@honestables@SonnenRags@Ginny32163@UcheMaryOkoli #3 our brothers and sisters in christ pray for one another. The verse that describes it said nothing about them being mortally alive on this earth. You say theres no verse saying it happens, but at the same time, there is no verse saying it does not happen.
@honestables@SonnenRags@Ginny32163@UcheMaryOkoli Hey there. Honest-abe, I used to be as adamant as you are that saints or the dead in general cannot hear prayer, or observe anything on earth as well, but that dosnt track well with what we know about both places. #1 they are with God currently, #2 they can observe current events
@Ball_spectator@Tom_Wmd@hayasaka_aryan Even the caption is retarded. "He who saves his country" he didn't save anything. He just murdered a guy who's company didnt care for to begin with and instantly replaced with another guy and raised that guy's pay even higher. Nothing changed.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent I guess, what im saying without saying, is that although a person such as a slave or minority may not have been a full, legal, or moral person, their wrongful death or suffering seemed to be considered murder by God to the point of telling masters to be fair to them in the NT.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent I see. Would it be that God saw it as murder when slaves, servants, "property people" aka women or soldiers, i.e. not full legal or moral people were killed or wronged in both the OT and NT? He disliked it to the point of bringing fatal retribution to the masters, in some cases.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent *sigh* well, alright. With less anger this time. You say the bible refers to a fetus as property, and therefore isnt a person, therefore isnt murder, meaning abortion isnt condemned, right?
The snuck premise is that killing of human property isnt murder in the bible. Right?
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent One of my great weaknesses is my inability to refrain from ad-homs and name calling, and this is not befitting a Christian of any sort. I am a poor example of one. But, the reason why I took the time to even engage in the first place is you represent the best version of your side
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent My methold is to nail it down, not leave it open and accept ignorance. No, I am aware this cannot be done with everything. Yes, it is frustrating. The reason I am so wired up when it comes to this is because I know the mechanism, and science cannot answer the moral question.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent Im not incapable of it, I simply get frustrated with people like you because your personality and mine are very different. I acknowledge my dogmas, but like you, I am a living, breathing person who has to grapple with my own questions about life. I am sorry about my own vitriol.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent Alright, reset. You want to back that ass up to that point? Fine. #1 the bible. Okay, lets ask some questions so you wont worm your way out of this one.
We will use deductive reasoning. Agree?
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent "NO, community opinion says no and uh, a bunch of other people on the planet say no, and uh, okay yes killing adults is wrong, okay, murder is a thing but this isnt murder, and I will not and cannot define when its okay but I know FOR SURE that early killing isnt murder. Totally"
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent I can actually prove it. A human organisms life cycle begins at conception. Destroying human organisms without just cause is wrong. I am against it. Theres nothing unclear about that, and your only refrain is to introduce willfully ignorance and say this:
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent I said it was "nonintelligent". You bring up Aquinas. Why? Obviously, to leverage Aquinas authority and credibility in the argument. That is the ONLY reason youd do that. That, and you didnt even read why he said that. He explains his position VERY clearly, unlike you.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent Your way of argument is weak, nondescriptive, and afraid to state an actual opinion, because you dont know what you are talking about. Enjoy watching more states add to the 13. Also, China and India are hardly ethical geniuses on ANYTHING. to cite them in an ethical argument? Hah
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent If you do not believe that community opinion is science, and you do not believe that Aquinas method has merit, why bring it up in the first place? You kept saying "science dosnt agree' and citing community opinion. You mentioned Aquinas when i said a position was unteneble.
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent It's also why you were dumb enough to bring up Aquinas and his ensoulment opinion, you think I will respect Aquinas words for merely being Thomas Aquinas. No. He was wrong, and i have complete assurance that if I were to show him what he did not know, i.e. how conception works..
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent " the medical/scientific community DOES NOT consider abortion to be murder" is an appeal to authority. You are saying it has merit solely based on who said it. Not their reasoning, not the material. That is an appeal to authority
@barikofthetiers@Nevermo02163593@catholiccom@counseloftrent Aquinas did not even know eggs existed, only sperm. If you bothered to read his reasoning for ensoulment after conception, youd immediately see why he erroneously made the claim. He lacked knowledge. If he knew what we know now, he never would have said that.