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Yes, Catholics Are Christians

JEL — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:12:08 +0000

The subject of this post should be too silly to even consider, but the opening of this article by Father Dennis Faker documents something that’s happening a lot around the world these days. There is a growing crowd that says, “if you’re not exactly like me and believe and do what I do, then you are different/inferior.” Here’s that opening:

“Recently I’ve heard of some of our Catholic parishioners complaining about people coming up to them from other churches and telling them (our parishioners) that they (Catholics) are not Christians.”

Like I said, silly. Know your history. Open your mind. Reach out.

If you want to read Father Faker’s refutation, click here.

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Who Knows the Most About Christianity?

JEL — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:01:06 +0000

If you guessed “Christians,” well, guess again. In a recent Pew survey, Americans didn’t fare so well on their knowledge of world religions. Even worse, they scored poorly on knowledge of their OWN religion.

Atheists and agnostics did the best on the survey, followed by Jews and Mormons. Christians were at the back of the pack. In case anyone is looking to beef up their knowledge on what Christ taught in a really simple way, have we got a book for you!

Here’s some interesting commentary on the survey.

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Madness

JEL — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:59:58 +0000

Ethnic violence between the Muslim North and Christian South in Nigeria broke out over the weekend with 500 deaths, many of them women and children driven from their homes by fire and then killed by machetes. This time the attackers were Muslim herdsmen and the victims were Christian. The attack was apparently launched to avenge January’s violence, when Christians did the killing.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 5:43-45

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