RE: Does human life have INHERENT value?
June 22, 2015 at 1:19 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2015 at 1:20 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 22, 2015 at 12:04 am)Chuck Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 11:17 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It was never ok for those people to do that. They acted wrongly, and against Catholic doctrine.
Uh, really?
It WAS the very same Catholic Church under the numerous infallible predecessors of the current pope that actually did it.
What the Catholic Church DID in BURNING people at the stake when it could, would seem to speak infinitely louder than the WORDS it SPEAKS now when it couldn't, about what doctrine it Really would actually FOLLOW should it ever regain the power to really do as it pleased, unencumbered by such human progress as has taken place since the 1500s inspite of the catholic church's most strenuous and disgraceful efforts to suppress them, would it not?
I am neither denying nor excusing the actions of those people. They were Catholic people. They did horrible things. It is heinous.
What I'm saying is that it's not any sort of official Church Doctrine. Meaning it is not part of the Catholic faith to believe that burning a heretic is moral, even if several centuries ago these Catholics acted horribly.
"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
