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If someone told me that it affects their life and in a positive way as regards their Christian (Catholic) faith, then I can't think of a reason why I'd doubt them is all. I might not feel that way, and I might feel that way, but regardless, I still wouldn't immediately think that they're wrong...

No. Dead implies first there was life, which I reject. They're just fossils. Objects. They tell a story, they along with all the other physical evidence tells a story that it took billions of years, and so very many stupendously unlikely events all happening one right after the other, with...

I look at it as permission to disbelieve in evolution and "billions of years", because I find them spectacularly improbable, and I see no evidence that's inconsistent with the six days theory (Genesis taken plainly). You don't get that permission in schools, or in general company, political...

It can't be proven, but it can easily be demonstrated to be far more fanciful a notion than that there simply is a God and that He is the source of life. I heard the answer to the entropy challenge, they say that lifeforms aren't violating entropy somehow, it was a little over my head but...

Well of course! Yeah, God made them. Also, who cares?

Oh well. The Supreme Court didn't grant cert because they didn't even feel the case had enough merit to hear it. Even though it's unsatisfying, at least it was brought before them, in an original jurisdiction attempt. They said no. I'm not a lawyer and I'm not qualified to render any sort of...

Not with me. I believe it is the youngest as is biblically possible. I believe that God made the earth to be perfect for mankind, and that He made it with the fossils included. I believe He made the universe to be perfect for the earth, and He made it with as many stars and nebulas and dark...

But we do all believe that the Lord Jesus died, was buried, and that He rose again on the third day.

And, Why does the story as told "in the rocks" (fossils, sedimentary layers, dating techniques, etc.) suggest that the universe is "governed by chance, blind fate, anonymous necessity", if it is instead governed by God? This is the trouble with this text in the Catechism imo. Let me set out...

Just to underscore how non-communist the pope is, because he's not suggesting changing Church teaching, here are some excerpts of pertinent /relevant Church teaching: 1901 . . . The diversity of political regimes is morally acceptable, provided they serve the legitimate good of the communities...

Or, I engaged with what you wrote there. Which is the point of an anonymous internet discussion forum. If you mean that Christ's kingdom in all its fullness, when He comes again, will dispatch with all the nations of man at that point (the new heaven and the new earth), then sure. Otherwise...

Human rights are "invented" by God, and the United States is the first nation to enumerate in a Constitution, the liberal ideological principles of the rule of law, the separation of powers, a constitution, and the recognition of universal human rights in law. So while history shows that the...

He's also the One Who wrote the story in the rocks, instead of words and glyphs, it's fossils and sedimentary layers, scars and gashes, left by "comets" and "meteor impacts". That story is a fantasy, it's obviously incredible, full of ridiculously long-odds propositions that nonetheless win...

Hermaphrodites are literally non-binary. When non-hermaphrodites call themselves non-binary, I take offense for hermaphrodites. Non-hermaphrodites who call themselves non-binary, or feel that they should be the opposite sex, treat the real plight of real hermaphrodites, as a joke, and they...

It's not my "litmus", this is from the Catechism of the Church. And I'm not limiting this to just believing in the Resurrection, although that is absolutely necessary. You must "believe in" Christ, call Him 'Lord', know that He is the only begotten Son of God, that He is God Himself, the...

Caino said the Resurrection of Christ is nonfiction. I have not seen where Caino calls Him 'Lord' though. Do YOU really have so little discernment that you believe that Jesus Christ did not ensure that His memory would never pass from the earth until He comes again? Mass is a memorial service...

Spare me. You can be saved by believing in Jesus. But Jesus wants you to receive Him in the Eucharist too. It's not one or the other, it's both. That does sound inconsistent with belief in Christ. But I haven't witnessed Caino doing that. And we're not conversing with the Urantia book...

How can you possibly disagree with what you snipped from my post? Substitute "Caino" for literally any other name---how can you disagree with that?

The 20th century philosopher L. Wittgenstein, near the end of his life---I mean really near, like within weeks of his demise---tackled the matter of certainty. He never said the following, but it clicked together for me as I read this short book, against the backdrop of everything else he had...

@Caino is an authentic Christian if Caino believes in Christ and in His Resurrection. Caino has already agreed that the Resurrection really happened. By hook or by crook if Caino believes in Christ, then Caino is an authentic Christian, just as I believe that you are, and that I am. There is...