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A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
Yes - well they wouldn't ascribe such power to a woman, would they! As for the uber-power of God's male seed - well of course he can just shoot out his sperm all over the place I suppose. Why just once?!! My current belief based on what I have read, is that Mary was raped by a Roman soldier. Joseph, I guess, was kind and looked after her. Perhaps he loved her too. Mary Magdalene is the woman from this story that most fascinates me. And not just from reading the Da Vinci Code (which I have done)!— November 6, 2009 7:56 p.m.
What's Of What With My Magic What?
that's what I was wondering - where's the rest of the story!!— November 6, 2009 6:13 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
And consider too that they believe that Mary was a virgin. So no man took any part in the birth of Jesus. So where did Jesus get his inspiration? Well he went India and spent many years with the Hindus. In Hinduism "... a specific belief about God or gods is not considered one of the essentials, which is a major difference between Hinduism and strictly monotheistic religions like Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Sikhism. Most Hindus are devoted followers of one of the principal gods Shiva, Vishnu or Shakti, and often others besides, yet all these are regarded as manifestations of a single Reality." Reincarnation and Karma are the principle beliefs that guide the daily lives of Hindus.— November 6, 2009 5:05 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
The latest of course is: 22/10/09: At a conference on Tuesday, the Vatican issued a press release announcing the “Apostolic Constitution,” a new set of church laws that will make it easier for Anglicans dissatisfied with their current faith to convert to Catholicism, Stacy Meichtry and Amy Merrick report for The Wall Street Journal. As the Journal explains, this move, considered to be “one of Rome's most sweeping gestures to a Protestant church since the Reformation,” could prove to be a “serious threat” for Anglican churches, which have approximately 77 million followers worldwide. Many members of the Anglican Church have expressed their discontent over recent developments such as “the church's growing acceptance of gay and women clergy and same-sex marriage.” Aiming to breach the divide between Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism, established by King Henry VIII in 1534, and in response to the requests of many Anglicans wishing to join the Catholic faith, Pope Benedict XVI approved a provision that would allow Anglicans to become part of the Catholic Church “while maintaining many of their distinctive spiritual and liturgical traditions, including having married priests,” Nicole Winfield reports for The Associate Press. Starting in the 1970s, the Anglican Church began to embrace a “liberal theological doctrine,” according to the Journal, and allowed, for instance, for the ordination of female priests. In 2003, the ordination of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, motivated many congregations to abandon the U.S. branch of the Anglican faith and join other foreign branches of the Anglican Communion, Martha T. Moore reported for USA Today in 2006. Today, those numbers appear to have grown. As Cardinal William Joseph Levada, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told CNN, “‘[H]undreds’ of Anglicans around the world have expressed their desire to join the Catholic Church,” including 50 Anglican bishops. Although married Anglican priests may be ordained as Catholic priests, the same is not true for Anglican bishops. Regardless, many are receiving the news joyfully. “We've been praying for this unity for 40 years and we've not anticipated it happening now,” Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia of the Congregation for Divine Worship told CNN. “The Holy Spirit is at work here.” "the Holy Spirit is at work here" WTF!!! I get so angry that these morons reject women as priests that I cannot form a sentence - I am just spluttering. How on earth can they consider themselves as being the only gender that can connect to god in order to be able to preach? How can they consider that women are spiritually beneath them!!! Even the notion that God is of the male gender infuriates me.— November 6, 2009 4:46 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
Thanks SD— November 6, 2009 3:55 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
Here is something about Smell: In February 2007 Cardinal Pell instituted new guidelines when it comes for family members to speak at funerals. Cardinal Pell said that "On not a few occasions, inappropriate remarks glossing over the deceased's proclivities (drinking prowess, romantic conquests etc) or about the Church (attacking its moral teachings) have been made at funeral Masses" [3]. Pell's guidelines make it clear that the eulogy must never replace the officiating priest's homily, which should focus on God's compassion and the mystery of the resurrection of Jesus Pass the bucket— November 6, 2009 3:51 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
re #17 - Yes that's him!!— November 6, 2009 3:40 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
I actually like The Jesuits. They are more liberal. Their influence on the Catholic Church in Australia has been greatly eroded over the last decade or more. They held high positions in the church hierarchy in the 80s, but have been shunted aside. The current head of the Catholic Church here is George Pell who has had serious accusations of paedophilia leveled against him, but no action taken. He is a sick man. Opus Dei are in control now - and Ratty (Pope) is one of them.— November 6, 2009 3:38 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
I was given a Catholic upbringing - my Father was Catholic and my Mother Church of England. This merely consisted of attending a Catholic girls school and going to church on Sunday. Otherwise religion played no part in our lives. Like Fish, as a child, I envisioned a God that was an old man (looked like Dumbledore though not kindly) suspended in the clouds watching. It certainly wasn't a "watching over us" type of regard, it was more like "perving". You couldn't even lie in bed as a budding 12 year old and have a look or feel at what was budding. Dirty old man. Anyway back to stories of others - there was a family across the road. The man was godfather to one of my brothers and the woman was godmother to my sister. We were very close neighbours during the 60s and we played with their children. They had 4 children, same as us. Well, when they had 3 children, they decided to stop. So going against the Pope they used CONDOMS!!! Shock! Horror! One night the condom broke, and they were so riddled with guilt, they took this as a sign that GOD (was perving - my add) WAS ANGRY. Rather than confess and get it all over with, they devised their own penance which was to have sex every night for a month without using a condom. As I said, they have 4 children....!!!!!!!!!!!— November 6, 2009 2:01 p.m.
A Good Little Girl, Catholic Variety
Here's a good prayer... Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke, To get some humor out of life, And pass it on to other folk. After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn't travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb. 'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take your seat so we can leave?' 'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the Pope, 'they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I'd really like to drive today.' 'I'm sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! What if something should happen?' protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that morning. 'Who's going to tell?' says the Pope with a smile. Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kph.. (Remember, the Pope is German..) 'Please slow down, Your Holiness!' pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens. 'Oh, dear God, I'm going to lose my license -- and my job!' moans the driver. The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio. 'I need to talk to the Chief,' he says to the dispatcher. The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going 205 kph. 'So bust him,' says the Chief. 'I don't think we want to do that, he's really important,' said the cop. The Chief exclaimed,' All the more reason!' 'No, I mean really important,' said the cop with a bit of persistence. The Chief then asked, 'Who do you have there, the mayor?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: ' A senator?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: 'The Prime Minister?' Cop: 'Bigger.' 'Well,' said the Chief, 'who is it?' Cop: 'I think it's God!' The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, 'What makes you think it's God?' Cop: 'His chauffeur is the Pope!'— November 6, 2009 3:43 a.m.