myself...what a treat Fred Phelps is :-) my personal favorite tactic of his cult: having children run out in front of cars entering the driveways of Women's Clinics and lay down on the pavement. strange that his group was never brought up on child endangerment ch

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:44 PM >Subject: Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church) > > >   > >>What a bunch of jerks.  WACKOS! haha.  I hope I never have to come across >>    >> >people like

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
- Original Message - From: "brobborb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:44 PM Subject: Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church) > What a bunch of jerks.  WACKOS! haha.  I hope I ne

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
lmost never worth >the effort and this is exactly why. > >M > >-Original Message- >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:24 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > >You don't "buy the i

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Kick ASS.  I'll bet money it was a contingent from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS, otherwise known as the home of that imitable statesman, Fred Phelps.  I lived in Kansas for 7 years, and I LOVED locking horns with those troglodytes.  I never got into a shouting match or anything - I'd j

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread brobborb
What a bunch of jerks.  WACKOS! haha.  I hope I never have to come across people like that.   - Original Message -   From: Jerry Johnson   To: CF-Community   Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:02 PM   Subject: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)   2 messages on this

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread John Stanley
CF-Community Subject: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church) 2 messages on this thread brought to mind something that happened at lunch. SIN. Assholes of [insert sect here] faith. This morning, I was completely agnostic about the whole concept of gay marriage. It doesn't affect me

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread John Stanley
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:19 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > Words are tricky and can be interpreted many ways. > > That is putting it mildly. Try some of the writings of Gnostic Christianity > if you want twisted words. I have.

Re: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
erved what he got. Pardon me, but as originally preached > Christianity's basis was love, not hatred. What went wrong. > > larry > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:02 PM > &g

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Graeme
> > Words are tricky and can be interpreted many ways. > > That is putting it mildly. Try some of the writings of Gnostic Christianity > if you want twisted words. I have. :-) And I also touched on a little bit of Talmudic study too, though since I don't know Hebrew it was just reading other's ar

RE: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Lyons, Larry
stianity's basis was love, not hatred. What went wrong. larry > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church) > > &g

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Heald, Tim
ail is unclassified based on the definitions in E.O. 12958. -Original Message- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Comments on Catholic Church Sure, just lob rocks over a wall and act like we should all be th

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
- Original Message - From: "William H Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > sounds more like an "asshole" Catholic than a tolerant

Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)

2004-03-11 Thread Jerry Johnson
2 messages on this thread brought to mind something that happened at lunch. SIN. Assholes of [insert sect here] faith. This morning, I was completely agnostic about the whole concept of gay marriage. It doesn't affect me, so I really didn't care. While walking to lunch near the Boston Common, I

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
gt; > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > > > > > /me throws a rock at Larry's holy goat for trying to be > > rational in a religious flamewar. > > > > > > > > >Hey People, before this goes any further, ple

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Lyons, Larry
And I was planning on goat curry for supper tonight. larry > -Original Message- > From: a cantrl. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > > /me throws a rock at Larry&#

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Lyons, Larry
Comments inline > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > Relating to the whole "Jesus IS God" thing, there was an >

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Haggerty, Mike
- >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:54 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > >You obviously did not read my post carefully. I'm surprised. /Ben > >>Ben - >> >>I don't need

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
sounds more like an "asshole" Catholic than a tolerant one... shall we then tar all Catholics with the epithet "looney" because of this incident? sorry, there's assholes in every faith and creed... will a cantrl. wrote: > Did I ever tell you guys that I went to a Halloween party last year > d

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
ll often "attack" the behaviours of other > browsers. > > O_o > > I'll shut up now. > > -Kevin > > - Original Message - > From: "William H Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > S

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread a cantrl .
/me throws a rock at Larry's holy goat for trying to be rational in a religious flamewar. >Hey People, before this goes any further, please lets limit the religious >wars to those issues where it matters. In other words, operating systems, >browsers and web application servers. > >larry > >> [Tod

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Graeme
> I think you are using the word "attacking" loosely. > Saying that you disagree with someone, > or that you think they are incorrect, > is not an "attack". Sounds paranoid... Vehemently denouncing something is not an attack? Having scripture that cites how a god smites worshippers of other gods i

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
om: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:54 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > >You obviously did not read my post carefully. I'm surprised. /Ben > >>Ben - >> >>I don't need to k

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
Fine with me, Larry. Never wanted "war". Was asked to provide clarification on wife's opinion on Catholic faith. Did so, and suddenly there are accusations of "attacks" on Catholics. Like I said, I will pass the replies on to my wife. I will let the thread die in peace, unless someone wants to re

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Haggerty, Mike
o explain it to them. M -Original Message- From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church You obviously did not read my post carefully. I'm surprised. /Ben >Ben - > >I don'

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
> Did I ever tell you guys that I went to a Halloween party last year > dressed as Jesus and got slugged in the jaw by some "tolerant" > catholic? > > What's up with that? And why is it ok that 10 other people at the > party were dressed as the devil himself and they didn't get slugged? > Seem

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
ys when he realized he'd been misled or lied to, he changed his position based on the revealed truth :-) -Ben > >-Kevin > > >- Original Message - >From: "Ben Braver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:56 AM >Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]

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2004-03-11 Thread Jim Campbell
>>  Would there be a costume that would equally cause a Jewish person to haul off and slug someone? Going to a Halloween party dressed as Mel Gibson's father. - Jim a cantrl. wrote: >Did I ever tell you guys that I went to a Halloween party last year dressed as Jesus and got slugged in the jaw

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Lyons, Larry
March 11, 2004 12:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > > You obviously did not read my post carefully. I'm surprised. /Ben > > > >Ben - > > > >I don't need to know you or your wife to know the arguments she

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
r [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:50 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > >Mike- > >You obviously do not know my wife. > >And I strongly protest your implication that she is narrow-minded >and that, even if w

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Graeme
ow. -Kevin - Original Message - From: "William H Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > heh... I looked at the site in the Netscape browser (7.1)

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread a cantrl .
Did I ever tell you guys that I went to a Halloween party last year dressed as Jesus and got slugged in the jaw by some "tolerant" catholic? What's up with that? And why is it ok that 10 other people at the party were dressed as the devil himself and they didn't get slugged? Seems kinda whacky, no

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
oks about how Christ could not have > existed keep popping up... > > M > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:57 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > > My reli

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Haggerty, Mike
http://www.messiahtruth.com/response.html No one ever tries, yet all these books about how Christ could not have existed keep popping up... M -Original Message- From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:57 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Haggerty, Mike
this stuff is (for that matter, if you can't), I have no clue what I could say to open your eyes. M -Original Message- From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church Mike- You obviously

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Graeme
that with acceptance tenets. I was trying to throw out a bone there and say that religions aren't fundamentally about hate. -Kevin - Original Message - From: "Ben Braver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, Mar

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
Good points, MikeyD. And my wife made it clear to me that her points were strictly about Catholic vs. other Christian traditions, and were not addressing Jewish, Islamic, etc. beliefs. re: Jesus as intermediary, we told our kids that Daddy prays directly to God, and Mommy prays to God through Je

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
the "attack" rules >by espousing how believers are protected and even non-believers can be >"saved". > >-Kevin > > >- Original Message - >From: "Lyons, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
Will- please see my reply to M on how positively I reacted to your excellent post. I'm sure my wife will too. -Ben >> My experience has > > been that once someone has become so narrow minded as to accept that > > this is the way things are, there is no amount of discussion that will > > convince

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Ben Braver
t go. My experience has >been that once someone has become so narrow minded as to accept that >this is the way things are, there is no amount of discussion that will >convince them otherwise. > >M > >-Original Message- >From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Graeme
s can be "saved". -Kevin - Original Message - From: "Lyons, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: RE: Comments on Catholic Church > Its not a matter of that person

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread William H Bowen
> My experience has > been that once someone has become so narrow minded as to accept that > this is the way things are, there is no amount of discussion that will > convince them otherwise. That was my first thought, too, but then I thought, why be silent? As long as *I'm* not spreading false

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
- Original Message - From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:08 AM Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church > Celibacy is breaking the commandment to be fruitful and multiply.

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Michael Dinowitz
>Faith in Christ Jesus is faith in His death and resurrection.  He is our grace to get things done.  Keeping the law is not faith.  No one is good, not >even one.  If we could be "good" by trying harder, Christ would not have had to come as our sacrifice.  No amount of Hail Mary's will make you >be

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Lyons, Larry
, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Comments on Catholic Church > > > Larry - > > No doubt about Martin Luther. There is a perverted element to > some of his writings, though I always thought his f

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Haggerty, Mike
hy you are right. M -Original Message- From: Lyons, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:21 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Comments on Catholic Church Mike, Unfortunately if you don't confront this sort of hate speech it spreads and like any other

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Lyons, Larry
; -Original Message- > From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Comments on Catholic Church > > > William - > > The arguments that Catholics think the Pope is God, that Mary >

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-11 Thread Haggerty, Mike
ginal Message- From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:58 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church Um... okay. Have been Catholic since shortly after I was born, and though I don't practice currently (I have my own issue

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-10 Thread William H Bowen
Um... okay. Have been Catholic since shortly after I was born, and though I don't practice currently (I have my own issues with the Church) I think I'm well versed enough to be able to respond to many of the opinions (and they are) below. > Ben has asked me to respond to the question, “In what

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-10 Thread Ben Braver
Appreciate all feedback, will share with Nel this weekend. (We have a class tonight, out to dinner for daughter's 21st birthday 3/8 tomorrow, going to Temple Friday night). Also highly amused by all the Catholic google ads on this page. -Ben > A few threads back, I said that my wife had some iss

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-10 Thread Kevin Graeme
> Second, if you are interested in opinions about the apostasy ("falling away") of the Catholic Church, one only has to look into the many books and writings about the original Martin Luther and his 99 treatises that he nailed to the cathedral doors in the 1700's.  He and others, who were finally r

Re: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-09 Thread Doug White
Very good.  The only things omitted was/is the sacraments.  These are denounced in the New Testament, and words to the effect that, "There will be no more speaking in tongues, etc. No flash and blood human has any deity, and does not have the devine power to grant absolution in the eyes of the almi

RE: Comments on Catholic Church

2004-03-09 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Please thank her for her thoughtful insight. Andy   -Original Message-   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:46 PM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Comments on Catholic Church   A few threads back, I said that my wife had some issues with the C