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madman101

"Let us not fall into temptation..."

Dec 08, 2017 13:37

Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for changeSpeaking personally, having a storied background in advertising and heretic poetism, I'd say that my phrase in the title of this post should work just fine. Other alternatives are too clunky ( Read more... )

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st_martin_a December 8 2017, 21:28:38 UTC

Apparently the Pope is more popular with protestants than Catholics.
I think he's great.

madman101 December 9 2017, 01:47:49 UTC

Hear hear ( ... )

st_martin_a December 9 2017, 08:59:33 UTC

I think one of the main differences is the emphasis on the Bible as the source of authority for protestants, compared with more emphasis on the church as a source of authority for Catholics. That then has a few repercussions.
There's the 'Catholics worship Mary' thing which some of my protestant friends think is idolatry, but I think is misunderstood. I think we're singing from the same hymn sheet. Just the protestant one has got more of a gospel music vibe.
And the English/Irish thing, as you said, wasn't or isn't essentially about the faith. It's more of a political thing.
For me, my faith is personal/spiritual, not about regulations, or systems, or religion really. Bono put it quite well when he sang: "I'm looking for baby Jesus under the trash".
So did the apostle John when he said: "God is love".
Lots of random thoughts there which might not make much sense?!
But i like the Pope.