tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post4829153957015970548..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: Benedict in Germany on the origin of European civilizationmregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-68967917130621780422012-03-12T17:24:34.488-04:002012-03-12T17:24:34.488-04:00crusadeREX
Hey, at least you'll fit through t...crusadeREX<br /><br /><i>Hey, at least you'll fit through the gates</i><br /><br />LOL! That's what my wife keeps telling me...<br /><br />:PPépéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896283600100217146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-49436350618678084032012-03-12T13:16:24.814-04:002012-03-12T13:16:24.814-04:00"My lent started on January 1 2012 and the go..."My lent started on January 1 2012 and the goal was to lose some weight. Since this time I am ALWAYS in lent. I have managed to shed 25 pounds up to now!"<br />Wow! Good stuff, Pépé. <br />Keep it up, mate. Lots of walks etc. I try to hike at least 6km a day, and I literally feel your pain if I manage 10km or more. <br /><br />"I don't like fish but I like vegetables. I walk daily until I ache from all the bones in my body... <br />That's how it's done. No pain - no gain.<br /><br />"No wander I long for the afterlife!"<br />Hey, at least you'll fit through the gates :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-1517649415828471202012-03-11T17:51:14.268-04:002012-03-11T17:51:14.268-04:00I don't fast (in the usual way) during lent.
...I don't fast (in the usual way) during lent.<br /><br />My lent started on January 1 2012 and the goal was to lose some weight. Since this time I am ALWAYS in lent. I have managed to shed 25 pounds up to now!<br /><br />Please pray God for me that I don't regain them!<br /><br />PS: I don't like fish but I like vegetables. I walk daily until I ache from all the bones in my body... No wander I long for the afterlife!Pépéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896283600100217146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-37306104297646533312012-03-11T17:36:47.660-04:002012-03-11T17:36:47.660-04:00From what little I know...
I agree with you 100%!...<i>From what little I know...</i><br /><br />I agree with you 100%!<br /><br />And since you are in such a good mood, I suggest you read <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Last-Superstition-Refutation-New-Atheism/dp/1587314517" rel="nofollow">this book </a>.<br /><br />After reading it, you will be able to say <i>From what little <b>bit more</b> I know...</i><br /><br />No need to thank me, my advice is GRATIS.Pépéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896283600100217146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-25537357351439834062012-03-11T16:52:16.275-04:002012-03-11T16:52:16.275-04:00"Reason, morality and human rights can only b..."Reason, morality and human rights can only be grounded in God, not in man."<br /><br />Why do you do that? Why do you so casually toss truth into the rubbish heap? Is it so very important that every positive thing that humanity ever conceived must be attributed to your particular mythological pantheon?<br /><br />Reason is grounded in God? Which God? The Judeo-Christian God? There was no reason before there were Jews? From what little I know of the history of Western rational thought, for about 1500 years it was firmly grounded in Aristotle. Remind me, Michael - was Aristotle a Christian or a Jew? <br /><br />The Chinese had no reason or morality before they met Christians? No ancient writers discussed morality before the authors of Leviticus and Deuteronomy spelled it out for us?<br /><br />Yes, human rights - the rights of the individual as we understand them today - grew in part out of Christian philosophy. But there is precisely zero difference between saying "our society values individual rights" and "our society values individual rights because we believe God ordained it." One has a mythical narrative, one doesn't, but the effect is precisely the same. <br /><br />Oh wait, I'm wrong. There is one difference - the version with the mythical narrative also comes with the invisible guy who will judge you when you die, and will in his infinite love, send you to eternal suffering if you don't follow the rules. So the mythical narrative version comes with an underlying, taught-from-the-cradle element of fear.<br /><br />So, you get one out of three.<br /><br />Too bad your narrative doesn't consider honesty to be grounded in God.RickKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-32057707689794291892012-03-11T12:17:02.283-04:002012-03-11T12:17:02.283-04:00Thanks for posting this. I hadn't seen it. I&#...Thanks for posting this. I hadn't seen it. I'm a big fan of Benedict. I'm glad he's making the effort to take a stand in Europe.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-10408658359309180412012-03-11T10:31:49.362-04:002012-03-11T10:31:49.362-04:00Excellent points made by the Pontiff. He connects ...Excellent points made by the Pontiff. He connects the dots with purpose and grace. I like this Pope! His message could be the instrument of great change, for the better. Provided, that is, that people actually LISTEN. But either way, he hits on an undeniable truth. <br />The alternative to a morally based legal system and culture (ie objective and thus Godly) is a Kafkaesque police state. <br />Laws need to change on occasion. But so long as the morality at it's core remains, they will serve us well. <br />Without the morality they become simply tools for control. <br />Good post, Mike. <br />A blessed Sabbath to you and yours. <br /><br />BTW do you fast or eat select foods for lent? We (our family) only do fish and eggs during daylight hours, and will have chicken after sunset. <br />28 days (if my math is correct) from some roast beef :P<br />Come on Easter!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-16992201245835544192012-03-11T09:07:22.819-04:002012-03-11T09:07:22.819-04:00@KW:
How about this, KW: you denounce abortion, a...@KW:<br /><br />How about this, KW: you denounce abortion, and we'll talk about videos that show Shirley Sherrod in her own words. I'm sure we can reach some kind of consensus.mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-20160935234136853942012-03-11T09:03:55.859-04:002012-03-11T09:03:55.859-04:00“…the inviolable dignity of every person is what w...“…the inviolable dignity of every person is what we are called upon to defend at this moment in our history.”<br /><br />Yeah, tell that to Shirley Sherrod while you’re praising Andrew Breitbart and telling conservatives to use Saul Alinsky tactics.<br /><br />-KWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com