I wonder if this is the one Candy claims was found in a monastery trashcan? It came from the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
World's Oldest Bible
The world's oldest Bible is now available online, and it contains the deuterocanonical books.
I wonder if this is the one Candy claims was found in a monastery trashcan? It came from the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai.
I wonder if this is the one Candy claims was found in a monastery trashcan? It came from the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Pope One World Government
I'll post more on Caritas in Veritate as I get the time. Here is a good start.
Newspapers, blogs, talk-shows on radio and television are full of discussion over Pope Benedict XVI's supposed call for a "new world order" or a "one-world government." These ideas are, however, neither based in reality nor a clear reading of the Pope's latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, the release of which yesterday spawned the heated discussion.The Pope actually speaks directly against a one-world government, and, as would be expected from those who have read his previous writings, calls for massive reform of the United Nations. Confusion seems to have come from paragraph 67 of the encyclical, which has some choice pull-quotes which have spiced the pages of the world's news, from the New York Times to those of conspiracy theorist bloggers seeing the Pope as the Anti-Christ.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
If you are interested in some apologetics debate...
albeit in the hopeless "I'm not listening" category, you might want to pop over to
Jennie's blot at Pilgrims's Daughter.
Some of you might remember Jennie from her comments here a while back. Enjoy.
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Jennie's blot at Pilgrims's Daughter.
Some of you might remember Jennie from her comments here a while back. Enjoy.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Hey Candy -
Next week hundreds of Catholic youth will be gathering for the Youth Conference in Ohio - and there are conferences all summer long! Behold the future of the Catholic Church!!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Candy's Changing Bible
Candy is writing on speaking in tongues today (technically known as glossolalia).
Open your Bible, and look at 1 Corinthians chapter 14. Now, if you have a Nelson King James Study Bible (a fabulous Bible, BTW, but, like all study Bibles, it has its doctrinal flaws and imperfections)
All study Bibles have doctrinal flaws and imperfections, but not Candy's interpretations . . .
What jumped out at me in her entry is her double standard on Bible translation. Let me refresh your memory of her view of Roman Catholic translation:
Vatican says - The Holy See Vatican says that the Catholic Church ("The Church") has the right to pass down traditions, and that these traditions hold as much water as the very Bible itself. reference 1
God says - Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. -Mark 7:13
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. -Colossians 2:8
My Notes: This is WHY God gave us the Bible, so that we have His Word, written down, so that we don't have to depend on traditions to know what is right. Any tradition that goes against scripture, or that adds to it, is a tradition not needed, and could be eternally harmful.
Yet Candy writes today:
"Unknown tongues (lit. "tongue"): Omit unknown in this chapter whenever it occurs with tongues; it was supplied by the translators. Paul's discussion of tongues follow the same idea as the tongues in Acts which were foreign languages miraculously heard and translated by the recipients." Page 1784
I believe the above note to be wrong. The KJV translators were right to insert unknown in the text, because it makes the text more clear to the English ear. Acts chapter 2 and 1 Corinthians 14 are both speaking of the gift of tongues, BUT, they are speaking of two different types of tongue gifts. There is a distinction here, which a lot of people seem to miss. Remember, the Bible is full of fine distinctions like this.
So, adding to Scripture is wrong when Catholics do it, but not when the King James translators do it? I know, because the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and the King James translators are divinely inspired. Really, she favors the KJV translation because it agrees with her interpretation.
She spends most of her article claiming an important distinction between "other tongues" and "unknown tongues" and then looks to Paul to approve her interpretation. But what are her proof texts?
Remember, forget what your church teaches on tongues, and let's see what the apostle Paul thinks of tongues. Does he approve of speaking in tongues? Let's read what he said on the matter:
"I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all"- vs 18
"Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues." -vs. 39
These verses only say "tongues" and do not specify unknown or other. Was Paul speaking in other tongues or unknown tongues?
Also, in typical Candy manner, she neatly pretends to best the Baptist argument against speaking in tongues while she never even presents their theological basis. From my understanding (and I'm always open to correction here, folks) Baptists don't deny that Paul or any of the early Christians spoken in tongues. They only feel that that particular gift was for the apostolic age and does not continue to the modern day.
Open your Bible, and look at 1 Corinthians chapter 14. Now, if you have a Nelson King James Study Bible (a fabulous Bible, BTW, but, like all study Bibles, it has its doctrinal flaws and imperfections)
All study Bibles have doctrinal flaws and imperfections, but not Candy's interpretations . . .
What jumped out at me in her entry is her double standard on Bible translation. Let me refresh your memory of her view of Roman Catholic translation:
Vatican says - The Holy See Vatican says that the Catholic Church ("The Church") has the right to pass down traditions, and that these traditions hold as much water as the very Bible itself. reference 1
God says - Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. -Mark 7:13
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. -Colossians 2:8
My Notes: This is WHY God gave us the Bible, so that we have His Word, written down, so that we don't have to depend on traditions to know what is right. Any tradition that goes against scripture, or that adds to it, is a tradition not needed, and could be eternally harmful.
Yet Candy writes today:
"Unknown tongues (lit. "tongue"): Omit unknown in this chapter whenever it occurs with tongues; it was supplied by the translators. Paul's discussion of tongues follow the same idea as the tongues in Acts which were foreign languages miraculously heard and translated by the recipients." Page 1784
I believe the above note to be wrong. The KJV translators were right to insert unknown in the text, because it makes the text more clear to the English ear. Acts chapter 2 and 1 Corinthians 14 are both speaking of the gift of tongues, BUT, they are speaking of two different types of tongue gifts. There is a distinction here, which a lot of people seem to miss. Remember, the Bible is full of fine distinctions like this.
So, adding to Scripture is wrong when Catholics do it, but not when the King James translators do it? I know, because the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and the King James translators are divinely inspired. Really, she favors the KJV translation because it agrees with her interpretation.
She spends most of her article claiming an important distinction between "other tongues" and "unknown tongues" and then looks to Paul to approve her interpretation. But what are her proof texts?
Remember, forget what your church teaches on tongues, and let's see what the apostle Paul thinks of tongues. Does he approve of speaking in tongues? Let's read what he said on the matter:
"I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all"- vs 18
"Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues." -vs. 39
These verses only say "tongues" and do not specify unknown or other. Was Paul speaking in other tongues or unknown tongues?
Also, in typical Candy manner, she neatly pretends to best the Baptist argument against speaking in tongues while she never even presents their theological basis. From my understanding (and I'm always open to correction here, folks) Baptists don't deny that Paul or any of the early Christians spoken in tongues. They only feel that that particular gift was for the apostolic age and does not continue to the modern day.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Russ and Deborah Rentler - Conversion to Catholicism.
Home: "Born and raised Catholic, Russ and Deborah left the Church and became devout evangelical Christians for many years. Their journey of faith has taken many dramatic twists and turns and culminated in their joyful reception back to the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on April 30, 2004.
'We have found a great treasure of truth in the faith of our childhood that has been life-changing. The Sacraments have helped us grow closer to Jesus and have given us a oneness and peace in our marriage that we never experienced before.'"
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'We have found a great treasure of truth in the faith of our childhood that has been life-changing. The Sacraments have helped us grow closer to Jesus and have given us a oneness and peace in our marriage that we never experienced before.'"
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
A Woman Rides The Beast
As I mentioned the last time Candy posted a link to this video, I don't really consider watching long movies on You Tube a good use of my time. I assume it is the same tired anti-Catholic arguments, and will direct you to our rebuttal of Dave Hunt's book A Woman Rides the Beast.
For a more edifying (and time friendly) video, try one of my favorites:
For a more edifying (and time friendly) video, try one of my favorites:
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