tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934801.post4030680235073322997..comments2023-12-30T13:27:56.265-05:00Comments on Billy Ockham: The Next Big Issuemousestalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640977915382623244noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934801.post-40568945358502061562008-09-22T18:37:00.000-04:002008-09-22T18:37:00.000-04:00Fr. John --Yup, indeed I am a liberal, and proud o...Fr. John --<BR/><BR/>Yup, indeed I am a liberal, and proud of it. I have many friends who are conservative (including my Vicar), libertarian, and middle-of-the-road. I disagree with most of them much of the time, but none of them is fuzzy-thinking. Name-calling is really a little unbecoming, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>While I am sure that, as you say, God does know about our soccer program, you clearly do not, so I respectfully refer you to http://www.trinitylimerock.org, where you can learn about it. <BR/><BR/>"Bait" it is not -- unless all outreach is "bait" -- and your "brought in" crack was sort of unbecoming. I like to think that the Holy Spirit was at work when the young man came in, as I certainly did nothing to encourage him to do so.<BR/><BR/>He's been back, too -- even after summer soccer ended.Geoff Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17447466986686197032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934801.post-27271657963222254582008-09-21T22:57:00.000-04:002008-09-21T22:57:00.000-04:00You wrote that you were thinking of leaving TEC. ...You wrote that you were thinking of leaving TEC. <BR/><BR/>If you haven't already done so, come by and visit us. We are at 414 N. Highland Ave., corner of Washita and N. Highland. Right behind the Carter Center. wwwsthildasacc.org<BR/><BR/>You will be happy to learn that the vergers are armed.Fr. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097549748468739701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934801.post-51213380205486906912008-09-21T22:51:00.000-04:002008-09-21T22:51:00.000-04:00One fuzzy thinking liberal wrote:"it has occurred ...One fuzzy thinking liberal wrote:<BR/><BR/>"it has occurred to me that, when a child comes in from this community outreach program, it would be absurd to give the poor kid, who finally has decided that he or she actually wants to come into church, the third degree as to whether he or she was baptized."<BR/><BR/>Sounds like they were brought in, and God knows what program was the bait.<BR/><BR/>And how about their parents? Do they know that their children are receiving communion? Do they care? Are they baptized?<BR/><BR/>This guy's "logic" if carried to its conclusion obviates the need for anyone to be baptized. It becomes optional.<BR/><BR/>I know of one Southern Baptist congregation that is giving people communion w/o baptism. They said that new members who were adults were "too embarrassed" to undergo a public dunking.<BR/><BR/>God forbid that anyone should be embarrassed or humbled by their entry into His Church.<BR/><BR/>This communion of the damned is well named. It clearly is the work of Satan. It eviscerates the Church.<BR/><BR/>10:46 PMFr. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097549748468739701noreply@blogger.com