Tragedy at Rattlesnake Falls: Opus Dei Mourns the Drowning of Three of Its Members
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So then you do understand why my focus is on Jesus' new command of the new covenant: love one another as I have loved you (Jn 13:34), rather than on the obsolete Old Covenant (Heb 8:13) Decalogue, "do no harm."According to God, love is the foundation of keeping the commandments as He said right in the Ten Commandments
People have been sinning for centuries. Color me surprised. And there’s plenty of abuse in all Churches, which is extremely unfortunate.So what about the sins of Rome that are truths? Are we to ignore them and allow for the cover up by the revisions of history?
We need to call sin by its rightful name and not make excuses for it.
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I do look forward to living more than 3,000 years, but I'm not that old.Have you (as the hebrew writer put it) entertained angel's?
Among the negative recorded histories associated with the Church of Rome, was her staunch use and defense of censorship. To the extent that even the bible was on her forbidden book list until the 1960's I do believe.
These groups are "groups" based upon what they say and DO. they have identified themselves. They are the "demonizers". Identify much?Do they use guns? I bet they use guns.
The fact remains, you want to demonize one group and absolve another.
We know law enforcement these days have been killed, set up etc. Made targets (Demonized) as oppressors of whomever these make into victims. they also like to intimidate those who do not agree with them.You can try to dress it up however you like, but no one is going to buy your reasoning.
I would like to respond as someone who has had an abortion. Though the abortion was before I was saved, I think on it daily. While I understand that Jesus died for my sins, some are more grievous than others, and it helps keep me humble when I see others sin. And I do use it as a tool to help others know that when Jesus forgives, He forgives completely, but we don’t escape the consequences of our actions. If we can show God’s perfect loving mercy in response to this horrible sin, then God is glorified. But it is a horrible sin, and it is even hard to discuss it for fear that others might think I’m glorifying sin.There is a woman I know who is Pro-Choice. She is a Christian. I know this is a hotly debated thing. My perspective is that she may not know why the Pro-Choice perspective is wrong fully. I am trying to talk to her about it. It's a very heavy topic for her as she has had an abortion herself.
She has changed her perspective on some things. I told her watching shows about mediums is bad, and she stopped watching them. I've also told her to stop doing sports gambling, and she stopped that as well. But I also understand that I am working against decades of propaganda. She has been secular most of her life, and I live in MN, which has some of the worst laws about abortion there are. I'm thankful she is willing to even have the conversation in the first place. But I have to "weigh" how much I share with her and when.
If anyone has any advice on what the gentlest way to make the case for Pro-Life is, I'd love to hear it.
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funny thing is that incarceration has proven less effective than treatment and the conditions in which the United States keeps our incarcerated population has been proven to be MUCH less effective than nations who treat them like humans and usually have lighter sentences at both keeping people from reoffending AND cutting down on the violence while they ARE incarcerated.
To an extent, yes. And it's not a purely hypothetical question, as there have been virtual experiments done that confirm the notion of species-specific survival functions arising rather than a globally trustworthy reasoning capability. I'll have to dig up the references, which I'll do if I have time later.I am interested in this statement of yours, although I'm not entirely sure I understand it. Are you implying that the mechanisms of evolution do not seem to be sufficiently explanatory for the complete range of human cognitive capabilities?
Yes, though its an issue of the trustworthiness of such reasoning rather than the exercise. Evolutionary forces alone wouldn't necessarily select for truth-finding capabilities, but instead would prefer cognitive functions that serve specialized reproductive strategies regardless of their reflection of reality. In some cases, the less reflective of reality the functions become the more utility they have in increasing breeding success.example, would you argue that it is nigh on impossible to explain our ability to grasp things like general relativity based on the assumption that our minds have been shaped by evolutionary forces focused solely on survival and procreation?
I am familiar with the doctrinal view of regeneration preceeding faith. Honestly in the end, we will all be judged equally.Im not agreeing with you. All the drawn are converted. The drawing is their conversion. So it doesnt include the unconverted
See my post 122.I'm still not following your argument on this. You seem to be saying that if the sacrifice was powerful enough to apply to everyone, then the sacrifice was not needed. I don't see how this follows.
Thou shalt notI have never heard of the OT Decalogue's meaning is "do no harm" until about three weeks ago here at CF. Please cite chapter and verse for this extraordinary new teaching. "Do no harm" is Buddhism.
Do they use guns? I bet they use guns.The radical groups, and individuals who target law enforcement, of all stripes exposes your irrational bias in judgement here.
I think the greater point is.....Your undestanding of TORAH. Did it even exist in the time of Christ?That's a serious misunderstanding of this word, (πληρόω), and its usage in the scripture. In fact Mat 5:17 is even mentioned at the bottom of the Thayer's entry for πληρόω below, and it does not mean what you say it does even in that context, but you would need to read the whole entry and see for yourself what this word most generally means and why your belief about (interpretation of) this word is simply based in the antinomian bias that has been spread so far and wide by so many false teachers, pastors, expositors, and online make-believe Bible scholars. Being in the majority doesn't make you right but it can very well mean you are on the wide road that leads to a dead end. The scripture evidence is overwhelming, which is the very reason lexicons use so many scriptures in support of the information they provide: your argument isn't against forum members but against the scripture.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4137: πληρόω
πληρόω πληρῶ (infinitive πληροῦν Luke 9:31, see WH's Appendix, p. 166); imperfect 3 person singular ἐπλήρου; future πληρώσω; 1 aorist ἐπλήρωσα; perfect πεπλήρωκα; passive, present πληροῦμαι; imperfect ἐπληρουμην; perfect πεπλήρωμαι; 1 aorist ἐπληρώθην; 1 future πληρωθήσομαι; future middle πληρώσομαι (once, Revelation 6:11 Rec.); (from ΠΛηΡΟΣ equivalent to πλήρης); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָלֵא;
1. to make full, to fill, to fill up: τήν σαγηνην, passive, Matthew 13:48; equivalent to "to fill to the full, πᾶσαν χρείαν, Philippians 4:19; to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally: πεπλήρωμαι, I abound, I am liberally supplied, namely, with what is necessary for subsistence, Philippians 4:18; Hebraistically, with the accusative of the thing in which one abounds (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): of spiritual possessions, Philippians 1:11 (where Rec. has καρπῶν); Colossians 1:9, (ἐνέπλησα αὐτόν πνεῦμα σοφίας, Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31); equivalent to to flood, ἡ οἰκία ἐπληρώθη (Tr marginal reading ἐπλήσθη) ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, John 12:3 (see ἐκ, II. 5); ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τόν οἶκον, Acts 2:2; with a genitive of the thing, τήν Ἱερουσαλήμ τῆς διδαχῆς, Acts 5:28 (Libanius, epistles 721 πάσας — i. e. πόλεις — ἐνέπλησας τῶν ὑπέρ ἡμῶν λόγων; Justin, hist. 11, 7 Phrygiam religionibus implevit); τινα, equivalent to to fill, diffuse throughout one's soul: with a genitive of the thing, Luke 2:40 R G L text T Tr marginal reading (see below); Acts 2:28; passive, Acts 13:52; Romans 15:13 (where L marginal reading πληροφορέω, which see in c.), 14; 2 Timothy 1:4; with a dative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7), passive (Luke 2:40 L marginal reading Tr text WH); Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 7:4; followed by ἐν with a dative of the instrument: ἐν πνεύματι, Ephesians 5:18; ἐν παντί θελήματι Θεοῦ, with everything which God wills (used of those who will nothing but what God wills), Colossians 4:12 R G (but see πληροφορέω, c.); πληροῦν τήν καρδίαν τίνος, to pervade, take possession of, one's heart, John 16:6; Acts 5:3; Christians are said πληροῦσθαι, simply, as those who are pervaded (i. e. richly furnished) with the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit: ἐν αὐτῷ, rooted as it were in Christ, i. e. by virtue of the intimate relationship entered into with him, Colossians 2:10 (cf. ἐν, I. 6 b.); εἰς πᾶν τό πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ (see πλήρωμα, 1), Ephesians 3:19 (not WH marginal reading); Christ, exalted to share in the divine administration, is said πληροῦν τά πάντα, to fill (pervade) the universe with his presence, power, activity, Ephesians 4:10; also πληροῦσθαι (middle for himself, i. e. to execute his counsels (cf. Winers Grammar, 258 (242); Buttmann, § 134, 7)) τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν, all things in all places, Ephesians 1:23 (μή οὐχί τόν οὐρανόν καί τήν γῆν ἐγώ πληρῶ, λέγει κύριος, Jeremiah 23:24; Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis. 1:7, p. 55, cites examples from Philo and others; ((but ἐν πᾶσιν here is variously understood; see πᾶς, II. 2 b. δ. αα. and the commentaries))).
2. to render full, i. e. to complete;
a. properly, to fill up to the top: πᾶσαν φάραγγα, Luke 3:5; so that nothing shall be lacking to full measure, fill to the brim, μέτρον (which see, 1 a.), Matthew 23:32.
b. to perfect, consummate; α. a number: ἕως πληρωθῶσι καί οἱ σύνδουλοι, until the number of their comrades also shall have been made complete, Revelation 6:11 L WH text,cf. Düsterdieck at the passage (see γ. below). by a Hebraism (see πίμπλημι, at the end) time is said πληροῦσθαι, πεπληρωμένος, either when a period of time that was to elapse has passed, or when a definite time is at hand: Mark 1:15; Luke 21:24; John 7:8; Acts 7:23, 30; Acts 9:23; Acts 24:27 (Genesis 25:24; Genesis 29:21; Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 25:30; Numbers 6:5; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 6; 6, 4, 1; πληροῦν τόν τέλεον ἐνιαυτόν, Plato, Tim., p. 39d.; τούς χρόνους, legg. 9, p. 866a.). β. to make complete in every particular; to render perfect: πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν κ.τ.λ. 2 Thessalonians 1:11; τήν χαράν, Philippians 2:2; passive, John 3:29; John 15:11; John 16:24; John 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12; τά ἔργα, passive, Revelation 3:2; τήν ὑπακοήν, to cause all to obey, passive, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τό πάσχα, Luke 22:16 (Jesus speaks here allegorically: until perfect deliverance and blessedness be celebrated in the heavenly state). γ. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking): πάντα τά ῤήματα, Luke 7:1; τήν διακονίαν, Acts 12:25; Colossians 4:17; τό ἔργον, Acts 14:26; τόν δρόμον, Acts 13:25; namely, τόν δρόμον, Revelation 6:11 according to the reading πληρωσωσι (G T Tr WH marginal reading) or πληρωσονται (Rec.) (see α. above); ὡς ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, when these things were ended, Acts 19:21. Here belongs also πληροῦν τό εὐαγγέλιον, to cause to be everywhere known, acknowledged, embraced (A. V. I have fully preached), Romans 15:19; in the same sense τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Colossians 1:25.
c. to carry into effect, bring to realization, realize; α. of matters of duty, to perform, execute: τόν νόμον, Romans 13:8; Galatians 5:14; τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, passive, ἐν ἡμῖν, among us, Romans 8:4; πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 3:15 (εὐσέβειαν, 4 Macc. 12:15); τήν ἔξοδον (as something appointed and prescribed by God), Luke 9:31. β. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish; so in the phrases ἵνα or ὅπως πληρωθῇ ἡ γραφή, τό ῤηθέν, etc. (el. Knapp, Seripta var. Arg., p. 533f): Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:15, 17, 23; Matthew 4:14; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 26:54, 56; Matthew 27:9, 35 Rec.; Mark 14:49; Mark 15:28 (which verse G T WH omits; but Tr brackets it); Luke 1:20; Luke 4:21; Luke 21:22 Rec.; ; John 12:38; John 13:18; John 15:25; John 17:12; John 18:9, 32; John 19:24, 36; Acts 1:16; Acts 3:18; Acts 13:27; James 2:23 (1 Kings 2:27; 2 Chronicles 36:22). γ. universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Matthew 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f (Compare: ἀναπληρόω, ἀνταναπληρόω, προσαναπληρόω, ἐκπληρόω, συμπληρόω.)
In other words, it is a sheep and follows along with the controlled or popular narrative. No progress there.Something you forgot to mention is that it's not drawing merely upon your own conversation with it, but also upon millions of other conversations on the same subject matter.
That's neither here nor there, as the important part of Hebrews 11 in reply to you is its lists of people who lived by faith in a hope, and what that hope they were living for was. Specifically:Hebrews 11 says its appointed for man to die once and then the judgement, western Christians think this is heaven or "eternal Hell" , but the judgement is not that, the judgement is did you follow Jesus while in the temporary mortal body or not. If yes then to God you go, if no to the refinement you go,kolasis aionios , Gods judgement is for refinement not eternal punishment.
Its like our court system - if you are judged a murderer that judgement stands forever, you can't undo what has been done, but the punishment always has a beginning and an end.
Who is equating the remnant of Israel with the wicked shepherds ? I do not understand your last part.
An early Christian work, the "Paschal Chronicle" (Migne ed. xcii col. 385), tells us that every year the temples of Horus presented to worshipers, in mid-winter (or about December 25th), a scenic model of the birth of Horus. He was represented as a babe born in a stable, his mother Isis standing by.--pp. 168-169.
Macrobius does not say which Egyptian sun-god is portrayed in these images. McCabe simply assumes it was Horus.At the winter solstice the sun would seem to be a little child, like that which the Egyptians bring forth from a shrine on an appointed day, since the day is then at its shortest and the god is accordingly shown as a tiny infant. Afterward, however, as the days go on and lengthen, the sun at the spring equinox acquires strength in a way comparable to growth to adolescence, and so the god is given the appearance of a young man. Subsequently, he is represented in full maturity, with a beard, at the summer solstice, when the sun’s growth is completed. After that, the days shorten, as though with the approach of his old age—hence the fourth of the figures by which the god is portrayed.--Saturnalia 1.18.10.
You can buy ammo legally, I never said you couldn't. The restrictions are on firearms, not accessories or ammo.lol… Man, the mental gymnastics you’ve got to do to justify your selective outrage is a level of cognitive dissonance I just can’t do. Listening to you, you acknowledge they are not allowed to buy ammo legally, but do quite easily, but it’s ok (despite being illegal), because people buy ammo without needing it all the time and what could possibly go wrong? And sure, they can have the ammo they got illegally, and you admit they can get the guns easily from their parents or theft, or by having it shipped to them, but none of those failures that can and do result in people dying has to do with gun regulation failures…
But then you decide to get big mad about porn and not acknowledge you’re wanting to make it harder to access that then guns, which kill people… Insert a rant about morality here, and selective outrage is alive and well. lol!
The only choices you make are the ones God ordained for you to make when He made a choice for you to take your next breath.All this is irrelevant to the choices we face each day.