tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post115902905498808673..comments2024-03-18T09:28:08.708-04:00Comments on Maior autem his est caritas: The resurgence of CalvnismFr. Gaurav Shroff http://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1159294227939130492006-09-26T14:10:00.000-04:002006-09-26T14:10:00.000-04:00I'm not terribly familiar with Mormons, but there'...I'm not terribly familiar with Mormons, but there's more to it with Calvinists. Believing for whatever reason that you are the only group of people who will be accepted into heaven due to predestination seems to make people haughtier than your average "saved" person. They don't try to convert you. They don't want to associate with you unless they have a need. What I would like to say is - Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988244502155885428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1159239349969430352006-09-25T22:55:00.000-04:002006-09-25T22:55:00.000-04:00Sounds like what a friend of mine describes growin...Sounds like what a friend of mine describes growing up in eastern Idaho was like, in an area dominated by the Mormons. Or what many parts of the rural South are still. <BR/><BR/>One would hope that in areas dominated by Catholics, we would treat religious minorities differently (such as in the northeast, say). I don't know if that's always the case though.Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1159221478177449832006-09-25T17:57:00.000-04:002006-09-25T17:57:00.000-04:00I was in kindergarten the first time I was told I ...I was in kindergarten the first time I was told I was going to hell for worshipping Mary. All of my neighbors were Christian Reformed so we sort of stuck out like a bleeding thumb. They were always asking my parents to borrow things, but their children where never allowed to play with us. It really made me upset that my parents allowed themselves to be "used" in that way. Now I see that they Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988244502155885428noreply@blogger.com