Which is why I asked the question. I do not think it is sophistry to think about, in the context of the Decalogue, who is being referred to as a...
Don't make me do your own research. This is just like Spam quoting Bible verses. Gospel of Thomas regarding anti-women: (114) Simon Peter said to...
Playing Devil's Advocate: 2nd Century is quite far off already considering how fast the cult spread. The Josephus quotation is often considered...
"Blessed are the cheese-makers" What about a solid oral tradition in Judaism? In oral societies there is an unspoken ethical duty to not change...
Anyone with a basic understanding of ancient Gnosticism will find this statement hilariously misinformed. Gnostics were the worst sort of misogynists.
A couple points: even if a human commits the gravest of sins, are they still not human? From a Catholic perspective, even the mightiest if sinners...
Exactly. Respect them as people. Honoring isn't [only] about obedience, but mainly about respect. If they are abusive, respect means praying and...
was it FedUpAmerican? haha Classic '07 Xianity forum...
As someone who was here in the way backs of 2006/07 under different usernames, I can say it was pretty awful (quoting wise) though usually quite...
Well, if it was such a good debunking, we'd have a world of atheists right now. St Thomas Aquinas gives a very detailed response with one aspect...
Edit: PM sent. Off topic discussion. If these three aspects of the faith are the ones keeping you from full communion, why are you making this...
Some Summa from St Thomas Aquinas is a good remedy to these "new" debunkings... http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4046.htm#article3 PS: God is not...
1) Correlation does not mean causation. 2) The USA is one of the few countries founded by rebels and revolutionaries. Maybe rebellious countries...
The title of the list of quotes is "30 quotes from Pope Francis Conservatives hate. You could build an equally log or longer list of quotes...
Nice to see one of my old posts under my old name gets some rep. I was a wise 19 yo. ;)
The genetics of Christ are something that has been discussed in theological schools, but I am not familiar with much of the discussion myself. 1)...
I recently watched Fr Robert Barron's Catholicism series, and he explained how the formulation of the Trinity necessarily flows from John's...
[my emphasis] Hardly! http://rebelsprite.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/image-made-without-hands.jpg...
Little of both. As a Catholic I cannot deny miracles (e.g. the Mass etc), but I generally fit into the second category.
I have heard the odd decent homily about that sort of subjugation by women really only has its place once the man is prepared to lay down his life...
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