tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post8976600477919016232..comments2023-05-16T02:53:34.878-07:00Comments on The Catholic Working Mother: Do Catholics "blindly follow" the Vatican?JoAnna Wahlundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-32946490499540046582014-02-19T11:36:32.048-07:002014-02-19T11:36:32.048-07:00Perhaps you should read it again, Bill. And do rea...Perhaps you should read it again, Bill. And do read Chesterton! I love his writing so much that I named a kid after him. :)JoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-91112674927170452682014-02-19T11:23:35.196-07:002014-02-19T11:23:35.196-07:00It was Mere Christianity that sold me on Christian...It was Mere Christianity that sold me on Christianity in the first place. But that was then and this is now. <br /><br />I say there is no God because the God people believe in most is the God of the Bible. But I believe in something as opposed to real atheist who say there is nothing. Haven't read any Chesterton yet. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976342950011924171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-11897943002398857532014-02-19T11:22:47.830-07:002014-02-19T11:22:47.830-07:00The New Testament FULFILLED (not replaced) the Old...The New Testament FULFILLED (not replaced) the Old Testament, Bill...Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456678968658724716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-41795771802459144892014-02-19T11:05:34.228-07:002014-02-19T11:05:34.228-07:00"We all want progress, but if you're on t..."We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive." - C. S. Lewis<br /><br />“Progress is a useless word; for progress takes for granted an already defined direction: and it is exactly about the direction that we disagree.” - G.K. Chesterton<br /><br />Have you ever read C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity," Bill? Or Chesterton's "Orthodoxy"?<br />JoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-29162376661186509942014-02-19T10:41:14.616-07:002014-02-19T10:41:14.616-07:00Let's assume for a moment that there is a supe...Let's assume for a moment that there is a super intelligence behind everything. Let me call it God and make it a "he" instead of an "it". Let's assume that it is in his nature to want someone to know that he exists and not just exist alone with no one around to even acknowledge him. I would imagine that we have evolved with an intelligence to be used to seek and recognize him more and more as we grow in intelligence. When the Bible was written, we were that intelligent. The New Testament replaced the Old Testament. It's time to replace the New Testament. We know so much more now. Darwin wrote On the Origins of Species. Carl Sagan wrote Cosmos which describes everything from science. There are newer books and theories. The Catholic Church is stuck on a 2,000 year tradition. That's not progress. Progress is the key to learning more about God. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976342950011924171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-38725031447387236622014-02-19T10:20:08.947-07:002014-02-19T10:20:08.947-07:00You can't prove any of that, Bill.
You can c...You can't prove any of that, Bill. <br /><br />You can change. With God all things are possible.JoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-73680108392757182192014-02-19T10:04:02.196-07:002014-02-19T10:04:02.196-07:00If I accepted those premises then it would not be ...If I accepted those premises then it would not be logical for me to disagree with you. You are not brainwashed. You haven't researched your premises the way I have. There is no God or if there is, the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church do not properly represent him. And the Bible tells all these crazy stories about him that are not even close to being accurate. <br /><br />You're happy being Catholic. I am not happy being a nonbeliever. You shouldn't change and I can't change. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976342950011924171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-88058134193229850042014-02-19T09:56:33.737-07:002014-02-19T09:56:33.737-07:00My logic and reason have led me to a different con...My logic and reason have led me to a different conclusion than yours, Bill. Just me because my conclusion is different does not mean I am brainwashed.JoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-68263752243783984062014-02-19T09:53:39.518-07:002014-02-19T09:53:39.518-07:00Bill - the premises are that God exists, Jesus is ...Bill - the premises are that God exists, Jesus is God, and that the Catholic Church was established by Jesus to teach authoritatively. See here: http://www.catholic.com/documents/pillar-of-fire-pillar-of-truthJoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-51658313908478486502014-02-19T09:46:39.807-07:002014-02-19T09:46:39.807-07:00What are the premises?What are the premises?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976342950011924171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-2120640900112063282014-02-19T09:45:39.609-07:002014-02-19T09:45:39.609-07:00"Once a person accepts certain premises that ..."Once a person accepts certain premises that then draws him or her to the Church, they do not cease to think for themselves."<br /><br />I don't know what those premises are but I suspect that I would not accept them and therefore not agree to have my life guided by Church teaching. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976342950011924171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546639772211374853.post-32413865233999346712011-02-09T00:11:54.208-07:002011-02-09T00:11:54.208-07:00Oh, I love that, too!!!! And, how did you get it t...Oh, I love that, too!!!! And, how did you get it to go right to her comment?? I want to learn that!!Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.com