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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    I'm going to put things very bluntly. The teaching of the Catholic Chruch is thus: those who die in unrepentant sexual sin will burn in Hell. (Yes, even in the Francis era catechism, that is what the Church officially teaches). Now, if the Bergoglios and the James Martins of the world want to...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    The truth is much simpler. The liberal leaning clergy wish to be liked by the world. No, it wasn't. Christ's mission was to pay the penalty of sin (death) on our behalf. This restored the means for a salvific relationship between God and man and offers us a path of liberation us from sin and...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    [On paper] the Church still teaches that being a willing participant in a same-sex relationship is a sin. How then does it make sense that you can now have a same-sex relationship blessed (albeit informally) without an at least tacit approval of said relationship as non-sinful? The question is...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    Grace is the divine help that empowers a person to perform salvific acts. That divine help is not unconditional. It is predicated on the cooperation of the person. To ask God to aid you in the perpetuation of a sinful state is a mockery of Christian teaching. The deeper issue is that it is hard...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    Would that be the same Christ who told sinners that it is better to lose a limb than to risk one's soul by sin? The same Christ who said that he will cast his enemies into the outer darkness? It is interesting how people tend to omit that aspect of Christ when they talk about what being...
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    Pope Francis allows priests to bless same-sex couples (not marriage)

    I am convinced that neither this pope nor his cronies actually believe the religion they claim to profess.
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    Why did christianity win out (from a secular / historical perspective)?

    The promise of Christianity is universal. It posits that anyone who accepts Christ and strives to live a moral life will obtain a salvific relationship with God. We take such notions for granted these days but in the ancient world the notion that every person had value in the eyes of the divine...
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    Do you believe in reincarnation?

    Reincarnation is a sham perpetuated by archonic demons who keep us trapped in a cycle of life and death on a prison planet. Ignore the light. Ignore your loved ones and your gods. (Mere illusions). Find a hole in the sky grid and escape into the true reality. There's nothing to learn here. You...
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    Catholic Vatican banning all Catholics from becoming Freemasons is now confirmed.

    The Church has the right to forbid its members from joining Freemasonry because Freemasonry is incompatible with the Catholic faith. Christianity is not a religious philosophy to mix and match as you see fit. It is a truth claim about God and what he has revealed to man. It has non-negotiable...
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    Catholic Vatican banning all Catholics from becoming Freemasons is now confirmed.

    Monsignor Francesco Antonio Soddu, nel frattempo, da poco arrivato nella diocesi di San Valentino, ieri ha annusato il probabile incidente diplomatico e ha pubblicato sul sito della diocesi un irritato comunicato di chiarimento: «In merito all’apertura del nuovo ingresso della sede del GOI a...
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    Catholic Vatican banning all Catholics from becoming Freemasons is now confirmed.

    This is hardly new. The Church has forbidden Catholics from being Freemasons since the 18th century.
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    Why is pleasure bad according to any religion you belong to?

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    Favourite Bible Translation

    In English, I like the King James and the Douay-Rheims versions. Mostly for aesthetic reasons. Although Protestant, the King James is a masterpiece of Early Modern English. When I call to mind a Bible verse it is almost always in the King James rendering. The Douay-Rheims reads similarly...
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    Is halloween _pagan

    It doesn't though. Even the secular/cultural observance is mostly benign. There's nothing sinful in kids dressing up in costumes asking for treats. There's nothing sinful in a spooky themed get together. If some people use Halloween as a pretext for occult/superstitious practices then that's...
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    Is halloween _pagan

    @Rival Our interlocutor continueth to utter his blasphemies against the true religion. Rage as this heretic may, let us not heed his impotent words. Repent of thine errors, Augustus.
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    Is halloween _pagan

    The Latin/Roman alphabet refers to a script (writing system) not a language. This post you are reading now is composed using the Latin alphabet. The point is that the cultural accoutrements associated with various Christian holidays no more make those holidays pagan than would the use of the...
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    Is halloween _pagan

    It is ironic too because much of it began as Protestant polemic against Catholic observances. The people who tend to push these claims today would protest the notion that they have been taken in by Puritan talking points.
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    Is halloween _pagan

    Halloween (All Hallows' Eve) itself is the eve of All Saints' Day (1 November) when all the saints are commemorated. After All Saints' is All Souls' Day (2 November) which commemorates all who have died.
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    Is halloween _pagan

    I was dabbling in the Arabic script a few hours ago. I should stop lest my growing mastery of the script inadvertently turns me into a Muslim.
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    Is halloween _pagan

    I am continually annoyed that so many cannot grasp this simple point. Pre-Christian European paganism is dead. It has been dead for a thousand years. Easter, Christmas, Halloween, etc. are Christian holidays with Christian rationales. That some cultural traditions associated with each...
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