2007-09-27 01:01:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pastor Billy says: absolutely
BTW I'd love to go head to head in a debate with the person called "jesussaves". It is annoying reading this person misrepresent scripture ie. the use of the title father, the scriptural verses used to deny usage also instruct call no one rabbi (meaning teacher, and written in the original Greek that means DOCTOR) yet numerous non-Catholic pastors and preachers go by the title doctor. Obviously this person does not have the depth of knowledge to understand what is going on in the background of these verses.
2007-09-27 01:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on whether you believe the bible or not. If you believe the bible you wont be a catholic. Matt 23:9 says call no man father. Hmmmm
Do you give money to the church and have it not used to spread the gospel rather watch it used to pay off accusers to the pedophile priest that are not gonna be punished.
They use alcohol in their rituals Prov 20:1 and Habakkuk chap 2 among others.
The pope is Jesus? Vicar?
Yes some will say im bashing but if it doesn't line up with the bible is it of God?
2007-09-27 08:12:02 · answer #2 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Honestly, there is little intrinsic value in this kind of life per se. Only when an active stand is made to combat social and economic injustice and to stand shoulder to shoulder with those fighting for justice on this earth does this calling gain merit.
2007-09-27 08:11:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, maybe now more than ever. Today in America and perhaps the worldwide, we are bombarded with advertisements and messages to buy more, get more, and without "it" we wouldn't be happy. Any notion of sacrifice is viewed as negative. Though I don't necessarily agree with the required celibacy for our priest or taking vows of poverty, their examples of self denial are nearly the only ones we have today. The very notion is often discouraged and demeaned. I think the teachings of the church promoting self sacrifice if heeded by more would make us and the world a better place.
2007-09-27 08:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by brenn 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
did it ever have value?
I am not asking that to be derrogatory to catholics in anyway, but to make a point. value is a very subjective term. If you dont tell us what you mean by value how can we possibly guage whether they still have value now? What value did they have before?
2007-09-27 08:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by Avatar_defender_of_the_light 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very much.
Historians of science, including non-Catholics such as J.L. Heilbron,[94] Alistair Cameron Crombie, David C Lindberg,[95] Edward Grant, Thomas Goldstein,[96] and Ted Davis, have argued that the Church had a significant, positive influence on the development of civilization. They hold that, not only did monks save and cultivate the remnants of ancient civilization during the barbarian invasions, but that the Church promoted learning and science through its sponsorship of many universities which, under its leadership, grew rapidly in Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries. St. Thomas Aquinas, the Church's "model theologian," not only argued that reason is in harmony with faith, he even recognized that reason can contribute to understanding revelation, and so encouraged intellectual development. [97] The Church's priest-scientists, many of whom were Jesuits, were the leading lights in astronomy, genetics, geomagnetism, meteorology, seismology, and solar physics, becoming the "fathers" of these sciences. It is important to remark names of important churchmen such as the Augustinian abbot Gregor Mendel (pioneer in the study of genetics), Roger Bacon a Franciscan monk who was one of the early advocates of the scientific method, and Belgian priest Georges Lemaître (the first to propose the Big Bang theory).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church#Role_of_the_Church_in_civilization
2007-09-27 08:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Of course- it is a reminder to us all that there are things worth making sacrifices for....that there is something greater than this life.
The celibate life is a foreshadowing of heaven- where Jesus said there will be no marriage.
2007-09-27 21:08:21 · answer #7 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the false gospel and false doctrines, Satan puts great value on the catholic cult.
2007-09-27 08:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by CJ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's only value is that it keeps inherited wealth within the Roman Catholic Church.
2007-09-27 08:07:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Maybe .... Which Catholics are you referring to?
2007-09-27 08:06:34 · answer #10 · answered by Aletheia 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋