Steve700 wrote:
What I have said is well researched & it is all true. Don't think for a minute that I want to slander Catholicism or Christianity. I was in fact brought up as a Catholic (9 years of Catholic parochial school and 3 years of CCD; Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes after that) I am now a full-fledged true believing Christian. What you are seeing in what I have written is Bible prophecy being fulfilled. I have been totally shocked and dumbfounded by these things. I don't like any of it one bit, but that's the way it is and what is going on.
And NONE of these things you are pulling up from Snopes has to do with anything that I have said. (read again Carefully) I did not say any of those things that Snopes is saying is false.
What I have said is well researched b & it is... (
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Are you now trying to say you didn't say what you said?
You said: "He has said a number of things that are totally contrary to centuries old established Catholic doctrine." Then, you went on to list several alleged papal comments. Of your listing, I posted a rebuttal using Snopes.com as my source of information. Now, for you to say that, "... NONE of these things you are pulling up from Snopes has to do with anything that I have said," simply isn't true. The Snopes.com references your comments and shows them to be hoaxes.
If fact, most of the comments you posted and the YouTube videos you referenced have their beginnings from a web site, It originally appeared on a blog called
Diversity Chronicle. The post that contains it apparently was written by the sites creator, Erik Thorson. Subsequently, the story has been recycled elsewhere on the Internet, such as in the Entertainment section of
VacancyNigerians.com. How do we know its a hoax? Through several means. One is the fact that the piece itself claims Pope Francis was speaking at the conclusion of the Third Vatican Council: "For the last six months, Catholic cardinals, bishops and theologians have been deliberating in Vatican City, discussing the future of the church and redefining long-held Catholic doctrines and dogmas. The Third Vatican Council, is undoubtedly the largest and most important since the Second Vatican Council was concluded in 1962. Pope Francis convened the new council to 'finally finish the work of the Second Vatican Council.' While some traditionalists and conservative reactionaries on the far right have decried these efforts, they have delighted progressives around the world.
"The Third Vatican Council concluded today with Pope Francis announcing that Catholicism is now a modern and reasonable religion, which has undergone evolutionary changes."
Of course, there has been NO 3rd Vatican Council.The site which originated it, also, contains a disclaimer, which states:
"The original content on this blog is largely satirical. I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince ones opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not to do that, therefore, that I have taken up my pen, but merely so as to annoy them, and to bestow strength and courage on those on our own side, and to make it known to the others that they have not convinced us. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
"It is in the spirit of the above quote that I write. Who am I you may ask? My name is Erik Thorson. I created this blog for my own personal amusement."
If your background in Catholicism is as solid as you claim, why, in the world, would you not know the stuff you originally posted is nothing more than a bunch of made-up bunk? You, by posting your comments and supporting links, are claiming that you are agreeing with the content and messages of the YouTube videos. This makes you complicit with the post and, therefore, just as responsible for its contents as the guy who posted it originally, on his blog.
A prime example is your claim that the pope is a 33 degree Mason. Anyone who knows Catholic doctrine knows that the Catholic Church is very anti-Mason. In fact, Pope Francis (before becomming pope) publically re-declared the Church's doctrine that any Catholics found to be Masons, would no longer be allowed to receive communion. Given this, your claim that the pope is a Mason, let alone a 33 degree Mason, is a lie.
Your posting your belief that the pope said certain things and/or is trying to change and guide the world toward certain goals that, somehow, align themselves with your interpretation of the "End Times," I think, is a blatant twisting of the Scriptures and, at the same time, by weaving non-scriptural sources into your narrative, totally misrepresents the Biblical message. Why not include the prophesies of Nostradamus in your narrative? I'm sure you can find End Times tie-ins within his writings. Additionally, he'd be no more scriptural than the YouTube videos you included.