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    Perfection

    I beseech you to repent of such blasphemy.
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    My Current Thinking on the Church, Religion and Sexual Morality

    I have little faith in Francis. It is clear that he wishes to cement a liberal drift in Catholic practice. It is also clear that he harbors deep animosity towards those attached to traditional forms of worship. I do think the Mass of Paul VI is aesthetically inferior to the Tridentine Mass. I...
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    Perfection

    I am disappointed that you of all people Augustus would countenance vile Protestant heresy. I wish @Rival all success in combating such error.
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    nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg admits and boasts about nato provoking Putin to invade

    Appeasing Russia increases the chance of a nuclear war down the road. Say the west withdraws all support from Ukraine. Russia annexes the Donbas and installs a puppet government in Kiev. Great, you've avoided nuclear war for ten years. Ten years later, knowing it can flash its nukes to get what...
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    My Current Thinking on the Church, Religion and Sexual Morality

    Fundamentally, I cannot accept a Church that despises her own past. I don't want a Christianity liable to 'updates'. Heretofore the Catholic Church has not yet sold out to secular modernity but under Francis my confidence that she will hold the line has been deeply shaken. It is bad enough that...
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    My Current Thinking on the Church, Religion and Sexual Morality

    Yeah. The post ended up more debate-y than I had initially intended. So I'm happy for it to be moved.
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    My Current Thinking on the Church, Religion and Sexual Morality

    In retrospect, I should've put this in religious debates.
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    My Current Thinking on the Church, Religion and Sexual Morality

    I've spent most of my time here as a defender of the Catholic faith. Nonetheless my commitment to said faith has varied in intensity throughout the years. From periods of commitment to periods of indifference. And while a back and forth between commitment and indifference is no doubt normal for...
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    nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg admits and boasts about nato provoking Putin to invade

    Russia's invasion being a western capitalist conspiracy is the most desperate claim I have seen. Russia didn't choose to invade, it was provoked by the western capitalists! The Ukrainians haven't chosen to defend their country from an unjust invasion, they're rubes being brainwashed by the...
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    nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg admits and boasts about nato provoking Putin to invade

    That's the pretext, but it's a lie. Russia's military has shown itself to be so incompetent that NATO would crush Russia in any conventional conflict. At this point I doubt even Putin has any delusions otherwise. NATO does not need Ukraine to beat Russia. (Russia can't even beat Ukraine)...
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    nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg admits and boasts about nato provoking Putin to invade

    It amazes me how naive people are about Russia's intentions. Russia resents NATO because NATO blocks Russia's ability to expand. Blocking Russia's ability to launch expansionist wars is not a victimization of Russia. Putin does not have a 'great power' right to an unimpeded ability to attack...
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    Do you want a world war?

    I voted yes just to be contrarian. But four other people already beat me to it.
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    nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg admits and boasts about nato provoking Putin to invade

    The west never threatened Russia. The adversarial relationship between the Russia and the west only exists due to Russia's refusal to abandon its imperialistic ambitions over eastern Europe. Russia believes it is entitled to everything east of Germany, which is why everyone except Belarus (a...
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    nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg admits and boasts about nato provoking Putin to invade

    This conflict is black and white. Putin believes Russia is entitled to hegemonic control over eastern Europe. He believes Russia is entitled to its old empire. To take Russia's side in this you have to disregard the feelings of not only Ukraine, but every post-Soviet state. Perhaps more could...
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    Reveal your age with a pic

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    Synods & Sophistry: Some Thoughts

    The Gospel texts teach lifelong heterosexual monogamy as the divine intent. The existence of a divine intent implies the existence of a natural law. Divine intent in creation and natural law are one in the same thing. I agree with you in that if we reject teleology then much of the Church's...
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    Synods & Sophistry: Some Thoughts

    The issue is not that Christianity has undergone doctrinal development in its two-thousand-year history. The issue is that the demands of secular modernity on certain issues of moral doctrine demand a rejection of perennial Christian teaching. It demands a rejection of clear Scriptural teaching...
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    Synods & Sophistry: Some Thoughts

    This is the kind of doublespeak I have lost all patience for. This is true. But this kind of talk is often a rhetorical sleight of hand by those who wish to avoid acknowledging the evil of abortion. Anyone who believes that an immortal soul is created with each and every conception can never...
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    Synods & Sophistry: Some Thoughts

    Pope Francis clearly desires to reform Catholic practice and doctrine in a more progressive direction. But he cannot do so outright without risking a schism. (Thus, the endless synods). Pope Francis' problem is that the conservatives and traditionalists insist (correctly given the Church's own...
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    (Catholics) Why do some Catholic churches do the wine drinking ceremony and other Catholic churches don't?

    It will depend on the circumstances of each parish. A valid Mass will always involve the consecration of both species (bread and wine). But it is not mandatory to offer the chalice to the congregation.
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