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Post by Account Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 8:51:58 GMT
I'd suggest to austins that such evangelical zeal would be better suited to a forum where people have not yet discovered Christ, rather than deriding the beliefs of fellow Christians who clearly have.
As others have said, a friendly Christian discourse - inclusive of the Catholic view of eschatology - would have been preferable.
To any end times evangelists, I would recommend Fr. Charles Arminjon's "The End of the Present World, and the Mysteries of the Future Life." It had a profound effect on St. Therese of Lisieux (among others). The author uses scriptural references to the conditions that Christ himself revealed would exist before the coming of the end of the world, and - looking at our present world - it is clear that these conditions are a long way yet from coming to pass.
In the meantime, coming onto a forum of fellow Christians with links encouraging apostasy away from things that Catholics firmly believe to be of God, and sacred, does not (in my view) demonstrate a grasp of the fundamental principles of Christianity (love of God and neighbour). Nor does it even demonstrate a solid grasp of Biblical exegesis, and so doesn't really "sell" your flavour of Christianity to me.
God bless you on your own journey towards the truth.
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Post by hibernicus on Sept 18, 2017 19:11:35 GMT
I thought I had banned austins already, but he has popped up again with his spam where he knows he is not wanted. I have taken some new measures to block him and have deleted all his reported posts. Any more such posts will get the same treatment. I apologise to all other contributors for my excessive leniency.
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Post by hibernicus on Oct 21, 2017 17:54:01 GMT
sp1arx is banned for falling short of acceptable standards of courtesy - to put it mildly. Post deleted.
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Post by hibernicus on Nov 14, 2017 18:27:01 GMT
Sorry I haven't posted for a while - work pressure and travel.
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Post by hibernicus on Nov 23, 2017 20:09:55 GMT
Greenwidow is banned for sending scam messages of the "send me your bank details so I can send you dodgy cash" type.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 19:39:32 GMT
Did anyone else here get a PM from someone whose husband left behind 1.2 million?
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Post by hibernicus on Dec 2, 2017 20:25:55 GMT
That was Greenwidow, for whom see the previous message on this thread
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Post by assisi on Dec 2, 2017 20:27:51 GMT
Did anyone else here get a PM from someone whose husband left behind 1.2 million? Yes, just logged in and checked my account and there is a message as you describe, from 22 November.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 21:53:41 GMT
O... yes, I suppose it might have helped if I bothered to read just above...
Same date as I, assisi. Shame. I thought she might have been sent to me by God.
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Post by maolsheachlann on Dec 2, 2017 22:20:53 GMT
The 1.2 million should be shared amongst members based on how frequently they had posted before her message.
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Post by romuald on Dec 2, 2017 23:57:21 GMT
Did anyone else here get a PM from someone whose husband left behind 1.2 million? I did.
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Post by maolsheachlann on Dec 2, 2017 23:59:57 GMT
Yeah, I'm getting the impression everybody did.
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Post by hibernicus on Dec 5, 2017 22:05:53 GMT
Me too, but someone called my attention to it, so I gave her the Order of the Boot. It's mildly depressing that the rest of you took so long to notice it.
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Post by hibernicus on Dec 5, 2017 22:09:57 GMT
BTW I once talked to an American lawyer involved in policing this sort of cyberfraud. I said that surely the marks must be reluctant to report it because they would have to confess that they tried to join in a scam to rob the people of Nigeria (or various other misgoverned countries), and was told it's surprising how many of them approach the authorities, indignantly demanding help to recover "their" Nigerian miilions.
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Post by hibernicus on Dec 13, 2017 21:20:23 GMT
Truth3 is now banned for slanderous statements and for antisemitism. Sorry I didn't catch the troll earlier (I am very busy at present and haven't been on the forum for a while) - I should have saved you a good deal of trouble. I give a certain amount of leeway but nobody should have to put up with ranting sedevacantist trolls who don't respond to reasoned arguments. I have deleted most of his posts. He appears to be affiliated to a small group of sedes in New Jersey who devote themselves to long rants about why nobody is a Catholic except themselves.
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