Andrew hello,
Whatever you want to say our laws are based on, it’s not against the law, for example, to miss Mass on Sunday, and no one will haul you off to jail for doing so. Obviously our civil laws go beyond what’s in the ten commandments in some instances, and obviously don’t include all sins as taught by the Church.
Curious, what does that even mean?? What are you specifically asking?
Please explain how you believe pre-protestant England was led by men of “Catholic standing” and “guided by individuals firmly rooted in their moral principles”?
Not familiar with any laws in pre-protestant England which hauled people off for missing Mass on Sunday. OTH, I am fairly positive in parts of post-catholic England (namely puritan governed New England) not attending Sunday services was certainly an offense that would land one in jail.
Oh I don’t doubt that pre-protestant England was led by anything more than those men who claimed to be men of “Catholic standing” and “guided by individuals firmly rooted in their moral principles”. However, note that Thomas More was one such man highly regarded by Catholics, and in fact canonized a Saint, but who also directly ordered the burning of heretics at the stake. Not a world I would want to live in. A Catholic radical is just as dangerous as a Muslim radical, or any other radical.
I converted when I was 17 and discarded by my step and real parents. I was 17 when I went to the parish I have been discussing.
Both in Pre-protestant England, and in post-Catholic England, people were hauled off to jail for offenses against the religion that ruled the monarch. Not a safe place for anyone to be. Words can’t even express how grateful I am to God for putting me here instead of there.
Your statements are unsubstantiated.
Well now the government schools want to teach its ok that Timmy thinks 2+2=5. As long as Timmy can demonstrate why he thinks 2+2=5 then its acceptable and should be respected, not corrected. Charity demands correction. I cringe every time I hear something false should be respected and perpetuated. Jesus at the well said “go and sin no more.” Not I’m ok you are ok, keep on committing adultery.
Thomas More was a government official. Romans 13 indicates that to keep order governement officials may use the sword, i.e. captial punhishment. This may be against our modern day sensitivity but it’s in the Word of God! Committing mortal sin is worse than physically dieing and causing others to commit mortal sin is worse than physical murder.
No, they’re not. Our laws are not written to cater specifically to one religion or another. And any one religion’s laws do not make up the laws in the US. For example, one of the ten commandments is to honor the Sabbath. However, no one is called out on it when they miss Mass or the Sabbath.
Which schools are teaching 2+2=5?
Yeah, thanks, you made my point
That’s EXACTLY what I wouldn’t support. And that’s EXACTLY why I thank God for being born here instead of there.wdtprs.com/blog/2013/08/obamamath-common-core-curriculum-to-infect-catholic-schools/Yeah, thanks, you made my point
If you’re idea of utopia is relativism then enjoy it while you can. The fallacy of “freedom and liberty” served up by Locke and Hobbes is crumbling as we speak. Give me a Monarch any day even a tyrant. At least the tyrant believed he would ultimately be judged by God. If we are going to be moralistic then give me the crusades and inquisitions of 1500 years of Christendom. You can have the 227 MILLION deaths in the name of “freedom and liberty.”