Comments on: LBC Mailbag

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:42:57 +0000

I admire your boldness, La Shawn. You speak the truth. And to offset the guy who un-blogrolled you, I added you to my blogroll. No need to thank me for the extra two hits per month you’ll get.

By: Isaac SchrÃ¶dinger

Isaac SchrÃ¶dinger — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:33:37 +0000

A Negative Consequence of Fame
La Shawn provides some emails that range from irritating to just plain dumb. I haven’t reached that stage of bloggy

By: Noelle

Noelle — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:57:14 +0000

About the “Lutheran–founded by Martin Luther” comment: I grew up in the Lutheran church, attended Lutheran grade school and college, and the first thing any Lutheran will tell you is if Martin Luther knew his beliefs (biblical by the way) were called “Lutheran” he’d be rolling in his grave. Luther merely pointed out what the “Catholic” (in this case, Catholic, not Roman Catholic) church was getting wrong. Luther simply interpreted the Bible plainly. He would not have wanted a denomination named after him.
Noelle

By: CharlyG

CharlyG — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:48:47 +0000

have you noticed the naysayers all seem to be hung up on emotions. This is liberal theology masked as whet “feels” good, or right! See, you can’;t argue with someone’s emotions. That’s waht makes it so palatable. And it’s relativistic, in keeping with today’s “feel good” politics!

By: Lola

Lola — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:23:41 +0000

Well, I have been reading your blog for quite a while. However, my inquest into faith was started by statements similiar to some of those expressed in the post and in the comments in the thread. This led me down on the path, and I ultimately found my way to Holy Orthodoxy, where we live the Bible during every liturgy, pray without ceasing, and celebrate the Resurrrection of the Lord Jesus Christ on Pascha, and we continue to celebrate it for the next forty days until Pentecost. We honor the saints who had a role in establishing the form of the Holy Bible as it stands nowdays.

By: David

David — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 15:14:24 +0000

WayneB

The pope’s infallibility is only in play when he’s speaking doctrinely. JPII, for example, isn’t expressing his opinions in all of his written encyclicals, he’s espousing church doctrine, so, in theory, those encyclical are free from error regarding Catholic teaching.

I believe what Mark was referring to was the church finally recognizing and expressing the Immaculate Conception as dogma ~ I think that statement happened around 1850 or so.

Pax Christi,
Dave

By: Jim R

Jim R — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 15:13:15 +0000

“Just remember that love (God) is the only thing tough enough to outlast(sin) stupidity.”

Wow, Alnot. This one is a keeper.

By: Alnot

Alnot — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 10:16:01 +0000

I admire your courage La Shawn and you are entitled to write honestly. I just started my own blog and was getting some commenters and people linking to me who do not realize where I stand. So I posted a controversial (and gross) picture about how I really feel about terrorists. I was delinked and traffic slowed considerably but I got the message across loud and clear. Just remember that love (God) is the only thing tough enough to outlast(sin) stupidity.

By: WayneB

WayneB — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 06:40:10 +0000

Let’s see – you said that if the Pope believed what he professed to believe, then he was Saved. This is a problem, why?

By the way, if Mark, who mentioned Papal infallibility reads this comment, I was watching something a couple of days ago on the Pope and the history of the Vatican and previous Popes, and a Catholic historian explained that “infallibility” for the Pope is not a Mantle that he wears all the time, but is reserved for specific pronouncements from the Church. He also said that it has actually only been invoked ONCE since it was enacted in the 19th Century. He did not mention what this one instance was, unfortunately.

By: Juliette

Juliette — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 06:07:56 +0000

Said Ambra:

When you offer to discuss things according to scripture, people usually back down.

Ain’t *that* the truth?

By: Justin Crandall

Justin Crandall — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 06:01:16 +0000

I must admit I don’t read your blog religiously (no pun intended ), but I just read that you are “reformed”(and baptist) I assume. How cool is that! Keep up the good fight, my friend!

Justin

By: mj

mj — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 05:48:30 +0000

People want to be told what they want to hear–especially in the religious realm.

By: Phil H.

Phil H. — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 03:24:14 +0000

I LOVE your blog. I am new to the “blog world” but I hope to have mine up and running before too long. I appreciate your thoughtfulness and your integrity. You speak the truth (in love) and are unfazed by the venom you receive for clinging to the truth of the gospel. You have a fan in TX!

By: Ambra Nykol

Ambra Nykol — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:46:22 +0000

Or rather, “Hear hear!” Both apply in this instance.

By: Ambra Nykol

Ambra Nykol — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:45:58 +0000

“My conclusion: No matter what I do, somebody will complain. I write what I write to please myself. If it benefits others, I’m glad. If not…”

Here here. Nuff said.