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Angry Dragon

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66. It seems you have drawn a circle

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 04:34 PM

Feb 2017

You tell me that one has to understand a belief before it is valid
There is a belief in a god in your responses
Then you tell me that no one understands god
So I ask you how can one believe in a god if they have limited knowledge of their god

It seems I am free to believe anything I want because I do not have to have knowledge to back up my beliefs
It seems that a belief is just having a feeling and not based on any facts

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Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was not a virgin [View all] Eugene Feb 2017 OP

Only Catholics believe that Mary remained a virgin Sanity Claws Feb 2017 #1

The Orthodox do as well. rug Feb 2017 #4

Wow, humans in general have this hang up with sex. Doreen Feb 2017 #2

They think they are defending the faith by threatening to kill - makes sense! Doodley Feb 2017 #3

She's protected. rug Feb 2017 #5

Sister Albertine could hit Anyone with an eraser at 60 feet. irisblue Feb 2017 #9

The Guardian seems to have chosen to describe it as Mary not being a virgin, rather than Mary braddy Feb 2017 #6

The subtitle talks about "perpetual virginity", and calls him 'husband', not 'fiance' muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #46

Jesus had brothers. rickford66 Feb 2017 #7

Here: rug Feb 2017 #10

Visions of the BVM at Lourdes... ymetca Feb 2017 #8

You're muddling the doctrine of the Assumption with the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. rug Feb 2017 #12

I sit humiliated ymetca Feb 2017 #14

Simply, if Mary was born without sin, she was born without death. rug Feb 2017 #19

But wasn't that dogma ymetca Feb 2017 #27

It's been part of Tradition going way back. rug Feb 2017 #29

Yeah, I also like the alternative script ymetca Feb 2017 #33

There is a Gnostic Gospel of Judas that is sympathetic to him. rug Feb 2017 #37

There's something about chosen suffering ymetca Feb 2017 #38

Great song. rug Feb 2017 #42

But "The Mother of God" she is often called. Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #22

Sort of like "The One That Got Away" ymetca Feb 2017 #30

Probably used by the Church to co-opt pagan godesses Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #50

It simply she means she was the mother of Jesus, who is God the Son. rug Feb 2017 #52

The Church, Nestor, propounded this. But? Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #55

No, that's backwards. rug Feb 2017 #56

Yes, Nestorius was rejected by hypostaticists Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #59

I have heard that the church also promotes that Mary's mother was also a virgin Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #11

That's incorrect. rug Feb 2017 #13

NO............I did hear that on a Catholic Forum Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #15

Well . . . . if Mary's mother was a virgin, there'd be no Mary. rug Feb 2017 #18

If Mary was a virgin then no Jesus Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #62

Incorrect. rug Feb 2017 #63

Is it not taught that god impregnated Mary?? Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #64

Not impregnated in the conventional sense. rug Feb 2017 #65

It seems you have drawn a circle Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #66

Do you understand the difference between a thing and the description of a thing? rug Feb 2017 #67

To answer your last question: Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #68

You can understand why it does not or can not exist. rug Feb 2017 #69

A long time ago there were people that wanted me to be a pastor Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #70

"The fact of uncertainty, the uncertainty of facts and the cultural resonance of doubt" rug Feb 2017 #71

Seems like there is enough doubt for everyone Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #72

The real god of the Universe is this snooper2 Feb 2017 #73

That is not a part of Catholic doctrine. hrmjustin Feb 2017 #20

Words matter. And the meaning of words also matters. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #16

A thousand contradictory details suggest the main message is bad, too. Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #23

An interesting, if unsupported, assertion on your part. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #34

Since you first mentioned the essential message... Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #43

Well, you actually talked of "the main message". guillaumeb Feb 2017 #44

I don't believe she remained a virgin. I have no issue with people believing she did. hrmjustin Feb 2017 #17

Religion: the reason why the reaction to this is anything other than... trotsky Feb 2017 #21

So Joseph was not cuckolded by God? Bretton Garcia Feb 2017 #24

Messiah Interruptus. rug Feb 2017 #31

Comedy gold...I mean...really? Fix The Stupid Feb 2017 #25

You seem incensed at the notion of a god. rug Feb 2017 #32

Physician, heal thyself. eom guillaumeb Feb 2017 #35

You ymetca Feb 2017 #39

"Are people really debating whether an imaginary woman from 2000 years ago got fucked or not???" trotsky Feb 2017 #40

Trash thread is an option if you don't like or can't handle the debate. hrmjustin Feb 2017 #41

Why trash comedy gold? Iggo Feb 2017 #45

Enjoy! hrmjustin Feb 2017 #49

It is 2017 !!!!!!!!!!!! SamKnause Feb 2017 #26

mythical, yes ymetca Feb 2017 #28

And yet you clicked on it, and read it, and felt compelled to respond. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #36

Would you never read or reply to a thread about death threats about myths? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #47

Rama's bridge was NOT built by Rama? guillaumeb Feb 2017 #48

Death threats? Let me guess, they were made by devout Catholics still_one Feb 2017 #51

Show me. rug Feb 2017 #53

rug you may have misinterpreted my post. What I was saying is I wouldn't be surprised if it was still_one Feb 2017 #54

I probably did. rug Feb 2017 #57

I agree still_one Feb 2017 #58

That's a really, really good guess. Iggo Feb 2017 #60

Those that are involved in that kind of hatred think they are devout Catholics, but really aren't still_one Feb 2017 #61