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by ken_sylvania
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Evil and Violence
Replies: 14
Views: 210

Re: Evil and Violence

What about the businessman whose taxes paid for the weapons that were used? And who voted for and supported the politicians who took the country into war? Is he more or less complicit than the cook who was too poor to figure out how to get out of the draft? Best I can tell Jesus told us to pay our ...
by ken_sylvania
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper
Replies: 75
Views: 1846

Re: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper

It's seeming like Mass is a weekly duty but communion is an annual duty. Is that about the size of it? I don't think MaxPC said at all that communion is a weekly duty did he? I don't know how else to parse this: The obligation to attend Sunday Mass and take Holy Communion weekly became Church law i...
by ken_sylvania
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Evil and Violence
Replies: 14
Views: 210

Re: Evil and Violence

Yes, I think that could be one definition of evil. Does the same definition apply to a "good" policeman who hasn't yet killed someone but would do so if he needed to? And does the same definition apply to a cook on a battleship? And does it make any difference if the cook was drafted and ...
by ken_sylvania
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Evil and Violence
Replies: 14
Views: 210

Re: Evil and Violence

I think that God does use unregenerate persons to do His will even when they have no desire to do so, but I'm not sure how a person can go to war and kill other people without being evil. Is it not evil to reject Jesus and his way? Yes, I think that could be one definition of evil. Does the same de...
by ken_sylvania
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
Replies: 31
Views: 276

Re: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!

What about Good Friday. Even organized labor knows that's a proper Holiday.
by ken_sylvania
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 314
Views: 63873

Re: War in Gaza

I agree. But the rules can be a kind of litmus test, a way of clearly seeing that something has gone way beyond what is acceptable. Both Israel and Hamas are after retribution. There is no way to justify the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th. There is no way to justify what Israel is doing now ...
by ken_sylvania
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:41 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper
Replies: 75
Views: 1846

Re: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper

My understanding was that one was only required to take communion, following confession of course, once within the period between Easter and Pentecost, one’s so called “Easter Duty.” If I remember correctly, since the Mass is a “sacrifice” one cannot have a Mass without communion. Since the 4th cen...
by ken_sylvania
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Replies: 73
Views: 1091

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

I'm not an engineer and therefore not an expert on any of this. But I'm not imagining how they could put up a temporary bridge for a span this wide. Temporary bridges would make sense for a small river or something where you can just drop a truss in place until you get a better bridge made. But thi...
by ken_sylvania
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 314
Views: 63873

Re: War in Gaza

Which sounds familiar to the Gaza War logic. Hamas is a death cult too. And Israel thinks that this war will somehow reduce deaths in the long run if they can win totally. Point being, when the stakes are high enough, the rules erode. When the stakes are low, rules can be afforded. It’s good when t...
by ken_sylvania
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: recommendations for cars/suv
Replies: 40
Views: 572

Re: recommendations for cars/suv

I might turn the question around and start from the other end. First find the person/ shop who will be doing the maintenance and repair and find out which vehicles they most commonly work on. .. and, insurance agent. it can be surprising how different models, years, etc., affect ins premiums. befor...