Recent content by Crandaddy

The next time I visit the UK I’d very much like to make a pilgrimage to this shrine!

I get that it's 10x deadlier from one source, and then elsewhere I get that persons dying with the disease are being lumped in together with those dying from the disease, implying that it's far less deadly than previously indicated. The situation in Italy, as I understand it, is that they have a...

I'm not sure what I said that would make you think I meant to suggest that the virus can't spread in church. Yes, it certainly can spread in church; I never meant to imply otherwise. But just as measures can be taken to limit the spread of the virus in e.g. grocery stores, so could they be taken...

If Communion could be delivered to everyone's home, that would be fine. It seems to me that would be pretty tough to pull off, but if it could be done, great! I don't think this disease is so deadly that such extreme measures are needed, but agree to disagree I suppose... Sure, but the salient...

We believe that God is one because oneness is fundamental to the essence of what God is. God is the Most High, the Summum Bonum, the End of all ends. Such a being cannot be other than one in essence; to think otherwise is to fundamentally misunderstand what God is. In fact the name that the...

Any time anyone goes out in public, they risk contracting the disease -- that even includes when they shop for groceries. So then what about grocery stores? Why shouldn't they be closed as well? I don't mean implement ways of preventing the spread of the disease while shopping for groceries; I...

Some new Paradise Lost: Thanks to everyone for their contributions! \m/

“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations “One's virtue is all that...

We may have to just agree to disagree, but I think outright closure of the churches is too serious a matter to be done merely on the basis of decree or fiat. Solid evidence must be brought to bear in order to justify it, and I don’t think such evidence has ever been brought forth. Only taking...

Paidiske, not only do I also blame the bishops, but I think they are even more to blame than the presbyters for the very reasons you cite! Note that I placed the blame on ALL the clergy. And yes I do blame the presbyters as well (I’m sure you don’t like that, but for what it’s worth I mean...

The churches’ response to COVID-19 has done more to rattle my faith in Christianity than perhaps anything else I’ve encountered. I subscribe to a form of Christianity that holds the Sacraments, and especially Eucharist, in very high regard. It is extremely important that the faithful have access...

Drinking alcohol by itself is not immoral or sinful — nor even is the consumption of other drugs, and this even includes “hard” drugs like cocaine or heroin. It is the abuse of these substances that is wrong. Matthew 15:11 — “What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes...

I actually don't really care for a lot of their stuff, but that song just hits me in the right spot. Another favorite band of mine, except my favorite album of theirs is The Unborn. Unfortunately, I can't post any songs of theirs from that album because they tend to contain some controversial...

No metal thread would be complete without some Metallica. While my tastes tend toward the more extreme subgenres of metal, It would take a fool to deny the prodigious talent that Metallica has.

Amon Amarth is one of my early favorites, and while I'll admit that I haven't really checked out Jomsviking in full, it does sound like more of the classic Amon Amarth I've grown to love. Surtur Rising is one of my favorites of theirs, but Twilight of the Thunder God takes the cake, IMO. lyrics