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Nationalism for all nations
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@CatholicClod Alex is not open-minded about the possibility of being wrong though, that's the whole point

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@CatholicClod @frm_state_farm They're priests, they're supposed to be willing to engage with everyone

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@realshadowplush Damn I'm sorry shadow plushie

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@HarniRaul53229 @ChromeBarracuda That's all true but also learning/applying math is not dirty work, it's cool and creative

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@agostino_harry @AleppoAteMyFace The clip is literally the answer he gives. Hello?

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Fr. Gregory Pine did the best treatment of this question when he was interviewed by Alex O'Connor.

Alex: "What if someone sincerely searches for God, but no matter what he does, he is simply unconvinced?"

Fr. Pine: "That's impossible and he'd be culpable for living in denial."

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Average Catholic Inc post be like⬇️

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@brainrotgroyper Just need to make time for it

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@BigWizard40 @IesusRexEst If there's a being with enough power to create the totality of all there is, then surely he also has the power to manipulate matter in that manner

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@waldenpod @FeelsGuy2003 Yes it is possible, and no, sometimes ignorance is invincible (not the person's fault), but insofar as someone has the opportunity to overcome the ignorance but chooses not to, they are culpable, as the priest said in the clip

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@AlasdairAdam Yes but by their own deficiency, we believe everyone is given sufficient grace, which is what is conveyed in the clip

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@waldenpod @FeelsGuy2003 Well it's not a cop-out to the objection "This thing existing disproves your worldview" and I go "Nuh-uh". It's rather a conclusion from the first principles that God's existence is knowable through reason unaided by revelation

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@waldenpod @FeelsGuy2003 No, it's an assertion that they don't exist

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@willwparkinson @FeelsGuy2003 It's from November 2024
https://t.co/c1C3xw3ELB

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@waldenpod @FeelsGuy2003 Needed to be said

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@Sapientia400 I had the impression they were understanding each other fine, it seemed like a genuine conversation albeit more about the moral struggle aspect of the faith, rather than the intellectual aspect, which might be what you're used to with Alex.

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@m966021 "No one is culpable for anything" is crazy, we do things that we know to be evil all the time

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@m966021 How does culpability work in your head, are we culpable for any moral evil that we enact? Or do you think that if we believed it was evil, we wouldn't do it, therefore we're not culpable

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@m966021 If someone sincerely sought, he would believe. If someone sincerely doesn't believe, they haven't sincerely sought

They are culpable insofar as they haven't acted to solve their ignorance, or insofar as they actively refuse to conform to something they know is a moral precept

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@UnredeemedZoomr Well...Sometimes, when judging people's motivations, it's prudent not to take their words at face-value. Sometimes it's more likely that they're lying. We do it all the time, every time that we say "I don't think he's telling the truth" about someone.