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  1. Crusader05

    How to popularize 'Ad Orientem' without disorienting the people

    Great article, I hope more parishes follow suit. Sadly I think this may be difficult to implement fully since so many modern churches are built with the alter in a forward position and it might take major remodeling to go ad orientem.
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    Amillennialism

    I noticed there was no discussions of Amillennialism and I wanted to strike up a conversation about it. Being a catholic covert from evangelicalism I was raised believing dispensationalism, the rapture & tribulation etc. Now that I'm catholic I see that these teachings are rather new innovations...
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    What is the Catholic view of the Antichrist and the End Times?

    Great thread and thanks @Simon_Templar for the great overview of Catholic eschatology! As a former baptist turned catholic I love the Catholic understanding of the end times, it's so much simpler than the rapture stuff I was taught as a kid.
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    Mother of God

    Some points about this; the title "Mother of God" is meant to affirm the divinity of Christ. If we say Jesus is God then Mary is his mother. We honor Mary to fulfill the commandment to honor our mother and father. Truly, Jesus was perfect and honored his mother & father, who are we to not follow...
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    Patron Saints

    The veneration of saints is a good thing that allows us to learn about and honor those who lived great lives and serve as an example for us. It's important to remember these people, some who suffered and died terrible deaths in the service of God. We can look to them, flesh and blood humans just...
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    Confession - A Roman Catholic thread

    I went to confession this week for the first time in around 12 years. I felt really good to get back in good standing and have a clean slate. The priest was great and really put me at ease with the whole process, he's a retired Air Force chaplain so we had that rapport since I'm active duty Air...
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    Is US Intelligence working?

    Exactly, that is in issue and was documented in the 'cooking' of intel from CENTCOM to downplay the expansion of ISIS so as to not embarrass the Obama administration. That's the kind of stuff that really impacts morale at these agencies.
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    Star Wars OR Star Trek?

    I wasn't a real big fan of the reboots, they just didn't have that Star Trek spark.
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    Trump Inauguration Acts Unveiled

    We've had 8 years of a celebrity president, I'm over it, I'm sick of it. What did we get with our celebrity president? Trillions more in debt and a less secure nation. Le'ts just have an ordinary, dignified ceremony and parade. Then it's time to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
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    Trump Attacks Civil Rights Icon on MLK Weekend

    Everything is racism now, my existence in this world is racism. When everything is racism is nullifies the word.
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    Barrack Hussein Obama Legacy

    I'll remember him as the Affirmative Action President. Here is a man who's greatest ability is to read a teleprompter who was elected president based almost entirely on his background as a minority. If he wasn't mixed race I doubt he would have ever risen to national prominence and would likely...
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    Is US Intelligence working?

    Speaking from my first hand knowledge the people in the intel community are too busy and focused on the mission to really care about all this. The lion's share of people doing intel for our nation are either in uniform or veterans themselves; they are dedicated, highly trained professionals and...
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    Trump Attacks Civil Rights Icon on MLK Weekend

    Lewis can criticize Trump all day, including calling him illegitimate, but Trump can't say a word in response. That doesn't sound terribly fair.
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    US taxpayers will pay for the wall

    Every country has a right to defend its borders and determine who and what is passing into their country. America has that sovereign right. But for some reason democrats have no interest in border security. They'd rather we just has a wide open southern border and let anyone and anything come...
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    Meryl Streep criticized Trump at Golden Globes

    The entire episode illustrates why so many people are sick of Hollywood and celebrities. Here is a woman receiving a lifetime achievement award and rather than thanking the legions of people who helped make her career a success she decided to enter into a diatribe against the President-elect...
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    You just have to read President Vladimir Putin's public statement in response to Obama.

    A couple of points I'd like to make. A lot of dems and their media allies are repeating the line that the 'election was hacked' this is incorrect, the DNC was hacked, which is not a part of the US gov't. What happened was Jon Podesta was an idiot who set his email password to the word...
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    Good Government Solution: Get Rid of Whole Departments

    The Trump admin is the great opportunity to finally roll back the size and scope of government. We need to use this opportunity to at least streamline these department, cut out the overhead and consolidate functions.
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    US taxpayers will pay for the wall

    The wall will be worth every penny! We will save on not having a flood of illegals here on the dole.
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    Is hunting moral?

    Exactly, ethical hunters aim for a quick kill. You achieve a quick kill by aiming into the vital areas, this can be done with a bow and arrow as well as a rifle. Sometimes it might require an extra shot too.
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    Is hunting moral?

    Having gone hunting and went home empty handed I can tell you the animal have every advantage. We hunters are going into their home turf, their arena. They have every advantage of sense over humans. They also have the advantage of instinct, they know when something is up and will avoid any...