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This is well stated.

Actually parents raising children often don't pay taxes at all because of the child tax credits and the more children, the more credits. But what I really contend with is this idea of "affordable" which is vague and very much subject to interpretation. Quite often what's "affordable" is what...

I think the question is what is the church doing right? It's easy to criticize but difficult to run an organized church that's always going to be too this and too that. People love to throw popcorn but are reticent to give compliments. This is out of balance to what Christ said to the...

Have you considered that only in your mind exists a conflict between institutional organization and spontaneity and inspiration by the Holy Spirit; that one undoes the other?

Wow. I can do that too! There are "millions" who believe the gifts of the Spirit have NOT ceased, so are they wrong or are you? Did you seriously build your argument on that pile of sand? Moreover, there are no more prophets in the sense that prophets represented God to the people and so God...

I think you're highlighting why sola scriptura is a flawed design to begin with. The Bible was never meant to be an authority, it was meant to be read under authority; particularly the authority by which Christ commissioned his holy Church. Even before the canonical councils of the 4th...

My wife and I struggled with a lack of trust as well. We have a 10 year old son, a 5 year old son, an 18 month old daughter and another boy due in January. The span between children reveals our struggle. We were "planning" our family. But after our second son, we changed our attitude and now...

Protestants started it, ran with it, and pushed it into a Constitutional amendment. Sorry, but it's true.

I think you'll agree with me that if America ceased being a force for good in the world, it would be by shades and degrees; so subtle as to even escape detection altogether. I believe that patriotism is a virtue when in tandem with a nation that does good, protects the innocent, and is not...

You've nailed a lot of ancillary factors that contribute to reduced family size. It all comes down to a lack of faith among the "faithful". You saw Dodo David's response taking the viewpoint of a lawyer (or child, pick one) demanding that I show him in the Bible where birth control is...

This is a good point. One defining belief in the Catholic Church is that the Church is led infallibly by the Holy Spirit and as such cannot teach error. Even Protestants concede to this infallibility when it comes to the canonical councils lest error was inserted in the creation of the Bible in...

I agree with this. Another member here was disparaging the Pope for having a relationship with a witch doctor in Africa and I sometimes wonder if people like this even read the gospels. When we reach out to sinners, develop loving relationships to them, and come to understand their point of...

^^^^This.

The Population Bomb scare of the 1970's proved to be a myth. Not only has growing population not brought us to the brink of starvation, but quite the opposite, technology has enabled us to feed ourselves and have plenty to distribute worldwide than ever in human history. Having more...

I said there are no more prophets. That's different than saying there is no more prophesy. I don't believe the gifts of the Spirit have ceased.

Point is well taken. My only disagreement is your argument that we never were a good nation (saying it never did exist). I think we were and that WWII is the height of it; we did a really good thing there. But even then, the political expediency you spoke of was a factor. We were so eager to...

I really don't know what to say. I mean....I really don't understand what you just said here. *baffled* :blink: