He was.
Seems you are puffed up about it, especially when I support the other side.
Look at this OP, and other threads plus posts in others threads. HHS hit a sore spot, and I hope they win.
I'm not puffed about anything, I just don't care much when people make "puffed up" false claims because they want to make their position seem as if had validity.
As you can read, I said masses not Mass.
Yes, I am aware of that but that doesn't keep from using it to poke a little jab does it.
Since Cardinal George and you like history,wonder what you and Cardinal George would think about a comparison of Soviet Union and the Inquisition Ecclesiastical Court, would that be a fair comparison?
It might fit "if" the person used an actual historical fact instead of made up facts like some do. The Church is not proud of some of the things which occurred in its past or the things done by others in the name of the Church.
Thanks for the suggestion. My suggestion to you is to relax, the Bishops have a handle on it.
I am relaxed, other than about the tornadoes which are dancing all around me. The can handle their part but since the Bishops are not on this forum, I'll do my part educating people about the truth of what is occurring.
right, and the post was to those who think that the free-market is much better than government involvement, to include the RCC theocracy.
I guess that you refer to yourself since you are the one bringing up the free market, which has nothing to do with the Health Care Bill.
A secular operated hospital that pays taxes as opposed to a religious operated hospital that doesn't pay taxes.
Looks like you don't know much about Catholic or other hospitals operated by Churches. They pay taxes just as any hospital does.
Oh, I know the deal yarddog.
It sure doesn't appear as you do. Saying that you understand and then allowing your post to prove you wrong does nothing for your position.
Don't act like many catholic women and men don't use contraception, they do. Natural life system? Oh Ok, whatever you believe.
The Catholic Church is not Catholic women. The Church knows that Catholics sin, men, women, priests, nuns, bishops, and Popes. Catholics many times go against Church doctrine but the Church does not judge them for that, they try to help them deal with their sin.
Seems to me you are saying here that other churches who do not object to HHS are not governed by God, you shouldn't speak like that.
It is good, then, that what seems to you is not what I was saying.
And concerning our government, I think the governments are instituted to protect these rights, but the rights do not come from the government.
On the contrary, rights do come from the government. Governments can claim that they come from God but unless they agree with God's will then those claims carry no divine power.
Do you remember these words " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".
Do you know why the patriots made this claim?
Why sure enough, maybe I over stated that. I should have said that all religion org's in the USA should pay taxes.
The Catholic Church and most other Churches do pay taxes on certain items but it is up the Congress on who "should" pay taxes, not you.
That isn't accurate. In some places where one is denied communion, one's soul is in jeopardy. Nothing in Scripture that I have found speaks to that, it must be one of those man-made edicts.
Why are those people denied communion? Haven't you read Paul's epistles? "Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord."
Methinks that you do not know what or why the CC does what it does.
Lets look at tax-free Vatican City, a theocracy which governs all RCC properties and personnel worldwide. Nothing happens without Pope or his reps. approval.
That is not true unless by reps, you mean the Archbishops and Cardinal in the US. The Pope does not keep up with everything which the Catholic Church does nor can he. Just as the President of the US does not know of what is occurring in all places of our government neither can the Pope. Separate parts of the Church take care of what is going on in their areas.
However, the point I made was of the informal theocracy that is created by RCC political power & influence.
Now, what is your definition of an informal theocracy and how has the CC created some sort of it in the US?
You can side step the claim, but it is true.
I see, you are one of those conspiracy theorists. Explains a lot.