a) How can a church headed by a suspected criminal claim any moral authority?
just because some haters suspect you of something deosn't mean you cant have moral authority.
b) Can the Pope be prosecuted under provisions of the UN court - originally brought in to deal with Milosvitch? The principle of 'universal juristiction' is being openly suggested. Is this practical?
no he cannot.
c) Is it not time that the whole 'Vatican' show was brought to an end? The ridiculous charade of a square in the middle of Italy's capital, measuring just over 100 acres, being legally recognised as a state unto itself, is surely becomming not just anachronistic but actually risible. If heads of state are prepared to play these silly games of makebelieve then how do they expect their citizens to take them seriously?
its kind of how i feel about the king/queen of england.
once baptised a catholic then a catholic you remain.
I think you are confusing sacrements here, the one you speak of is called, appropriately enough, Confirmation.
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the secularist constituency repettively blames Christianity for the non-Christian, non-NT Biblical RCC attrocities in arguing that Christianity is violent and evil. What the folks here either deliberately or ingnorantly blame on Christianity is contrary to what Jesus and his apostles taught in the NT.
roflmfao...wow...i hope this is a joke, i can't believe there are people out there like this.
do you read (and believe) Chick tracks?
oh you mean like how the rapture is in the bible? give me a break!!!
It also implicates ignorance on your part as to how The RCC and Islam, both evil, oppressive and violent when they wield power, have kept one another at bay over the centuries; most of the religious wars being between these two political-religious power players. The both strive toward integration of church and state, the RCC, essentially ruling Europe by proxy, during the Dark Age centuries.
lol who is this guy?
Most of the religious wars are between Catholics and Muslims? Where the hell did you go to school? Jack Chick University? Maybe a couple crusades in the 12th and 13th century, but that is about it. the spanish reconquista was more about control of Espana than islam v. christianity. I would highly suspect most religious wars that took place were Christian vs. Christian rather than Islam vs. Catholics. I have no clue where you learned your history, but it is way off.
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