@ianharber He gives away the game by continuing to employ the term "fetus" which is just Latin for offspring. In modern parlance, it makes it seem like a fetus and baby a distinct when they are truly not.
Politics is not for everyone, including people I generally agree with. Political projects operate in terms of decades and take some foresight. Unfortunately, in our day of age it's just the game of constant outrage everyday and we miss the real incremental changes that are taking place because frankly we find that mechanical political advancement boring.
Political projects are operate in terms of decades while perceived personal slights last a wink. If you sre concerned about posterity you take thr incremental wins where you can. Identifying if disappoint as a personal "betrayal" is product of our para-social age, but does accomplishes little
@JohnDoyle It's the backup quarterback proposition: the idealized untapped potential is always with the guy on the bench. The panacea is just around the corner."
Trump is the guy who got us this far and is proven, no one else has come close.
@Catholicizm1 Sounds like 1/3 of women of the United States should not be culpable of murder since that is number who are currently on an SSRI prescription. Seems reasonable.
@Gudha_guru@scrowder How quickly people forget. Astounding.
Let's take one example, how about when Biden nearly forced employer in the nation to compel the wuhan vaccine via OSHA? "Oh, yeah things are the same."
In all fairness the Oritental Communion is cleaner than the Eastern Orthodox. It's more than just the Coptics.
I think the Orientals will come back before the Eastern Orthodox. My interactions with Coptics, Ethiopians and Syriacs are always great. There is no antipathy like with the EOs
@redeemed_zoomer Protestants have neither the arguments nor the institutions. I guess they should be totally disregarded out of hand as well? I'll take that based on your standard.
They were able to ape the Church for a time, but that time has since passed. Return.
@superxtianmario NFP is just abstaining during certain periods.
This has long been a practice in the Church during fasting seasons. NFP just repackages the idea.
Good can come from it, but like with any virtue, it can be twisted.