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Well, I just scanned the the blog entry and at first glance found it to be a mere summary of Aquinas’ “Quinque viæ”. Now, personally I think Aquinas was brilliant, but if he had found ‘proof’ for God’s existence, we would not still discuss it today. The question is: however clever a...

Jesus also said give to Caesar what is Caesar’s. Luckily these days in Western Democracies – at least in theory – the people are Caesar. What His comments on the poor widow’s donation show is that Jesus knew the simple mathematics, that make it seem reasonable to have different tax brackets...

Well, the question that springs to mind is whether you insist on women covering their hair in Church, just as Paul demands`, and if not, why not. ;-) As for my beliefs: The Gospel of John tells me that the Word of God is not a book, but a Person: Jesus Christ. I also believe Paul was an...

Actually I think this is a very vital part of this discussion. So sorry to lazily use wikipedia again, but here’s a summary of what 21th century scientists tell us about homosexuality: “Along with bisexuality and heterosexuality, homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual...

Will do. While I myself am deeply convinced that God created and loves my homosexual friends just the way they are. and it while it saddens me how the church has sinned/is sinning against them, I still break bread with my old Pastor, who still is more inclined towards your position. So I have...

So you think that Jesus was a socialist or communist when He said that the poor widow who only gave “two small copper coins” to the temple treasury “has dropped in more than all of them, because all the others contributed to the offering out of their surplus, but she, in her poverty, dropped in...

Done :-) It's in the Debate Forum.

Hi there Wormwood, you’re right: this would derail the other thread, so here’s a new one. Let me start with something I’m sure you and I agree on: the first and furthermost commands a Christian ought to follow is to love God neighbour. And even though on this topic we happen to disagree on...

It seems you and I are pretty much in the same boat when it comes to how we view the relationship between faith and works. Just one little comment on a trifle we disagree on: If your Bible has the term “homosexual” in it, it must be a really bad translation. The term was first used in 1869 and...

Glad to hear it. So why do you link the Roman Catholic Church to the Book of Revelation? And why do you have such a problem with ecumenism? We are told that the church (Christianity as a whole) is Christ’s body. Shouldn’t the parts of the body communicate and cooperate with each other?

I doubt very much that John of Patmos had the plot of the “Left Behind"-Series in mind when writing the Book of Revelation.

It’s kind of depressing that such a mind-set could get prominent in a country that is mainly inhabited by the descendants of people who fled poverty and religious persecution. Over here in Europe, too, it sometimes feels as if enlightenment had never happened. Which begs the question which...

This post is such a fine example for Poe’s law! However, whether you are serious or not: it is indeed astonishing how some people can have so much respect for life that’s still in the womb whilst having total disregard for life once it’s out of the womb. And that they either lack the abstract...

Let’s hope and pray that everybody makes it to Heaven: Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists, Baptists, Methodists … Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses … and Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists and other folks who either never had a chance to hear the Gospel or could not accept it in this life...

Quite obviously not. Not only is your content and style totally different to his: He died in 1988. And even if he was still around, I’d be very surprised if somebody who according to Wikipedia “is considered one of the most important Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century” found the time...

If you think the Democratic party is about communism and socialism, you’ve never met a communist or socialist. Have a look at who's funding them and you'll see that Democrats are as much in bed with Capitalism as their Republican counterparts. (To appear slightly saner is no feat when you...

I know, I can get very passionate about these issues. So I’m sorry if I offended you. ,​

Here's from a Catholic for you: "Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the ‘closed door’ of my own room. From the standpoint of living faith, I cannot fundamentally believe in anyone’s damnation but my own; as...

So you can look into people’s hearts? No idea how royal child benefits are in the US, but over here you’re lucky when they cover the cost for diapers. For the sake of experience, I once tried to live on what people on benefits have to live on for a while, and I can assure you it wasn’t an...

Yes, I’ve noticed by now that you think saying “Lord, Lord” is enough, and there is no need to actually also do what the Lord wants. And thus any suggestion that Christians may be called to do something to make the world a better place sets you off on a rant. However, read back and you’ll see...