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I am not dodging anything - except the an argument on merits of the teachings of the Church - I just continue to tell you factually, what the Church t...

the Catholic answer is God - here is the teaching: ARTICLE 2 THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION 74 God "desires all men to be saved and to come to ...

No, not even close - may be a bunch to type here - but a quick search would get you there. actually none of that is true when the Pope is speaking "au...

maybe I am not being clear on what I mean by Apostolic Tradition - It is a fundamental belief of the Catholic Church that the totality of Divine Revel...

This concept of Sola Scriptura ( where does Jesus say ) that you are alluding to - along with your challenge of Papal authority were the heart of the ...

I was not arguing with you, I was just giving you some information. Although you may have been raised Catholic, it is obvious you do not understand wh...

It can not do this - Pope John Paul II "authoritatively" declared that women can not be ordained as Priests, and it is "authoritatively" stated in the...

this interpretation is in absolutely no way consistent with my concern over this horror. That is just a restatement of your view of the situation attr...

I have no clue what that last post means.

my whole point is they should not - If your point is, that these inalienable rights can be ignored, not respected, and abused by other humans - I have...

should be "are not" awarded ....

I do not think my right to life, my right not to be enslaved, my right not to have violence done to me, my right to use my talents and efforts to impr...

we all are what we do. Including the Church. It is important to remember that the organization of the the church - is a human organization. As such is...

all due respect, I could not possibly disagree more.

here is an old Jesuit joke. A Jesuit novitiate is at his first house celebration of the Feast day of St. Ignatius. There are drinks, very good wine, s...

I know this is the conventional wisdom. And while the Catholic Church is a huge organization, and takes in vast amounts of money, and has great financ...

sure you won't believe this - but will tell you anyway. FYI the church does not consider its art work as their assets - the belief is they are the pro...

for the forensic accountants - The Catholic Church in the States publishes their books. Here they are: http://usccb.org/about/financial-reporting/uplo...

generally I think the usual process is to ask what the other position is, and then argue against it. But your way does save a great deal of time.

I, and I thought we, were only discussing the Catholic Church here

Sorry should have been I have NO reason to believe.....

I have reason to believe based on anything at all that would count as evidence that the Catholic Church is engaged in some type of conspiracy to bring...

I think one needs to be specific in what we mean when we use the term "scientific theory". This from wiki but it will do. A scientific theory is an ex...

Trump's belief that he can change the 14th amendment by executive order, may well be the most dangerous thing I have ever heard a president ever say, ...

I think in this sentence is the crux of many of these discussions. This just shows a faith in the ability of science. To be clear, I think that belief...

looks like about 4 or 5 corporal acts of mercy in that post.

I would settle for just an end of arrogance of ones position, an end to sarcasm as tactic, and a significant increase in respect for each other's reas...

Love this Greenspan quote "We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't." Economics is an important fie...

not arguing - I am no evangelist - believe as you like, allow the same for others - Was just a clarification on what a particular groups actual teachi...

Can't speak for all, but from a Catholic perspective your theology above is not quite accurate. Since Vatican 2 - here is a Catholic description of "h...

and probably a dead head !!!

fyi - from US Conf of Catholic Bishops - "As Catholic agencies assisting poor and vulnerable migrants in the United States and around the world, we ar...

The only answer to this question that matters at all is the one you give yourself.

Agree - It seems you are more interested in ridicule than discussion

I have read this quite a few times, but I don't see the logic that takes it to an infinite large family of propositions. I am quite sure that the fail...

to be clear I am not defending Pascal's wager - I believe in skeptical theism, and as such, I am doubtful that we can say anything at all with any deg...

agree - as mine above - Pascal's alternative was dichotomous - God as he understood God, existed or it did not.

there is no "proof" that God is or is not as a matter of fact. There is a reasonable case that God is, and there is a reasonable case that God is not....

Yet again - i will be happy to argue against any set of premises that ends with the conclusion " therefore theism is unreasonable"

Could well be, but that is what it is, with the addition of, and we can not know which is true. In Pascal's wager there are 4 possibilities. God is, a...

not quite correct - better said God ( of the Catholic religion) is, or is not. This is an undeniable true premise - it in-compasses every possibility.

Yajur - happy to reply, but let's do one argument at a time. - to recap you present the argument from evil - i counter that a 3 - O God and Evil can c...

That is exactly what I am saying, just add fact as well to complete.

Think you are missing my point. so lets say, i say I believe by faith the world is flat. That just makes me a fool, it does not make faith itself fool...

from a different post - but just to give the skeptical theist response here as well: Skeptical theists address the argument from evil - with the conce...

sure - how about the multi-universe objection to the argument by design - in no way at all could one consider the multi universe a fact, although ther...

there is always a major issue in discussions on faith. the first is agreeing on a definition of what the word means, and the second is it is an indivi...

Skeptical theists address the argument from evil - with the concept of compensating goods. For something to be a compensating good: 1. It has to be si...

then we just disagree - i believe simply by being human i have several natural rights, i have a right not to be killed, not to be enslaved, not to be ...