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Pallas_Athene
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I have, many times. It is not informative.
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thistle
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That’s what those with closed minds tend to say!
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Pallas_Athene
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Actually, that is what people with rational mind say.
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adamhovey1988
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Obviously, the Catechism is informative. What an irrational thing to say.
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Wesrock
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The words aren’t meaningless within Catholic theology. I can’t say whether they are meaningless to you because you reject that theology or because you’re not familiar with this part of it, or for some other reason, but the idea of supernatural grace is at the core of our beliefs, and we certainly understand it well enough that the definition of human nature provided above isn’t meaningless. But hey, it’s all Greek to you.Thank you.
Well, that is a definition, all right. But unfortunately there are many meaningless words in it, like: “grace, supernatural state, heavenly destiny, soul or supernatural invitation”. I have no idea what these mean. On the other hand “capable of rational thought and voluntary decision” I can understand very well. The trouble is that these attributes do not necessarily belong exclusively to biological humans.
Maybe it would be easier to start with something simpler. What is the “nature” or “essence” of a chair? Or maybe a “cow”? But only if you are so inclined. Don’t want to deviate from the topic too far.
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