29. Not a fan of lazy apologetics. Catholic convert. Hopeful Panpsychist.
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Here's a short articulation of what I call the participation theodicy. There's links in the follow-up, of short papers I've written as well as a couple discussions I've had with people going over it.
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Happy Halloween from JD and Usha Vance @OVTweetmarck
If God is all-powerful, he can do all things without parts.
If God can do all things without parts, no part is essential to him.
If no part is essential to him, he is divinely simple.
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I will soon be releasing a papacy video that will dismantle the arguments of Ubi Petrus, Jay Dyer, Craig Truglia, Alex Sorin, Bryce J, Luigi, Cleave2Antiquity, and Father Stephen De Young.
If God is omnipotent, God can do anything metaphysically possible.
If God can do anything MP, then there are no MP worlds without God.
(Since one can only do something in a MP world if they exist in that MP world)
So, an omnipotent God would be metaphysically necessary.
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109 years ago today, the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima occurred in front of 70,000+ people
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The Eastern Orthodox Church is against the death penalty and the cited reason is human dignity, same as the Catholic Church.
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Question for pro-death penalty Catholics:
In John 8 where the adulterous woman was brought before Jesusโฆ
1: Did Christ have the authority to take her life as punishment?
2: Did he have the authority to forego her punishment?
This is a great video going over a few miracles associated with saintly intercession. Very hard to disbelief in the face of the evidence.
youtu.be/G6Zu0iAhSpU?is=yY6Iโฆ
I had a disposition favoring death penalty before becoming Catholic, but I can see the reasoning behind the Churchโs recent teachings on the matter.
If we have the option of punishing a criminal with life in jail instead of taking their life, we should prefer the better option.
This video from @CapturingChrist and Noah McKay (the 2nd Princeton philosopher to hit the towers) is just incredible. I don't know how someone could remain a reasonable naturalist after learning about these incredible miracles.
I think itโs so cute how Ethan Museโs fiancรฉe curates a YouTube playlist for all his appearances.
Sadly, Iโve already seen everything here.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLโฆ
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A Virginia father jumped into a septic tank to save his son๐ป๐ฆ
He never came back up.
Now the Catholic Church is taking a major step toward declaring him a saint.
Tom Vander Woude was a farmer, Navy veteran, husband, and father of seven sons in Nokesville, Virginia. On September 8, 2008, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, his youngest son, Joseph โJosie,โ who has Down syndrome, fell through a collapsed cover into a 7-foot septic tank.
Tom didnโt hesitate. He climbed in after him, held Josie above the sewage and toxic fumes, and shouted to a worker above: โYou pull, Iโll push.โ
Josie lived. Tom, 66, died there.
This week, the Diocese of Arlington announced that his sainthood cause is moving into the official information-gathering stage. Bishop Michael Burbidge said Vander Woudeโs last act was โthe culmination of a Christian life marked by faith, charity, humility, fortitude, and generous service to others.โ
His son Chris put it simply: not a day goes by without missing Dad, but watching that story still inspire people is a consolation.
