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RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

caffeinated hermit said:
Good... Sheesh... I've read some stories from detransitioners saying things like "I came out as trans when I was 11..." and I'm always horrified. Like... what?! You were in *fifth grade*, weren't even physically grown yet, and yet decided that you were definitely in the wrong body? And, worse, some of the adults around you were like "Yeah, cool, ok. Let's get you some puberty blockers!"

I will be unspeakably happy to see the modern, medicalized transgender movement collapse into oblivion. The number of same-sex attracted, autistic, and traumatized people this movement has damaged might be impossible to count.

Well said. I don't care what adults do with their bodies (as long as they don't harm someone). Just leave minors out of this.

BelieveItOarKnot · Oct 19, 2025

Dan Perez said:
And you did write LOTS of words. and did not reply to the OP

CIting Jesus' cup of water as an example answered your question. Not losing a reward seems secure enough

Dan Perez said:
Why not explain what Rom 11:32. means and like your REPLY. ??

It wasn't in my response, but if it was it speaks for itself without any splainin on my part anyway

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

JimR-OCDS said:
I believe that this is because homosexuality is more open today than in the past.

In the past, many homosexuals often became priest and brought with them a liberal ideology.

Today, young men are entering the priesthood without the pressure from their parents as in the past,
and they tend to be more conservative.

I believe it's a positive thing rather than a draw back. We're getting a better quality of men entering
the priesthood.

Amen.

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Michie said:
The National Study of Catholic Priests found younger clergy more likely to be theologically orthodox and politically moderate

Study sheds light on generational divide among US priests

The National Study of Catholic Priests found younger clergy more likely to be theologically orthodox and politically moderate

www.pillarcatholic.com

Glory to God! He is good indeed!

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Bob Crowley said:
One of the new saints is St. Peter ToRot, who was martyred by the Japanese during World War II

Pope Leo XIV canonises Papua New Guinea's first Catholic saint

Peter ToRot, a Papua New Guinea man killed in prison in 1945 for standing up for monogamous marriage at a time when polygamy was practised has been canonised a saint.

www.abc.net.au

Two ladies from our church went to PNG or Rome (I'm not sure which) to watch the ceremony in some form as they were originally from PNG.

Ora pro nobis

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GoldenBoy89 · Oct 19, 2025

Valletta said:
“I bring greetings today from our commander in chief, Donald J. Trump, and he wanted me to tell each and every single one of you that he’s proud of you, that he loves you,” Vance said.

Why couldn’t the president be there to tell them that himself?

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

PloverWing said:
Yeah, if it exists, there is porn of it on the Internet.

This quote from the article, though, is an important warning: "These systems may generate arousal, but behind the scenes, they are data-harvesting tools designed to maximize user engagement, not genuine connection." What I say to my human sweetheart in the privacy of our bedroom is private. What I say to ChatGPT is very much not private. ChatGPT is collecting data -- very intimate data -- from me, if I choose to talk to it in this way.

Very true.

Or anything on the Internet is not so private. Think about all the hackers etc.

CoreyD · Oct 19, 2025

Xeno.of.athens said:
do you believe that God cares about how you worship him? should you kneel when you pray, should you be standing when you pray? Should you receive Holy Communion Every time you gather should you be baptised once or more than once? is it OK to dance while you're in church? is it OK to speak in tongues even if you had no idea what those tongues might mean and you don't know what you're saying?

cheque out your answers to see if they fit with what the Bible has to say. The Old Testament has a few things to say about worship so does The New testament.

Or do you not really care very much about what the Bible has to say on worship and you just go along with whatever your denomination says is good?

Jesus said he does. John 4:23, 24
I go with what Jesus said.

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

chevyontheriver said:
If you have a smart TV anywhere near your private conversations they might not be as private as you wish them to be.

Yikes! That's horrifying! I wonder if that includes smartphones as well!

BelieveItOarKnot · Oct 19, 2025

jonojim1337 said:
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Are you going to claim Jesus was Egyptian now?

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Lord have mercy!

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Glory to God! Praying these folks get the help they need! :prayer:

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Forgive my ignorance, but if someone split from The Church of England, can they REALLY call themselves "Anglican" anymore?

Mercy Shown · Oct 19, 2025

Studyman said:
Yes, I'm sure it must be me.

So long MS.

Now you are on to something.

NewLifeInChristJesus · Oct 19, 2025

fhansen said:
IDK, why don't you go ahead and answer that question? Either way, you're still not addressing the question. Should a believer persistently engaging in grave ugly sin expect to enter heaven? And will that believer nonetheless engage in lighter sins?

Are we talking about unrepentant serial killers? I suppose that God could have mercy on them if they turned to Christ. Jesus said every sin except "blasphemy against the Spirit" can be forgiven (Mt 12:31).

9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Lk 18:9–14)

This reminds me of a kind of relativistic righteousness -- thinking we are right with God because our sins are smaller, less ugly, and more infrequent than other people's sins. It's only when we admit that we are sinners in desperate need of God's forgiveness that we don't point our fingers at other people and say, "Thank You that I'm not like these extortioners and adulterers".

The fact is, all our sins count against us. Without Jesus sacrificing Himself for all our sins, none of us could be saved. And we're not saved because we are good partners with God. We are saved because Jesus loved us enough to pay the price for all our sins.

And there is a reason sin-avoidance is not an effective strategy for maintaining eternal life. You like to quote Romans 2:13 -- "for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified" (Ro 2:13). But you don't put it with the conclusion of the topic:

For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

10 As it is written:

“There is none righteous, no, not one;

11 There is none who understands;

There is none who seeks after God.

12 They have all turned aside;

They have together become unprofitable;

There is none who does good, no, not one.”

13 “Their throat is an open tomb;

With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;

“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;

17 And the way of peace they have not known.”

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. (Ro 3:9–20)

It is not possible for sin-avoidance to make a person right with God because "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Ro 3:23). This is the best place to keep one's mind.

Mercy Shown · Oct 19, 2025

Studyman said:
That's fascinating. The mainstream preachers of Jesus time also asked Him questions, but not for the purpose of Him answering them from the heart in search of Biblical Truth. Answering questions asked, is in my view, is one of the most common of decencies and courtesies men can extend to one another. When I asked you questions, I wanted you to answer them for the purpose of understanding our differences. I wasn't aware that your intent in asking questions, wasn't for the purpose of receiving an answer.

Here, again you spend all your time composing an answer that merely accuses me of ulterior motives. Why do you do this?

Mercy Shown · Oct 19, 2025

Studyman said:
That's fascinating. The mainstream preachers of Jesus time also asked Him questions, but not for the purpose of Him answering them from the heart in search of Biblical Truth. Answering questions asked, is in my view, is one of the most common of decencies and courtesies men can extend to one another. When I asked you questions, I wanted you to answer them for the purpose of understanding our differences. I wasn't aware that your intent in asking questions, wasn't for the purpose of receiving an answer.

Here, again you spend all your time composing an answer that merely accuses me of ulterior motives. Why do you do this?

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

That's not how that works. I have no words.

CoreyD · Oct 19, 2025

Clare73 said:
Can you choose to be sinless, to never sin?
If you can, why have you not done so?

You asked that question in post #2.
It was answered in post #3.
The honest thing to do is respond to post #3, and the courteous thing to do is respond to and address what people say to you.
It's actually what is called conversation.

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Welcome Evan!

RileyG · Oct 19, 2025

Welcome!

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