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Recent content by Redac

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    Outrage after police fatally shoot Jayland Walker in Ohio

    The amount of carfentanil used to tranquilize an elephant is also enough to kill literally hundreds of people. Shooting someone with a gun would be far less likely to kill them than shooting them up with an elephant-sized dose of tranquilizer.
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    Church of Scotland to allow same-sex marriages

    No to all three. Pommer is basically correct: Jesus elevated marriage to the level of a Sacrament. The point was that this isn't some minor, "extraneous" little thing; rather, it touches on much deeper and more fundamental issues than it was being given credit for. It's not equivalent to...
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    Church of Scotland to allow same-sex marriages

    To some extent, yes. It can be complicated, but people do have some responsibility for it. How much can be debated, but again, it's beyond the scope of this thread to have that debate. Matrimony is a sacrament instituted by Christ Himself, and moral law regarding marriage and sexuality is far...
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    Church of Scotland to allow same-sex marriages

    Usually you hear about how obesity is caused by systemic factors, poor access to proper nutrition, etc. Absolving people of much of the responsibility for it. It depends, but yes, there's frequently some lack of restraint or virtue when discussing obesity IMO. That whole discussion is kind of...
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    Church of Scotland to allow same-sex marriages

    Part of the difference is the nature of the thing being discussed. Gluttony, for example, is an excess intake of food and/or drink. The thing itself, eating, is not in itself a bad thing. Likewise, having a bake sale, selling food to others, none of that is in itself an immoral thing. Intent...
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    GOP candidate wants to outlaw birth control

    Church Fathers were writing against the use of contraception before what we now refer to as serfdom was even a thing. But yeah, I guess you could just make stuff up too. That's cool.
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    Jesus as God incarnate lived at a specific point in time. God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, has existed into eternity past. God's not bound by time. This is actually a sort of indifferentism, which the Catholic Church rejects. That said, it seems like you're presenting a very...
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    Catholic House Democrats prepare to send bishops 'statement of principles' on Communion vote

    That you view someone like Fr. James Martin positively is quite telling.
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    Catholic House Democrats prepare to send bishops 'statement of principles' on Communion vote

    And just for funsies, here's the Catechism discussing the sin of scandal. Abortion is obviously a huge part of the discussion, but it's hardly the only problem this could apply to.
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    Catholic House Democrats prepare to send bishops 'statement of principles' on Communion vote

    Since it's relevant, I'll go ahead and post this section from the Catechism. Emphasis mine.
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    I'll try to give a Catholic perspective, at least as well as I understand it. It's just not really being explained well here. I don't particularly like just throwing out verses with no context or elaboration either. Anywho, as for those who came before the crucifixion. The belief is that Jesus...
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    Catholic House Democrats prepare to send bishops 'statement of principles' on Communion vote

    Why in the world would we just shut up and go away? So you and yours can go on implementing your own agenda?
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    US Supreme Court agrees to hear case that could ban abortions after 15 weeks

    Why does referring to them in this way bother you more than the actual act of abortion?
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    US Supreme Court agrees to hear case that could ban abortions after 15 weeks

    We can't legitimately claim to value or prioritize children if we won't outlaw or even try to restrict the killing of unborn children.