Artful Revealer
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It's a faux debat in my opinion. You can tell a tree by its fruits. A tree can stand tall all it wants, but if it doesn't grow fruits there will be no harvest.
Yet it is in the very make up of a fruit tree to bear fruit. A willow can try all summer to produce an apple, but won't have much success...It's a faux debat in my opinion. You can tell a tree by its fruits. A tree can stand tall all it wants, but if it doesn't grow fruits there will be no harvest.
At the risk of incurring a copyright strike from @The Zone ...The other thing is, I think this thread's treecentrism is just a little plantist.
In the effort to combat the treecentrist menace, I post this cactus- which, although having a harsh and perhaps even prickly exterior.... is beautiful in its own unique and cactusy way
Psstt... he's a (another type of) plant.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill
I think calling out a shill is a bit like modern day online McCarthyism. You have to take care with false positives!Psstt... he's a (another type of) plant.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill
No insult, it takes skill to be "a plant".
An Aussie trait - stir people you like. I hoped the smiley face let that on.I think calling out a shill is a bit like modern day online McCarthyism. You have to take care with false positives!
In the words of James and @Artful Revealer - you shall know them by their fruit...
The RCC might not be milking us dry but the banks sure are.Luther had many flaws, nevertheless, thank God the RCC doesn't have to milk us dry for indulgences like the Medieval serf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence#Protestant_Reformation
Luther slandered Jesus but at least we don't have to pay the RCC anymore.Luther had many flaws, nevertheless, thank God the RCC doesn't have to milk us dry for indulgences like the Medieval serf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence#Protestant_Reformation
Why JoChris?.....That statement is mean.No insult, it takes skill to be "a plant".
I'll post something about these indulgences soon, cause the Protestant's objection to this is really a big joke, especially considering they have allied with the haute-bourgeoisie and bankers against the Church to either destroy, steal or buy European Church property.Luther had many flaws, nevertheless, thank God the RCC doesn't have to milk us dry for indulgences like the Medieval serf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence#Protestant_Reformation
Let's not forget their support of Israel for the sole reason of wanting the end of the world to come a little sooner.The Vatican is a failing business. And Protestants who now dominate most part of the imperialist US political, judicial and corporate world had and still have a big part to play in it and are rubbing their hands in glee.
The primary sources are referenced with each quotation.Welcome to a new series by Saint Dominic's Media Inc. on the Most Compelling Reasons to be a Faithful Catholic.
This must be a primary source.
I think it is a bit of a red herring to focus down on Luther and attempt to cast doubt on the validity of the Reformation as a turning point...
I'd like to know your thoughts why this turning point was much needed and/or beneficial.elsbet said:It was a turning point, and a much needed change, at that.
I'm sorry, but the author of this book used Adam Weishaupt as a pseudonym and the book itself dates from 2011.Of course not.. !
The spirit behind this one is not simple misunderstanding imo. In fact-- and this almost seems too easy-- there's a book that was written with the sole purpose of discrediting Luther, by this man:
Adam Weishaupt was born in 1748 of Jewish parents but grew up in the Catholic faith. When his father, George Weishaupt, died in 1754, young Adam was turned over to be raised by the Jesuits by his godfather, Baron Ickstatt, who was curator of the university of Ingolstadt in Bavaria.
He was initiated as a Freemason in 1774 in either Hanover or
lMunich, but found that no one in his order truly understood the occult significance of the ceremonies. He decided to found his own organization, which he did on the first of May 1776. This organization was first known as "The Order of Perfectibilists" but became famous as the "Ordo Illuminati Bavarensis", or the Illuminati for short.
I find it hard to believe he was a Protestant.
The book: Luther: The Devil's Disciple
That's why I call it an unholy old-testamentary alliance. Catholics have always emphasised the Gospel, not the Old Testament, which is why the Church had never been swayed by Jewish ambitions until after World War 2.Let's not forget their support of Israel for the sole reason of wanting the end of the world to come a little sooner.