Comments on: Now at the RCC Carnival: Bingo, Beer, and a Hot Tetzel http://ceruleansanctum.com/2009/02/rcc-carnival-bingo-beer-hot-tetzel.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Don Costellohttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2009/02/rcc-carnival-bingo-beer-hot-tetzel.html#comment-43717 Don Costello Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:34:25 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1152#comment-43717 Dan, I was raised Cata-holic, going to grade schools at St. Cecilia and Sacred Heart, and for High School I went to Moeller. After nine years of drugs, sex and rock and roll I received Christ, and the last thing I wanted to do is go back to being Catholic. Then I started seeing in Scripture teaching that condemned much of Catholic theology. Needless to say, I have a lot of problems with Catholic beliefs. Don Dan,
I was raised Cata-holic, going to grade schools at St. Cecilia and Sacred Heart, and for High School I went to Moeller. After nine years of drugs, sex and rock and roll I received Christ, and the last thing I wanted to do is go back to being Catholic. Then I started seeing in Scripture teaching that condemned much of Catholic theology. Needless to say, I have a lot of problems with Catholic beliefs.
Don

]]> By: Dan Edelenhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2009/02/rcc-carnival-bingo-beer-hot-tetzel.html#comment-43716 Dan Edelen Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:36:59 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1152#comment-43716 Josh, Truth be told, this indulgences thing is marketing dependence. By making it a quasi-sacrament, it forces people to go to the church to get it. "Hey, don't want to spend 1,000 years in purgatory playing Microsoft Solitaire and never winning? Have we got a deal for you! All you need to do is show up on Sunday, go to confession, and say your prayers here, and we'll do this for you!" So in a way, there is a gotcha attached to this. That said, I can understand where the RCC is coming on this. It's losing people like crazy. Offering indulgences, which themselves offer a spiritual benefit unattainable elsewhere, keeps people from leaving—so long as those people believe in the power of the indulgence. It's harder to be a lone ranger if you can only get this spiritual benefit from going to church and being observant publicly. Josh,

Truth be told, this indulgences thing is marketing dependence. By making it a quasi-sacrament, it forces people to go to the church to get it. “Hey, don’t want to spend 1,000 years in purgatory playing Microsoft Solitaire and never winning? Have we got a deal for you! All you need to do is show up on Sunday, go to confession, and say your prayers here, and we’ll do this for you!” So in a way, there is a gotcha attached to this.

That said, I can understand where the RCC is coming on this. It’s losing people like crazy. Offering indulgences, which themselves offer a spiritual benefit unattainable elsewhere, keeps people from leaving—so long as those people believe in the power of the indulgence. It’s harder to be a lone ranger if you can only get this spiritual benefit from going to church and being observant publicly.

]]> By: steve martinhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2009/02/rcc-carnival-bingo-beer-hot-tetzel.html#comment-43715 steve martin Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:59:52 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1152#comment-43715 George, You have a valid point. The semi-Pelagianism of the Evangelical chuches is akin to the semi-Pelagianism of the Catholic Church. 'A little bit of God and a little bit of me.' Only it ususlly turns out to be a little bit of god and a lot of 'me'. George,

You have a valid point.

The semi-Pelagianism of the Evangelical chuches is akin to the semi-Pelagianism of the Catholic Church.

‘A little bit of God and a little bit of me.’

Only it ususlly turns out to be a little bit of god and a lot of ‘me’.

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