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Originally Posted by Drolefille
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This.
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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest
And this is what I will never understand or agree with. How can you be so concerned with the afterlife and unborn fetuses that you are not concerned with the lives that are already here and will be greatly impacted.
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Again, while I don't disagree with where you come down, the Catholic position (as I understand it) would be that salvation, as in eternal life in heaven, is impossible without baptism (or baptism by desire/by "fire"). An aborted fetus is, in that view, deprived of any possibility of salvation unless it survives post abortion long enough to be baptized. That, in the traditional Catholic view, is a
major thing with eternal consequences.
Not saying I agree with it, but that is the perspective the Catholic Church is operating out of.
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No disrespect to the Catholics, but I am sooo not a fan of the Catholic Church. At the end of the day, we all know that much of their rules serve man, not God. Yeah, I said it!!!!
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No disrespect, but here -- let me state my disrespect.
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I don't think this has anything to do with Christianity.
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It has to do with the perspective on this issue in one strain of Christianity. But otherwise, co-sign.
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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest
My point is that they may think they believe, but they don't really. What's funny is that if you truly believe that God knows you regardless of what you show others, then why don't you think God sees right through you in everything that you do? Your heart, your true intentions whether you ask for forgiveness or not? I'll tell you why... because many don't really believe what they preach; they just need to control the flock.
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Hardly a phenomenon limited to Catholics or Christians.