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So, over my many years of involvement in forums I have noticed a common trend in conversations about sin, grace, repentance and all the related topics. That trend is that conversations of this sort almost always become debates about soteriology (a fancy word meaning the doctrine of salvation)...

Hey Guys, :) I haven't posted much in a long while, but it looks like some of the people I used to converse with might still be around. I wanted to let you guys know that I was received into full communion with the Catholic Church this Easter! :) It has meant some interesting adjustments...

Hi Guys, I'm not bothering to create an actual poll because I don't want to provide answers for people to pick, and thus lead or confine them to specific answers. I'm mainly curious just to see what variety of answers are given and what the most popular are etc. The question is.... What do...

Hi Guys, I'm not bothering to create an actual poll because I don't want to provide answers for people to pick, and thus lead or confine them to specific answers. I'm mainly curious just to see what variety of answers are given and what the most popular are etc. The question is.... What do...

Hi Guys, I'm not bothering to create an actual poll because I don't want to provide answers for people to pick, and thus lead or confine them to specific answers. I'm mainly curious just to see what variety of answers are given and what the most popular are etc. The question is.... What do...

Hi Guys, I'm not bothering to create an actual poll because I don't want to provide answers for people to pick, and thus lead or confine them to specific answers. I'm mainly curious just to see what variety of answers are given and what the most popular are etc. The question is.... What...

Hi Guys, I haven't been diligent in my personal devotions and have been lax about seeking God in general. As I was praying about it tonight I was convicted that I have, of late, allowed myself to replace my desire for God with a desire to sound wise and a desire to attain knowledge for its...

Genesis chapter 6 records an event before the flood (and also afterwards) in which the "sons of God" co-habit with the "daughters of men" and produce giant offspring who were men of great renown etc. Its very clear that at the time of Jesus and the Apostles the predominant view was that the...

I see, I did misunderstand the point you were getting at. The traditional Church doctrine regarding what you say here would be that the bread and wine begin as mere bread and wine. When they are brought to the alter and laid upon the alter they are mere bread and wine. They become the body and...

In the gospels Jesus makes a statement that is interesting and perhaps sobering. He says that many people will come to him and say Lord Lord I cast out demons in your name, I did such and such in your name and Jesus says he will say to them... depart from me, I never knew you. It seems...

I'm not trying to offend. In fact I've been somewhat loosely rattling around the idea of "swimming the Tiber" Theologically I have very little problem with Rome. I find that more often where I really find myself pulling back and not liking what I see is in the realm of social issues...

Hi all, In the recent Encyclical Caritas in Veritate, Pope benedict appears to call for an increased level of global government through a reformed UN with greater political and economic power etc. I'd like to get Catholic perspectives on this. Is Pope Benedict actually calling for what...

I have another question. The sacrament of Confirmation is the impartation of the Holy Spirit (correct my if I'm wrong). So how do Catholic Charismatics view the baptism of the Holy Spirit in connection with/relation to Confirmation?

First off I'm asking in this forum because I'm more interested in the Charismatic Catholic perspective. I'm also not really looking for doctrinal explanations because for most of this stuff I think I understand the Catholic doctrine and my questions, hesitations etc.. are not really with the...

I'll begin by saying I believe the Church has a duty to undertake "charity" work in the community and each local church, I believe, should under take works to benefit their community especially focusing on helping the poor and those who can't help themselves. That is not in question at all...

This seems to be a popular topic lately, but it seems to me that neither side really hits the nail on the head, as it were, because they are both too busy trying to ridecule each other and prove their views to be superior. If a person were simply to read the arguments here they may almost...

There are two things I firmly believe about our modern society that directly affect how I think about conversations on this forum and reporting people etc. #1 People in our society have become extremely over sensitive. In society at large it is pretty much at the point where you can't...

I wanted to ask two basic questions and get people's responses just to see what the most common responses are and if they meet what I expected to hear etc. I opted not to make this a poll because I don't want to limit people's responses to preselected options. Question #1: What are the core...

This is about the idea that religion and politics are, or can be seperate. There are clearly some issues which are not religious. For example what is the best speed limit.. what is the best drinking age.. Other things like economics are maybe less directly religious, but I think they do...

Have any of you ever heard of David Torkington, or read any of his books? I ran across his website and am curious to see if anyone knows more about him, and his views.