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Disgusting!!

“The Flesh”

What does Scripture mean by the term “The Flesh” ??

By: Msgr. Charles Pope

There are many references to “the flesh” in New Testament Scripture, especially in the letters of St. Paul. The phrase confuses some who think it synonymous with the physical body, or sometimes with sexual sin.

It is true that there are many times when Scripture uses the word “flesh” to refer to the physical body. Howeverwhen the definite article “the” is placed before the word “flesh” we are dealing with something else. Only very rarely does the Biblical phrase “the flesh” (ἡ σὰρξ (he sarx), in Greek) refer only to the physical body (eg. John 6:53; Phil 3:2; 1 John 4:2), but almost always the phrase refers to something quite distinct from the physical body.

What then is meant by the term “the flesh” (ἡ σὰρξ)? Perhaps most plainly it refers to that part of us that is alienated from God. It is the rebellious, unruly and obstinate part of our inner self that is operative all the time. It is that part of us that does not want to be told what to do. It is stubborn, refuses correction, and does not want to have a thing to do with God. It bristles at limits and rules. It recoils at anything that might cause me to be diminished or something less than the center of the universe. The flesh hates to be under authority or to have to yield to anything other than its own wishes and desires. The flesh often desires something simply because it is forbidden.

Read full article here:http://blog.adw.org/2014/02/21549/

VATICAN NEWSPAPER PROMOTES HINDU IDOL!!

PROGRESSIVIST DOCUMENT OF THE WEEK

Vatican promotes Hindu divinity

On February 15, 2014, the Vatican's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published on page 4 a picture of Hindu divinity Ganesha. Should one inquire under what pretext the Catholic Church's main press organ is promoting this idol, he learns that it illustrates an exposition that took place in Rome the day before.

Indeed, on February 14 - the news report tells us - the Vatican Ethnological Museum opened its door to the public for an exposition titled "Indonesia, Land of Harmony." It was a cultural-religious display of objects of art coming from Jakarta in collaboration with the Vatican to promote a stronger inter-cultural dialogue, affirms Fr. Nicola Mapeli, Museum director.

Stefania Pandozy, head of the Ethnological Materials Laboratory, is more explicit. According to her, the goal of the Museum is "to conciliate diverse culture and religions by means of mutual respect."

Thus, under this pretext, the newspaper offers for admiration to its Catholic readers around the world a devilish-looking Hindu idol. It is very difficult not to see in this initiative an implicit adhesion to idolatry. 

Below first row, outlined in green, the news report; second row, the enlarged photo published in L'Osservatore Romano.

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