Bonnie M Paglialunga

That's how I took the lack of Faith comment.  I thought it was said because our group doesn't have a statement to sign.  More like lack of a statement or criteria to join rather then a lack of faith.  Because we have definitely grown very much from learning about the others beliefs in our group.  Bonnie
 
I believe the Lack of Faith statement was made in jest, like giving him a
taste of what they did to her. My experience in this group is people are
willing to  hear others point of view and sometimes debate them, we are
entitled to be ourselves. Anyone agree?
Johanna

Bpaglial@...
the great thing to learn about life is, first,
to not do what you don't want to do, and,
second, to do what you want to do.
--Margaret Anderson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bonnie M Paglialunga

This is what I don't understand isn't a catholic a Christian?  Don't they believe in Christ?  Bonnie
 
Matter of fact a friend of mine is Catholic and she said that the priest at
her church told her to not sign it. Why would a Christian group make a
statement of Faith that a Catholic cannot sign? I do not like it and so we
have no homeschool group.
Bpaglial@...
the great thing to learn about life is, first,
to not do what you don't want to do, and,
second, to do what you want to do.
--Margaret Anderson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Judie C. Rall

> This is what I don't understand isn't a catholic a Christian? Don't they believe
in Christ? Bonnie

Having just come out of this kind of background I can tell you.
Conservative, fundamentalist Christians often don't accept
Catholics as "Christians" because Catholics don't believe in being
"born again." To a fundamentalist Christian, if you're not born
again, you are not saved, and therefore not going to heaven.

I thank my God that I finally saw that this kind of orientation is not
Christian at all, and we finally left the "mainstream" church to form
our own homechurch. It's very non-traditional and probably no self-
respecting "fundamentalist" would be caught dead there. We
believe that we are all God's children and that the teachings of
Jesus are for the purpose of showing us how to live better lives, and
are NOT designed to exclude people from fellowship, or from
heaven.

For a good contrast between these two "sides" of Christianity, I
recommend the book "Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism
Betrays Christianity" by Bruce Bawer.


Judie

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In a message dated 3/29/2001 5:20:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bpaglial@... writes:

<< This is what I don't understand isn't a catholic a Christian? Don't they
believe in Christ? >>

Yes, see what I mean. One of the statements that was required to sign (I
think there was 10 ) was something that the Priest said that a Catholic in
good Faith could not sign. I am not Catholic so I do not know a lot about
their beliefs but I thought this was a bit ridicules
Candace

Valerie Stewart

<< This is what I don't understand isn't a catholic a Christian? Don't they
believe in Christ? >>

***It's just splitting hairs again. There are many branches of Christianity.
Catholicism was one of the first. Some Christians are more picky about the
differences, saying because this other branch believes "x" and not "z" then
they aren't really Christian. Many more Fundamental Christians do not
believe Catholics to be real Christians because they did not come into the
faith the same way. It all depends on your personal interpretation of
scripture. Yes, Catholics believe in Christ.

Valerie in Tacoma