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    You do not need to be muslim to go to heaven

    Funnily enough, I was browsing the more "esoteric" subreddits not too long ago and I stumbled upon an old post by someone who claimed to have astral projected into a city in the astral world mostly populated by human souls. They claimed the city was filled with restaurants, shops, brothels...
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    Christianity also has also fixed prayer times

    People associate the idea of fixed prayer times with Islam, but the practice goes back not only to the early years of Christianity but to pre-Christian Jewish practice as well.
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    Is it OK to Torture an NPC

    I never bothered with NPCs. I would hunt down Alliance players and slay them wherever I found them. They picked the wrong faction, so I was justified in everything I did to them.
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    Wishing All Christians Here a Spiritually Fulfilling Lent

    I had a small piece of salami with my breakfast yesterday completely forgetting that it was Ash Wednesday. It was only after I had eaten my muffin that I realized what I had done. I still feel guilty about it. I'm going to have to make up for it by being extra diligent this Lent.
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    When You Share a Border with the Pope. EUIV

    I ended up restarting my campaign as it was still in early game. This time I paid up and got on the pope's good books to avoid the excommunication. It won't last though as unifying Italy will involve going to war with the Papal States sooner or later. But by then I'll either control the curia or...
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    When You Share a Border with the Pope. EUIV

    The avarice and ambition of the Holy Father know no satiety. His deranged demands for money and land will never be entertained.
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    Is anglican christians closest to protestantism or catholicism?

    I used to get the best of both worlds when I attended an ordinariate parish. The ordinariates are Anglo-Catholics in communion with Rome. They use a slightly modified form of the High Church Anglo-Catholic liturgy which itself is close in form to the Tridentine Mass but in Early Modern English...
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    why do humans wear clothes?

    What is and is not appropriate in regard to clothing (or the lack of it) is culturally determined. It is simply a reality of most human cultures. My personal theory is that the wearing of clothes developed as a means of protection against the elements. Once a culture gets into the habit of...
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    The trinity is false - I have proof

    This is incorrect. God is three persons with one divine essence. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not of the essence of God. They are God. All three persons are God in their own right. Christianity does teach that the Trinity is a mystery beyond human reason. But it is not that hard to understand...
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    Differences between Christianism and Christendom

    This narrative is simply false. Christian division is overwhelmingly Protestant. The most ancient forms of Christianity: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy still exist and comprise the majority of the world's believers. Ancient Christianity has never been lost. It's just not...
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    Spiritual Totalitarianism

    Reason would tell you that you cannot be a Christian and deny core Christian claims. Correct. The Church claims that the pope will never bind the faithful to heresy in either faith or morals. This is due to a divine guarantee given to Saint Peter by Christ. Matthew 16:18-19. This is why pope...
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    Spiritual Totalitarianism

    This is the video if anyone is interested. But it is not in itself important to my post.
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    Spiritual Totalitarianism

    I was listening to a Larry Chapp discussion on YouTube about pope Francis, Fiducia Supplicans and other related issues. I went on to glance at the comment section and saw a post that struck me as a profound statement on a major issue within the Catholic Church. This is what they posted: The...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    It is one thing to say that Scripture speaks in a way that reflects the culture and understanding of its authors. For example, it would indeed be silly to insist on a flat Earth on the basis that the Old Testament authors assumed it. It is another thing altogether to insist that we can overlook...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    If Scripture is but the man-made reflection of cultural mores of the time and place of its authorship, then there's no reason to accept any of it. Who cares what Jesus teaches if Jesus if but a character in an old, long irrelevant tome. The Biblical narrative often recounts people doing immoral...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    And I reject liberal Christianity as a bankrupt pseudo-religion. Judgment is a core teaching of the Christian faith.
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    My guess is that it's a concession to the western European bishops who have been pushing for formal blessings for same sex couples for a few years now. FS is an attempt to prevent the German bishops from going completely off the rails into actual schism. How far Rome can go to appease the...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    Christianity is explicit about its standard though. To love someone is to will their good for their own sake. To persist in mortal sin is to reject the good for yourself and your partner. About sexual sin in general. In regard to the direction of the Church. I think the next conclave is going...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    People are seeking a change in Catholic teaching precisely because they know darn well what the Church teaches regarding sexual morality. This is not a question of ignorance. They know. Everyone knows. But the progressive fraction in the Church will release one long winded document after another...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    The only thing science can tell you is that homosexuality occurs. The claim that homosexuality ought to be celebrated as an aspect of a "healthy worldview" is an ideological claim, not a scientific one. I have not said that any particular person has gone or will go to Hell. What I did say is...
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