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Recent content by Needing_Grace

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    Obama lives up to stereotype and can't make a decision...

    The uber-Republican, Schwarzenegger (May his purgatory be long and painful) left California in shambles. Sent from my iPhone using CF
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    Confusions about Indulgences

    I've heard a good priest explain the fourth condition as this: "you must form the intention of never, ever sinning again." That doesn't mean that you won't sin, it means that you are intending not to.
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    Pope Declares WAR on Fundamentalism...

    Sola Scriptura is one of the slogans of the reformation. It means "By Scripture Alone," but not in the same sense as "solo scriptura." Sola Scriptura allows for the existence of creeds and confessions but based on the idea that they are derived from scripture. For exampe, Lutherans call the...
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    Pope Declares WAR on Fundamentalism...

    They certainly have a lot of the form of fundamentalism. You have your solo scriptura (not sola scriptura, solo scriptura) fundamentalists and then you have your sola traditio (by tradition alone) fundamentalists. These would be the sedevacantists and other catholics who disregard anything...
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    Pope Declares WAR on Fundamentalism...

    When refuted, that's one of the two options left: move the goalposts or put up a straw man. But never, ever admit that someone else could possibly be right.
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    Is it ISIS or ISIL?

    Yes, which is why I asked, "what about Osiris?" when I first heard of this new ISIS.
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    Pope Declares WAR on Fundamentalism...

    There's that straw man. I didn't say I was better or worse than anyone. I said that there areCatholic fundamentalists. Sent from my iPhone using CF
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    Pope Declares WAR on Fundamentalism...

    Nope. It's a matter of attitude and emphasis. I would say look to Christ's illustration of the Pharisee and Tax Collector who went in to the synagogue to pray: The Catholic Fundamentalist would pray thus: O, Lord. I thank you that I am not like other men. For I go to mass every day and...
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    Pope Declares WAR on Fundamentalism...

    Bear in mind that there are Catholic fundamentalists as well and likely two or three here in OBOB. Of course, Catholic fundamentalists will say that there's no such thing. Riiiiight! :thumbsup:
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    1 or 2 spaces after a period.

    Bonus points to RileyG for getting the reference! :clap::clap::clap:
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    1 or 2 spaces after a period.

    Interesting that this is what comes to one's mind when upon reading something, innit? My age is the answer to the ultimate question to life, the universe and everything. I space twice at the end of every sentence and colon. That's how I was taught. Sent from my iPhone using CF
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    Let's Play: End Slavery!

    It was covered in lectures in the Poli Sci 101 class I attended. This paragraph from the wiki article summarizes what I remember: "Indentured servants both black and white joined the frontier rebellion. Seeing them united in a cause alarmed the ruling class. Historians believe the rebellion...
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    Basics That Every Non-Muslim Should Know About Islam

    In other words, President Jefferson went to the PRIMARY SOURCE. That's exactly what any honest person does.
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    Let's Play: End Slavery!

    Has anyone considered the effect Bacon's Rebellion had on the establishment of slavery in the colonies?