[Lauren the drunken mick]

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Hmm, who should I believe: the dictionary, or some anonymous guy on the internets...?

verb: respect
admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
synonyms: esteem, admire, think highly of, have a high opinion of, hold in high regard, hold in (high) esteem, look up to, revere, reverence, honor.

Not the same thing as worship

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Ever heard of the Assumption of Mary?

Yeah, according to the cracker-crunchers she went to Heaven around, oh, 1950. I bet she was putting out a powerful odor by then!



Yours in Christ (NOT EASY-BAKE OVEN MARY),

Z. Smyth

[Zechariah Smyth]

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verb: respect
admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
synonyms: esteem, admire, think highly of, have a high opinion of, hold in high regard, hold in (high) esteem, look up to, revere, reverence, honor.

Not the same thing as worship

Hey, I respect Rush Limbaugh but I don't pray to a statue of him.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Typo for she was? Or do you really believe her to be immortal?

Catholics believe Mary never died, and was instead swooped up into Heaven on some solid cloud-lift. Apparently her human body was super-fortified to withstand the otherwise deadly change in pressure and temperature in space as she supposedly floated up, up, and away. According to the papists, she has the supernatural ability to hear, listen, and answer the prayers of the faithful, as well as animate her bleeding face all over superstitious, impoverished, and gullible communities throughout the Third World. At one point, she was bumped out of popularity by "Padre Pio," the masochistic priest who burned the skin and meat off his hands with carbolic acid in order to put on a good show for the gullible.

[Attila's Wife]

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Catholics believe Mary never died, and was instead swooped up into Heaven on some solid cloud-lift. Apparently her human body was super-fortified to withstand the otherwise deadly change in pressure and temperature in space as she supposedly floated up, up, and away. According to the papists, she has the supernatural ability to hear, listen, and answer the prayers of the faithful, as well as animate her bleeding face all over superstitious, impoverished, and gullible communities throughout the Third World. At one point, she was bumped out of popularity by "Padre Pio," the masochistic priest who burned the skin and meat off his hands with carbolic acid in order to put on a good show for the gullible.

Wow, Sister! Just - er - wow! How can they believe this rubbish? It makes me glad that I was not raised a Fenian.

[Lauren the drunken mick]

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Catholics believe Mary never died, and was instead swooped up into Heaven on some solid cloud-lift. Apparently her human body was super-fortified to withstand the otherwise deadly change in pressure and temperature in space as she supposedly floated up, up, and away. According to the papists, she has the supernatural ability to hear, listen, and answer the prayers of the faithful, as well as animate her bleeding face all over superstitious, impoverished, and gullible communities throughout the Third World. At one point, she was bumped out of popularity by "Padre Pio," the masochistic priest who burned the skin and meat off his hands with carbolic acid in order to put on a good show for the gullible.

No no no. You've got it all wrong. We do believe she died, but when she died her body and soul was lifted up into heaven. And, what you were saying about her being able to withstand the deadly pressure, etc., well, God can do anything, even defy pressure change, etc. God is stronger than anything. The comment about Padre Pio is false. He really had what is known as the stigmata. Some people that despised him falsely accused him of putting carbolic acid on himself to get those wounds instead of it being the stigmata. It was later verified by the Catholic Church that he indeed had the stigmata, so whatever you've heard about him putting the carbolic acid on himself, it's false.

[Didymus Much]

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No no no. You've got it all wrong. We do believe she died, but when she died her body and soul was lifted up into heaven. And, what you were saying about her being able to withstand the deadly pressure, etc., well, God can do anything, even defy pressure change, etc. God is stronger than anything. The comment about Padre Pio is false. He really had what is known as the stigmata. Some people that despised him falsely accused him of putting carbolic acid on himself to get those wounds instead of it being the stigmata. It was later verified by the Catholic Church that he indeed had the stigmata, so whatever you've heard about him putting the carbolic acid on himself, it's false.

And all of that is based on what? The Bible? No, some guys in dresses with funny hats in Rome.

Why don't you trust Jesus? If He exists, He's probably pretty sad about it.

[Lauren the drunken mick]

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And all of that is based on what? The Bible? No, some guys in dresses with funny hats in Rome.

Why don't you trust Jesus? If He exists, He's probably pretty sad about it.

Lol. You act more like one of them than an atheist.

[Basilissa]

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It was later verified by the Catholic Church that he indeed had the stigmata, so whatever you've heard about him putting the carbolic acid on himself, it's false.

Riiiight, because inside investigation is always correct, therefore independent investigation must be false.

[Lauren the drunken mick]

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Riiiight, because inside investigation is always correct, therefore independent investigation must be false.

Actually, his superiors were trying to find something false about him but they couldn't.

[Didymus Much]

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Actually, his superiors were trying to find something false about him but they couldn't.

So when the Mafia announces that they're all "legitimate business men" based on their own internal audits...

[Lauren the drunken mick]

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So when the Mafia announces that they're all "legitimate business men" based on their own internal audits...

Explain what point you're trying to prove to me.

[Basilissa]

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Riiiight, because inside investigation is always correct, therefore independent investigation must be false.

Actually, his superiors were trying to find something false about him but they couldn't.

So when the Mafia announces that they're all "legitimate business men" based on their own internal audits...

Explain what point you're trying to prove to me.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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No no no. You've got it all wrong. We do believe she died, but when she died her body and soul was lifted up into heaven.

Interestingly, your priests are silent on this matter. I say she didn't. You say she did. The catechism says only, "Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things....(966).

Whoever wrote this GooseBumps worthy account suggests the Apostles were poofed back to life in Israel when Mary was ready to die. And then Christ Himself descended upon them, with a multitude of angels, and took her soul Himself. That this account is diametrically opposed to the Biblical prophesy of Christ's second coming (Matthew 24:30; Titus 2:13; Revelation 19:11–16) clearly moves no Catholic theologian to conceive the fact that this foolish tale should never have been the foundation of the dogma of the Assumption.

Oh, and by the way, the story says that "all who were there present fell on their faces, as the apostles fell when Christ transfigured Himself before them on Mount Thabor, and for a whole hour and a half no one was able to rise. But when the light went away, and at the same time with the light itself, the soul of the blessed virgin Mary was taken up into heaven with psalms, and hymns, and songs of songs. And as the cloud went up the whole earth shook, and in one moment all the inhabitants of Jerusalem openly saw the departure of St. Mary."

The lack of all corroboration from any inhabitant of Jerusalem clearly bothers no Catholic theologian as well. They are so used to making things up it doesn't even cross their minds to ponder how goofy it sounds. She never died; yes she did. Her body was taken by Christ; no, her dead body, wrapped in linen floated up through the tomb and into the sky and beyond. Hey, let's throw in Pegasus and Link, too!

Catholics will believe anything.

[Aaliyah]

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Explain what point you're trying to prove to me.

Well, Catlicks are known to lie to serve their own ends so any internal investigation done by them will naturally just be yet another papist lie perpetuated by false priests.

Unless their investigation was done by the scripture of God's Word (KJV1611), then their lies are worth less then the toilet paper they print their false bibles on which have been added to despite scripture telling them not to.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

We don't believe in the word of false priests here, only the Word which has been inspired (but not interpreted!) by God.