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What was your conclusion?
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This looks awesome
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thought I blocked you already
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you won't see any disagreements here
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what
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I'd love to look through some sources if you have some!
here's the vatican's 2017 budget report in return
www.ior.va/content/dam/...
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The Church takes a both/and approach to many issues. I think pope rap would be among that
Can I take a shot at revising it
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the Church is not rich lmao
it would take ~$4bn more than our 2023 budget to build St. Peter's Square
most of that budget goes to paying the 5k lay workers, who make $17k-25k/, as much as a Bank of America VP makes in a month.
A cardinal's stipend(covering his basic expenses) is $6k, no mo'
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hey, catholic here! I'm a little confused as to why there's an opinion that we're not Christian. Would you be willing to explain? Thanks!
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I see no definition, just not equating it with being pro-abortion
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I think echo chambers are possible and occur all across the interwebs
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I want to hear how you would define it though, in the interest of having an open debate.
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while there are theological issues, the beat im putting this to in my head goes hard
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What do you mean by bodily autonomy? Can you please expand on that definition?
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* and trump because he's presbyterian(forgot to add it lol)
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neither biden nor trump are actually catholic
biden because he's pro-abortion, and to say he's both pro-choice and catholic is impossible, because the Catholic Church staunchly defends life in the womb.
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How so?
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as a catholic i can tell you we would not
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No, hate is not natural. We were not created to hate, else it would be the first emotion we feel and experience when entering this world. Yet it's not. It's love we first feel.
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the anglican church did indeed take over a number of catholic churches
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why are we hating other humans again? remind me?
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i can assure you the church is not fake else it wouldn't have stood for the 2,000 years it's been around
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we're mad at video games?
mad skillz maybe -a filthy casual, 2024
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Stolen from reddit, but it sums up our churches' relationship perfectly lol
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deeply disappointed that i wasn't included jk jk
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I want to say I'm deeply sorry that that occurred. If he's not already been imprisoned and defrocked, on top of that he will face his reward in Hell.
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No
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A 2018 study(linked below) indicated out of 165,500 Protestant churches, 260 sex abuse claims/year between 1987-2007. In comparison, only 100/year were made against Catholic parishes in that same time.
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/...
www.bishop-accountability.org/reports/2004...
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I can't speak much as to the history side, but it seems to me as though the Holy Spirit guided the Church through. Acts 1:14 backs me up to an extent: "All these *with one accord* devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers."
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Actually, OP's partially right- the Church has taught we've been in the end times since Jesus ascended, and events like the destruction of the Temple in AD70 and recent historical events are only further reminders of that.
"Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming."
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Yes, but that line ends when it comes to another person's body(as a fetus would be)
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did you mean:
-luce(is a girl)
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Hey! Just wanted to pop in and say that Catholics are Christians. Happy to explain it further if it helps! :)
-thewitness
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I definitely recommend looking more into it!
No I am not biased at all the notion is completely absurd /s lol
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I see the real light of the world, Jesus Christ, in the Eucharist.
There's no parallel.
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what the frick
no
Just NO.
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Would Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics cover that? Yes, they're fictional, but so were robots/AI at one point. If we set them out as the defining laws, would they be the "commandments," or since they were written by man, who is flawed, would they be too flawed as well?
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I think the Church teaches no because it's just following programming. I disagree for AGI though, if it's like what I'm describing. If it's "sentient" it would effectively have free will, which is critical for sin.
What do you think?
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This does begin to make me wonder-could AI, especially "sentient, self-aware" AGI, be saved?
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I think it's a lack of both honestly. Now, does one come from the other? Definitely not. But historically society's worked better when both were present within it.
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he put them in power one would imagine he has more authority than them
But yeah there's 6(which personally I think is very cool)
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trump is presbyterian lol
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remind me what you mean by "dt"?
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I thought it was "and with your spirit" lol?