tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post4839956057200569150..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: BALLYRAGGET NONSENSEThinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-91064590506919008182017-11-04T15:25:08.792+00:002017-11-04T15:25:08.792+00:00My choice, thank you.!My choice, thank you.!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-83546657559391472382017-11-04T01:47:00.171+00:002017-11-04T01:47:00.171+00:00Not a scientific method.Not a scientific method.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-61396558931128175572017-11-03T16:51:49.068+00:002017-11-03T16:51:49.068+00:00Commonsense
Reached by deduction Commonsense<br />Reached by deduction Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-64547698623930557192017-11-02T19:02:18.436+00:002017-11-02T19:02:18.436+00:00@21.54
Incorrect!. Not Judas.. It was Matthew who ...@21.54<br />Incorrect!. Not Judas.. It was Matthew who was the apostles who was the money man!<br />And by the way, neither of them were the first in the Scriptures in the money professions! Not by a long way.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-78429512865564529702017-11-02T00:34:35.971+00:002017-11-02T00:34:35.971+00:00At 19:11
You have yet heard of the difference betw...At 19:11<br />You have yet heard of the difference between tax evasion (morally questionable) and tax avoidance (morally neutral).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-32171237443207552282017-11-02T00:33:06.511+00:002017-11-02T00:33:06.511+00:00At 19:44
What you are saying is that you are resen...At 19:44<br />What you are saying is that you are resentful such a thing can happen. <br /><br />Apart from the fact that you disagree with this provision of the law, you haven't shown what the moral dubiousness consists in.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-88704376176703788882017-11-02T00:24:00.195+00:002017-11-02T00:24:00.195+00:00As with most errors, the original idea and practic...As with most errors, the original idea and practice were good: to allow people who could not otherwise participate in doing some charitable deed e.g. feeding the hungry, to make a donation instead, so that someone else could do it, made sense. <br /><br />Yes it's easy to see how this system could be abused and misinterpreted. But that's not the fault of the original idea itself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-57723610356302154652017-11-02T00:17:22.459+00:002017-11-02T00:17:22.459+00:00In what sense exactly?
And you reached that concl...In what sense exactly?<br /><br />And you reached that conclusion by?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-67813488088829612792017-11-02T00:15:24.961+00:002017-11-02T00:15:24.961+00:00One of the Beatitudes speaks of the 'pure in h...One of the Beatitudes speaks of the 'pure in heart' and it is clear from the context and from the expression itself that the text is not talking about sexuality but rather about justice.<br /><br />The fact that the English word 'purity' has predominantly meant no sexual desire, thought or feeling does not mean that this Beatitude says any such thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-72216967907343776312017-11-02T00:04:27.925+00:002017-11-02T00:04:27.925+00:00That is correct in letter of the law but if you th...That is correct in letter of the law but if you think about the details re/soliciting being illegal and brothel keeping being illegal, then in realistic "de facto" terms, prostitution turns out to be illegal as the other poster said. The woman asking someone to pay quietly in her own private apartment is treated in law as a consensual relationship (however brief) and cannot be subject to prosecution because it's virtually impossible to prove a case to a jury's satisfaction in a Court of Law. So that's why the Law comes at it from the "public" aspect which might be easier to actually prove and so win our case. But the effect is as the poster said - - to create circumstances in which it is almost impossible for it to flourish.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-14064816789508975352017-11-01T22:02:52.647+00:002017-11-01T22:02:52.647+00:00Jesus shouldn't have told the rich young man t...Jesus shouldn't have told the rich young man to sell all he had, give it to the poor and follow Him. He should have recommended he got a savvy accountant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-10971262281542099052017-11-01T21:54:01.134+00:002017-11-01T21:54:01.134+00:00According to the Bible the first Apostolic bursar/...According to the Bible the first Apostolic bursar/accountant/auditor was Judas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-4571884773520081002017-11-01T19:44:45.580+00:002017-11-01T19:44:45.580+00:00@23:47. Legal yes, but morally dubious and not in ...@23:47. Legal yes, but morally dubious and not in the spirit of Luke 3:11. I'm sure that when the Gift Aid legislation was enacted Parliament thought that one of the provision's purposes was boosting the pensions of monks and nuns.<br /><br />It all seems a bit avaricious for religious to be using a tax loophole not available to lay people to further fund an already very comfortable life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-30660464422029420372017-11-01T19:01:40.839+00:002017-11-01T19:01:40.839+00:0023:29
Lost it, Buddy.
Entirely wrong!23:29<br />Lost it, Buddy.<br />Entirely wrong!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-16880702467452744092017-11-01T13:45:48.824+00:002017-11-01T13:45:48.824+00:00Incorrect! - See Matthew Ch.5. before you attempt ...Incorrect! - See Matthew Ch.5. before you attempt to spread spurious and incomplete personal Biblical interpretations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-66512317413036457642017-11-01T11:13:46.706+00:002017-11-01T11:13:46.706+00:00Apologies.. missing text (23.55) .. reference , is...Apologies.. missing text (23.55) .. reference , is to tom meagher , husband of Jill. nAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-50164656263752099652017-11-01T07:43:33.313+00:002017-11-01T07:43:33.313+00:00Is High Connoly dressed as a Presbyterian minister...Is High Connoly dressed as a Presbyterian minister?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-78893048061036208952017-11-01T07:42:50.941+00:002017-11-01T07:42:50.941+00:00And yet it is. Brothel keeping is illegal so as to...And yet it is. Brothel keeping is illegal so as to protect women from exploitation. Soliciting on the street is illegal so as to protect the social image of 'the highway'. But a lady who feels the need to work such a way may do so privately and independently without being criminalised - which also protects the lady from being criminalized. There is no law in Ireland that can prosecute an independently trading prostitute who works in a private apartment of house. <br /><br />Think about any media cpurt reports - they only ever concern soliciting and/or brothel keeping. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-43766770989086955452017-11-01T07:36:15.299+00:002017-11-01T07:36:15.299+00:00Ironically the Jesuits are just about the only soc...Ironically the Jesuits are just about the only society of priests whose members can ask for money for a particular need and will be given it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-77377285849102974102017-11-01T00:35:48.058+00:002017-11-01T00:35:48.058+00:00Prostitution is illegal in Northern Ireland. Prostitution is illegal in Northern Ireland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-44737561830871157982017-11-01T00:34:48.504+00:002017-11-01T00:34:48.504+00:00Absolutely not!
Prostitution is illegal in Norther...Absolutely not!<br />Prostitution is illegal in Northern Ireland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-5543058343458453992017-11-01T00:32:45.271+00:002017-11-01T00:32:45.271+00:00It is still very deeply regrrtted in many of the H...It is still very deeply regrrtted in many of the High English denominations. Regarded as an unfortunate tragedy of history but we cannot turn the clock back.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-8348681393452753822017-11-01T00:23:37.170+00:002017-11-01T00:23:37.170+00:00The commandments came WITHOUT a sell by date! So i...The commandments came WITHOUT a sell by date! So it matters not a fig what decade or even what century we're in. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-48669007352087857392017-11-01T00:16:52.484+00:002017-11-01T00:16:52.484+00:00Sorry, - - speak up!What did you say? - You're...Sorry, - - speak up!What did you say? - You're pees in a pot!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-1411944524275791852017-10-31T23:55:41.089+00:002017-10-31T23:55:41.089+00:00Jill meagher, from county Louth, was murdered in M...Jill meagher, from county Louth, was murdered in Melbourne, in 2012.. readers might be interested in hearing what he has to say, in general, but especially , on the subject of prostitution.. you can easily find him on google.. decency shines from him, as does sorrow beyond words... nAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com