Bitcoin - A Catholic View

Jasbir Singh, a Catholic convert, is the author of 'Bitcoin -A Catholic View'.

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Educate yourself about #bitcoin as soon as possible. Time is running out.
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@SketchDanger 7 vertebrae in the neck alone...7 virtues / cardinal sins. Catholicism has the 7 holy sacraments. 🙏

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Sophie Cunningham strikes again. When common sense becomes radical, defending reality can make you a heretic. My latest for @CrisisMag Magazine:
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A papyrus fragment found in Egypt preserves the oldest known surviving prayer to the Virgin Mary.

Known as Sub Tuum Praesidium, the prayer reads:

“Beneath your compassion we take refuge, O Theotokos. Do not despise our petitions in time of trouble, but deliver us from dangers.”

The fragment, catalogued as Rylands Papyrus 470 and now held at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, has traditionally been dated as early as the 3rd century, although scholars have proposed later dates as well.

What makes it remarkable is the use of the title “Theotokos” — Mother of God — for Mary centuries before the Council of Ephesus formally affirmed the title in AD 431.

The surviving papyrus is ancient, but the prayer itself may be older than the manuscript that preserves it.

One of the earliest surviving witnesses to Christians asking for the intercession and protection of the Virgin Mary. ✝️

Credit: SacredChad

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Nature is extraordinary. Incredible starling murmuration gracing the Italian skies over Sassari, Sardinia. 🇮🇹

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Pope Leo XIV reaffirms ‘pride of place’ of Gregorian chant in Roman liturgy

Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed the importance of Gregorian chant and sacred music in Catholic worship during a catechesis on Sacrosanctum Concilium. The Pope said music is “not merely decoration” and recalled the Council’s teaching that Gregorian chant should have “pride of place” in the Roman liturgy

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A Protestant Woman Went Viral After Explaining Why She Started Praying the Rosary

Instagram creator Sarah Giles recently shared something that caught a lot of attention: why she, as a Protestant, started praying the Rosary.

Since then, she has continued learning more about the Catholic Church and what Catholics actually believe.

In her video, Giles directly addresses some of the accusations Protestants sometimes make about the Rosary, including claims that it is “demonic, satanic, or a form of idolatry.”

She rejects those claims completely.

“None of those are true, and quite frankly, we sound a little bit uneducated when we say those things,” Giles says. “I know this because that’s how I sounded when I first started learning about the rosary.”

That honesty is important.

Sometimes the things we criticize most strongly are the things we have never actually taken the time to understand.

Giles encourages people to approach the Rosary with humility, to open their “hearts and minds,” and to “do your research.”

She then explains what the Rosary is really centered on.

“This tool is used to meditate on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. It’s used to meditate on specific mysteries — whether the Sorrowful Mysteries or the Glorious Mysteries — to place yourself at the scene, or to look through the eyes of the people who were there and meditate on that,” she explains.

And that is something many people misunderstand about the Rosary.

The prayers may repeat, but the purpose is not empty repetition. The Rosary draws the mind back again and again to Jesus Christ and the mysteries of His life, Passion, death, and Resurrection.

For Giles, it has also changed her personal prayer life.

She says praying the Rosary has brought her closer to God and even describes it as feeling like a spiritual weapon.

“Even when I wore this for two days after I started praying the rosary, I felt like I had a weapon with me. Not because of what this is, but because of what God is doing through it.”

That distinction matters.

Catholics do not believe beads themselves have magical power. The Rosary is a prayer. Its power comes from God, and its purpose is to lead us deeper into the life of Christ.

Giles ends by asking people not to judge something they have never seriously studied.

“This is so powerful, and I would encourage you: if you haven’t researched for yourself what Catholics or Orthodox actually believe about the rosary, look into it before you form a prejudice,” she says.

“And even just try it with an open heart. See what the Lord has to tell you about it.”

Let us pray that more Catholics rediscover the Rosary, and that more non-Catholics are willing to learn what it actually is before dismissing it.

The Rosary has led countless souls to meditate more deeply on Jesus, Scripture, repentance, suffering, hope, and eternal life.

💬 What is one thing you wish more non-Catholics understood about the Rosary?

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Hillary Clinton: “Madre Teresa, por qué cree usted que en EE.UU., un país tan avanzado, no hemos tenido una mujer presidente?”.

Madre Teresa: “Quizá porque ya la mataron antes de nacer”.

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Mensuram Bonam does not actually discuss bitcoin. People who own it because they believe it is a useful monetary technology is morally different from buying it solely because you expect someone else to pay you more for it. Same asset, but different moral circumstances.

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This is one of the strongest points for intelligent design that evolutionists mostly ignore.

The body is highly organized. Without specific organization, Life couldn't survive.

Evolution claims random mutation + selection within the DNA is able to create virtually limitless change, transforming a single cell all the way to Man.

But DNA mutations can't build new body plans.

Even if DNA mutations produced new proteins...

...Proteins must be organized into functional systems...

...which are then organized within cells...

...which are then organized into tissues...

...which are then organized into organs...

...which are then organized into a full body plans.

But the instructions for organizing all these layers of specified complexity is not found solely in the DNA.

Which means genetic mutations can't explain the creation of novel body plans.

On top of that, evolution builds step-by-step. But this system of organization must be complete for Life to survive, from the smallest proteins all the way to the larger organs.

This type of specified, complex organization has only ever been observed to arise from intelligence.

Vehicles, computers, factories, and all kinds of human-made articlfacts have similar hierarchies of organization.

We regularly observe intelligence creating complex systems of organization. We've never seen natural forces do anything remotely close.

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Renowned theoretical physicist Paul Davies has spent his life devoted to the study of cosmology, quantum theory, the fundamental laws of nature, and the origin of life, he wrote:

“The very fact that the universe is creative, and that the laws have permitted complex structures to emerge and develop to the point of consciousness—in other words that the universe has organized its own self-awareness—is for me powerful evidence that there is ‘something going on’ behind it all. The impression of design is overwhelming.”

-Paul Davies, The Cosmic Blueprint (1988)

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The Botafumeiro is one of the most spectacular traditions of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral: eight tiraboleiros swing a 53 kg giant censer through the nave at speeds of up to 68 km/h.

The ritual has been performed since at least the 12th century.

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And after three decades, his work stands. In a more just world, Michael Behe would be one of the most cited scientists on the planet.
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of Michael Behe's groundbreaking ID book, Darwin's Black Box. Watch this new conversation where Behe discusses how his ideas have stood the test of time.
Link below👇