RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 16, 2015 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2015 at 12:38 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 16, 2015 at 12:06 pm)Rhythm Wrote:Quote:Catholics are free to read the OT allegorically, or literally. If Randy believes it is literal, he is not going against Catholic faith.Catholics are free to do whatever they please. Though they might run afoul of dogma by exercizing that particular freedom. You must read some of the OT as literal, rather than allegorical, or there is no christ. Honestly though, it's a non-issue for morality.
No one claimed that he was going against the catholic faith, but he is going down a different road than you are, eh? I asked -you- not whether Randy was a catholic (we know that he is) but whether or not you think that Randy's rear facing moralizing is the manner in which we determine what -is- good? Do we look at the actions and desires of god and say "this is what is good, there must be a reason that this is good", no matter what those actions are?
Just free to determine whether they believe the OT stories are allegorical or literal.
And when I say free I just mean they can do so without going against Church teaching. Yes. If we believe God is perfect then it would logically follow that He has never done anything wrong, ragardless of whether someone believes in the literal OT or not.
(June 16, 2015 at 12:08 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(June 16, 2015 at 12:05 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Don't take my word for it, do a quick google search!
I learned about it on the animal channel. I was pretty traumatized by the sight of lions killing baby lion cubs.
Interestingly, they don't do it to their own kids, do they?
Do you remember what the hosts of that show on animal channel said?
It wasn't their own kids, it was other another lion's cubs. He said something along the lines of felines killing babies that are not their own. I know feral cats do this too.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
