I Have Officially Left the RCC

[minionofmidas]

Both of my parents made that same decision - leaving the RCC - when they were a couple years younger than you're now, and before they met.

Btw, Happy Birthday!

[minionofmidas]

Worship of God. If you want to be pedantic, Worship of the God.

[minionofmidas]

What is wrong with Islam? (not radical Islam, of course)

1) Islam denies that Jesus is the only begotten son of God.
2) Islam denies that Jesus was crucified.
3) Islam denies that Jesus was resurrected.

False on the second charge. (And of course, Islam gets it 100% right on the first one. )

[minionofmidas]

Worship of God. If you want to be pedantic, Worship of the God.

[bible quotes]
Therefore, no one who rejects Jesus Christ will be saved.  Is that not what these verses say?

Not relevant to my point. Which was merely the misleading non-translation of the Arabic term "Allah" that has long irked me, at least in contexts like this.

[minionofmidas]

What is wrong with Islam? (not radical Islam, of course)

1) Islam denies that Jesus is the only begotten son of God.
2) Islam denies that Jesus was crucified.
3) Islam denies that Jesus was resurrected.

False on the second charge.

Islam clearly teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross and that they crucified an imposter poising as Jesus:

"That they rejected Faith; That they uttered against Mary A grave false charge;  That they said (in boast):  'We killed Christ Jesus The son of Mary, The Messenger of Allah.'  But they killed him not, Nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not.." Quran 4:156-158

Wow. That's pretty much directly out of the gnostics' teachings, isn't it?

[minionofmidas]

Checking my own Quran... the point of the passage is not that what was nailed to the cross wasn't Jesus, but that Jesus wasn't dead when he was taken off the cross. Not gnostic-influenced then. More like influenced by the Gospel of Mark.
And the "those who differ therein" bit refers to Jews and Christians as opposed to each other.

[minionofmidas]

Well, you can always go to midnight mass.

[minionofmidas]

Ever heard of evening services?

I've heard of them, I haven't been to my church in so long I have no idea if they have them.

And Lewis, Midnight Mass only happens once a year, on Christmas Eve.

And is that not quite often enough to attend Mass? Although there really should be a midnight mass at Easter as well.