I may be Catholic but I am not above criticizing the Vatican. I do so all the time. But at least the Vatican actually works with the poor through various charitable works whereas Paris is literally just hiding away the homeless like the Victorians used to hide disabled children in the...
The BSG and Lost photos are a homage to a famous painting - what happen at the opening donkey show was a cartoonish mockery of a very sacred historical event regarding one of the most important religious figures of all time who just happens to highly regarded amongst millions of people of...
Well I am taking offense and for good reasons. Am I being a snowflake? I value your expert opinion on your obviously professional ontological opinion on the meaning of snowflakes.
The opening ceremony was gaudy, opulent bull**** parading around like it was the crown jewel of civilization. Meanwhile, the streets of Paris are crawling with homeless folks, suffering poverty and mental illness while scraping by on whatever scraps they can find. A bunch of ******* throwing us...
Romans 7:6: “But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.”
2 Corinthians 3:6: “He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the...
We all seem to be under the influence of malevolent abstract concepts that act like parasitic entities, latching onto our minds and societies, draining emotional and mental resources, spreading harm through manipulation and exploitation. You just have to see them for what they are and that's...
I mean the values Christ laid down for those who follow him. Like in Matthew 22:37-39, Luke 10:25-37, Matthew 25:35-36, John 13:14-15, Matthew 6:14-15, Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 5:3-12, Matthew 5:13-16. Christians are called for that work
We get so caught up in the artificial environment of capitalism we have forgotten what the real is now. It's all about spectacle and profit. People like Francis have shown us that it doesn't have to be that way and there is a way out - a new perspective
I was called to Christ was kind of odd, people have told me. It was aesthetics. I was called to Christ and faith in God by the sheer beauty of the experience. The beauty of it drew me into communion with God. It was a rather odd experience.
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They being typical Parisians. They were trying to being edgy and sophistication subverting the traditional only to find themselves looking ridiculous. I keep telling people that whole thing was just a bunch of opulent capitalist cringe and bull****. But you know people like shiny objects...
They aren't necessary for a Christian to follow and may become a hindrance to the actual work of Christ that a Christian must participate in. Christians should move beyond punitive traditional moral concepts and instead embrace the values of Christ. Christians should be working to serve the...
Pessimism is a more realistic point of view. And I would choose it over the unwarranted saccharine delusions of optimism any day of the week. You can't spend your life ignoring the stark realities of human existence.*staff edit*.
So I was shopping at the Salvation Army Thrift Store because I took a voluntary vow of poverty and I saw this really neat picture of a saint and thought I could add it to the altar in my prayer corner in my apartment. So I asked the lady who runs the if she knows which saint is this a picture of...
Pope isn't perfect. Why be disappointed in him? Ok I will give you this...show me a living perfect person...me withstanding. In Catholicism the Pope can have opinions just like I has a Catholic can have opinions so I don't understand the problem. Pope Francis is a great pastor and theologian...