John Buck 🇺🇸

29. Not a fan of lazy apologetics. Catholic convert. Hopeful Panpsychist.

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@alphasymp @FiggyTater @WhenBeliefDies Here's a short articulation of what I call the participation theodicy. There's links in the follow-up, of short papers I've written as well as a couple discussions I've had with people going over it.
https://t.co/1U71ureTdg

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@graciousathiest @jonsteingard @BissetteHunter @RealAtheology The one I find most plausible is my own, that the greatest thing God could do would be to create a perfect world through the contribution of creatures bringing it about. But, such would require initially creating an imperfect world with creatures where evils can occur.

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@mugjudge @IFFFMEISTER Aren’t they all equally binding?

[Josh Watson @JoshuaLWatson]

if anyone had actually proven there are no monads, it would be on the front page of every newspaper

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@JPuncut Mary prophesies that all generations shall call her blessed. Thank God there are people besides you that fulfill this prophesy for our generation.

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@jkimballcook @PopePiusIXStan You're probably right. Since LDS theology is radical non-dogmatic, basically any position is compatible with LDS theology.
But if you're going to affirm the 2 natures of Christ, you're going to have to deny the common nature shared between God and humanity. 2 natures cannot be 1.

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@jkimballcook @PopePiusIXStan Don't LDS believe that God and humans are of the same species? if so, then that would be one nature, not two.

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Orthodox polemics be like:
“Actually, ALL the bishops are Peter, by which we mean, you can essentially ignore them and not be in communion with them.”

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Orthodox apologetics be like:
"Use of unleavened bread for the Eucharist is CLEARLY heretical, because as it says in scriptures ‘Christ is risen’."

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@adarshisit If something seems to be some way, then we’re justified to believe they are that way, unless given reason to doubt.
What reasons do we have to doubt that these goods are not exclusive to our current embodied state?

Insofar as X is a good, it is worth having. Thus, worth seeking.

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What an incredible interview from @RealMattFradd and @emuse1955.

God is real.
God performs miracles.
These miracles vindicate the Catholic faith.

https://t.co/tcuB0LVphZ

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@matt_olma @LexDecs So are you saying that you changed your mind on whether people can change their minds?

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@RexPorcus @IFFFMEISTER @TheOtherPaul2 He’s pointing out that according to this rubric, the church is incapable of having an ecumenical council.
But if the Holy Spirit saw it fit to provide the church with ecumenical councils for the first 700 years, why would He no longer provide the church with this gift?

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@MrBully67 @johncdirks Agreed.

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@IFFFMEISTER I feel like the Papists are the only ones that can answer this problem in a satisfactory way.

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@TheOtherPaul2 @IFFFMEISTER How can the whole church determine that a teaching is orthodox?

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@ThoughtfulSaint Here’s a tip: don’t base your epistemology off of those who deny Christ.

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@TheOtherPaul2 @IFFFMEISTER When are the declarations of a council binding upon the entire church?

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@MrBully67 @johncdirks The promise of baptism is given to the men of Israel, their children, and all that are afar off.

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@johncdirks I’m putting weight on the ‘you and to your children’ part.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas