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***Say "HI" to the Homeless**** Campaign - First Day

Charity isnt always money, a simple Hello can go along way.

The homeless are often over looked or looked down on. So for the rest of December say Hi to the homeless in our society. They are people just like us and deserve some humanity.
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"That which you do to the least of my brothers you also do to me"
------Jesus Christ

So say Hi to Jesus and pass this along!

12/12/2011--OK, so my first day in this campaign is interesting in my opinion. I havent actually had the opportunity to say "Hi" but in driving I observed something and pondered. 

I was in the left hand turn lane watching a homeless man on a bench near a bus stop while I was waiting to turn. He was isolated and talking to himself. Then another homeless man walked by him, talking to himself as well, and they exchanged a few words as he passed by on his way. As the second man passed by the people waiting for the bus (still talking to himself) not a single person looked up or spoke a word to him. Only after he passed they would stare at him. 

So I began to wonder, do the homeless talk to themselves simply because no one will talk to them? Humans are social creatures and need other human contact. So in the absence of verbal contact for an extended period of time do people talk to themselves to fill that void or are they mentally ill as some have stated?

Diocese of Orange wins bid for the Famous Crystal Cathedral

Great News. The world famous Crystal Cathedral in Orange California will now become a Catholic Cathedral.

Thanks be to God.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/crystal-cathedral-robert-schuller.html

a Clear Example of Anti Catholic Progaganda!

The attached video is an example of how Satan works.

My conversation with Greg Crouse of Ray Comfort & Kirk Camerons "way of the master" Calvinist sect

Below is a conversation that has been taking place on Facebook. Greg is a nice enough guy but his Christian message is skewed by what he perceives to be what Roman Catholics believe.

Also below are part I & II of my refuting his false accusations about Catholics.

Greg--

Ha ha, I didn't recognize you! Hope to see you again Sat. I've been listening to some of James R. White 's debates. Brushing up for you ;-) 

 

Daniel --Well the Atheists kept calling you Greg "Allen". James White is a HUGE Anti-Catholic.....You should listen to Dr. Scott Hanh and Tim Staples and balance it out. Both are converts and were Anti-Catholic Preachers. I mean if you are seeking God's truth you should be fair about it shouldnt you?

Greg  --That's why I listen to debates....so I can hear the best that each side has to offer.

Daniel --As long as you do your research on what they say is true. You can get yourself in trouble just taking some's word for it.

Greg --Isn't that exactly what you must do regarding Marian dogma? Take someones word for it?

Daniel-- No not really. The bible supports her conception with original sin and now where on the bible does it discuss Mary being buried and no relics of hers exist. I mean if Enoch and Elijah can be taken up why Wouldn't God take Mary his mother? Also 1Tim 3:15 says the Church is the pillar & foundation of truth and only says scripture is "useful" but not the sole authority

Greg --And the Bible tells us about Enoch and Elijah, it is silent on Mary; therefore you have to take Rome's word for it.....

Daniel --EDIT: WITHOUT ORIGINAL SIN

Daniel-- Hate to break the news to you Greg but they also compiled the very bible you quote

Greg  --Then why didn't they mention the assumption of Mary in it?

Daniel --Well Christians have sacred tradition (1Cor 11:20 - 2Tim 2:15), you mean to tell me if its not n the bible its not Christian? Where does the bible say that?

Greg --So, like I said, you take people's word for it.

Daniel --Sorry 2Thess 2:15......yeah, just like the bible says...most all of the New Testament was oral tradition until it was written down many years later

Daniel --So all followers took the apostles word for it. Even your pope martin luther believed Mary was assumed and without sin

Greg --All followers took the apostles word for what?

Daniel --The accounts of Jesus' life. Last I checked Jesus didn't right a book with pen and paper we had to accept the accounts of those who followed him and were inspired by the Holy Spirit. According to scripture (not the publishers assertion) where does it say who wrote the book of Mark? If you can't find the scripture then tell who's 'word' you take that Mark is the author?

Greg --There you go changing the subject again. We were talking about the assumption of Mary. When the apostles preached about Jesus, they were speaking to an audience who were alive during Jesus' ministry. They used scripture to prove that He was the Messiah, and their message was authenticated by apostolic signs. When they wrote the New Testament they didn"t mention anything about the assumption of Mary. So, in the case of the life of Jesus we have scripture; in the case of assumption have zip, zilch, nada until the 1500's. If you wan to believe it , be my guest, but all you have is Rome's word for it.

Daniel-- Not changing the subject in the least. I am showng you that it is by Catholic tradition that you even have a bible and that you know who authored Mark. So if I can accept the authority of the Catholic Church for the canon of the bible and it is them that state Mark authored Mark then it is not a stretch for me to accept other non-biblical Church doctrine as sacred tradition. And it was not in the 1500's because martin luther accepted it too. It has been all along. I believe it was "reaffirmed" in the 1850's or 1950's by Papal infallible statement.

Daniel --So you see you don't even know what time period you are attacking

I will post any additions to this as they arrive.

VIDEOS:

PART II

Myth #25 Crosses, Crucifixes and Sarcramentals Oh My!

First off let me clarify the difference between a "Cross" and a "Crucifix". A Crucifix is a cross with Jesus on it and a cross is just that a cross.

Sacramentals are throughout the bible.

Matthew 9:20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

Matthew 14:36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.

Acts 19:11-12 - Paul's handkerchiefs healed the sick and those with unclean spirits. This is another example of physical things effecting physical and spiritual cures.

Acts 5:15 - Peter's shadow healed the sick. This proves that relics of the saints have supernatural healing power, and this belief has been a part of Catholic tradition for 2,000 years.

2 Kings 13:21 - Elisha's bones bring a man back to life. The saints' bones are often kept beneath the altars of Catholic churches and have brought about supernatural cures throughout the Christian age.

Numbers 21:9
Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.

MYTH #23 The Catholic Church hates Homosexuals

From the Catechism:

2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. They do not choose their homosexual condition; for most of them it is a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

Any unmarried persons are to abstain from sex until married in the Church. Whether straight or gay. It is in acting on these desires that we become a slave to sin.

Below is the complete section from the Catechism and the link to the Vatican's website.

Chastity and homosexuality
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P85.HTM
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,140 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."141 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. They do not choose their homosexual condition; for most of them it is a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.