jondeval

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by jondeval 4y ago
Of course the Church has a well-known teaching with regard to this activity. Just like the Church has a specific teaching about artificial contraception. So the Church obviously says specific things about specific things. The point is that
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by jondeval 4y ago
I think you are correct in emphasizing that the burden of the Church's teaching on chastity does not fall equally on all groups of people. But it should be stressed that this is no way a consequence a specific teaching that targets peo
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by jondeval 4y ago
> I think most rational people would see through that ... Where is the inconsistency? A heterosexual man is called to chastity as well. If he acts against this by cheating on his spouse I don't think the CC would be 'condemning
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by jondeval 4y ago
Apologies. I mistook you as someone looking to engage with the substance of the argument. Take Care.
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by jondeval 4y ago
Thanks for the response. Let me take your comments one at a time. Apologies in advance if it seems like I'm jumping around and cherry picking. I'm just trying to focus in on the key issues. > if we define God as base reality, t
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by jondeval 4y ago
Let's leave aside the arrogant/not-arrogant portion of the thread for now and key in on your main point: > If someone says they know there is a teapot in orbit around Proxima Centauri and I disagree with them, neither of us can
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by jondeval 4y ago
An additional reason that drives me to use make on most new projects is the polyglot nature of many code repos. There are language/ecosystem-specific build tools: grunt, rake, etc. but often real world projects are a mix if different l
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by jondeval 4y ago
You make some really fantastic points here. > His argument doesn't make sense if Adam didn't really exist. I think you are completely correct. CS Lewis provides and extensive set of thoughts about paradisal man in 'The Pro
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by jondeval 4y ago
What specific truth claim are you skeptical about?
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by jondeval 4y ago
I don't think the concept is morality is relevant in those extreme cases. It looks like we are more or less saying the same thing.
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by jondeval 4y ago
Apologies if I'm missing the main point. I certainly agree that consciousness + rational choosing must be a prerequisite for moral acts. But I wouldn't concede that morality is a human invention like the computer. That would imply
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by jondeval 4y ago
What were the reasons that made you embrace that change? Consistency is certainly admirable, but you can consistently embrace incorrect world views.
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by jondeval 4y ago
> Evidence: How many, many animals live and thrive is deeply immoral by human standards. The fact that non-human animals live an existence of violent survival does not seem to be prima facie evidence for the nonexistence or incoherence o
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by jondeval 4y ago
Secular humanism in its more radical and moderate forms since the French revolution has always been subject to the direct and straightforward criticism that as a philosophy it will eventually lead to an erosion of a shared reference frame a
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by jondeval 4y ago
I'm just an ordinary Catholic. My story isn't particularly exciting. I understand the view you are articulating with the phrase 'reduction of truth'. I can't be 100% sure from such a short description but I think th
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by jondeval 4y ago
Good luck to you. This is a great comment. > See it as a kind of philosophy embedded in a story (mythology) This is tricky. You are sort of making an acknowledgement of the power of Christianity to shape culture without requiring a firm
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by jondeval 4y ago
At the risk of going too far off topic, there is a distinction between Biblical inerrancy and Biblical literalism. For example, Jesus says: 'You are the salt of the earth.' He doesn't literally mean his followers are Sodium C
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by jondeval 4y ago
The reality of hell is absolutely grounded in both the Biblical texts and the Christian tradition. Furthermore the image of 'fire' to describe this reality cannot be disputed. Thank you for looking up the most relevant verses. It&
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by jondeval 4y ago
>Such difference seems very significant to me. Thank you for your honesty. As a Catholic it's interesting to hear the perspective of an atheist on this topic. Christianity rejects at a philosophical level any sort of dependence on &
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by jondeval 4y ago
> But blindly following a ceremony your entire life ... I mean this in the most honest and genuine way. What if you are simply incorrect in your perception of why a Catholic would attend mass? I bet if you found a knowledgable Christian
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by jondeval 4y ago
> I know many people who believe in the literal fire and brimstone definition of Hell who are devout Christians. This seems fishy to me. I'm sure you know (or know of) many people who you label in the category of devout Christians w
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by jondeval 4y ago
It think this is mostly right. Within your point number (1), I see the problem as more to do with senior management. Specifically I think the major disconnect is not so much between middle managers and IC's, it's between executive
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by jondeval 4y ago
> Not an exclusive interpretation, but still a valid one. This is only technically true in the sense that the weakest straw man still gets a seat at the table. My comment is directed only to people who would be interested in investigatin
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by jondeval 4y ago
Maybe Christianity is not a cult, but the cult. When I hear people call a group a cult, what they typically mean is that the group is a pale imitation of Christianity. Many Christians would likely take issue with this description becaus
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by jondeval 4y ago
> Besides, you know... For those interested in knowing the actual Christian teaching on the topic of hell, just be aware that this comment is completely incorrect.
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by jondeval 4y ago
I think you are describing something that is fundamentally difficult for all human beings. (1) Understanding abstract problem statements (2) solving the problem (3) communicating the solution to other people accounting for their various lev
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by jondeval 4y ago
> Surely not everything is so incredibly compressible, is it? I like your line of thinking and I'm actually quite excited about this recent shift in physics to a more information-theoretic line of inquiry. Is it fair to state a coro
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by jondeval 4y ago
Thank you. I appreciate you wanting and choosing to respond.
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by jondeval 4y ago
> I used to think that free will existed but now I am surprised we even think that. How about over a longer time period? For example, say you want to pickup a new good habit and get rid of a bad habit. When you start to intentionally mak
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by jondeval 4y ago
I actually think PG is exploring something that is at the heart of what it means to be a human being. Interestingly, the traditional teaching of Original Sin is that we are broken at the level of what we 'want'. The phrase commonl

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