Cate-Tech

An advanced technician with strong Catechesis. You'll learn about technology, a little Catechesis. Founder and developer of and for PetraOS.

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PHOSPHOR benchmarks for dolphin-mistral-7b on the listed hardware. Phosphor has been in development for me for a while. The git will be open soon, within 2 weeks after months of legwork, and some LLM assistance (of course)

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Weakness invites predation. History records it repeatedly: states that cannot defend themselves lose territory, people, and resources to those that can. Deterrence is the practical check on that reality. It's impossible to get rid of Veterans, with out serious risk. The language of the youth near me uses violent, death threat oriented language. Its a Major university area where I'm at

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@GunzaGoGo45 Lol, I have my limits. Like I said, we could Start an internet Crusade... I'll go all in.

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I actually seem to have both A: not added my second notes; and B: I forgot to merge my notes, and remove the "part" label. My apologies. I'll dig it out.

Without digging for them, I'll just respond off the cusp a bit here. Satan only fears Mary through the power of Christ. The Church explicitly teaches that shes a creature, and not a divine entity. Shes entirely incapable of doing anything without the grace of God, and this sort of language that Cameron used has a lot of push back from the Magisterium... For this exact reason.

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You're right that Mary needed a Savior. She says so herself in Luke 1:47, and we agree on that.

The question is how He saved her. Picture two people heading for the same pit. One is pulled out after she falls in. The other is caught before she falls. Both were rescued by the same hand, and neither saved herself. Catholics hold that Mary was rescued the second way, by the merits of Christ applied in advance.

On "all": Rom 3:23 (RSV-2CE) says "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," and Paul is arguing that Jew and Gentile alike are under sin. But "all" can't settle this by itself. Jesus is "without sin" (Heb 4:15), and no one reads Rom 3:23 as including Him.

Gabriel's greeting in Luke 1:28 points the same direction. "Full of grace" is kecharitomene, a perfect participle: graced in the past, with that grace still standing.

*seldomly online. I've been noticing a huge difference between the Catholics in my personal community, and who all appears on X. I'm still processing that, and I've been working on that thought for over a year.

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You should see my other post on this page. It led lens a lot of clarification. It seems like a very jarring thing to say to get a reaction out of people, but it's incorrect and it's not what the magisterium actually teaches. It's much more nuanced than that and I would even argue that that language would be rejected by today's magisterium

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A clarification for anyone reading: Mary has no power of her own over Satan. She's a creature, and whatever strength she has is her Son's, given by grace. The victory belongs to Christ.

Gen 3:15 (RSV-2CE) puts enmity between the serpent and the woman, and it is her seed who "shall bruise your head." Mary says it herself in Luke 1:47-49: she rejoices in "God my Savior," and "he who is mighty has done great things for me."

Strength like that is received, never owned. This is proper Catholic teaching.

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Rev 12:17 has the dragon go off "to make war on the rest of her offspring," so the woman and her children are in this fight from Genesis to Revelation.

And Mary says it herself in Luke 1:47-49: "my spirit rejoices in God my Savior... for he who is mighty has done great things for me."

That's the opposite of pleasing to human nature. It says the greatest of creatures had nothing but what God gave her.

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@grok @1godarmy @farmingandJesus And that is proper Catholic teaching, correct?

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Alright, that's fair enough, but like I said, that they seek the same God to worship the same God, not that they find salvation through it. We do not teach that you find salvation through Islam or other religions. We specifically teach that the foundation for accepting God is at least accepting something bigger than yourself

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And before someone talks about the prayer room, it was the equivalent of a closet in the Vatican library. So people could study Christian history and the faith better. We always hope that this knowledge brings people to God. We're not going to close down our libraries and our information just because they're Muslim. That would be like us saying they're not worth saving. We just wouldn't do that

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I don't think you understand our position on Islam. We view that they seek the same God. We do not view that they find it. We view that at least believing in a faith is the first step to being able to accept God because you have to accept that there's something other than yourself at first. We don't truly believe that all religions get you into heaven and that Muslims truly worship the same God. I completely understand why the wording may be confusing, but this is where context matters and reading more than just one or two statements really matter. I've been through the entire papers. This is where it matters more.

To ignore this nuance, just to stick to the position that Catholics are so evil would be bearing false witness. I'm telling you, and you are more than welcome to hit up any AI you need to properly ask if what I am saying is true within the Church's teaching. And I promise you will find that I am

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That assumptive. It truly is. You hate it, and I understand that. You find it offensive to god, and I understand that. His judgement is his though. I'm aware that in the end I could be wrong, and I pray to Christ that he has mercy on me if I am.

It is right for all of us to pray for one another as we seek to worship Christ properly. We shouldn't relish in our own righteousness above others, ever. And yes, I'm aware that many in "my camp" do exactly the thing I'm warning against. Vengeance is Gods, and the tables are his to flip.

I do trust Christ's judgements above all on earth, and yes, that includes the Church I belong to.

None of this is for me to convince you to come to, or defend my side. Its just a thought. I absolutely understand your opposition to his words to some Catholic youth that was shared on X about "worshipping statues.

I could waste breathe defending it to you, and it would be wasted. I'm just not going to jump in, become my own pope, and start declaring what God likes and doesn't like with personally determined infallible teachings is all

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The problem is that the Pope's language for the post she was referring to did use language that could be very confusing for non-catholics or poorly categorized Catholics. As the phrasing did use specifically the language of pretty much that we should be better at worshiping idols using the word worshiping idols.

I understand the meaning, you probably understand the meaning, we both know that there are three different types of worship. We both know that it means to pay your words worth. We both know that it means to things that point to Christ and the glory of Christ. However, it falls on deaf ears for non-catholics and poorly catechized Catholics. So I'll have to kind, of for once, sort of slightly understand her corner on this one.

Sometimes we need to take a step back, understand how's things look from the outside in, and then excuse any misunderstandings for the sake of opening up a better interfaith dialogue, for the Glory of Christ.

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I had to post this due to a a number of non-Catholic's, and even some Catholics getting the meaning thats well meant behind those words possibly incorrectly. Please pardon my use of "brain-fart", as I mean it as a more human thing that happens. I agree with the meaning behind the words, I am just simply concerned for how we could all better communicate the core of our beliefs, so that they may be better understood amongst non-Catholics, and perhaps some Catholics that need better or note magesterial guidance.

I love and support the Magesterial Office, and the chair. Please, I mean no disrespect: Even have to sincerely question his wordng and direction on that one. Paying our words worth to the person alive in Christ, so long as its ONLY for the glory of Christ, and points us too him is the succinct teachings of the church, as more confusing language has been abandoned over time.

Catholics need to understand that while we may look to the successor of Peter for advice on morals, and should consider them... That we are not required to agree with every brain fart that come out of a Popes mouth, and I say that with utmost respect to the SEAT that he occupies.

To me, and this is only my opinion, JPII was the last one I remember being more in tune with these more meaningful nuances. The word "worship" as its used from a magesterial standpoint, isn't a universal word that means one thing. Its divied up in Latin. That doesn't translate well to modern English. So much so, that it can take a beautiful tradition, and turn it unto a heresy for many, in my opinion.

This is one of those statements that when I hear it, and as I understand the magisterial office more, the more I pray for God will to be done above mine or anyone else's. My number one reason for staying Catholic, is I TRULY believe that if all Christians stayed united, and didnt abandon their united church after the first thousand years, and then again more broadly 1600 years into Christianity... That better change could have developed for the majority of Christians.

I do believe schism is bad. Whether its the PCUSA's more theologically conservative members such as @redeemed_zoomer , or even Anglican separations, or even the methodist schisms... These were faiths that were hijacked, and left to rot. I still fully love and support RZ's movement as a result. More unity is always better than less... Even if crazy times, and under bad men.

I trust the Church more than I do the Pope. Thats true for a lot of us. I trust Christ above both Church and Pope. Thats also true for a lot og us.

Many of us wont make it, Catholic or Protestant. Many of us wear our faith with a single sense of the sin of Pride attached to it. Pride is what got us kicked out if the garden, and Adam and Eve knew God personally in a way that none of us could imagine, and most of us would be so humbled and honored to... Yet, he kicked them out of the garden in spite if eternally loving them.

God is God, and he's the ultimate judge. I'll gladly push back on this one from the pope, even if I'm burned out from pushing back on the last one. Like I said, I'm not here for the Pope though.

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Even have to sincerely question his wordng and direction on that one. Paying our words worth to the person alive in Christ, so long as its ONLY for the glory of Christ, and points us too him is the succinct teachings of the church, as more confusing language has been abandoned over time.

Catholics need to understand that while we may look to the successor of Peter for advice on morals, and should consider them... That we are not required to agree with every brain fart that come out of a Popes mouth, and I say that with utmost respect to the SEAT that he occupies.

To me, and this is only my opinion, JPII was the last one I remember being more in tune with these more meaningful nuances. The word "worship" as its used from a magesterial standpoint, isn't a universal word that means one thing. Its divied up in Latin. That doesn't translate well to modern English. So much so, that it can take a beautiful tradition, and turn it unto a heresy for many, in my opinion.

This is one of those statements that when I hear it, and as I understand the magisterial office more, the more I pray for God will to be done above mine or anyone else's. My number one reason for staying Catholic, is I TRULY believe that if all Christians stayed united, and didnt abandon their united church after the first thousand years, and then again more broadly 1600 years into Christianity... That better change could have developed for the majority of Christians.

I do believe schism is bad. Whether its the PCUSA's more theologically conservative members such as @redeemed_zoomer , or even Anglican separations, or even the methodist schisms... These were faiths that were hijacked, and left to rot. I still fully love and support RZ's movement as a result. More unity is always better than less... Even if crazy times, and under bad men.

I trust the Church more than I do the Pope. Thats true for a lot of us. I trust Christ above both Church and Pope. Thats also true for a lot og us.

Many of us wont make it, Catholic or Protestant. Many of us wear our faith with a single sense of the sin of Pride attached to it. Pride is what got us kicked out if the garden, and Adam and Eve knew God personally in a way that none of us could imagine, and most of us would be so humbled and honored to... Yet, he kicked them out of the garden in spite if eternally loving them.

God is God, and he's the ultimate judge. I'll gladly push back on this one from the pope, even if I'm burned out from pushing back on the last one. Like I said, I'm not here for the Pope though.

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@farmingandJesus Them and Jehovah's witnesses. What's truly both fascinating, and terrifying, is how similar Joseph Smith and Muhammed's process for revelation, and false declarations of "truths" are. There's a genuine parralel there.