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1 | past prophecy or future or both? | Mic 7:5 | The Cynic | 59052 | ||
Emmaus, I am rather new to the forum and perhaps do not know how to find my way around. I have attemped to read every post or note/question/answer you have posted but I have not found any refrences to this program you have mentioned. Might I say, from the post I have read, you are either a master at apologetics or you have an unreaonably clear head. Your defence of your faith in the face of outright attacks is to be commended. Thus I commend you! Bravo! Well Done! Allow me to explain: I am a Baptist who was at one time a Catholic. Although I disagree with many parts of what I was taught I have a tendency to belive that most of the error was in man and not in the Church (proper-roman) or church (universal-fragmented). I am a student first and a teacher last. I like to take the position of socrates on most things: If I know then what I know is that I know nothing. I would be very interested in the "program" you mention. I would enjoy the opprotuinity to view it with an open mind. Looking Forward to future reading... Keep the Faith. |
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2 | past prophecy or future or both? | Mic 7:5 | Emmaus | 59120 | ||
Cynic, Thank you for your kind post. You can't find the program in my post because I don't have one and do not think it is appropriate for this forum which wasn't not set up as a classroom for me to teach. Melanie asked me for a reading list to which I must give some thought, since I do not have one ready made and have never been asked for one before. I have never been described as a master of apologetics, but I do try to discuss matters of faith as if I were having a conversation with a sincere friend who may disagree and believe differently from me. I try to approach it that way because that is how I actually developed a deeper understanding of the biblical roots of my faith. I grew up pretty much immersed in a Catholic environment of Church and school all through High School. Going to a state college was quite a change of environment. I was constanly being challenged on my faith either overtly by individuals or covertly by the entire secular acadmeic environment. In those days '68- '72 it was not just Evangelical Christians, but also Hari Krishnas, B'hais, Theosophical / Occultic types and the emerging Marxist / Socialists mind set of many professors. The Evangelicals however were constant in their belief and we at least had a common ground of Christianity, although some of them might have denied Catholics were Christians. What I discovered was that we spoke a different language. They spoke Bible. I spoke Church, sacraments, and catechism, which had a biblical base but one which for me was in the background and taken for granted. We did read the bible in my family and we did discuss it, but we did not memorize it for doctrinal purposes. Doctrine was learned by catechism. I knew scripture but I could not quote chapter and verse off the top of my head and did not use it the way my Evangelical friends did. So I had to learn to speak Bible like they did in order to communicate with them, since they were not inclined to learn catechism, at least not mine. It was actually an enriching experience for me, since it made conscious to me what had previously been semi-concious, that is the biblical roots of my Catholic faith. And I owe a debt of thanks to the friends who engaged me in conversation and challenged me. It led me into a deeper and richer understanding of my own faith. I still have the paperback New Testament I had then, 30 years ago. It is all marked up and the binding is off after being box taped a few times. I did not have a TV or computer (PCs did not exist) in my room in those days, just a clock radio, so I did a lot of reading. Since then I have had a number of friends tell me that I am the only Catholic they have ever met whos discusses the Catholic faith from a biblical perspective. I think that may be less common now days but still many Catholics approach scripture through the Mass readings and sacraments which which is a different way of learing about scripture, which leads to a different way of talking about it. My duaghter while attending a Catholic high school had to take a year long Scripture course. She got the nick name, "The Bible reader's daughter." It seems she stuck out because early on in the year she could go quickly to chapter and verse when told to look up a passage and was asked by her classmates to explain this strange proficiency. She blamed it on me. When the reference shelf was pointed out to her by the teacher, she said: "My father already has all those books at home and some other ones too that you don't have here." In any case, that is little part of my story. Let me know your e-mail and I will sent you a copy of the list when I make it if you are interested. Emmaus |
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