Recent content by FrancesJames

*nods*

I love our Pope so much . . .

You have my full and absolute permission to be afraid. I'll be praying for your good health.

I'm of the opinion that God cannot be described and that any attempt to do so is idolatry, in a way. St Thomas Aquinas took this stance, suggesting that one cannot say what God is because He is the ultimate Mystery; one can only say, he went on, what God is not. Often I find that when people try...

I like the Tridentine style of the Mass--but only when they sing the whole thing out loud. My mother has very fond memories of the Latin Mass. When I brought it up to her that a lot of people said that they could say their rosaries during the Mass because the whole thing was done silently, my...

Bon jour!

I'm rereading Dracula. :)

God willing this will lead to the implementation of women deacons. Again I emphasise, God willing. I hope that, if the Holy Spirit moves us to allowing women deacons, that we will allow them.

Nope.

I see how it's possible to understand Genesis saying that; but that's not what I take out of it. I think that the better way to read Genesis--and this is just my take on it, of course--is to see Adam not as a single man--because science seems to suggest that when creatures evolve they do in fact...

Aww! You want me to report you so you don't feel left out? I have an idea: You report me and I'll report you! At this point I'd like to throw open the floor to wild accusations . . .

I'll be honest, I wasn't even aware there was a problem.

If the CCC is speaking in literal terms about Adam, then yes--I would say that it is mistaken. The Pope, or several Popes, having accepted evolution as a scientific truth have as much as done away with the idea that there could have been a literal Adam.

No, I don't read Genesis literally. I think that they're both trying to say something about the nature of creation--what that is is dependent upon the reader. What I take from it is that the universe is in order by God--it is under His direction. What that order is or how things are meant to...

I think it's because they said that it was used as a form of Hindu meditation. It's actually considered to be a philosophical school in Hinduism. The thing of it is, the positions themselves mean nothing without the underlying philosophy so I see no reason why you can't practice yoga. It could...