http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/10/06/is-the-catholic-church-actually-growing-up/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/10/06/is-the-catholic-church-actually-growing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Mike and MIchael Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:51:59 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/?p=60#comment-173 Great topic Great topic

]]> http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/10/06/is-the-catholic-church-actually-growing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Phil Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:21:01 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/?p=60#comment-172 Actually, the Catholic Church has long maintained that literal interpretation of the Bible is not only incorrect, but can be dangerous. Should also be noted that there is a BIG difference between teaching people not to take the Bible literally and saying the Bible is wrong. Nowhere in the Church's teachings (previous or current) do they say the Bible is wrong, should be ignored, is incorrect or invalid. What they're saying is that people studying the Bible need to look past the literal and understand the meaning of the parable. Actually, the Catholic Church has long maintained that literal interpretation of the Bible is not only incorrect, but can be dangerous. Should also be noted that there is a BIG difference between teaching people not to take the Bible literally and saying the Bible is wrong. Nowhere in the Church’s teachings (previous or current) do they say the Bible is wrong, should be ignored, is incorrect or invalid. What they’re saying is that people studying the Bible need to look past the literal and understand the meaning of the parable.

]]> http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/10/06/is-the-catholic-church-actually-growing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Lon Cohen Sat, 08 Oct 2005 13:10:06 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/?p=60#comment-170 Glad to see this. Especially the part about one group of people seeing the bible as a mandate. Sounds familiar. Of course the people we're fighting are fundamentalist too but that doesn't mean we have to lie to the American people to get into a marginally effective engagement. Our resources caould be used in a much better way. I guess this is the tail wagging the dog here. Bush wants war he gets war and don't argue with him because G-d told him to go to war. See my blog for all my comments about Intelligent Design and Bush's so called mandate. I am not against religion I am against having it dictate parts of our lives it has no authority on, like science. Glad to see this. Especially the part about one group of people seeing the bible as a mandate. Sounds familiar. Of course the people we’re fighting are fundamentalist too but that doesn’t mean we have to lie to the American people to get into a marginally effective engagement. Our resources caould be used in a much better way. I guess this is the tail wagging the dog here. Bush wants war he gets war and don’t argue with him because G-d told him to go to war. See my blog for all my comments about Intelligent Design and Bush’s so called mandate. I am not against religion I am against having it dictate parts of our lives it has no authority on, like science.

]]> http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/10/06/is-the-catholic-church-actually-growing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-169 10 Clubs Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:52:41 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/?p=60#comment-169 They had abandon Literalism for quite a while now. They had abandon Literalism for quite a while now.

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