RE: A moral and ethical question for theists
July 12, 2015 at 3:19 pm
(This post was last modified: July 12, 2015 at 3:21 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(July 12, 2015 at 3:13 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: Man, Randy's dick must be hard as a stone with CL eating his shit up like that. She must be at least as dumb as he is. Like damn. Must be nice to have a cheerleader for once, considering how he normally gets treated around here.
We are both of the same faith, and he can do a much better job of explaining things than I can. I am not so good with words or with expressing my thoughts. It's good to have a fellow Catholic here for support and to help out with explaining our views to you guys and answering your questions.
(July 12, 2015 at 3:13 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: Besides, the point of this thread was to discuss a moral question that's barely been discussed. CL doesn't seem to think that the events of Revelation are a useful account of end times, but also doesn't think that Revelation is a load of bullshit (if you're not reading it to find out about the end of the world, I don't know what the fuck you'd hope to extract from it).
Even if you don't believe Revelation is literally true, it's clearly talking about an end scenario full of death and torture, inflicted by god himself. If you don't really think revelation is even allegorically true and that nobody will be tortured and killed over Jesus coming back, then yes, you think Revelation is crap, and you have a completely non-biblical view of the second coming. That's fine if that's the case, but it clouds the discussion at hand and is an obscure enough theological claim that it doesn't really seem useful for the OP question.
Did you see the Catholic source I linked you to several pages back that explains the Church's position in regards to the second coming of Christ?
"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
