Religion and insurance

As you know i am engaged. What most people don't know is that she is an RN who works in labor and delivery. She is not Catholic but is interested in becoming one of us. She is by no means doing it to please me, she simply can't find what she needs at her church. The truth is an elusive creature isn't it.

She has come to Mass with me on every Sunday she was off and really likes my Priest. She has gotten to know him, my church friends and my religion. Once she started attending Mass, she realized that everyone at her church who told her bad things about catholics, were simply wrong. She enjoys the Catholic Faith and i look forward to bringing her into the church.

When i go to meet her at work i notice these posters in the elevators and the break rooms. The posters tell us, the patient, that we are responsible for our health care. Well no shit? Who didn't know this?

It seems that a whole butt load of people will do what their doctors says and never even question why. To me this sounds absurd but it does happen. I want to know everything there is to know about my condition and any prescriptions i am given. I do a little research and i can ask intelligent questions with my doctor. Why doesn't everyone do this? Why do people put their absolute faith in a person who could be having a bad day?

In the end, i am most responsible for my safety. I need to know what goes into my body and question everyone who tells me different. Just because they have an MD behind their name, doesn't make them error proof.

It is the same with religion. Why do people absolutely believe what a preacher says and do nothing to verify if he is correct? Why don't people question the authority of a preacher and ask where his authority is derived from?

50 days after the Resurrection of Christ, he established His Church and left the Holy Spirit to guide it. This is commonly referred to as when the Universal or catholic church was formed according to Acts, chapter two.

This church went on from that day as the only christian church until 1054 when a dispute arose over whether Constantinople or Rome held jurisdiction over the church. This split formed the Western branch (Latin) also known as the Roman Catholic and the Eastern branch (Greek) also known as the Orthodox.

Along come Martin Luther, a Catholic Priest, who gets a bad case of heartburn and starts his own religion in 1522 known as the Lutheran Church. King Henry VIII wanted a divorce in 1534 and since the Catholic church wouldn't give it to him, he started the Anglican Church of England.

Every Christian religion is an offshoot of either the Eastern or Western Catholic church. Makes you question the doctrine of their teaching doesn't it.

Remember this

It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble. It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the VETERAN, not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote.. It is the VETERAN who salutes the Flag, It is the VETERANwho serves under the Flag

Old Advertisements, Women need to know their role

You see, back in the day, women were responsible for satisfying their man. If a man left a woman it was because she did something wrong. I think we need to go back to the "Good old days"

Gun Control Posters

Can you be Catholic and not be Pro-Life?

The other day at church someone was handing out these buttons that said "You can't be Pro-Choice and be Catholic".

They tried to give me one and i refused it. She kind of looked at me like i was satan himself. They couldn't understand why i will not wear that button.

The answer is simple, I will quote Doc Holiday "My hypocrisy only goes so far" Ill explain in a bit.

Yesterday a lady asked me to join the prison ministry. I refused. She asked me why and i replied "Those animals are exactly where they belong. They owe a debt to society and they need to pay it"

She reminded me that Jesus taught that we should minister to the imprisoned. I corrected her and said that Jesus taught that we should minister to the wrongly imprisioned. In today's world of scientific proof, they are not that many wrongfully incarcerated individuals.

She then asked me "What would Jesus do?" I replied, Exactly what i am doing. Jesus wasn't no punk and if you remember he threw the thieves and money changers out of the temple area. He called a sinner a sinner and showed them the path to righteousness. He did not coddle the sinner, he told them to repent.

She said that doing their time was repentance. I said no it wasn't. They were only doing time because they got caught. When they get out, then they can show their repentance.

This obviously sparked a tirade of conversation and i left by telling them that i am an educated Catholic and not a sheeple bleating out the party line.

Back to the button, those individuals that are imprisoned for rape and child crimes need to be kept locked up or put to death. One might argue that since i feel they should be put to death, that i am not Pro-Life. The problem is that according to the Church, if a person can be kept incarcerated, then there is no need to put them to death. Here is Texas, the longest sentence you can get is life or 99 years. After 50 years they are eligible for parole. Since we can't keep them incarcerated for life, i am for the death penalty.

This is why my hypocrisy only goes so far. If those animals can get out in 50 years, then we need to put them down. Not very Pro-Life is it?

Another funny

Eric is Gay. He goes into the doctor's office and has some tests run.
The doctor comes back and says, ' Eric, I'm not going to beat around the bush. You have AIDS.'
Eric is devastated. 'Doc, what can I do?
Eat 1 curry sausage, 1 head of cabbage, 20 unpeeled carrots drenched in hot sauce, 10 Jalapeno peppers, 40 walnuts and 40 peanuts, 1/2 box of All Bran, and top it off with a gallon of prune juice.
Eric asks bewildered, ' Will that cure me, Doc?'
Doc says, No, but it should leave you with a better understanding of what your ass is for.

Your choice

What would you choose?