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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Many people are under the impression that Christianity teaches an absolute equality between all individuals. That God loves everyone equally. That in the eyes of God every soul is interchangeable in value. But that is...
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...
Recently, Pope Francis held a questions and answers session with a bunch of journalists. While I usually ignore such things an answer he gave to one of the questions he was asked caught my notice. The question essentially asked if the conservative fears of a change in Catholic moral doctrine had...
Ads are annoying, but ads for fast food are particularly obnoxious these days. I don't want to see a close up of someone's mug as they shove food down their gob. I don't want to hear a person moan with orgasmic pleasure as they bite into a chicken burger. Hungry Jacks ads are by far the worst...
Throughout my time on these boards I have posted from a (more or less) Catholic point of view. Nonetheless my actual real life commitment to the Catholic faith has varied greatly throughout the years. From periods of intense belief to periods of deep doubt. What I believe deep down is opaque...
These past few weeks I have been thinking a lot about the Catholic faith, my relationship with it, and how it should be taught and articulated in the modern era. For the past few years I took a more or less traditionalist stance. This was less an intellectual commitment so much as a reaction...
Today is Septuagesima the first Sunday of Shrovetide which is the traditional season of pre-Lenten preparation. Next Sunday is Sexagesima followed by Quinquagesima which marks the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent proper.
For Roman Catholics, Shrovetide (Septuagesima...
With the recent passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI it seems everyone has something to say about the man. Predictably those with an anti-religious axe to grind have wasted little time to denigrate the late pontiff. Noting the sheer venom of many of these commentators I was reminded of a set of...
The question of predestination remains one of the most serious stumbling blocks for me in regards to the coherence of Christianity. To say that faith is open to all while maintaining that faith is given only to some creates a serious contradiction in my view. It is a contradiction because if...
Every time I see people use thou and thee incorrectly it genuinely hurts me. So I am going to explain its correct usage and in turn increase thy knowledge of Early Modern English.
Thou is the second person singular. It is equivalent to the French tu or the German du. Thou itself is the...
I have been thinking a lot about Catholicism lately and what I do or do not believe. Whether or not Rome's claims are credible given that the Francis papacy has done much in my eyes to undermine said claims. Nonetheless whether or not Bergoglio himself personally holds to heretical ideas is a...
For a while now I have been struggling with the question of Biblical inspiration. Whether the Bible has been revealed by God or whether it is little more than an ancient tome of human origin.
Well today a thought came to me regarding this question. I recalled that in John 1:1-14 Jesus is...
A while ago I listened to one of those YouTube past life regression videos. I got comfortable in bed closed my eyes and visualized as the voice instructed. I didn't expect anything to come of it. I undertook the regression as a spur of the moment "Let's see what comes up." kind of thing.
For...
Below is speculation of both a paranormal and religious nature.
"They": Addendum to Jesus on Same Sex Marriage.
In the above linked thread, user John D. Brey mentions that in antediluvian times the sons of God had intercourse with the daughters of men and produced offspring called the...
Hypothetical I
You are at a swimming pool. You approach the pool and you notice two children who are starting to drown. You are a strong swimmer and you have the time and ability to save both. Instead, you opt to save one and to do nothing to save the other. Consequently, the child you declined...
In English, the grammatical relations of nouns are determined almost entirely by syntax and prepositions. Only pronouns retain case distinctions while nouns retain only a singular/plural distinction. This means that a learner of English needs only to learn two forms of each noun and even then...
Sex! Yes, we're going there.
Having put religion on a bit of a back burner, I have started to reflect on my religious upbringing. Looking back, I’ve come to realize that a great deal of the psychological and spiritual awfulness I’ve endured since adolescence is a direct consequence of Catholic...
My inner world is a world of conflicting beliefs. On the one hand, there is the desire to be a faithful Catholic holding fast to the sound doctrines of the apostolic faith. On the other hand, there is a growing willingness on my part to consider the possibility that the whole system of ‘sound...