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Originally posted by DoctorScribblesWhy don't you open your own threads for your usual and boring RC Church/Pope/Christian bashing instead of hijacking mine ......
"Bottles of holy water"
"bottle of holy water"
Originally posted by kirksey957.... and you are always very willing to cooperate with Cribs in his extremely humorous actions, don't you Kirk ?
Doc, do you notice that no one will say a thing about solitication of said holy water or umbrellas in this thread, yet BWA continues to have to apologize for any said mention of our t-shirts and other apparrel?
Jesu wept.
Originally posted by ivanhoeAre you or are you not interested in a discussion about the character of the Bishop of Hippo?
Why don't you open your own threads for your usual and boring RC Church/Pope/Christian bashing instead of hijacking mine ......
Originally posted by ivanhoeWill you be sending a pic of yourself for rhpfaces? I am sending one of my best friend this time. Here it is. Yes, his true color is black.
.... and you are always very willing to cooperate with Cribs in his extremely humorous actions, don't you Kirk ?
Originally posted by Conrau KI suppose you disregarded the multiple news reports from various sources saying that they do.
I suppose you disregarded my argument that the Vatican does not sell holy water?
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesAs the Catholic Church has explicitly condemned the selling of any sacramental, such as holy water, I feel entitled to question the credibility of these newsreports. Both the Catholic Catechism, the code of canon law, and the Catholic encycopedia have outlined such activity as sacrilige and a mortal sin. Furthermore, within Catholic theology, it is understood that the exchange of a sacramental for money invalidates whatever indulgences are attached to the sacramental. I wonder then, why would the Vatican engage in such a practice?
I suppose you disregarded the multiple news reports from various sources saying that they do.
I simply label your argument as yet another instance of Catholic Simon Says.
Originally posted by Conrau KIf they did sell empty bottles for holy water, that would hardly be scriptural. What the hell ever happened to "my cup overfloweth"?
As the Catholic Church has explicitly condemned the selling of any sacramental, such as holy water, I feel entitled to question the credibility of these newsreports. Both the Catholic Catechism, the code of canon law, and the Catholic encycopedia have outlined such activity as sacrilige and a mortal sin. Furthermore, within Catholic theology, it is understo ...[text shortened]... cite are also wrong - but then to acknowledge this you might have to abandon your sectarianism.
Originally posted by Conrau KI am an interpretive theologian who cast a big tent. I struggle with answering yes or no questions in much the same way Jesus did. I'm all about the new wineskins instead of the bottle.
And how does this verse conflict with the selling of holy water bottles?
Originally posted by kirksey957I did not ask a yes or no question. I simply asked you to explain why you feel a psalm 23 v.5 carries a moral commandment not to sell holy water bottles.
I am an interpretive theologian who cast a big tent. I struggle with answering yes or no questions in much the same way Jesus did. I'm all about the new wineskins instead of the bottle.
Originally posted by Conrau KAnd I was simply wondering why they would sell an empty bottle? Would it not be beautifully symbolic to have a full bottle of refreshing water in light of all the wonderful images of water in the Bible, i.e "living water, etc."
I did not ask a yes or no question. I simply asked you to explain why you feel a psalm 23 v.5 carries a moral commandment not to sell holy water bottles.
Originally posted by Conrau KDo you think selling holy water is a worse sin than molesting a child?
Both the Catholic Catechism, the code of canon law, and the Catholic encycopedia have outlined such activity as sacrilige and a mortal sin.