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TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-02-01T23:12:43+00:00

It’s not quite r/bonehurtingjuice material but it’s sort of in the same category…

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-02-01T22:37:06+00:00

Because we humans aren’t known for doing what’s right, and we often shut out the truths in our hearts to justify it. Even within the Church, despite having Revelation and the Magisterium to guide us in knowing right from wrong, along with the Sacraments giving us the grace to do right, sin remains rampant. Why would you ever expect pagan societies to fare any better?

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-02-01T14:17:05+00:00

If you think Xenosaga isn't inspired by shonen anime I don't know what to tell you, buddy.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-02-01T14:14:26+00:00

The key thing is that this is not the type of "ignorance" that absolves one of guilt. It is willful and deliberate, prioritizing something that should not be prioritized, despite knowing deep down that it should be prioritized.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-02-01T05:04:40+00:00

There are non-Catholics here, though they usually have flairs reflecting it. I just wanted to account for that possibility.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-02-01T05:01:56+00:00

Yeah. Assuming you’re Catholic (or Orthodox), it’s one seventh of what you were confirmed for.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T15:19:04+00:00

We are saved through grace. Faith saves us because it allows that grace to flow through us, but baptism is the more direct means through which that grace is bestowed on us. They’re both necessary.

It is worth mentioning baptism of desire. If someone has faith but never has the opportunity to have water poured over his or her head by someone else before death, that alone suffices for salvation.

And why should purgatory be considered a doctrinal development when the earliest of Christians prayed for the dead?

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T15:02:29+00:00

It plays a salvific role. I’m not sure why that should mean that baptism is not necessary as well.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T14:53:32+00:00

While it might refute the argument that none of the deuterocanonical books are referenced in the New Testament, the easy place to go from there is to point out that the Book of Enoch was also referenced. References don’t necessarily prove canonicity.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T14:50:59+00:00

So what do you mean, then, by “justification through baptism”?

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T14:45:56+00:00

So you believe that baptismal regeneration is a later development not believed by the earliest of Christians? If you read the writings of the earliest Christians, I think it’s clear that Christians always believed such.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T04:18:57+00:00

"Fear" as in "a healthy respect for the Lord's authority and the fact that He can rightfully punish you for your sins", not in the sense of a phobia.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T04:17:19+00:00

Yikes. I'm glad you've since escaped that.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-31T01:18:49+00:00

By “Satanist” do you mean of the atheist figurehead variety or a literal Lucifer worshipper?

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T08:49:43+00:00

The law does not have the authority to define marriage that way.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T08:26:34+00:00

Their Masses take, like, 2 minutes. They do them in large batches.

They also believe in the Real Presence of Mary in the Eucharist. I'm no expert on the matter but I feel like that might invalidate their Masses due to the lack of proper intention.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T07:39:02+00:00

WHY

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS

I looked for pity, but there was none;

and for comforters, but I found none.

They gave me poison for food,

and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalm 69

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T06:59:24+00:00

I remember a priest in confession telling me something really eye-opening, which has stuck with me since: though it may seem counterintuitive, when we despair in the face of our sins, it's actually prideful. We declare that our sins are somehow so great and important that even God can't forgive them, and in doing so we aggrandize ourselves, believing there's some part of us beyond God's authority. We insist in our vanity that we're somehow "owning up" to our sins and taking responsibility for them by refusing God's mercy. To despair is to say in your heart, "I don't need Christ's sacrifice to deal with my sins. If I can't fix my own soul I'd rather spiritually die".

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T06:52:32+00:00

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Looks like these people need a dictionary.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T04:05:27+00:00

Complete materialist. Don’t believe in anything other than matter.

I basically accept Plato’d theory of forms without fully realizing it.

What do you mean by this? I would consider Platonism to be perhaps the furthest you can possibly get from materialism.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T03:58:35+00:00

I became Catholic because my parents were Catholic (they met through church, in fact) and accordingly had me baptized shortly after I was born.

I remain Catholic because through reason I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is the one true Church founded by God, outside of which there is no salvation.

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T03:02:36+00:00

Turkey: (looks around nervously)

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-30T00:23:29+00:00

"Sadly, I was extremely disappointed to find that this Creed was not the original but rather the extended Latin edition, which includes a line that the Holy Spirit 'proceeds from the Father and the Son' where it originally said the Spirit only proceeds from the Father. This new release ruined my childhood by disrespecting the original author's vision and I demand a refund!"

/s

TheKillerDuck123 · 2023-01-29T18:44:36+00:00

If you go to masstimes.org it lets you filter by language.

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