Comments for A Liberal God, Revealed at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 26 May 2013 04:18:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7377 It is not mercy to affirm someone in their sins. It is the most merciless thing you can do. - Gabriel Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:06:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7375 Lisa, as a rule I let the columns here speak for themselves, but your sincere objections are so common in contemporary culture that I want to reply. No one has spoken of judging anyone else here, which everyone knows is God's job. Your conflating that point with substantive positions ignores several other points. For many people, especially those who regard themselves as Catholics, God has spoken in the Bible on abortion (early or late), homosexuality, and through his appointed authorities on contraception and other matters. While your unwillingness to judge other persons is admirable, whence comes your authority to ignore everything but a very reduced interpretation of the Ten Commandments? Until quite recently, every Christian of whatever stripe agreed on these moral matters, which suggests that the new view comes from somewhere else than the Christian tradition. - Robert Royal Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:20:19 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7373 Think it is as foolish to lump all liberals and new agers into one group as it is foolish to lump all true believers in one group. I am a liberal democrat who believes In God, prays, and tries to follow the Ten Commandments as best she can, and when I fall short, I ask for forgiveness and try not to commit the same sin again, That being said - I also believe it is God's job to judge, not mine, and I support early abortion, birth control, gay rights, and on and on, as human rights in a human world. it is not my place to judge others for their choices!!!! it is God's job and only God's job. - Lisa Sajna Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:54:54 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7372 These books (which I have not read) remind me of "The Shack" by William Young (which I did read). Both are huge best sellers because people want a God who allows them to live as they want, without making any tough decisions about how they live, and never telling them 'no'. All fine and good (sarcasm) for this world but quite another thing for the next. All of these similar books make me shake my head as they are often lauded by people who seem so intelligent in other areas. - Rachel Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:36:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7362 It is so very sad that his books sell so well. People like to rationalize their behavior and are looking for books that reinforce their own erroneous ideas. It is even sadder that there are so many Neale Donald Walschs out there who make money from toxic offerings. Unfortunately, I used to be one of those people and read too many of the wrong books. But the good news is that God's amazing grace saved me. Now I pray for others that they may see that God means what He says and that He wants what is best for us and what will bring us true joy. - SJM Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:19:19 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7360 Wow! 2 weeks in a row with a Saturday post....when did this start? i'll have to go back thru the archives and see if i missed anyone's thoughts on life. Well, just to add my 2 bits: for more years than i can recall -at least 15-i have read almost daily the Opus Dei devotional series In Conversation With God. 13 years ago i brought the book with me to the nail shop which a high-school friend of my husband's owned. While doing my nails, Susan asked me what i was reading. Another customer piped up, "Oh! Conversations with God was wonderful! Now I no longer feel guilty if I miss Mass!" Needless to say, i (gently) corrected her regarding my book's title and the error contained within her book. Soon after I purchased as a Christmas gift the Advent/Christmastide book for the salon owner. What Susan learned within this little 10 minute daily reading so impressed her, she not only went out and purchased the rest for herself, but she began to attend daily Mass and is still reading these devotionals almost daily. There is a Scripture which states that in the latter years, men will believe that which "tickles their ears" and truth will be pronounced error, error truth. Such are our times. But people around us ARE hungry and thirsty, walking dead. Just as diet soda leaves you more thirsty for water than before you drank, so vacant philosophy leaves the soul. Let us offer them recourse to The True Food and Life giving Water to satisfy their soul, and not be afraid of rejection. - debby Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:26:01 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7357 No human knows where people go after their death unless they are granted special insight by the Creator. - richard Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:43:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-liberal-god-revealed.html#comment-7356 Wonderful...now I know why they're so stupid! Thank you...I had no idea such a book even existed, but I should have known. To be as ignorant as people are about religion you need books this stupid. - Jacob R Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:41:27 +0100