Patrick Stone-Sudol

Software engineer & team lead 💻 Assistant Zone Leader @PvilleDems 🐦‍🔥 Road cyclist 🚴 Espresso enthusiast ☕️ Rail & transit nerd 🚆 Husband 💍

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex You’re proving my point. Jesus could’ve defended the Mosaic penalty. Instead, he challenged the accusers and chose mercy. Your legal technicalities don’t erase Christ’s moral example. Perhaps address the theological significance of his actions instead of resorting to insults.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex Jesus faced a demand for execution under Mosaic law. He chose mercy, not death. Pretending that’s irrelevant while citing Aquinas is cherry-picking. And your personal ranking of theologians doesn’t override the current Catechism. That’s not how Catholic doctrine works.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex The Catechism explicitly calls the death penalty “inadmissible” because it attacks human dignity. And Christ’s response to those demanding an execution was “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” (John 8:7). Why privilege Aquinas over both?

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex Aquinas defended both the principle AND executing heretics. I cited that to challenge your appeal to his authority, not disprove capital punishment outright. That’s not a motte-and-bailey. And centuries of precedent don’t invalidate doctrinal development.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex Aquinas argued BOTH that the state may execute criminals and that heretics deserve execution. Pointing out both isn’t a motte-and-bailey. It’s examining his actual reasoning. You don’t get to invoke his authority, then dismiss his conclusions when inconvenient.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex You cited Aquinas as an authority. I pointed out what else he advocated. Now suddenly his views are irrelevant? Convenient. You don’t get to cherry-pick medieval theology while ignoring the current Catechism. And throwing in xenophobic insults doesn’t strengthen your argument.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@LemmyEnjoyer @CLEjfh86 @Sargon_of_Akkad @Pontifex Aquinas also supported executing heretics. Should Catholics follow that too? Citing medieval theologians as if Church teaching were frozen in the 13th century just shows you don’t understand doctrinal development. Try reading the current Catechism.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@Anc_Aesthetics

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@SaraGonzalesTX Give it the fuck up. This is a self-humiliation ritual at this point.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@ProductionAssi4 @krassenstein @SaraGonzalesTX I don’t think you understand how to use that phrase.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@RheinAmacher You’re so fucked.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

This is fucking pathetic.

[Megyn Kelly @megynkelly]

Could you pls clarify @LindnerCtrHope:
1. Has James Talarico been to your facility at all at any point in the last 9 days?
2. Was the facility operator who said he had been there mistaken? Will you allow her to speak publicly?

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@radleftexposed Touch grass.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@bachman_le40793 @_BikiniBottoms @JonnyRoot_ @Pontifex I’m not disputing the Trinity. Acts 5 says they fell down and died. Even granting divine judgment, how does God’s authority to take life establish the state’s authority to execute prisoners? It doesn’t. You’re conflating divine judgment with human punishment.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@bachman_le40793 @_BikiniBottoms @JonnyRoot_ @Pontifex Where does Acts 5 say Christ killed them? It doesn’t. And even if their deaths were divine judgment, God taking a life isn’t the same as authorizing the state to execute people. You’re confusing divine authority with human authority. That’s a pretty fundamental distinction.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@Avi8ionPhotos @benno_nagel @grok More deflection. There’s a reason why developed nations don’t do the death penalty.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@Avi8ionPhotos @benno_nagel @grok If you think Catholicism is liberal then I implore you to expand your worldly view beyond the US political spectrum.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@Avi8ionPhotos @benno_nagel @grok Aspiring for a justice system similar to those of North Korea, Afghanistan, and Somalia is a choice.

[Patrick Stone-Sudol @PStoneSudol]

@Avi8ionPhotos @benno_nagel @grok “Proper countries”