Comments on: 100 words (give or take) on… Confirmation http://bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation an online magazine for spiritual seekers Fri, 25 May 2012 16:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chelsea http://bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/comment-page-1#comment-13756 Chelsea Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:52:21 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/#comment-13756 **excuse my typos since I typed quickly and did not edit. **excuse my typos since I typed quickly and did not edit.

]]> By: Chelsea http://bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/comment-page-1#comment-13755 Chelsea Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:51:13 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/#comment-13755 Forgive me for being foward but I feel as a confirmed Catholic I am called to be in some input. I believe your reasoning behind this is a little faulty. Everything that we believe as Catholics can be found somewhere in the Bible, one must simply have open eyes, open ears, and an open heart. If you are living your life as a Catholic are are believing this you may need to rethink your faith and if you are saying this about us as a non-Catholic please reconsider your words. Forgive me for being foward but I feel as a confirmed Catholic I am called to be in some input. I believe your reasoning behind this is a little faulty. Everything that we believe as Catholics can be found somewhere in the Bible, one must simply have open eyes, open ears, and an open heart. If you are living your life as a Catholic are are believing this you may need to rethink your faith and if you are saying this about us as a non-Catholic please reconsider your words.

]]> By: Steve Pickens http://bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/comment-page-1#comment-5846 Steve Pickens Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:51:52 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/#comment-5846 Confirmation assumes that you have been told about the "non gospel" secrets of the Catholic faith. You must realize that nothing in the New Testament can teach you what the Church really believes. That is why it is read during the Mass of the Catechumens (before the offertory.)when non-initiates are allowed to attend. It means that you have accepted that all humans are God's image and God incarnate. It is not about me (I am God) but about you (the other is God and deserves to be treated as such, no matter how they treat me.) And it also assumes that you believe that there is absolutely nothing sinful about being a human and that you will battle the notion that Human ' nature' is faulty. The only sin that is unforgiveable is that you are sinful at all. Confirmation assumes that you have been told about the “non gospel” secrets of the Catholic faith. You must realize that nothing in the New Testament can teach you what the Church really believes. That is why it is read during the Mass of the Catechumens (before the offertory.)when non-initiates are allowed to attend.

It means that you have accepted that all humans are God’s image and God incarnate. It is not about me (I am God) but about you (the other is God and deserves to be treated as such, no matter how they treat me.)
And it also assumes that you believe that there is absolutely nothing sinful about being a human and that you will battle the notion that Human ‘ nature’ is faulty. The only sin that is unforgiveable is that you are sinful at all.

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