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Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 6:17am On Dec 31, 2013
2013: My son am tired
2014: why?
2013: My time is up, i will be
going to join your forefathers
2014: I know, u have less than 48...
hours to live... i will miss you Dad
2013 :But let
me tell you some
things b4 i go
2014:What is it?
2013: Please when i go, make
sure you take care of this person
2014: Who?...
2013: The person (reading)
listening to this conversation of
ours?
2014: Okay
2013: I made some promises to
this person during my reign, i fulfilled some,
and some I couldn’t
2014: But why couldn’t you fulfill
all dad?
2013:Well, my son...sometimes
time and human factors affected
some of the promises
2014:But...
2013: But surely, I spoke with God
on this person's behalf, and God
granted my wish in you to fulfill
the rest promises. So these are
the rest of the fulfillment you will carry out
on
this person..
2014: Go on dad..
2013:Stabilize this person's
health without cease all through
your reign!Open a direct link
between our God and this person
2014:Done,
carry on
2013:Ensure that this person's
dreams come to reality within the
shortest
2014:Alright
2013: Give this person wealth that will touch
lives of multitudes
2014: surely
2013:Make sure that you remove
all remaining hindrances to
success from this person's way, I
have being trying to make sure that money
will
never remain d
priority of this person, so keep to
that pls, make sure son!
2014: I will dad, no problem!
2013:Pay more emphasis on the
advice of this person's friends, don't worry
about that of this
person's enemies, God will take
care of that! Get it?
2014: Yes
2013:Finally, promise me that
when your own time is up, you will instruct
that your offspring
after offspring (2015 ,2016 ,
2017.....to.... 2100) to keep positive
fulfillment of this person going!
2014:yes dad, may God help me!
2013: Now i can pass to the beyond happily!
May you be
prosperous 2014 ,,
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 6:17am On Dec 31, 2013
2013: My son am tired
2014: why?
2013: My time is up, i will be
going to join your forefathers
2014: I know, u have less than 48...
hours to live... i will miss you Dad
2013 :But let
me tell you some
things b4 i go
2014:What is it?
2013: Please when i go, make
sure you take care of this person
2014: Who?...
2013: The person (reading)
listening to this conversation of
ours?
2014: Okay
2013: I made some promises to
this person during my reign, i fulfilled some,
and some I couldn’t
2014: But why couldn’t you fulfill
all dad?
2013:Well, my son...sometimes
time and human factors affected
some of the promises
2014:But...
2013: But surely, I spoke with God
on this person's behalf, and God
granted my wish in you to fulfill
the rest promises. So these are
the rest of the fulfillment you will carry out
on
this person..
2014: Go on dad..
2013:Stabilize this person's
health without cease all through
your reign!Open a direct link
between our God and this person
2014:Done,
carry on
2013:Ensure that this person's
dreams come to reality within the
shortest
2014:Alright
2013: Give this person wealth that will touch
lives of multitudes
2014: surely
2013:Make sure that you remove
all remaining hindrances to
success from this person's way, I
have being trying to make sure that money
will
never remain d
priority of this person, so keep to
that pls, make sure son!
2014: I will dad, no problem!
2013:Pay more emphasis on the
advice of this person's friends, don't worry
about that of this
person's enemies, God will take
care of that! Get it?
2014: Yes
2013:Finally, promise me that
when your own time is up, you will instruct
that your offspring
after offspring (2015 ,2016 ,
2017.....to.... 2100) to keep positive
fulfillment of this person going!
2014:yes dad, may God help me!
2013: Now i can pass to the beyond happily!
May you be
prosperous 2014 ,,
Christianity EtcRe: Pope Declares All Religion Good. A Blackman Disagrees. by MrAladin: 9:03pm On Dec 30, 2013
The Pope said NOTHING about the bible being outdated, nor the nonexistence of hell, and there is nothing like 3rd Vatican Council ANYWHERE. Catholics have receive tons of messages asking us for clarification. The Pope serves God, has been formed in Catholic Tradition, and is clearly being guided by the Holy Spirit, if he would say something directly contrary to traditional Catholic teachings, he would have done so since as a priest/ Archbishop.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 5:17pm On Dec 30, 2013
from Catholic and Proud





On the bible...
Did you ever wonder how the Bible came
into being? A little
known, but easily documented fact is that
the
books of the Bible were compiled by the
Catholic
Church. For many years after Christ ascended
into
Heaven, there was debate about which
scriptural
writings were inspired by God. The canon of
Scripture (the books of the Bible) was first
formally decided at the Synod of Rome in
382.
This decision was upheld at the Councils of
Hippo
(393) and Carthage (397). At these Catholic
Church councils, the same 46 Old Testament
and
27 New Testament books that appear in
today’s Catholic Bibles were declared to be
inspired by
God. As a side note, approximately 1200
years
after this decision was made, Martin Luther
and
the Protestant reformers removed 7 books
from
the Old Testament. As a result, most
Protestant
Bibles are still missing these 7 books.
May the Lord keep us all in his Church. Amen
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 5:14pm On Dec 30, 2013
Ubenedictus: That silly news, i pity for fragile catholics who read it and are decieved, it seams the mods are there 4 decoration, i was so unhappy wen i was abt 3-4 threads stating d same lie and non was closed.

It seems my birthday was on d 27.
And stry where is my card?
happy birthday sir.....


Where u run go na??
PetsRe: Family Dog Kills Owner Injures Wife by MrAladin: 3:58pm On Dec 30, 2013
R.I.P to the Dead.

If To say na 9ja Dem for hand ova d dog to calabar Man.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 11:15am On Dec 30, 2013
Sin has two sides, it is an "aversio" and a
"conversio", a "turning away" and a "turning
to". An aversion from God and a turning to
created things. We cannot possibly talk about
sin without talking about a wounding of our
friendship and communion with God.
True conversion and repentace also has two
sides, a "Conversio ad Deum", and an
"aversio a creaturis": a "turning to God" and
a concomitant "turning away from created
things". What this entails is that we turn
from created things that cause us to Sin, and
place God as our ultimate good.
May the Lord help us come back to him with
all our hearts, so that at last, after having run
this race to the finish, we may find only
reasons to rejoice when we see Christ.
Peace be with you !
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 1:03pm On Dec 27, 2013
Curled From Facebook.


PROOF OF PURGATORY: A REPLY TO THOSE IN
DOUBT
Chukwuebuka Lois Egbuna posted:
"Confused people , how can u people
misinterpret de scripture to suit ur
fanaticism . De foundation here in 1cor
3:10-11 said "Christ is the foundation
himself." whatsoever we build on dat
foundation (Christ)will be tested by fire on
the judgment day. Everyone being find out
by wot he has used be it gold,silver,pre
cious stones, wood,hay and straw. Then
everyone will be rewarded if his building is
left standing,. The interpretations of this is
whatsoever u do after u must ve heard
about Christ u will be rewarded thus sinners
will be destroyed by fire while the righteous
ones will be saved 1cor 3:15. So tell me
where purgatory is written here for u to suit
your fanatic doctrine with . When will people
ask God for grace to understand the bible"
WE ANSWER: Well brother, if by "Fanaticism"
you mean calling other Christians "Confused
people" and "Fanatics", then the description
does not suit us.
In response to what you said, you have
missed the whole point. St Paul wrote : "14:
If any man's work which he has built on it
remains, he will receive a reward. 15: If any
man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss;
but he himself will be saved, yet so as
through fire."
He says "Any man" to show you that it is the
SAME PERSON who suffers loss that is saved
not your generalist "thus sinners will be
destroyed by fire while the righteous ones
will be saved". Your reference is to a "General
Judgement" where "Sinners are destroyed"
and the "Righteous saved" whilst St Paul
refers to particular Judgement where A
PERSON faces God with HIS WORKS, which
work was supposed to bring him to
salvation. Those who have no works at all
aren't mentioned here, since even those who
"Suffered" were still "Saved". I do not know
who between us is misquoting St Paul, but i
think the text is pretty clear.
Read it a couple of times more, maybe it will
become clearer what it implies.
This forum isn't for fights, it is for the
building of faith. Men who wish to fight join
Karate Clubs, men who wish to be saved look
unto God and his Church and treat other
people with love.
God bless
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 7:33am On Dec 27, 2013
try69: The bad part of this discuss is the Ignorance of supposed educated people because of sectarian belief.

I have encountered many who still do not know that image consist of both the still and motion depictions..

How can a graduate argue that the picture on his mobile phone is not an image? Lol

Then when they are defeated on that, they start talking about bowing grin forgetting that bowing was not depicted in the same bible for God alone. Infact Revelation 3:9 says:

Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you.

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Or

Genesis 49:8

Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you..

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

They even confuse the word "worship" in context.

Tomorrow another says celebrating christmas is idolatory and they start fighting themselves. The ones that say the RCC is idol-worship cult fights the one who says christ-mass the same idol worshippers started is idolatory. cheesy so much for reformation.

When a man born in the 1960's says what has been in practice for almost 2000 years will take people to hell, then the inference would be that satan is winning the battle of winning souls.

Fighting the Church Christ himself founded is fighting christianity. It's foolishness for me.
simply Put.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 8:52pm On Dec 26, 2013
ARareGem: Alright. In simple english, why don't you believe in hell? What do you understand hell to mean? The term 'hell/lake of fire' as used in the Bible, is in a literal form, no?

I would appreciate if you can back up your explanations with scripture. Thanks.
where u see or read say catholic say hell no dey exist??
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 4:54pm On Dec 26, 2013
woky: *asking the intruder some questions*

the guest no even gt passport sef
nawaooo. Na Illegal immigrant Be that oo.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 3:56pm On Dec 26, 2013
Viewing an Intruder....
@Sir Syn
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 3:54pm On Dec 26, 2013
FrancisTony: Good-day sir! grin . How's your day and i hope u slept well yesterday/today. Hmm, i went for boxing at teslim balogun stadium. Hehehe grin grin . Defeated two hunks though. shocked shocked angry angry
chaii N somebody Don spoil my face 4 here ooo. Abeg ur help is needed.



BTW SaL C Scarce somehow dis Afternoon.
@ SaL C Abi u don subsidize urselfhuh?
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 3:08pm On Dec 26, 2013
@striktlymi

Bounti-ful sowing leads to bountiful
reaping.

God Bless Ur Kind Gesture.
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 2:21pm On Dec 26, 2013
woky: grin
cheesycheesycheesy
cypher Really Provoke.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 1:57pm On Dec 26, 2013
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 1:31pm On Dec 26, 2013
[quote author=lana_Vello]ambiguity equivocation! #smh[/quote][quote author=lana_Vello]ambiguity equivocation! #smh[/quote]what do Mean By falsification

is that all u have to sayhuh
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 1:17pm On Dec 26, 2013
hybridtm: Guy no dey... Explain 2 people wai,,don make up dere mind..2 hate catholics
if he 2 pain dem..make dem use dere head hit stone
bro wetyn Man pikin go do na..
Mk we try show dem Light it's Part of our obligation....
God Bless you.
God Bless the supreme pontiff
God Bless The Catholic church.
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 1:15pm On Dec 26, 2013
DEVA1: wait o, God didn't forbide d religious worship of statues abi wetin I read?
wat do traditionalists use statues for? dem dey raise dem like pikin?
God
forbids the worship of images as gods,
but
he doesn’t ban the making of images. If
he
had, religious movies, videos,
photographs,
paintings, and all similar things would be
banned.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 12:45pm On Dec 26, 2013
woky: here he is


anytin for you boi?
nothing Master..
Sal C deY look who she go box.
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 12:34pm On Dec 26, 2013
Idolatry Condemned by the Church


Since the days of the apostles, the Catholic
Church has consistently condemned the sin
of idolatry. The early Church Fathers warn
against this sin, and Church councils also
dealt with the issue.
The Second Council of Nicaea (787), which
dealt largely with the question of the
religious use of images and icons, said,
"[T]he one who redeemed us from the
darkness of idolatrous insanity, Christ our
God, when he took for his bride his holy
Catholic Church . . . promised he would
guard her and assured his holy disciples
saying, ‘I am with you every day until the
consummation of this age.’ . . .
To this
gracious offer some people paid no
attention; being hoodwinked by the
treacherous foe they abandoned the true
line of reasoning . . . and they failed to
distinguish the holy from the profane,
asserting that the icons of our Lord and of
his saints were no different from the
wooden images of satanic idols."

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (1566)
taught that idolatry is committed "by
worshipping idols and images as God, or
believing that they possess any divinity or
virtue entitling them to our worship, by
praying to, or reposing confidence in
them" (374).
"Idolatry is a perversion of man’s innate
religious sense. An idolater is someone who
‘transfers his indestructible notion of God to
anything other than God’" (CCC 2114).
The Church absolutely recognizes and
condemns the sin of idolatry.
What anti-
Catholics fail to recognize is the distinction
between thinking a piece of stone or
plaster is a god and desiring to visually
remember Christ and the saints in heaven
by making statues in their honor. The
making and use of religious statues is
a thoroughly biblical practice. Anyone who
says otherwise doesn’t know his Bible.









I REST MY CASE
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 12:26pm On Dec 26, 2013
The Form of God?



Some anti-Catholics appeal to Deuteronomy
4:15–18 in their attack on religious statues:
"[S]ince you saw no form on the day that
the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the
midst of the fire, beware lest you act
corruptly by making a graven image for
yourselves, in the form of any figure, the
likeness of male or female, the likeness of
any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged bird that flies in the air, the
likeness of anything that creeps on the
ground, the likeness of any fish that is in
the water under the earth."
We’ve already shown that God doesn’t
prohibit the making of statues or images of
various creatures for religious purposes (cf.
1 Kgs. 6:29–32, 8:6–66; 2 Chr. 3:7–14). But
what about statues or images that
represent God?

Many Protestants would say
that’s wrong because Deuteronomy 4 says
the Israelites did not see God under any
form when he made the covenant with
them, therefore we should not make
symbolic representations of God either. But
does Deuteronomy 4 forbid such
representations?
The Answer Is No

Early in its history, Israel was forbidden to
make any depictions of God because he had
not revealed himself in a visible form. Given
the pagan culture surrounding them, the
Israelites might have been tempted to
worship God in the form of an animal or
some natural object (e.g., a bull or the sun).
But later God did reveal himself under
visible forms, such as in Daniel 7:9: "As I
looked, thrones were placed and one that
was Ancient of Days took his seat; his
raiment was white as snow, and the hair of
his head like pure wool; his throne was
fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire."

Protestants make depictions of the Father
under this form when they do illustrations
of Old Testament prophecies.
The Holy Spirit revealed himself under at
least two visible forms—that of a dove, at
the baptism of Jesus (Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10;
Luke 3:22; John 1:32), and as tongues of
fire, on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1–4).
Protestants use these images when
drawing or painting these biblical episodes
and when they wear Holy Spirit lapel pins or
place dove emblems on their cars.

But, more important, in the Incarnation of
Christ his Son, God showed mankind an
icon of himself. Paul said, "He is
the image (Greek: ikon) of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation." Christ is the
tangible, divine "icon" of the unseen, infinite
God.
We read that when the magi were "going
into the house they saw the child with Mary
his mother, and they fell down and
worshipped him. Then, opening their
treasures, they offered him gifts, gold,
frankincense, and myrrh" (Matt. 2:11).

Though God did not reveal a form for
himself on Mount Horeb, he did reveal one
in the house in Bethlehem.
The bottom line is, when God made the
New Covenant with us, he did reveal himself
under a visible form in Jesus Christ. For that
reason, we can make representations of
God in Christ. Even Protestants use all sorts
of religious images: Pictures of Jesus and
other biblical persons appear on a myriad
of Bibles, picture books, T-shirts, jewelry,
bumper stickers, greeting cards, compact
discs, and manger scenes. Christ is even
symbolically represented through
the Icthus or "fish emblem."
Common sense tells us that, since God has
revealed himself in various images, most
especially in the incarnate Jesus Christ, it’s
not wrong for us to use images of these
forms to deepen our knowledge and love of
God. That’s why God revealed himself in
these visible forms, and that’s why statues
and pictures are made of them.
Christianity EtcRe: Catholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 12:17pm On Dec 26, 2013
If one measured Protestants by the same
rule, then by using these "graven" images,
they would be practicing the "idolatry" of
which they accuse Catholics.
But there’s no
idolatry going on in these situations. God
forbids the worship of images as gods, but
he doesn’t ban the making of images. If he
had, religious movies, videos, photographs,
paintings, and all similar things would be
banned. But, as the case of the bronze
serpent shows, God does not even forbid
the ritual use of religious images.
It is when people begin to adore a statue as
a god that the Lord becomes angry. Thus
when people did start to worship the
bronze serpent as a snake-god (whom they
named "Nehushtan"wink, the righteous king
Hezekiah had it destroyed (2 Kgs. 18:4).
What About Bowing?
Sometimes anti-Catholics cite Deuteronomy
5:9, where God said concerning idols, "You
shall not bow down to them." Since many
Catholics sometimes bow or kneel in front
of statues of Jesus and the saints, anti-
Catholics confuse the legitimate veneration
of a sacred image with the sin of idolatry.
Though bowing can be used as a posture in
worship, not all bowing is worship. In
Japan, people show respect by bowing in
greeting (the equivalent of the Western
handshake). Similarly, a person can kneel
before a king without worshipping him as
a god.
In the same way, a Catholic who may
kneel in front of a statue while praying isn’t
worshipping the statue or even praying
to it, any more than the Protestant who
kneels with a Bible in his hands when
praying is worshipping the Bible or praying
to it.
Hiding the Second Commandment?
Another charge sometimes made by
Protestants is that the Catholic Church
"hides" the second commandment. This is
because in Catholic catechisms, the first
commandment is often listed as "You shall
have no other gods before me" (Ex. 20:3),
and the second is listed as "You shall not
take the name of the Lord in vain." (Ex.
20:7). From this, it is argued that Catholics
have deleted the prohibition of idolatry to
justify their use of religious statues. But this
is false. Catholics simply group the
commandments differently from most
Protestants.
In Exodus 20:2–17, which gives the Ten
Commandments, there are actually fourteen
imperative statements. To arrive at Ten
Commandments, some statements have to
be grouped together, and there is more
than one way of doing this. Since, in the
ancient world, polytheism and idolatry were
always united—idolatry being the outward
expression of polytheism—the historic
Jewish numbering of the Ten
Commandments has always grouped
together the imperatives "You shall have no
other gods before me" (Ex. 20:3) and "You
shall not make for yourself a graven
image" (Ex. 20:4).
The historic Catholic
numbering follows the Jewish numbering
on this point, as does the historic Lutheran
numbering. Martin Luther recognized that
the imperatives against polytheism and
idolatry are two parts of a single command.
Jews and Christians abbreviate the
commandments so that they can be
remembered using a summary, ten-point
formula. For example, Jews, Catholics, and
Protestants typically summarize the Sabbath
commandment as, "Remember the Sabbath
to keep it holy," though the
commandment’s actual text takes four
verses (Ex. 20:8–11).
When the prohibition of polytheism/idolatry
is summarized, Jews, Catholics, and
Lutherans abbreviate it as "You shall have
no other gods before me." This is no
attempt to "hide" the idolatry prohibition
(Jews and Lutherans don’t even use statues
of saints and angels). It is to make learning
the Ten Commandments easier.
The Catholic Church is not dogmatic about
how the Ten Commandments are to be
numbered, however. The Catechism of the
Catholic Church says, "The division and
numbering of the Commandments have
varied in the course of history. The present
catechism follows the division of the
Commandments established by Augustine,
which has become traditional in the Catholic
Church.
It is also that of the Lutheran
confession. The Greek Fathers worked out a
slightly different division, which is found in
the Orthodox Churches and Reformed
communities" (CCC 2066).
Christianity EtcCatholics Donot Worship Idols. by MrAladin(op): 11:55am On Dec 26, 2013
People still
make this ridiculous claim. Because
Catholics have statues in their churches,
goes the accusation, they are violating God’s
commandment: "You shall not make for
yourself a graven image or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth: you shall not bow down to
them or serve them" (Ex. 20:4–5); "Alas, this
people have sinned a great sin; they have
made for themselves gods of gold" (Ex.
32:31).
It is right to warn people against the sin of
idolatry when they are committing it. But
calling Catholics idolaters because they have
images of Christ and the saints is based on
misunderstanding or ignorance of
what the
Bible says about the purpose and uses

(both good and bad) of statues.
Anti-Catholic writer Loraine Boettner, in his
book Roman Catholicism, makes the blanket
statement, "God has forbidden the use of
images in worship" (281). Yet if people
were to "search the scriptures" (cf. John
5:39), they would find the opposite is true.
God forbade the worship of statues, but he
did not forbid the religious use of statues.
Instead, he actually commanded their use in
religious contexts!

God Said To Make Them
People who oppose religious statuary
forget about the many passages where the
Lord commands the making of statues. For
example: "And you shall make two
cherubim of gold [i.e., two gold statues of
angels];
of hammered work shall you make
them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make one cherub on the one end, and one
cherub on the other end; of one piece of
the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim
on its two ends. The cherubim shall spread
out their wings above, overshadowing the
mercy seat with their wings, their faces one
to another; toward the mercy seat shall the
faces of the cherubim be" (Ex. 25:18–20).
David gave Solomon the plan "for the altar
of incense made of refined gold, and its
weight; also his plan for the golden chariot
of the cherubim that spread their wings
and covered the ark of the covenant of the
Lord. All this he made clear by the writing of
the hand of the Lord concerning it all, all the
work to be done according to the plan" (1
Chr. 28:18–19). David’s plan for the temple,
which the biblical author tells us was "by
the writing of the hand of the Lord
concerning it all," included statues of
angels.
Similarly Ezekiel 41:17–18 describes graven
(carved) images in the idealized temple he
was shown in a vision, for he writes, "On
the walls round about in the inner room
and [on] the nave were carved likenesses of
cherubim."
The Religious Uses of Images
During a plague of serpents sent to punish
the Israelites during the exodus, God told
Moses to "make [a statue of] a fiery serpent,
and set it on a pole; and every one who is
bitten, when he sees it shall live. So Moses
made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole;
and if a serpent bit any man, he would look
at the bronze serpent and live" (Num. 21:8–
9).
One had to look at the bronze statue of the
serpent to be healed, which shows that
statues could be used ritually, not merely as
religious decorations.
Catholics use statues, paintings, and other
artistic devices to recall the person or thing
depicted. Just as it helps to remember one’s
mother by looking at her photograph, so it
helps to recall the example of the saints by
looking at pictures of them. Catholics also
use statues as teaching tools.
In the early
Church they were especially useful for the
instruction of the illiterate. Many Protestants
have pictures of Jesus and other Bible
pictures in Sunday school for teaching
children. Catholics also use statues to
commemorate certain people and events,
much as Protestant churches have three-
dimensional nativity scenes at Christmas.
Christianity EtcRe: 51 Lies Propagated By The Roman Catholic Every Christians Should Know. by MrAladin: 10:42am On Dec 26, 2013
juanmiguel: I dnt jst knw y pple r so bothered abt what happens in d catholic church. Catholics dnt read bible only bulletin, catholics dnt preach they only kneel n get up, catholic dis catholic dat! R u pple nt tired? Since u pple knw what is in the bible n u r practicing it well, kudos! Leave catholics alone to do dea own tin dea own way yl u do urs.
Pls Try As Much As possible to ignore a thread such as this.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 9:26am On Dec 26, 2013
Sal C: He has gone boxing wink
Chai his Presence is urgentlY needed here ooo....
Cos na the two of Una DeY ruLe here.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For Catholics by MrAladin(op): 9:18am On Dec 26, 2013
Sal C: Amen.

Wish i can punch now to start with grin
where Is Wokyhuh??

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