Duck Dynasty, will Phil's interview doom the show?

• HitsRus

  

  Wasn't purgatory created by the Pope as a way to get people to spend money and buy indulgences?

  One has to understand the unique position of the Catholic Church in history versus the other Christian denomnations.
  After the fall of Rome, and the invading hordes, it was the only organization of western civilization left and it necessarily filled the political vacuum for centuries. Like any other politcal power, laws and rules were made to keep order...and like any other political power, was subject to corruption.
  The Church is the only Christian entity that can trace its roots directly back to being founded by Jesus Christ....all other Christian denominations sprang from reformation of the Church. The Church itself continues to self evaluate, sifting thru centuries of rituals determining that which is critical and was 'from God' and that which was man made. Hence the 'waffling' on concepts like purgatory, limbo, etc.
• isadore

  LJ;1558120 wrote:And I obviously was saying that the validity of your source is none when it comes to Protestants.

  1. I don't think you can speak for all Protestant
  2. but if that is well then they are being very narrow minded and bigoted, like Phil
  
  They should be checking the validity of the sources given.
• pmoney25

  

  jmog;1558090 wrote:But you and I both know that certain demographics are always looked at.
  
  
  It would be no be no different than saying "the youth favored Obama" "the rich favored Romney" "the blacks overwhelmingly favored Obama". It is disengenuous to believe that statistical breakdowns of demographics aren't looked at and aren't important. It is aloe stupid to say it is racist to make such statements when they are backed by statistical facts.

  I do know Demographics are always looked at and that is a problem. It is usually Liberals who like to classify people into different groups to gain special rights or create an us vs them mindset. Mostly done with good intentions but in reality all they do is create the thing they think they are fighting against. Why are statistical breakdowns of demographics important? Why is it important to know that white males under 30 with a college education who are right handed voted for Obama? It is important so another lobby can be created to push for special things for the young white right handed college graduate then again whichever party caters to that lobby then gets the support of the lobby then the lobby tells its supporters that the X or Y party is the one to vote for. Knowing that blacks voted for Obama does nothing for anyone other than for someone to who doesn't like Obama or his politics to look at Blacks in a negative light because they all must obviously be socialist, welfare loving, government dependents when in reality it is mainly because they are led to believe the Democrat party is the one looking out for their interest when that is not the case at all.
  
  It would be stupid for me to think that the stats were racist and I never said the statement that blacks support Obama was racist or the stats behind it were racist. I said that line of thinking that we have to group people together allows for racism to exist. If everyone was truly looked at as an individual rather than a group, racism would have a hard time existing.
• isadore

  LJ;1558122 wrote:You literally make no sense. I think you should get evaluated

  as anyone can read you have made contradictory statements, showing you are either visually impaired or delusional.
• LJ

  

  isadore;1558126 wrote:as anyone can read you have made contradictory statements, showing you are either visually impaired or delusional.

  What contradictory statements? Please show examples. Thanks
• LJ

  

  isadore;1558124 wrote: 2. but if that is well then they are being very narrow minded and bigoted, like Phil
  

  LOLOLOLOLOLOLHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
• pmoney25

  

  vball10set;1558103 wrote:I am Catholic, but I must confess, I didn't know this. I guess I'm not as educated in Catholicism as I thought I was
  
  http://carm.org/bible-about-purgatory

  
  
  Also the idea of Hell was added to the Bible much later and translated incorrectly from the original texts. You are either with GOD or not. The true punishment is to not exist and be absent from GOD, it is not burning in a fiery pit
• isadore

  LJ;1558127 wrote:What contradictory statements? Please show examples. Thanks

  Consider your listed name then
  Post #748, #752, #755, #757, #763, #765, #768, #769, #772, #773, #777, #778
• LJ

  

  isadore;1558082 wrote:Gosh based on the post symptom I got a cold but Ljs got pneumonia, he really needs your help.

  Post 748. Who the fuck is Ljs? Obviously you are the one lacking comprehension
• isadore

  LJ;1558129 wrote:LOLOLOLOLOLOLHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  the proven truth of my statements has proven too much for you.
• isadore

  LJ;1558139 wrote:Post 748. Who the fuck is Ljs? Obviously you are the one lacking comprehension

  obviously you are unable to comprehend the context around the statement.
• LJ

  

  isadore;1558142 wrote:obviously you are unable to comprehend the context around the statement.

  The context that you have the grammar of a moron and that I am making fun of you for it.
• isadore

  LJ;1558143 wrote:The context that you have the grammar of a moron and that I am making fun of you for it.

  gosh lets see
  if I am a troll I got exactly what I wanted out of you.
  if I am trying to illustrate that you suffer from Asperger's I have an excellent example.
• Pick6

  

  i dont pull for members being banned almost ever, but for this douche bag I have to make an exception.
• isadore

  Phi Robertson by his charge of bestiality in his GQ interview and his accusation of murder in his sermon illustrate his bigoted toward gays.
• LJ

  

  isadore;1558145 wrote:gosh lets see
  if I am a troll I got exactly what I wanted out of you.
  if I am trying to illustrate that you suffer from Asperger's I have an excellent example.

  Pretty sure you have no idea WTF you are talking about.
  
  Ok I'm off to make jerky with the meat of a deer I killed with a gun. Then I'll probably feed some to my "pit bull" while she plays with my baby
• isadore

  Pick6;1558147 wrote:i dont pull for members being banned almost ever, but for this douche bag I have to make an exception.

  Pick6 wrote:... isadore isnt even worth a response, or a read for that matter.

  gosh a ruddies I guess you have been reading.
• dlazz

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• isadore

  LJ;1558149 wrote:Pretty sure you have no idea WTF you are talking about.
  
  Ok I'm off to make jerky with the meat of a deer I killed with a gun. Then I'll probably feed some to my "pit bull" while she plays with my baby

  that you would lack the knowledge and understanding to appreciate my posts is hardly surprising. It is my deepest hope that your daughter has a happy life. That through luck she will escape harm from the actions of the fool who may have fathered her.
• LJ

  

  isadore;1558155 wrote:that you would lack the knowledge and understanding to appreciate my posts is hardly surprising. It is my deepest hope that your daughter has a happy life. That through luck she will escape harm from the actions of the fool who may have fathered her.

  I dont have a daughter you fucking retard
• pmoney25

  

  I think I'm done with this thread now
• isadore

  LJ;1558156 wrote:I dont have a daughter you fucking retard

  Now DNA testing should really be considered because there is no way you could produce a y chromosome.
• sherm03

  

  pmoney25;1558162 wrote:I think I'm done with this thread now

  I think I'm with you. If you take out isadore's posts, there was actually some decent discussions. But it's ruined now.
• isadore

  gosh I don't usually swear, I don't threaten, I hold consistent opinions and bring evidence to support my point of view.
• HitsRus

  

  Also the idea of Hell was added to the Bible much later and translated incorrectly from the original texts. You are either with GOD or not. The true punishment is to not exist and be absent from GOD, it is not burning in a fiery pit

  I agree with this, but perhaps not with the intent to which you posted it. The concept of 'seperation from God' being the punishment is not unique to any religion or denomination, and it is NOT absent from the Catholic Church. Frankly, I think you would find few catholic scholars that believe differently, or that think that 'hell' is an actual fiery pit. Oneness with God, or oneness with the universe seems to be pretty common theme not only among Christians but other mainstream religions others as well. Unfortunately, people seize upon the inconsistencies of ritual, or of a concept (like hell) told to a less sophisticated people to help them understand the deeper concepts. An unsophisticated, uneducated 5th century farmer can wrap his head around the torture of a fiery pit....oneness with god? ehhh not so much. It is not important whether heaven or hell be actual places, but to understand the concept of the ultimate 'reward is being with God, and that it is torture(like being in a fiery pit) to be seperated from him. Similarly, you'll hear people talk that 'you'll never attain salvation except thru Jesus and that you must accept him as your saviour'....again, it is not important that we take 'Him" literally, but that you accept what he was telling us,... his truth his light, his way his life. Sadly, too many get hung up on the literal and miss the symbolic.