RE: Ask a Catholic
May 31, 2015 at 12:32 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2015 at 12:42 pm by Randy Carson.)
(May 31, 2015 at 1:07 am)JuliaL Wrote:(May 15, 2015 at 7:59 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: How do you feel knowing that your own life here on earth - all that you love, all that you dream, all that you have accomplished - will eventually fade into nothingness?
Where will you spend eternity?
As one who knows where my immortal indestructible soul will spend eternity (or at least has a couple of options
Where did it go last night between ~11PM and 7AM this morning?
How would I know about last night? I was referring (as you know) to what happens after you die.
Quote:What are you planning to do after counting all the grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth for the 300th time and have eternity left to busy yourself?
1 Corinthians 2:9
“No eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him”
Quote:Whatever happened to Limbo (the place, not the dance) and is it currently filling with gastrulae and blastulae? If not, where are all the unbaptised embryos going?
The existence of Limbo was a theological speculation about the fate of unbaptized children. The short answer is: we trust to the mercy of God. If you want a longer answer from the Vatican website, Google the following:
INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION
THE HOPE OF SALVATION FOR INFANTS
WHO DIE WITHOUT BEING BAPTISED
(May 31, 2015 at 1:36 am)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote:Quote: Name one example.
You have got to be fucking joking me right? I probably can google tens of thousands right now. You seriously are shitting me right?? Surely you have heard of canon law, and of course all of the ecumenical councils, that you just mentioned above. The church has changed so much from the beginning, and flip flopped on many issues. This is a joke, right?
If not, here is a big list of the very recent ones:
http://www.mycatholicsource.com/mcs/cg/l...i.htm#What Has Changed?
No, I'm totally serious, and I've spent nearly a decade debating stuff like this with Protestants who are far more knowledgeable than you about this subject. No offense, but there it is.
Not a single Catholic doctrine has ever been reversed.
Now, if you have a particular issue that you want to discuss because you think it is an example, please let me know.
But before you do, make sure you know the differences between dogmas, doctrines, devotions, and disciplines. The latter two can change, but the former two never have.
You also need to understand how and why doctrine develops, but we can cover that later if necessary.
(May 31, 2015 at 10:03 am)Rhythm Wrote: What if I wasn't interested in salvation..but wondered how much jesus blood/suffering on the cross would be required in order to satisfy my outstanding parking tickets? Is there an arrangement for that.....some spell I could ask your witchdoctors to perform on my behalf? Gimme the juice!
(also, do rosary beads come in different sizes and, if so, whats the convention for naming? #12-#4, for example - if applicable? I got an idea from another catholic that I wanted to follow up on....related to that..can I call -just any- set of beads rosary beads, are they all equally suitable? Yet another idea from a fellow catholic, of course.)
(May 31, 2015 at 12:20 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: What happens if the jesus wafer decides to start break dancing on his way down your esophagus?
Not that I'm not mildly amused by deluded religionists who sincerely believe they have a divine mandate to convert us heathen atheists, but in the interest of brevity, please I just want an answer to the wafer question.
Should I conclude from the above that the two of you are out of serious questions and that you will soon be wandering off into other threads in search of entertainment?
