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Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Written by : faith
All I am saying is I don't make fun of any of your beliefs please respect mine
Written by : joke
Guy dies and finds himself on a fluffy sun drenched grassy area with lots of fluffy animals around and beautiful music playing in the background. He sighs: "Wow, I made it to heaven. How'd I deserve this? I never went to church and never been much of a religious person?"
Someone taps on his shoulder and as he turns around, he looks into the red face of a creature that greatly resembles the image of the devil. He's shocked and confused, the Devil calms him down: "I know you're confused, there has been a lot of bad rumours going around about this place, relax and I'll show you around."
He takes the guy for a float and they see a beautiful palace: "That's your new home, Frank." The guy walks in and out and is stunned about the elaborate artwork on the ceilings, the art deco furniture, the pool and the surrounding park. "Man!" he exclaims, "this place is awesome! I never dared to dream this could be so nice!"
So the devil takes him further and they're passing a football ground, a gym, tennis court and the like: "This is our recreational area, you're free to use them any time."
Some time later he sees an auditorium where people sit together, play chess and all kinds of games, talk and laugh and seem to really enjoy themselves. "This is our social area," the devil points out, "any time you like you'll find people who you can interact with." Shortly after they're passing an Amphitheatre where people dance and party. "24/7 you can come here and celebrate. As a matter of fact we also have counsellors and teachers that would be happy to help you with anything you could ever think of, whatever you want to learn, just ask."
On the way back, the guy says: "Dude, that's such a great place! So peaceful and creative. I got to admit I was falling for all these hoaxes... But tell me what's behind this?" pointing at a huge brick wall in the distance. "Errm, well if you really like to know I'll show you," the devil responds.
When peeking over the wall, the guy sees a massive area of people, tied to crosses, with demons splinters under their fingernails, torture them with fervent iron rods, pierce them with fishing hooks and burning them on stakes.
He's in complete shock and irritated asks the devil: "Hey, what's this, man?"
The devil responds: "Oh, these are only the Catholics, Muslims and Jews, they can't stand it any other way."
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by :FireTom
"ID and evolution do not necessarily contradict each other"
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Written by
How much weight should the Catechism's statement be given? The Church does not proclaim it infallibly. While the Catechism contains many individual points of theology that are infallibly defined, the Pope and the bishops did not, in composing the Catechism, choose to make a fresh exercise of the Church's infallibility. The kind of language needed to issue a new definition isn't used. As a result, points that were not defined before the Catechism remain undefined.
It would be fair to say that the Catechism's statement makes the symbolic view the official interpretation of the Catholic Church on the six days. But this does not mean that the Holy See would regard those who take a literal view as sinning (committing the sins of dissent or incredulity).
As noted above, the authority of a teaching "becomes clear from the nature of the documents, the insistence with which a teaching is repeated, and the very way in which it is expressed." The fact it is mentioned in the Catechism indicates that the view is to be taken seriously. But the fact that it is introduced in a magisterial text for the first time here, that it has not been oft-repeated, and that it is not expressed in a forceful way (i.e., "the faithful are obliged to hold") suggest that the Holy See would not have a problem with individual Catholics maintaining a literal interpretation.
Indeed, the recent history of this question has strongly emphasized liberty of interpretation. To introduce the symbolist view in such a casual manner suggests that Rome is wanting to establish more of an official position than it has to this point, yet still not disturb individuals who are attached to the literal view, which heretofore has been both permitted and even historically dominant.
The question of how the six days are to be interpreted should remain an active one in Catholic circles for some time to come.
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Written by :faithinfire
And please what is the ratio of those that are creationists v. id/evolution?
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Written by :faithinfire
I never said that ID was science-at least not lately
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Walls may have ears but they don't have eyes
Written by :Mascot
It's the one thing that you're not socially allowed to argue about.....why? because there is no argument to be had there's just gullible naive fools who can't justify their views they can only get offended.
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
Walls may have ears but they don't have eyes
Written by :Mascot
even then only by someone equating all Christians with creationists which is not true and an understandable objection.
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
Written by :simta
nope, but all creationists are christians
Written by : that gent that figured out that e=mc2
"I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details."
Written by : same mad-haired physicist
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
"Lots of beeping. And shaking and tinfoil." Chelly
"Are you sure it's a genuine test and not a robot heroin addict?" Cantus
---set free by the rather lovely FireTom---
--(right arm owned by Fyre)--
Written by :ChellyWritten by :simta
nope, but all creationists are christians
True, but so were/are many famous scientists....
Michael Faraday, Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, James Clerk Maxwell, the Wright brothers, Francis Bacon.....heck, even Einstein...
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
"Lots of beeping. And shaking and tinfoil." Chelly
"Are you sure it's a genuine test and not a robot heroin addict?" Cantus
---set free by the rather lovely FireTom---
--(right arm owned by Fyre)--
Written by :Mascot
On a closer reading there is no real spiritualist nonsense here and only faithinfire has been offended and even then only by someone equating all Christians with creationists which is not true and an understandable objection. Actually (more or less) scientific views seem to be in the ascendancy.
Using the keywords [theorie * earth creation] we found the following existing topics.