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Pope approves indulgences
#7730226 - 12/07/07 07:05 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Does anyone here actually believe this nonsense?
***Pope approves Lourdes indulgences***
Pope Benedict XVI has authorised special indulgences to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's reputed appearance at Lourdes.
Catholics visiting the site within a year of 8 December will be able to receive an indulgence, which the Church teaches can reduce time in purgatory.
Lourdes has drawn pilgrims since Mary was said to have appeared in 1858 to shepherdess Bernadette Soubirous.
The waters of the French shrine are said to have miraculous healing powers.
The Pope is expected to visit the shrine next year.
The pontiff also said believers who prayed at places of worship dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes from 2-11 February next year - or who were unable to make the journey - would also be able to receive indulgences.
The decree was signed by US Cardinal J Francis Stafford, who is head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican court dealing with indulgences and matters of conscience.
Indulgences became infamous in the 16th century for being sold rather than earned, helping, historians say, trigger the Protestant reformation.
While some might consider indulgences an outdated concept, great spiritual importance have been assigned to them by Benedict XVI and his predecessor, Pope John Paul II.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730396 - 12/07/07 08:00 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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They might be running out of customers 
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730401 - 12/07/07 08:01 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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fivepointer said: Does anyone here actually believe this nonsense?
I don't know. You seem to be the authority on nonsense around here.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: Silversoul]
#7730473 - 12/07/07 08:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Silversoul said:
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fivepointer said: Does anyone here actually believe this nonsense?
I don't know. You seem to be the authority on nonsense around here.
I will ignore the insult. But seriously what do you think of this? Do you actually believe in indulgences?
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730484 - 12/07/07 08:20 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ya, it's ridiculous. Next thing you know, they're going to say the earth is only 6,000 years old!
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: Silversoul]
#7730491 - 12/07/07 08:23 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Silversoul said: Ya, it's ridiculous. Next thing you know, they're going to say the earth is only 6,000 years old!
More like around 13,000 years.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730497 - 12/07/07 08:24 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seriously, what's your view on dinosaurs & stuff?
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730520 - 12/07/07 08:27 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Silversoul said: Ya, it's ridiculous. Next thing you know, they're going to say the earth is only 6,000 years old!
More like around 13,000 years.
Doesn't sound like a good foundation from which to criticize other people's dogmas.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7730540 - 12/07/07 08:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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The truth is always a good foundation to start from.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730543 - 12/07/07 08:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I know. That's what I said.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7730625 - 12/07/07 08:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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fivepointer said: The truth is always a good foundation to start from.
Yeah, but the notion of truth seems to differ a lot from one individual to another, and you obviously have a different one than I do. So to which truth are you referring to?
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7740050 - 12/10/07 11:18 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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MushroomTrip said: Seriously, what's your view on dinosaurs & stuff?
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: fivepointer]
#7740141 - 12/10/07 11:39 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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fivepointer said:
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fivepointer said: Does anyone here actually believe this nonsense?
I don't know. You seem to be the authority on nonsense around here.
I will ignore the insult. But seriously what do you think of this? Do you actually believe in indulgences?
Those catholics are probably saying the same about christians "can you actually believe they have to tithe 10%? Gosh!"
That is of course, if they are not required to as well.
it's religion, and religion is business, and business is good.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7740180 - 12/10/07 11:49 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seriously, what's your view on dinosaurs & stuff?
Don't you know that Dinosaurs and humans lived around the same time,;) and dinos got baptized. Ahhh shape-shifters.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: shakercee]
#7740202 - 12/10/07 11:53 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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shakercee said:
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Seriously, what's your view on dinosaurs & stuff?
Don't you know that Dinosaurs and humans lived around the same time,;) and dinos got baptized. Ahhh shape-shifters.
In the words of an ancient, long-forgotten Biblical figure: "Yabba Dabba Doo!"
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: shakercee]
#7740227 - 12/10/07 11:59 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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shakercee said:
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Seriously, what's your view on dinosaurs & stuff?
Don't you know that Dinosaurs and humans lived around the same time,;) and dinos got baptized. Ahhh shape-shifters.
I know about some living dinosaurs that got to live up to the present moment. Still wonder when and if they will decide to make use of common sense and disappear already.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7740275 - 12/10/07 12:10 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I know about some living dinosaurs that got to live up to the present moment. Still wonder when and if they will decide to make use of common sense and disappear already.
They are quite stubborn in holding to their beliefs. Common sense will never make an entry into their minds. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7740301 - 12/10/07 12:15 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Fivepointer you continue to make me smile. Whenever I'm having a shitty day, I just think of all the fear and confusion in your tormented, delusional mind, and I realize that I don't really have it that bad!
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More like around 13,000 years.
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The truth is always a good foundation to start from.
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: SoY]
#7740313 - 12/10/07 12:17 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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You obviously forgot about joanathan_206 
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Re: Pope approves indulgences [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7740317 - 12/10/07 12:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yes, but Fivey is in a league of his own.
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