John Lennon's 'Imagine' is an anti-catholic song that believes a world without Heaven, Hell, and religion leads to peace.
True peace comes through Christ.
Ive never seen a culture so absolutely collectively devoted to "bullying."
Everything comes down to antagonizing and being rude under threat of violence if you respond to the antagonism.
That is essentially every single instance of this stuff.
Don't cut off your parents.
Yes, it is exceedingly difficult to “honor your father and your mother” when they have objectively failed you as parents. This is a heavy cross to bear, and those who bear it deserve our sympathy. But it is not heavier than the cross of Christ, who was more innocent than any one of us.
“No Contact,” by contrast, is not heroic. It is often the easy way out, and out with it goes the Fourth Commandment. If respect for our parents is rooted in fear of God, then “No Contact” is like sedevacantism, where we avoid a “bad pope” by insisting there’s no pope, or like a petulant breed of atheism that insists God is too mean to exist.
Even the most reprehensible parent can be talked to—maybe only once a month or twice a year, and maybe with much guardedness. But it must be done—conscientiously, resolutely, with unwavering attention to self-protection and protection of the innocents under our authority.
We’re not insular Jews or Amish. Our faith is contact. If we shun it in our own families, we’ll falter in it everywhere else.
the other day a girl asked me 'is it alright if i put my arm around you' and it struck how romantic and loving that sounded and i realized i didn't have to spend 28 years being a complete virgin i could have just been saying that
Apparently Grok is “auto-translating” posts now. The content of the post is automatically edited and the original wording is hidden.
This is a terrible idea. I don’t want my posts edited by AI.
Apparently Grok is “auto-translating” posts now. The content of the post is automatically edited and the original wording is hidden.
This is a terrible idea. I don’t want my posts edited by AI.