Mathias

Protestant Christian that likes finance, just randomally posting on both

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@pureMetatron All elements within the state are in service of the state. Those elements can act independently but may not act against the state and will serve the state when required.

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@AdamLasch1 They’ll still choose inflation over default or cutting benefits. The more important cost isn’t financial but political

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@ThorBjornsson_ I wouldn’t but I need to have a mind for my descendants

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@Degen_Poster @ThorBjornsson_ Genetics is all about probabilities; also things can skip generations. However this does increase the risk for smaller children and grandchildren obviously

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@PhysicistTx By your graph, this is what I’m getting:

1. Without Christianity we would have landed on the moon before 1000

2. Only white Europeans are capable of advancing science.

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@God_Questioner The implied premise of this assertion is that only white Europeans are capable of advancing science.

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I can only answer these so fast; also take a breath, the stakes aren’t that high.

The Catholic Church was the only faithful game in town, even when the bishop of Rome decided to be first among bishops. The Nicene creed is an excellent exposition of Scriptural truth and such should be used. Also the canon of scripture was widely agreed on by Christendom before the formal canonization.

I honestly don’t know why you keep going on about “imaginary churches” when I clearly explained the concept of the invisible church in an earlier post. You certainly don’t have to agree with it but it’s been addressed

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@MartinP49146517 @sola_chad What millions of Catholics do and the Magisterium’s will seem to be at odds, which seems to be somewhat common.

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@MysticalYuuki Friendships between men and women are at best a waste of time, but usually don’t end well.

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@Venceremos7777 @ThaddeusPlunk @ErwinHugger Accurate, can graduate top of her class and still say “how does this app work on my phone?”

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So the confusion is the difference of imaginary and invisible, or the word catholic in the small “c” sense, which means universal or whole.

The invisible church are all true believers in all churches that have been given a new birth by the Holy Spirit. All churches have a mix of sheep (believers) and goats (the unregenerate). Generally it is assumed that the more heretical a church is the more goats it will have.

Before the establishment of the bishop of Rome the church was alive and well in the book of acts. Most heretical sects you cited (Mormons etc) hold that the scriptures themselves were corrupted requiring new revelation. Protestants reject this idea, that Scripture is faithful divine revelation. As such Scripture has supreme authority as the Word of God.

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Pope Francis issued the apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes:

It Declared the post-Vatican II liturgy (Novus Ordo) as the unique expression of the lex orandi (rule of prayer) of the Roman Rite.

Required priests to obtain explicit permission from their diocesan bishop to celebrate the TLM.
Generally prohibited its regular celebration in parish churches and the establishment of new personal parishes dedicated to it.

Generally prohibited its regular celebration in parish churches and the establishment of new personal parishes dedicated to it.

Further clarification only restricted it further and I expect Pope Leo isn’t going to reverse course either.

Although I agree TLM is superior, you seem to be resisting the Vatican’s push for reformation

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I believe you misunderstand; I can’t speak for every Protestant but I would say most consider Catholics as Christians (Although we are concerned about a few things like being a little too much into Mary).

The Vatican II reformation that comes immediately to mind is the Novus Ordo Mass. I know they let up on the Latin Mass for a while but it seems they’re cracking down again by forcing its discontinuation and excommunicating the SSPX.

It’s a shame really, the Latin Mass is a rich form of worship

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@MartinP49146517 @sola_chad Protestants actually believe that the universal church never “failed”, there are always regenerate believers. Also there is a constant need for corrective reformation as man is prone to error.

The Roman Catholics reform too by the by in their councils like Vatican II.

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@KagGroyp I had to learn the hard way that friendship with women is not just a waste of time but an active detriment.

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@lotusbel As a representative of man kind I can confidently say the answer is no

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@ChristianHeiens You can have a nation or a republic, both is probably beyond political reality at this point

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@TheNewNumberTw2 @curtis_yarvin @FedPoasting However if enough errors build up it also prohibits massive corrective measures, ones that may not just desired but required

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@jankotechlead @AviBittMD This assumes the AC is used to mitigate the worst part of summer. We’re saying we use it to keep the temperature precisely 22C / 72F year round, all day regardless of outside temperature.