tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4406006768359031529..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: No hands are clean. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-54588563583429388892019-01-10T06:44:14.254-06:002019-01-10T06:44:14.254-06:00What he wrote was not simply true of Rome. He didn...What he wrote was not simply true of Rome. He didnt say Rome was "the Church." What you refuse to see is that the world judges all of Christianity by the abuse scandals in Rome, by the skeptics who insist that not everything in the Bible is true, by the entertainment shows put on by the evangelicals, and by the obnoxious works of a Baptist church in Kansas against gays. Nobody outside Christianity sifts through the denominations to say "gee whiz, that church is not as bad as the others or this church is better than that." The world looks for a reason to ignore, refute, dismiss, and ridicule all of Christianity by the failures of any Christians. That is what damns the faith in the eyes of those who do not believe and what gives cover to those who want to find a reason to leave Christianity. Honestly, some of the readers of this blog are so anti-Rome that they miss what Pastor Peters is saying to jump on any chance to dismiss what he says because of the hook he uses to introduce his thought.Lutheran Lurkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-81650432244654607812019-01-09T15:00:56.134-06:002019-01-09T15:00:56.134-06:00Perhaps the Blogger of Pastoral Meanderings has pu...Perhaps the Blogger of Pastoral Meanderings has put the Roman Catholic<br />Church on a pedestal and sees the RC Church as the role model for<br />Christianity. The official stance of the RCC is to deny the free<br />salvation won by Christ on the cross. Instead we are to earn merit<br />badges as we make our pilgrimage to purgatory. It is pathetic that<br />we Lutherans should be so concerned with troubles of the RCC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48496843566311706932019-01-09T12:36:28.521-06:002019-01-09T12:36:28.521-06:00I do not regard the Roman Church as "the chur...I do not regard the Roman Church as "the church," Pastor Peters. It is a sad and tragic deviation from the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. The rot in the Roman Church has been there for a very, very long time. It was well documented and pointed out at the time of the Reformation. It's nothing new.<br /><br />In this age of instant communication and easily witnessed and documented behaviors the rot is now finally being widely exposed. But this is not "the church" ... it is the Roman Church, with an anti-christ as head of the Church, that stands for and continues to advance a doctrine that directly contradicts the Gospel of Jesus Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com