RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 20, 2015 at 2:37 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2015 at 4:41 pm by rexbeccarox.
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(June 20, 2015 at 2:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: You are correct. But exactly how all of that played out is left up for individual assessment. And it can be far from believing that the universe was made in seven days 6 thousand years ago, that Adam and Even just solidified from dust and from a rib of the other, that the garden of Eden existed as a paradise, that God commanded them not to eat fruit from a specific tree, that a snake tempted them, and that they ate an apple.No, stop. You must, if you wish to retain any -shred- of intellectual honesty and catholic faith, desist in this immediately. This is not -my- request, -I- hope you stop believing. This is simply what your church demands of you. You clearly do -not- have a better understanding of your faith..and that is an all-to-common misunderstanding that theists have when they decide to throw their lot in with the wolves.
That story can be taken either allegorically or literally.
As I have told you before Rhythm, you are an intelligent individual, and I can see that. But I promise you, I have a better understanding of my own religion than you do. ;-)
The link below is a Catholic apologist speaking about the story of Jonah and the whale as an example:
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When it comes to OT stories, Catholics are free to believe in the allegorical or literal sense.
But go ahead, tell me more about jonah and the whale...which I didn't comment upon. Show us that in addition to being ignorant of your own faith you are ignorant regarding basic logic.
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