That girl is a political pawn

Pope Pious XI saw it back in the early 1900s. And Pope St. John Paul II saw it still in 1985 – the loss of the sense of sin was becoming more and more widespread.

For centuries, most Catholics understood that actions or thoughts contrary to right reason, God’s truth, and right conscience are sins. Such actions or thoughts could imperil one’s soul.

In more recent times, however, many seem to have forgotten what sin is. Or perhaps sin has been so downplayed since Vatican II that sin is not something about which too many are very concerned.

A More Pastoral Church​

Pope St. John XXIII stated in his opening address prior to Vatican II that “In our time . . . the Bride of Christ prefers to use the medicine of mercy rather than severity.

“. . . the Catholic Church, by raising through this Ecumenical Council the torch of religious truth, wants to show herself to be a kind mother of all, benign, patient, full of mercy and kindness for the children separated from her.”

So following Vatican II, God’s love and mercy took center stage. For many bishops and priests, being pastoral – focusing on God’s love and mercy – was ‘in’ and talking about sin was ‘out.’

And, just as an aside, even the “New Mass” became pastoral. It was no longer a bloodless re-enactment of Christ’s sacrifice for us. Instead, it had become a community celebration of Christ’s victory over death. The altar was no longer an altar, it was a banquet table, and all are welcome at the table.

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David Lamb said:

I think I will continue trusting what God says in His word about apostles.

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Ephesians 4:11-16 tells us apostles are always need in the church, maybe until Christ returns. For the perfecting of saints, to measure up to Christ, to resist false teachings, wolves, for love.

And the Roman Catholic church did not perform all so well. But had many bishops and also the Greek Orthodox...

And Pope Leo wears the most beautiful cope, with deacons wearing matching Dalmatia’s or tunicles. It is the most beautiful cope seen on a pope since, well, Pope Benedict XVI!

Please note Pope Leo’s alb made of his grandmother’s lace!!!
















Beautiful ad orientem altar arrangement, no? And I have to say that the ambo is perfectly placed and quite stunning and the right size!

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Lord have mercy!

May God bless the holy father!

Institutionalize it, it becomes of the world and further from the Kingdom. Happens every time.

I s/ go back to posting here more.

After an exhaustive search on the Internet I found a CNC lathe manufactured vase produced from Densecranium which is harder than granite and considerably denser.


Analysing the scanned data with the AI code reveals.



I can now produce a table with the other scanned results.


It proves yet again if your get the metrology calculation software right, or use approved metrology software conforming to ISO 1101, ancient Egyptian vases and vases with questionable provenance are not as 'precise' as various individuals claim.

In a peer review process it's not the software being tested, all parties should use the same ISO 1101 compliant software (e.g. Polyworks, Zeiss Inspector).

boughtwithaprice said:

The devil is an immitator. So what if we share postures with Hinduism? Should we study Hinduism to imitate more of their postures and worship of their false gods?

We are to relax and rest in the peace of Christ

It serves no purpose for a Christian to learn Hinduism in order to bring its practices to Christianity. It is a distraction and takes our eyes off of Christ our redeemer. We have so little time in the world, it makes no sense to study or imitate the worship of false gods, unless we are called to understand them and bring the love of Christ to them.
I don’t need my Christian friends teaching me about Hinduism. Your quote from John of the Cross is interesting because it reveals the danger of yoga. If we do not practice idolatry, then the devil has no power over us, but if we imitate the motions of idolatry and try to claim it is not wrong, then the devil can use the memories of our actions against us
Claiming to do yoga without idolatry is the same as claiming to watch porn without lust. It serves no godly purpose

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We can study things in order to discern, distinguish and better articulate Orthodoxy from heterodoxy.

The Truth John 1.1 said:

Not so fast Marily C. First the Scriptures are silent on infants and the still born that died who never had an opportunity to perform any work. So Thier fate in Scripture is not described. The passage implies that judgement can only be applied only if one performs a work. (Which by the way just means how they lived their life on earth).Otherwise no judgement can be imposed because their book when opened has nothing written in it as to how they lived their life to judge them by

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Romans 9

...they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;
7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through Isaac your descendants shall be named.”
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 And not only that, but there was also Rebekah, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;
11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”

14 What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? Far from it!
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will show compassion to whomever I show compassion.”
16 So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very reason I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the earth.”
18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

essentialsaltes said:

BONDI: you're so concerned with money. gibber dark money groups you take money.

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What's that last sentence mean?

Vambram said:

I see that you are still enjoying your liberal cookies and kool-aid.

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If winning a debate is vacuous assertions with no data or quotes from successful government agencies and universities, then you win

Enjoy your bedtime stories.

iluvatar5150 said:

I'm sure that there is a backlash against being perceived at being unsophisticated, but this and the affect of most of the MAGA movement strike me as overcorrecting as a deliberate middle finger to the establishment and those who'd try to uphold any sort of standard.

If the comparison is between F1 and NASCAR or boxing and MMA then, sure, any sort of pretense that one is more sophisticated or gentlemanly than the other is largely empty snobbery.

But comparing a person sitting at a piano to a cage fight? c'mon.

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The topics I've seen on social media have ranged from
"how low class it is that he'd disgrace the white house south lawn with a low brow UFC bout"
to
"look how snobby and over-the-top that ballroom is that he's going to be building on the south lawn"

Where's the happy middle ground? Obviously it exists somewhere between MMA and swanky Ballroom dancing...


You mentioned the concept of "standards"...

I think that's a valid point. And I'm not even denying that there could be tit-for-tat politics behind some of it.

Would it be fair to say that between 2015 and present, Democrats have taken some actions that either directly or indirectly conveyed the notion of "we don't care about your standards" to conservative and non-college educated people?

Especially with the backdrop of them engaging in defenses and promotions of things that wouldn't even meet the so-called "fancy standards" if not being done by someone they deemed to be in an "allied group".

What I mean by that is
Telling conservatives "sorry, but your outdated religious traditions, traditional values, and your decorum demands are outdated and irrelevant... we should be holding ourselves to a more elevated, modern-thinking standard... now if you'll excuse us, we have to get Joe over to his high-profile interview with the rapper that sang about how she's a "certified freak, seven days a week" with a "wet <private part>" that'll "make that pull-out game weak"

RDKirk said:

When the answer to the questions "What could I have done better in the situation?" or "What did I do wrong in the situation?" is "Nothing."

Is an apology owed when nothing wrong was done?

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Hello RDKirk, most failures of this sort, in and of themselves, are not sins, of course. However, if you said/promised someone that you would do something for them but ended up being unable to, for whatever reason, I think that that is one of the situations that does warrant an apology.

Praying for her (and for you and your wife, too)!

God bless you!!

--David
p.s. - this was a blind post, just FYI.

edit: Now that I've read more of the thread and have seen the specifics about daughter's complaint, I'm afraid that I can't give you a helpful answer w/o more information.

I don't think that you and your wife did anything wrong! Life is very tough for us all, but that's just one of the reasons that we put the Lord at the very center of our lives, yes .. e.g. Psalm 46:1 cf Romans 8:28

I wish that our schools were teaching kids to be thankful for all that they have (in spite of the troubles that we all face in this life) instead, but so many today have come to see themselves as victims, rather than as the very blessed individuals that most of us actually are in this country (very blessed, but not w/o problems too, of course).

Lou’s Elkhound slipped loose.



LKHD

Do you suppose a veterinarian would find it useful?

Want to hear a tale?

TORAE

mark46 said:

If you won't give me what I want, then let's have single combat. ROFL

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Speaker Johnson could open the House for business, rather than extending their vacation.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

Actually the devil killed Jesus, just so ya know

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No, jesus laid his life down and picked it up again.

Lost Witness said:

My apologies but this is hard to follow as skin complection for a man from the middle east being darker doesn't scream sin to me
So please elaborate

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Dark complexion is independent of skin color

Larniavc said:

I get that feeling when I think about how great my life is. It’s not exclusive to Christians.

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Feeling good or bad about life is human, but how do you know that you are experiencing the specific feeling she described? It's pretty detailed.

Larniavc said:

It’s dopamine receptors going off.

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Systems have components and processes, but that's beside the point. We wouldn't say a shirt isn't actually purple because we are aware that it contains dyes that reflect a combination of red and blue wavelengths. Understanding how purple works doesn't make the shirt less purple.

partinobodycular said:

Collectively the group tends to be more accurate than any random individual on their own, therefore information about obscure events will tend to have a greater margin of error due to the limited number of available sources. Information about general knowledge subjects on the other hand tend to be more widely available, with accurate information more likely to be cited within the group, and misinformation more likely to be described as such.

Although AI might not be able to 'reason' on its own, given sufficient sources it will tend to reflect the reasoning done by others.

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It does try to evaluate sources, but that can become difficult for subjects where misinformation can come even from sources that ought to be reputable.

Sometimes you have to tell it go back and check more sources.