Muslims are fucking idiots Options

[Dogmeat]

Gee. Any time somebody has something bad to say about what a bunch of idiots we are, we take to the streets and burn shit.

Wow.

We are a modern day progressive relegion of peace. Yay for us.

jesus christ I swear to god watching the catholic church and islam fight is like watching a fucking pissing contest between condoleeza rice and hillary clinton or some shit.

uhg..

they need to be obliterated!

[Spectatrix]

Thanks. I always a little confused about their view on salvation. I have a few Catholic friends and they are never able to give me a straight answer. The fact that they still have Jesus on the cross befuddles me as well.

Well it's not something that many Catholics are aware of. I don't think I learned about it until I was dating Ryan and wanted to learn how Lutherans are different from Catholics.

Functionally, for salvation, Catholics:
1) Get baptized
2) Go to confession regularly once they're age 7 or so

Catholics divide sin into two different types: venial (minor) and mortal (serious). Unconfessed mortal sins doom a person to hell. At confession, you are given a penance by the priest, which absolves the person of guilt. However, there still remains some temporal punishment for the sins which manifests as hardships on earth or time in Purgatory. The same goes for unconfessed venial sins. This punishment can be remitted, in whole or in part, by the performance of indulgences, which include good works, praying the rosary, reading scripture, etc. etc. Granting of indulgences in return for monetary contributions was what prompted Martin Luther to write his 95 theses, but I don't believe that the sale of indulgences is practiced anymore.

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Sep 19 2006, 01:47 PM