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That he ought not act on his "preference".

So if a man say, is interested in drinking to excess, but he never does it, by restraining himself and developing self-control, isn't it the self-control which prevails over his interest in drunkenness? Which one counts as what he thinks in his heart? Is it both?

I'm OK with "preference" just so long as it's separated from acting on the preference. So much, people want to conflate the two things, and say that "homosexual" or "gay" means both the "preference" and the action (which is a choice). Whereas I think it can be fair to say that a person is...

Don't forget about our implied power as jurors to nullify bad gun laws. All of our government's power derives from our individual and universal right to self-defense, so any law which breaks that right is an objectively bad law. You have the right and duty to defend justice, and justice is...

His avatar reminds me of Cyrus from Trailer Park Boys. Nostalgia.

Remember when they had homosexuality removed from the DSM so that it's no longer considered a disorder requiring professional care and concern? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Remember how (diabolic) possession disorder is still in the DSM though...

“ ... whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. ... 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their...

I like the WSJ Wall Street Journal Youtube channel.

Just gonna leave this here, though the term comes from an entirely different historical context. “ from Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “female prostitute”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-kratíā, “-cracy”, suffix indicating “government, rule”); analysable as porno- +‎ -cracy ”

What's it called when half the country wants a brainless person as their leader?

12 year anniversary of the thread, interesting.

The entire playbook of the Arians (JWs are modern Arians–literally these are the descendants of ancient Arians–just ask em they'll tell you) are all these Scriptures. They will all happily and triumphantly remind you of all these Scriptures which indicate distinction between the Father and...

Modalism. I've called you a modalist, not a liar, nor anything worse. I haven't been rude either. How about engage my argument?

I called you a modalist. It was a diagnosis, not name-calling. And modalism's not Christian. As a Catholic I can say that with authority, since under Catholicism modalism is positively and permanently condemned as heresy, but I provided an argument which doesn't appeal to Catholicism or...

The Flood is variously known to naturalist /materialist scientists; they call it something else (something else's plural). Here's one: The Great Dying https://us.cnn.com/2024/09/12/science/mass-extinction-permian-el-nino/index.html

Great rebuttal from Trent Horn:

The deciders of this election live in battleground, swing states. The only thing that matters to the outcome of this election are those voters in those states. So the base in those states and their independents /undecideds hold the future in their hands. I'm certain former President Trump...

It's not like there's no Scriptural proof that the offices were established by Christ and the Apostles, it's obviously in there, and it's not like there's no historical proof that the earliest Church certainly acted like they believed the offices were real, because they certainly did. It would...

The ontology of the two offices Jesus established, the bishops and the papacy, are really the only things that matter in this dispute, and that includes the Orthodox too. Those two offices exist, and Jesus made them. We have near 1000 years of evidence, beyond what's directly out of the...

OK. Paul called an altar a table, and he said the Eucharist is celebrated also at a table, meaning an altar. Sure. And so just as with the Real Presence, look to see if there are Scriptures which comport with the theory. And even better if the earliest Church appears to believe in it also...