@RejoiceCC That’s not true. The USCCB very definitely says that an act of penance is required, and giving up meat is preferred. And outside the US, it’s still meatless Friday in many places.
@penitentus It’s extremely easy. The congregation is not to speak or sing, those who do are actually wrong. All there is for you to do is kneel and let the priest do the praying for you
@Yearns4Heaven 50 something years ago when I asked why the Carmelite nuns were enclosed and spent their time praying, my mom said "maybe their prayers are keeping this world from blowing up".
@KylieJaneKremer Building permits should be impossible to obtain on flood plains. This was an incredible flood but it certainly could have been far less deadly if people hadn’t been sleeping on the floodplain
The argument for Intelligent Design & Creation is NOT
"I don't understand, therefore God."
It's the opposite.
We know exactly how chemistry works and we know exactly what makes biological systems function.
We know that chemistry does not naturally move in a life friendly direction without explicit, highly controlled conditions and extreme intelligent guidance.
And we know biological systems function based on highly sophisticated interconnected systems, requiring a specific number of engineered parts to function properly.
We know nature cannot engineer these systems through sheer chance and step-by-step natural processes.
Natural Selection only works if each part of the system has function at each step - but none of the parts function outside the complete system.
The systems in life require intentional planning & intelligent guidance.
The argument for Creation is based on what we know about how the world works - not what we don't.
Hello, X. My name is Sahar. I live in Kabul, Afghanistan.
I want to show you a moment in my life the world doesn’t hear about. It happened yesterday. It’s a story about two little girls, and a choice I made that I can’t stop thinking about.🧵
@HeadWarriorTWM Not to be a jerk, autistic people shouldn’t be counselors. They can’t handle the emotional complexity of others and they lack empathetic abilities.
@skitten_hund@JasonBassler1@StefanMolyneux Aack-shual-ly, yes, they are. That’s above the threshold for population statistical calculation. If you’re going to be a know-it-all, at least know what you’re talking about. 🙄