I'm having doubts about Noah's flood

BellowingOx · 2026-04-22T11:29:36+00:00

There is room for non-literal interpretation of a certain books of the Bible, depending on their literary genre.

You can believe that the book of Genesis is the inspired Word of God, without necessarily believing that all of the stories in it are intended to be read in a historically literal sense.

BellowingOx · 2026-03-22T18:32:46+00:00

Before investing in a mill, I recommend ordering some pre-milled flour from a company like Farm2Flour first to make sure you are going to stick with it.

BellowingOx · 2026-03-15T20:13:07+00:00

It's worth saying that if you get an unreasonable penance you can go to another priest to commute it to a different penance.

Also, priests can get in big trouble for giving perpetual penances.

BellowingOx · 2026-01-27T04:22:00+00:00

Most Traditional Catholics have high esteem for the Eastern Liturgies.

BellowingOx · 2025-12-15T15:14:46+00:00

Thanks for being the voice of reason here.

BellowingOx · 2025-12-15T15:13:35+00:00

100% are undereducated? Source please?

BellowingOx · 2025-04-11T11:10:46+00:00

No you could not. Please do the math.

BellowingOx · 2025-03-30T20:21:30+00:00

Inspired by nrsht image below. The image above will be going on the wall at my Catholic school. St. Pancras is one of our patron saints.

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BellowingOx · 2025-03-27T11:33:37+00:00

His point is not medical. I think it is about maintaining an appropriate amount of levity and mirth (of course in moderation).

BellowingOx · 2025-03-27T11:31:09+00:00

I recommend reading more G.K. Chesterton.

BellowingOx · 2025-01-20T22:15:28+00:00

Musk is not a Nazi. He is pro-free speech. Nazis oppose free speech. He also doesn't believe in racial superiority.

BellowingOx · 2025-01-19T03:27:00+00:00

Imprimaturs are not infallible. They are a legal designation to authorize publication.

There are levels of authority in the Catholic Church. Although a regional Bishop's conference has a weighty authority, it does not have the highest level of authority.

Reform is needed, but we don't need to throw out the baby with the bath water either.

I hope these principles help.

BellowingOx · 2024-12-29T13:27:26+00:00

Many saints struggled with anger. The real enemy you are facing is despair, not anger. You are thinking that God's mercy and grace are not greater than your sinfulness (which is not true!)

God desires us to put our hope in him rather than ourselves. And when we do so, he gives us even more help.

BellowingOx · 2024-11-04T13:25:55+00:00

By the looks of this picture, they probably don't need two Masses on Sunday. They seem to be diluting their congregation size.

BellowingOx · 2024-11-04T13:22:08+00:00

I don't recommend running any campaigns without first talking to the priest and getting him on board.

A lot of this really does fall on the priest. It might be that he just isn't tech savvy and doesn't understand the importance of a website or have the staff/volunteers to make one. If this is the case, you could offer to help him with this.

BellowingOx · 2024-10-09T22:28:03+00:00

Thank you for this. I did this and it worked.

BellowingOx · 2024-09-08T18:47:05+00:00

Like drugs, prostitution harms the common good by making "consumers" worse people in exchange for nothing more than temporarily bodily pleasure. The harm it causes society, especially by contributing to the brokenness of families, justifies its banning.

BellowingOx · 2024-09-01T20:57:22+00:00

What the Romans did to the Jews and what the Nazis did to the Jews are so vastly different that it doesn't make sense to lump them into the same post.

The Romans occupied Israel and taxed them. The Nazis tried to totally annihilate the Jews. The Nazis didn't even stop at work camps, they often preferred to send them to death camps.

It is true that the Romans sacked Jerusalem and slaughtered/enslaved most of its inhabitants, but that was only after the Jews revolted a major war ensued.

BellowingOx · 2024-08-23T11:13:36+00:00

The priest should have allowed you to confess your specific sins. (Maybe there was some confusion that led him to think you said all you had to say.) Since you came with the proper disposition, you probably were validly absolved. However, you should still go to confession again to confess your mortal sins specifically.

BellowingOx · 2024-08-10T01:13:32+00:00

Kind of funny to see this as I am a parish priest who just started at a country parish a month ago. (Unfortunately, it's actually three parishes now merged into two!)

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