tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post2424523336593257024..comments2024-01-09T20:13:09.378+08:00Comments on Sorry,all the clever names are taken.: Comments on the Execution of Ri Hyon Ok.Robert Simmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957786024332264856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-24165412346196863332009-12-28T06:53:42.413+08:002009-12-28T06:53:42.413+08:00The phrase to use for the woman mocking the Korean...The phrase to use for the woman mocking the Korean martyr, and for the fool mocking the Faith for which she died, is "anathema sit".(c)2014 Richard L. Kent, Esq. (MichiganSilverback at gmail dot com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16113272821958559898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-84512159542803627652009-07-30T00:44:36.017+08:002009-07-30T00:44:36.017+08:00Hi Anon,
When the Catholic Church presents her int...Hi Anon,<br />When the Catholic Church presents her interpretation of the Bible, the Church is not telling anyone how to think. She is presenting the truth as taught by the Church. If one does not believe what the Church teaches, then you can leave the Church. That's basic common sense.<br />You wrote;<br /> <em>"Encouraging free thinking or interpretation can reduce or lose that needed control."</em><br />In spite of what you believe, this is not a matter of control. It is a matter of maintaining the truth by following the teachings of Jesus Christ.<br />When the Bible was finally made available to the masses....thanks to the printing press and translations into the languages of the masses.....the Protestants came to say that <em> anyone </em> could understand the Bible on their own; no need for an authority.<br />The result has been that we now have thousands of Protestant churches - all claiming to have the truth, all the while contradicting, not only the Catholic Church, but all the other Protestant churches as well.Robert Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957786024332264856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-36571821657822060202009-07-30T00:09:59.003+08:002009-07-30T00:09:59.003+08:00Many people want to be controlled, told what to th...Many people want to be controlled, told what to think , how to think.. You can read this book , but WE will tell you what it really means and only our truth is the real truth. Encouraging free thinking or interpretation can reduce or lose that needed control. That is basic human nature. And has been used by kings, tyrants, religions and governments for all of human history. I'm not saying it's good or bad , just a well known and used fact of the human psyche.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-49123916606846066852009-07-29T23:19:51.001+08:002009-07-29T23:19:51.001+08:00Until the invention of the printing press, the lit...Until the invention of the printing press, the literacy rate worldwide was somewhere in the 3-5% range. So "discouraging people from reading the Bible", as Bill had written, rejects history.Larry Denningerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015803653090711740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-40170846086929532502009-07-29T11:30:33.248+08:002009-07-29T11:30:33.248+08:00Sorry Rennie,but your comment makes absolutely no ...Sorry Rennie,but your comment makes absolutely no sense.<br />Your "ha ha. try again" tag at the end indicates that you obviously believe you've scored some sort of point.....maybe you're the one that should consider trying again.Robert Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957786024332264856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-32633662297971302322009-07-29T06:23:23.830+08:002009-07-29T06:23:23.830+08:00"...while the Church may not have encouraged ...<i>"...while the Church may not have encouraged Catholics to read the Bible on their own..."</i><br /><br />Yeah, 'cause granting an indulgence for reading the Bible is a tricky way Popes discourage Bible reading by Christians in the Church founded by Jesus.<br /><br />Ha ha. Try again.Rennienoreply@blogger.com