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  1. MikeK

    School to prison pipeline

    I don’t think it can be argued that the United States does not incarcerate enough people. We have abnormally high rates of violent crime and incarceration in the developed world, and there are still people who seem to think that imprisoning even more people will solve the problem.
  2. MikeK

    *Catholics only* A case for priestly celibacy

    My point is that a lack of mention of a person in a brief historical account of an event does not constitute a suggestion that they dead at the time. That is a strange belief to hold, given the lack of evidence either way.
  3. MikeK

    *Catholics only* A case for priestly celibacy

    Today I learned that there are people who believe that a lack of mention of Peter’s wife constitutes reason to believe that she was deceased. I would never have let my wife serve my pals. My Mother In Law could have cleaned their wheels with her toothbrush for all I cared.
  4. MikeK

    Nostalgia. Christians only: What was the first version of the Bible you ever read?

    I did the same, and also with the Good News Bible. I think I started reading passages every night around age 12 or so, I continued that practice into my late 20s and probably made it cover-to-cover 4 or 5 times. I haven’t read it much since and forgot a lot of what I knew.
  5. MikeK

    Words We Think are Bad but AREN'T

    I don’t think there are bad words. Well, y’all is a bad word I guess. Barf.
  6. MikeK

    *Catholics only* A case for priestly celibacy

    Thank you for posting so charitably, I apologize for your respectful remarks being reacted to harshly. Some people have a very hard time understanding that a criticism of a poor argument is not an attack on their belief. You are correct, while there are many good arguments for Priestly...
  7. MikeK

    [Catholics ONLY] AP - Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis

    What does this article say he said that he didn't? Occam's Razor. What he said was most likely his sincere thoughts on the matter. It is possible that there is a grand conspiracy afoot, and if one hunted for evidence to back up such a belief they'd find it the same as flat-Earthers and...
  8. MikeK

    [Catholics ONLY] AP - Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis

    I think we all know what’s what. We know that Pope Benedict is not such a coward that he would cooperate with a coup. Judging by the way he’s lived his life, this man would surely die before dishonoring Christ’s Church so. We know from their statements that Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus have...
  9. MikeK

    [Catholics ONLY] AP - Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis

    Digitally manipulating this photo was a foolish move and whoever was responsible for it should be sacked immediately. People have enough trouble trusting the Catholic Church, there’s no reason to give them information that confirms their biases.
  10. MikeK

    [Catholics ONLY] AP - Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis

    Like, you think they’re staging an elaborate Weekend At Bernie’s style hoax? Huh. I’m pretty sure he’s very much alive. Do you know how many people would by nature have to be in on a conspiracy so immense?
  11. MikeK

    Pope Benedict XVI pens letter noting 'interior unity' between his pontificate and that of Francis'

    Pope Benedict XVI adds that these volumes “reasonably demonstrate that Pope Francis is a man with profound philosophical and theological formation and are helpful to see the interior continuity between the two pontificates, even with all the differences in style and temperament.” Interior...
  12. MikeK

    Stephen Hawking has passed away

    The Church is clear. It is very much possible that the Jew, the Muslim, the atheist might be saved through Christ. Nobody knows what Me Hawking was capable of regarding belief. And yes, it is very much a possibility that an otherwise good man might find salvation through Christ in spite of...
  13. MikeK

    Stephen Hawking has passed away

    Not sure what either of you are on about. The Church has made it quite clear that it is possible for non-believers to be saved.
  14. MikeK

    messing with geese

    We have a lot of turkeys where I work. They're kinda fun. The Geese on our campus lake can get pretty protective of their young.
  15. MikeK

    *Catholics only* College student kicked out of class for tell professor there are only two genders

    I did read the complete article, and what the student /says/ happened is clear but what actually happened is not.
  16. MikeK

    Stephen Hawking has passed away

    Indeed. I can't help but think that God will be more merciful in his Judgement with non-believers than many people tend to believe. I don't believe in a God that would sentence a soul who did much good in his life to eternal torture for failing to be convinced that God is who the Church says...
  17. MikeK

    A good gay myth is a terrible thing to waste

    I don't know Cotr to be a biggot, I have seen nothing to make me suspect that. Certainly some other posters here have said some rather biggoted things about Muslims, illegal immigrants, etc, but CotR is not among them. I don't think the post in question was a shot at him at all. This thread...
  18. MikeK

    A good gay myth is a terrible thing to waste

    That wasn't bigotry, it was an example of bigotry. The same sort of bigotry that some people use to broadbrush homosexuals.
  19. MikeK

    *Catholics only* College student kicked out of class for tell professor there are only two genders

    That's strange. Neither the Professor nor the school claim that the student was kicked out for telling professor there are only two genders. Their story is that he was disrespectful and consistently disruptive in class. When I'm teaching a class I'm happy if a student wants to approach me...
  20. MikeK

    *Catholics only* Full text of Benedict XVI's Letter to Msgr. Vigano

    I have read books that I agreed with the sentiment of and found greatly inspiring that I am not prepared to write a "dense theological passage", or any other dense passage on. I suppose it will not be better when I'm 90.