tomcook.net » Religion http://tomcook.net/wp The Cook Family Blog Mon, 23 Sep 2019 01:51:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Catholics in Politics http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/09/29/catholics-in-politics-2/ http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/09/29/catholics-in-politics-2/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:31:31 +0000 admin http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/09/29/catholics-in-politics-2/ Continue reading →]]> The Jack Lessenberry show on Michigan Radio today was all about Catholics and Voting. The essay was about the Catholic voting block and Catholic Politicians, and it had an interview with Chris Korzen from Catholics United, one of the more centrist groups.

]]> http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/09/29/catholics-in-politics-2/feed/ 0 Today is not St. Patrick's day http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/03/17/today-is-not-st-patricks-day-2/ http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/03/17/today-is-not-st-patricks-day-2/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:36:00 +0000 admin http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/03/17/today-is-not-st-patricks-day-2/ Continue reading →]]> So normally today would be St. Patrick's day, but because it falls during Holy Week is has been moved. Most churches have moved it to Saturday (also the Solemnity of Saint Joseph.) Most secular celebrations drunkards are still celebrating it today though

]]> http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2008/03/17/today-is-not-st-patricks-day-2/feed/ 0 Crazy Preacher on TV http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2006/02/06/crazy-preacher-on-tv-2/ http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2006/02/06/crazy-preacher-on-tv-2/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:08:50 +0000 admin http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2006/02/06/crazy-preacher-on-tv-2/ Continue reading →]]> So at this very moment my wife and I are watching this guy on TV. His name is Wesley Rowe from the Calvary Bible Church. Dr. Rowe was talking about communion. He talked about Transubstantiationism and Consubstantiationism and how they are wrong. We were cracking up because those are both made up words. Transubstantiation and Consubstantiation are real words and the rest of my rant assumes that he was refering to them not his made-up versions. He argued that Transubstantiation is wrong because it still looks/tastes like bread and wine. Even wikipedia knows what Transubstantiation is, that it still has the accidentals of bread and wine.

He also claimed that the Apostles didn't think that he meant that it was his blood and body because he was standing there holding the blood and wine. I'm not sure how that is an arguement, especially since the Apostles, after the death of Jesus, founded a church that beleives in Transubstantiation. I really liked that he used really bad translations of the bible, and never cited anything in the Bible that said that Jesus didn't mean it was actually him, so I will be able to defeat that (lack of) arguement with only one source:

“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no life in you” (John 6:53)

This was before the last supper. Some followers left because they thought it was weird. If he didn't mean it litteraly then he could have explained that it was a metaphor, but instead he let them go saying that this is a hard teaching.

Some people……..

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