Re: [OT] Be very afraid!

On 5/9/2025 5:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-05-09 8:29 a.m., Ed P wrote:

On 5/9/2025 12:24 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-05-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 8 May 2025 21:58:10 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
<leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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They just named the new Pope after *ME*! ;)

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But the pope (any pope) is a very modern and progressive man compared
to you.

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I don't think that Pius XII was. Ask Ed. "Real Catholics" enjoy the
services in Latin. At least they did when I was a kid.
I knew a man once, who rejected Catholic Reform. He and his wife
attended the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to avoid having to hear
services in English. I blame Pope John and the Second Vatican Council.
Ed, take it from here!
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The problem was how it was taught, or more accurate, how it was not taught.  The mass in latin is more eloquent, but, going to Catholic school were were never told what the words meant and what was going on up there on the alter.  Perhaps other schools were better.
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I may have had a better attitude about if is someone told me what Et cum spiritu tuo meant early on.
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Dominus vobiscum

  I don't know what exactly what the RC teaches their membership about Protestantism and it's conflicts with Catholicism,  but the Protest Reformation was a movement started by Catholics who were fed up with the church enriching itself by the sale of a load of crap by the church. The bible was written in a language the people didn't understand and in books they could not afford. They didn't know that stuff they were expected to buy into and to pay for had no basis in the bible. Goodness knows how many rich old people paid fortunes for indulgences that would get then into heaven.
   

Hey, hey, hey.  we were taught the Catholic religion is the only true religion.  Some of those believers of off brands may still get into heaven because they don't know any better.
Many of us are part of a particular religion because our parents were. I never explored others, never thought enough about them that I wanted to join one.  I guess it can influence people's lives to be better, but that should be the job of parents.
Does heaven exist?  I have no idea.   Evidence?