Right. I have been fairly consistent with what I have said in this thread.
You have likewise been fairly consistent in characterizing what I have said.
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You have likewise been fairly consistent in characterizing what I have said.
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PetraG
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I don’t think Star Trek has ever been considered a paragon of sexual ethics, LOL. Captain Kirk was always somehow finding a “love interest.” Enough said.
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ChristMyLife
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Okay…
Exodus 31:14
“Therefore, you must keep the sabbath for it is holiness for you. Whoever desecrates it shall be put to death. If anyone does work on that day, that person must be cut off from the people.”
Numbers 15:33-36
“While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was discovered gathering wood on the sabbath day. Those who caught him at it brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community. But they put him in custody, for there was no clear decision as to what should be done with him. Then the Lord said to Moses: This man shall be put to death; let the whole community stone him outside the camp. So the whole community led him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.”
According to Catholic moral theology, it would be gravely immoral and mortally sinful to stone someone to death because he skipped Sunday Mass so he could gather wood.
Yet here we have Scripture not only approving that, but showing God commanding it.
My point in this is not to say the Bible is evil or Catholic theology is wrong - I’m illustrating a point that simply reading about or watching immoral actions isn’t immoral in and of itself.
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BoomBoomMancini
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If you think that that’s not the logical outgrowth of your statements, by all means, point out where I’ve gone wrong. I’m not trying to misrepresent your views
If you perceive a contradiction between God’s commands and those of His church, you should look to your interpretation and revise it accordingly.
Good point. But it is not contrary to what I have said.
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ChristMyLife
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They existed for a certain people at a certain time and place.
In the original context which God gave those commands it was moral.
But applying those same commands in the context of today in light of Catholic theology and Christian revelation, they would be gravely immoral acts.
It is my contention that Catholics reading about a gravely immoral act like stoning a sabbath breaker (gravely immoral as in if it was done today, not the original context in which it was done) are at no more risk of murdering lukewarm Catholics than they are at risk of supporting gay sex by watching a gay couple in a television program.
OK…
First mis-characterization.
I never made a claim to a story as described.
Second mis-characterization.
I never made a claim to this either.
You then proceed to knock at the mischaracterization of my position.
This is a straw man.
As to this…
I do not know if you are being sarcastic or not…so I chose not to address it at all.
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BoomBoomMancini
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I wasn’t being sarcastic, and I’m not sure why you’re getting your underwear in a bunch.
As to the “mischaracterizations”, notice they’re posed as questions. Meaning I was trying to understand the contours of your position. They weren’t posed in bad faith. If they didn’t accurately capture your views, you could have easily said “actually, that’s not what I’m suggesting…I’m saying blah blah blah…”
As to the “mischaracterizations”, notice they’re posed as questions. Meaning I was trying to understand the contours of your position. They weren’t posed in bad faith. If they didn’t accurately capture your views, you could have easily said “actually, that’s not what I’m suggesting…I’m saying blah blah blah…”
That being the case, my apologies for the misunderstanding. My error.
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BoomBoomMancini
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We cool, my dude. 
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TK421
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For the most part, anything inappropriate for children is inappropriate for adults.
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BoomBoomMancini
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I’m glad you said “for the most part”, cause I was gonna have a field day with that one.
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