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11/17/06 3:12 PM |
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David: You didn't identify a command. "Let them marry or not marry" is not the same as "Thou shalt not murder". The latter, hopefully agree, is a command. You've merely found scriptural basis for two goods. This still does not solve the problem you think you've identified since you haven't shown that one, in certain contexts, may actually be better than the other and linked to a specific calling. I think Lance would argue, "You've been called to be a priest, so don't marry. If you are called to something else, that option is open to you". That is still consistent with the way you are arguing. Michael: It always comes down to the issue of authority it seems. I think you are absolutely right that we have to evaluate the claims of the Catholic Church, or any other church for that matter. This requires us to actually know what those claims are and be honest enough to admit ignorance. I think you would agree that we wouldn't want someone to evaluate Jesus' claims if they didn't know what he claimed. "I heard Jesus said he was a toaster. But no toaster is God. Therefore, Jesus isn't God". Better make sure we get the claims right. |
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