RE: Admitting You're a Sinner
January 18, 2018 at 12:47 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2018 at 1:00 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(January 17, 2018 at 11:57 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(January 17, 2018 at 11:38 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Personally I adhere to the faith, except for that part about how I just told everyone I don;t adhere to a core and foundational doctrine of the catholic church..original sin.
I'm not positing that I know more about your faith than you do, trollerina...I'm suggesting that the catholic church, and their official doctrine...does...argue with them until you;re blue in the face...convinced the whole time your arguing with me. Their opinion on the heretical theological musings of women is world renowned.
My impression is that there is an institutional tolerance bordering on commitment to encouraging a wide range of belief levels, ranging between the literal with an emphasis on rule following on up to someone like Mother Teresa who recognized she no longer believed in God at all. The pope she corresponded with about it touted her struggle to continue in her convictions even without belief laudable.
Then there was that person at the Vatican interviewed by Bill Mayer for Religulous who was very openly accepting of this even as he conceded the difficulties for the literally minded.
Hm, didn't realize Maher had ever interviewed Father Foster.
Anyway, I wouldn't bother trying to explain to Khem about any of this. I know his AF persona well enough by now to know that he's not interested in what's actually true. He's going to keep accusing me of heresy for what I said about Original Sin, despite the fact that what I said is exactly what was taught to us in Catholic school. Moron.
"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