@ruthdelioncourt Jesus’s healings restored order, bringing people closer to the way God intends them to be. Like restoring sight to the blind, or helping them overcome sin. Preventing harmful aberrations like Down syndrome fits that well, and it should be allowed
@SKolls@Christschizo162@Egg609215139323 You are leading others to mortally sin by convincing them of your misinterpretations. Christ is merciful, accept His Word and put this behind you. I’ve said a prayer for you.
@AllenGYork@SKolls Please, for the good of your soul, surrender your attachment to sexual sin. It’s a part of our fallen nature, not something to grasp on to and rationalize. Christ will help you if you accept his Word.
@unapuckagetic@DukeTravancore The fact is that God exists and created morality. Morality isn’t some external thing He is beholden to. Therefore God must be perfectly good. Knowing this, it seems very natural that we’d want to look to God to provide revelation about good and evil.
@OrdineNord@crystalserpant@RacePopeIII Nobody here is advocating for evil to be done. But I would rather have free will and be able to choose to be good than to be God’s slave. If God wanted slaves, He would have made them. But he would rather you choose him out of your own free will and love for goodness.
@OrdineNord@crystalserpant@RacePopeIII This is the world we are freely given to live in. It’s up to you to accept or reject it. Yes there are bad things. Because of that do you presume yourself above God, and think reality should be some other way? Do you think God made a mistake giving you free will?
@crystalserpant@OrdineNord@RacePopeIII This is the right answer and it’s where the atheists and theists divide. It’s pointless to question why things are the way they are and not some alternative way. It must be that this way is for the best, because God does not make mistakes.
@rykard_11@Jonatha48026312@PenseesofPascal Moral relativism really is just such a difficult stance to hold. If one culture can find a thing permissible while another doesn’t, and they’re all equally valid, then nothing really is right or wrong. Morality becomes a construct we change on a whim.
@jsvcamel@AlcuinPress I think a lot of secular people fall into the Existentialist camp, and they believe that it’s up to us to create meaning in our lives. Therefore they think there’s no intrinsic meaning to the universe. It’s really just up to their own feelings and moods.
@SKolls God’s will does not change based on your desires or interpretations. Come the day of judgment those who twisted his word will have to explain themselves to the Son and accept his judgment.
@iota_unum@shane_pruitt78 I am on my way to becoming Catholic, I have OCIA later tonight. I really like St Dismas, I know through true acceptance of God’s infinite mercy anyone can be saved. And I agree with you that doing good works without faith will not lead to eternal life