Sunday, September 17, 2017

For some people it is always 1517.

Christians - Protestant, Catholic and Orthodoxy - are being murdered by Islamic terrorists and targeted for persecution by the revival of secular pagan idolatry...

...and this guy thinks that now is the time for friendly fire?

Get a sense of priorities.

//Secondly, most Roman Catholics have never been told that Protestants have never historically considered them not to be Christians. We must express our grave concern for their eternal salvation. They don’t know that their own church has called us anathema (and the Council of Trent still stands as dogmatic, infallible teaching), and that it’s mutual. We must exhort them to flee idolatry.

Yes, we recognize this is incendiary. We recognize it is radical. We recognize that it is provocative. Well…it’s a protest. What did you expect, exactly?

So then, a few suggestions.

First, feel free to tack it to the Roman Catholic church bulletin board. It fulfills the spirit of Luther, but might not be nearly as gratifying.

Secondly, use a small finishing nail or a tack if you choose to put it in the door. Try not to “damage” property by any meaningful definition of the term, “damage.” Place it near the crease of the door or in the grain, so that the tiny hole is not noticeable once removed.

Third, don’t feel obligated to nail the 95 Theses. Choose your own Confession of Faith (hopefully you have one).

Fourth, don’t do it anonymously. Put your name on it, as Luther did. Also, provide a short note about why you are doing this. You can use our example STILL PROTESTING. You will see that it’s quite polite.//


5 comments:

Jason Dupea said...

Hard to parse this guy's multiple negatives. It looks like he's contradicting his first claim that protestants do consider Catholics to be Christians. As someone extremely protestant, Catholics are Christians.

Anonymous said...

I guess "extremely Protestant" is the same thing as "extremely not Catholic?" I have never meant someone who is Protestant and claims Catholics are not christians except for one looney evangelical who got her "Christian views" from Jimmy Swaggert. I meet very few people who's first description of their Christian faith is "I'm a "Protestant." But hey, whatever floats your Catholic victimhood boat. Victimhood is our current zeitgeist and certainly isn't limited to just race, gender or political affiliation.

WE HAVE MET THE VICTIMS AND THEY ARE US

Peter Sean said...

Anonymous,

As always, I wonder what you are reading.

First, where is the claim of victimization?

Second, are you now agreeing that victimization claims are political ploys? If so, I await your chiming in when the victimization claim is made by groups that make such claims routinely as victims' groups anointed by the Democrat party.

Third, I was actually quoting someone, a real person, not making it up, which suggests that your experience is limited.

Fourth, these kinds of claims are made all the time by all kinds of Protestants. Here is a similar kind of thing from an Amazon review:

"If anything, this prologue shows that this author wrote this novel to adhere to biblical principles. It either gives a glimpse of what the relationship the author has with Jesus or that he intends to base this novel on biblical principles showing this spiritual side of vampirism. Or both. And this despite it being from a Catholic background and very much a Catholic flavour. I found this interesting and refreshing as most Catholic flavoured novels promote more Catholicism than the doctrines or principles of the Bible or Catholicism's relative, Christianity. My apologies here as I come from a Catholic upbringing and my disillusionment with this denomination shows in my conversion to Christianity since.

https://www.amazon.com/No-Moon-Pray-Jerry-Guern-ebook/dp/B072N9KRCN/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8


Fifth, my point - probably the one you really oppose - is that the time is long since past when Christians could indulge this kind of internecine squabbling.

There are far more serious threats to each other than disagreements over the precise chemical definition of when good works starts to be important.

Anonymous said...

"First, where is the claim of victimization?"
Ummm, for the years I have been reading your blog you pretty consistently make it sound like the Nazi's are hunting you down.

"Second, are you now agreeing that victimization claims are political ploys?"
Actually, I'm pointing out that your displays of Catholic victimhood sound as stupid as many we hear from the left. Kettle, meet black.

"Third, I was actually quoting someone, a real person, not making it up, which suggests that your experience is limited."

Wow, a real person? It must be a majority belief I guess. In case you haven't noticed, you can find several thousand people on the Internet who will say they believe just about anything.

Anonymous said...

"Fourth, these kinds of claims are made all the time by all kinds of Protestants. Here is a similar kind of thing from an Amazon review: . . ."
Wow, another guy? Who would've thought? Most people I know who complain about Catholicism are "former" Catholics, just like this guy. It happens. I saw a Nazi on TV once who backed Trump. I guess that says it all about Trump supporters. I wonder if Mormons are Christians?

"Fifth, my point - probably the one you really oppose - is that the time is long since past when Christians could indulge this kind of internecine squabbling."
In which of the past 14 or 15 centuries exactly did the issue of Christian internecine squabbling become passe? I'd like to think the issue of Christian internecine violence will one day be solved. No more "squabbling" would be sheer luxury by comparison.

By the way, if you all bunched up over what some yahoo says in an Amazon review about "the precise chemical definition of when good works starts to be important," you're definitely in touch with your own victimhood.

 
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