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Not By Scripture Alone was a direct link in the chain that brought me into the Church. I was never a Bible-only sort, but I had friends who were and was looking for replies to what they said. That book might even have been where I first encountered Shea, and it is certainly where I encountered St. ...

Who were some of the bigger names in apologetics that used to post on the old board? I believe I signed up in 2010 over there... and that was right after some of those folk had stopped because I could search for topics that were maybe only a year old by that point and still see Steve Ray post. I th...

anawim wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 4:29 am
At, the time, he seemed calm and rational, so I thought it was out of character, and maybe he had matured beyond his college self.

What? Even when he was here, he was prone to erratic outburtss.

I didn't know all of that about Sungenuis. I do remember some scandal about a movie he worked on where they tricked a well-known physicist into appearing on a movie about heliocentrism. Yeah, not shady stuff at all. And the documentary was narrated by Kate Mulgrew, she, like the others involved, sa...

Sungenis is a heliocentrist who has petitioned the Vatican to renew the condemnation of Galileo, and he is a crazy antisemite who denies the Holocaust and supports a conspiracy theory that Jews are secret Satanists who are trying to rule the world.

Mark Shea is a good example, but if you really want to see a fall from grace, look up what happened to Gerry Matatics, or Bob Sungenius

They are imposing more brutal means of oppression!

I don't think it's out of line to say that they questioned his orthodoxy at times. Which the Distorter still can't complain about because they are firmly in "it's okay to deny Church teaching" camp. What? Francis is the only Pope no one can legitimately dissent from? According to their wi...

anawim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 3:47 am It wasn't just Francis' teachings that I thought were wrong, but his personality. He was pompous and arrogant. Not at all the kind of person one would want to emulate.

He was like the Grinch, his heart was two sizes too small.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 9:32 pm I don't think it's out of line to say that they questioned his orthodoxy at times.

Which the Distorter still can't complain about because they are firmly in "it's okay to deny Church teaching" camp. What? Francis is the only Pope no one can legitimately dissent from?

I don't think they went so far as "question his orthodoxy", they merely questioned the wisdom and prudence of some of his actions and statements, which a Catholic can do, and which the Distorter did all through the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, and will no doubt start doin...

We have a new priest and he's done something that no previous priest has done (since I've been a member at this parish)... he sent out a text message to all parishioners reminding them it's a Holy Day and that we must attend. I really liked it. I would have forgotten and then confessed it, not this...

Frankly, if I am still working when I am 82, I can only conclude that America has become some kind of dystopian nightmare. I have no intention of working past 65 (a mere 15 years away), certainly not past 80.

The only Mass is at 7:30 AM when everyone except the retired is at work, so no.

The Lord never told him to strike the rock at all, much less twice. Yes, I know but my question relates to the idea that striking the rock twice symbolized that Jesus only had to die once, not twice. I'm just wondering where that originated. Probably from your priest's imagination, it is not only q...

Source for what? That Moses' sinned by not talking to the rock like God asked, but striking it instead? That is what it says in Deuteronomy.

God told Moses to speak to the rock to make water come from it, but in his anger, he hit the rock with his staff, twice. And on top of that, when the Israelites asked where the water came from, Moses took credit for the miracle. That was Moses' sin, which kept him out of the Promised Land, not only ...

It doesn't mean that he has failed to find adequate subordinate leaders; it is more a refusal to trust them to do the job they are supposed to do. Failure to trust is always a byproduct of insecurity.

peregrinator wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 1:18 pm The Pope can definitely be a micromanager as Leo's predecessor showed. It's just another way Leo is different

Micromangement is just insecurity disguised as leadership