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Robert_Sock
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I’m sorry but I do not follow you here. Why would one need self-faith when we can get all the real faith we want from God? Faith in oneself is from Satan.
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Lost_Wanderer
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So now you’re saying Satan made us, not God. Who’s the hard one to follow here?I’m sorry but I do not follow you here. Why would one need self-faith when we can get all the real faith we want from God? Faith in oneself is from Satan.
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Robert_Sock
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You’re twisting what I’m saying! Nowhere am I saying that Satan made us. You’re the one that is saying that we should worship ourselves.So now you’re saying Satan made us, not God. Who’s the hard one to follow here?
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Lost_Wanderer
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Who’s twisting? Faith in oneself is to have faith in the Divine who made that self. That is hardly worship. You on the other hand have a Gnostic (and may I add, degrading) view of the human being that straight out of the Flesh-Is-Evil party line.You’re twisting what I’m saying! Nowhere am I saying that Satan made us. You’re the one that is saying that we should worship ourselves.
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Robert_Sock
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Like our world, the flesh is both good and evil. Although some people tend to get the two confused. If the flesh was entirely good, there would be no need for salvation.Who’s twisting? Faith in oneself is to have faith in the Divine who made that self. That is hardly worship. You on the other hand have a Gnostic (and may I add, degrading) view of the human being that straight out of the Flesh-Is-Evil party line.
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Lost_Wanderer
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Our need for salvation does not deny the fact that we were perfectly made in God’s image and likeness. If anything, Christ’s sacrifice is only our path to restoring that.Like our world, the flesh is both good and evil. Although some people tend to get the two confused. If the flesh was entirely good, there would be no need for salvation.
However, what good is that when you have no faith in yourself? People who reject redemption are those who are not willing to save that thing which they hate the most.
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Chantal25
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I am reading now a booklet that i bought from the Catholic store and i highly recommend to you is “The Seven Capital Sins”. It is bringing a lot of light and insight toward my life and where i need to take a good look about me.
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Chantal25
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I love this, thank you for sharing!Fill yourself with faith, hope and LOVE! Why allow pride and self-confidence to clutter the mind?
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nuntym
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+JMJ+
And in so far as his own ability goes, it belongs to a magnanimous man to be confident in himself.
— , II-II, q. 129, a. 6, ad. 1.Summa Theologica
And in so far as his own ability goes, it belongs to a magnanimous man to be confident in himself.
— , II-II, q. 129, a. 6, ad. 1.Summa Theologica
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jimmy
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I would tend to say that a person with no pride or self confidence, would also have no boundaries for their behavior. They are essential for any development of character and self control. The only way I can imagine someone avoiding sin who has no pride and self confidence is if they are so beaten down that they accept it as their lot in life that they should avoid certain things. And that is nothing but the destruction of the person.Why not have confidence in God? No need for pride or self-confidence.
As nuntym mentioned, a magnanimous man will be confident in his own abilities. And magnanimity is a necessary virtue. Without magnanimity, he will never aspire to anything. And if he doesn’t aspire, he will never gain anything. There would be no saints if we rejected confidence.
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