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January 4th, 2021 at 4:35:09 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
A priest can no more defend everything done in the name of the church for two millenium than an American can defened everything in the name of Our Country for the last two and half centuries, |
January 4th, 2021 at 5:09:16 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Yet they keep doing it. Every era is the victim of the times it lives in, there is no hand of god guiding anything. Just the whims of men.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 4th, 2021 at 6:04:03 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | It is true, no one can defend everything done in the name of the Church during its history. Some is indefensible and truly the whims of evil men. However the hand of God continues to guide us all to choose the good. It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. ( |
January 4th, 2021 at 7:28:57 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Look at the Transatlantic Slave trade: 58% of the African slaves shipped to America were in the fifty years from 17261775. In 1740 there were 150,000 slaves out of a population of less then one million in colonial America. Benedict XIV, Roman Catholic Pope from 1740 to 1758, made it a priority in his first year when he issued the bull Immensa pastorum principis, demanding more humane treatment for the Indians of Brazil and Paraguay. You have to argue that Pope Benedict was very forward thinking humanitarian. |
April 9th, 2021 at 12:16:31 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | Is "The Exorcist" considered a pro-Catholic movie? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 26th, 2021 at 2:17:46 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | Don't know if FrGamble is still coming by. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 20th, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | Who says you need a god? Scientists Finally Created Matter from Nothing https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/40000/20220918/schwinger-effect-scientists-finally-created-particle-nothing-using-electromagnetic-fields.htm You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 26th, 2023 at 10:43:04 AM permalink | |
DoubleGold Member since: Jan 26, 2023 Threads: 30 Posts: 2476 |
Nareed, although I am not a Mormon, the following video explains it. Understanding what they are speaking about is another story. Nicodemous was a very smart person and he couldn't understand, which is why he came to Jesus. In a nutshell, it's about being able to access the Holy Spirit at will. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjIlhu-yuTI |
July 5th, 2023 at 11:48:00 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | If atheism is really a religion as some people try to claim, then we really need to pick some good religious holidays to celebrate the great nothingness. I'd say a requirement to always be able to pick what vacation days we want off every year would be a good religious observance to have. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 5th, 2023 at 12:07:39 PM permalink | |
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3092 |
"Great nothingness?" Pshaw. Sure, there is no god, but there is a world, a universe which we exist in. That's a lot of "somethingness." The issue isn't that there is nothing, it is that our lives are ephemeral and impermanent. |