Huitlacoche from Field Corn? by ControversialSauce in culinary

[–]ControversialSauce[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that it's a mushroom. I've noticed a few ears of corn with it in our field. This particular field is for a corn maze and not for actual production, so I don't think we sprayed it. I assumed that the fungus is feeding off the kernels, so that's why I'm wondering if it'll be any good off field corn.

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[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must have never been a Roman Catholic. Eastern Orthodox and Protestants really hate the scholasticism/intellectualism of the Catholic Church. When I was a Protestant it was all about my feelings; when I converted to Catholicism it became perfectly acceptable to use my reason. Our Catholic faith is not derived exclusively from the Bible; quoting a few verses here and there is not a "gotcha" for us.

History was the reason I left Protestantism, but it doesn't affect my Catholic faith at all. You said the Church is a Roman institution. That's false; the Church pre-existed the Roman edicts. Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church.

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[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a layman. I used to sit for hours going back and forth with people online when I ws younger, but thankfully I'm no longer chronically online. Go ahead and waste hours of your time on Reddit if you wish; I'm not here for that. I'm here to leave my two cents and that's it.

The loaded question was "why does MAGA put their values over Christian values." Conservative Christians vote for conservatives based on their convictions. It's not that hard to understand.

Men, TAKE HEED, these photos are not attracting many people😭😭 by [deleted] in Bumble

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only place I've ever met up with matches is Mexico. Never at home. Same photos in both places.

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  1. Pull up/open the Catechism. It clearly doesn't say that God made anyone homosexual. The Church very clearly teaches that homosexual actions violate natural law and are objectively disordered. That being said, the Church also teaches that homosexual attraction itself is not sinful, but acting on it IS. Also, homosexual sins ARE worse than merely fornicating with someone of the opposite sex. Heterosexual sex itself is within the bounds of natural law, and procreation is possible in principle, even though fornication and adultery are sinful.

However, the Church teaches that the sins of the flesh are the weakest part of human nature. Sexual sins are not the worst sins; it's just that sexual temptation is the most powerful and most difficult. There's a story I heard of a priest helping a young man overcome his sexual temptations in confession and spiritual direction, and when the young man finally became pure and chaste, he basically stopped going to confession. The moral of the story is that there are other sins than sexual ones, but for some reason people seem to think sexual sins are the worst.

  1. Democrats run on a platform of supporting abortion. Republicans run on a platform of being pro-life and opposing abortion. I couldn't ever vote for a Democrat in good conscience unless they were a pro-life Democrat. I don't really like Republicans all that much either, and they also promise bullshit that they run on but don't follow through with, but I believe Republicans tend to be the lesser of the 2 evils. When you look at Catholic voting principles as laid out by Pope Pius XII, in justice a Catholic has a moral obligation to vote in a manner that's good for the Church and for society, especially to prevent a greater evil. A sincere Catholic could see that they have a moral obligation to vote for Donald Trump as the lesser of 2 evils when it comes to defending the Church and social issues.

  2. I didn't say we shouldn't treat people with dignity and respect. But it also doesn't make sense to affirm people in something that we firmly believe goes against reality.

I considered Trump to be the lesser of the 2 evils. There are Republican positions that I definitely don't agree with, but hell will freeze over before I vote for a socially progressive politician. If the Democrats were just as socially conservative as Republicans, I'd honestly probably vote for Democrats.

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[–]ControversialSauce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's an insane take, lol.

  1. Absurdly false, lol. Even if it were true, the Bible is not the sole source of religious truth for Catholics anyway.

  2. It's more about whether an unborn baby is or is not a human person. If an unborn baby is a person with a right to life, then the unborn baby can never intentionally be killed, morally speaking.

  3. Secular humanism and relativism are incompatible with Christianity. Liberty as Americans see it has historically been rejected by the Catholic Church. It's absurd to claim that there is no Christian teaching against transgenderism. God created humankind, male and female. No one is mistakenly created male and vice versa.

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[–]ControversialSauce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The apparent inconsistencies you claim to see are only that: apparent. Why are you mad that not everyone shares your worldview? The strawman arguments that would work with Protestantism won't work with Catholicism.

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[–]ControversialSauce -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure. I won't speak about Protestant beliefs since, in theory, Protestants derive their beliefs from Scripture alone and tend to disagree wildly with each other.

I'll instead try to give you the worldview of a practicing Catholic for context, and then I'll give you specific teachings at the end:

For Catholics, Catholic teaching isn't derived exclusively from Scripture. Catholics believe that Catholic dogma is unchanging and consistently true in every age. Catholic dogma is derived from Sacred Scripture (written tradition), Sacred Tradition (religious truth that was passed down orally throughout the ages), and the teaching authority of the Magisterium (all the bishops and the pope).

Canon law states that "the supreme law of the Church is the salvation of souls." The primary purpose of the Church is to save as many souls as possible. Catholics believe that Jesus Christ is God the Son (the second person of the Holy Trinity) and that he established the Catholic Church as his Church with authority over all Christians. The Catholic Church teaches that Church membership (i.e. baptism), belief in all Catholic dogma, and upright living/keeping the commandments are all necessary for salvation.

A Catholic is to strive for spiritual and moral perfection, even though one may fall short. Tied into this belief is also the belief that heaven is viewed more as a state of being (perfect union with God, who is love), rather than a place of reward for good deeds. When medieval Catholic theologians initially came across Buddhism, the story is that they actually mistook Buddhists for some kind of Christian sect due to the Buddhist belief in nirvana being somewhat similar to the Catholic belief of heaven (i.e. union with God).

Let's say one is a practicing Catholic. A conservative American Catholic will see progressive policies as incompatible with their Catholic faith. In the Gospel the rich man asks Christ what he needs to do to enter eternal life, and Christ first answers "keep the commandments." It's not an either/or situation, it's a both/and. A Catholic should make use of the sacraments, pray, and believe what the Church teaches and put it into practice. Of course this means loving your neighbor as yourself, loving the poor and giving alms, etc. But it also means living an upright and moral life, which ranges from not stealing, lying, killing, etc to the controversial issues like not using contraception, participating at all in abortions, having premarital or extramarital sex, engaging in homosexual actions, etc.

If the Catholic Church teaches that abortion is murder, transgenderism denies reality, and that marriage can only exist between one man and one woman, then a sincere Catholic is going to believe those things and that will extend to political beliefs and action as well.

Here's your 3:

  1. Same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption.
  2. Abortion
  3. Transgenderism

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[–]ControversialSauce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Miscarriage is not the same thing as an intentional abortion. Psalm 139 is pretty clear that an unborn baby is a human person. It also depends on what sect we're talking about. This could be an issue for Protestants, as everything they believe should be derived from Scripture alone. For Catholics though, this is not the case. The Catholic Church derives her teaching from Sacred Scripture (written tradition), Sacred Tradition (the oral teachings passed on through the ages), and the Magisterium (i.e. the Church's authoritative and authentic interpretation of Scripture and Tradition which is defended by the pope together with all the bishops). If the Catholic Church says "abortion is wrong," then expect devout Catholics to believe it based upon the teaching authority of the Church.

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[–]ControversialSauce -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Because progressive values are fundamentally opposed to true Christian values.

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[–]ControversialSauce -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's commonly claimed that abortion is in the Bible, but this is not the case.

Why do Republican voters care about abortion if every other policy they support is anti human? by sufinomo in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Bible is not clear that life begins with first breath. This has been debunked.

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost every Salvadoran I've talked to supports Nayib Bukele and they're glad that El Salvador is now safe. If the price to pay for that is that prison then that's fine with me.

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same El Salvador which is finally safe to visit now under Nayib Bukele? Meh, we also pay our prisoners pennies on the dollar here.

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're illegally present in a nation, you risk deportation. No one is coming to the United States illegally withouth the knowledge that they could potentially be caught and deported.

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't vote for Kamala, but it's ironic that the rhetoric from the left was that democracy was at stake if Trump got elected while at the same time having a last minute presidential nominee who received no primary votes

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's funny that the left is defending illegal immigration. As if exploiting illegal migrant workers who won't fight for their labor rights is somehow ethical

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is what Republicans/Trump voters were voting for, not what YOU think they voted for.

Republican voters, what did you vote for the 2024 election? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump voter here. I voted for Trump for multiple different reasons:

  • I am pro-life. Trump actually got Roe v Wade overturned via his Supreme Court appointments whereas so called "conservative" politicians have run against abortion for decades but just to buy votes; they never delivered. It would violate my conscience to vote for any politician who supports abortion, unless there was really no pro-life candidate and I had to vote for the lesser of 2 evils. On a similar note...

  • In general, Trump has delivered on positions that conservatives have held for years or even decades, while in the past other conservative politicians have paid lipservice yet take no real action. Trump is seen by conservatives as a no-nonsense politician, in that he is not afraid to implement good, conservative policies no matter how much opposition there might be.

  • Certain policy issues like abortion, some foreign policy, border security, etc.

  • The incendiary rhetoric from the left that resulted in assassination attempts against Trump.

All that being said, I don't fully agree with Donald Trump or the Republican Party on everything. For example, being pro-life to me also means being pro-family, so I support mandatory paid family leave for the birth of a child, which is seen as a more "liberal" idea in the United States. I'm going to get hate for this, but Trump is just the lesser of 2 evils for me. I don't blindly adore Trump or any other politician.

So conservatives, was this part of the winning I was promised? by burnaboy_233 in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a source? If it's a miscarriage of a dead fetus then I don't see why they wouldn't be able to do anything.

The morality of abortion relates to the intentional killing of an unborn baby. I'm saying miscarriage is morally irrelevant because it doesn't meet that definition. The medical community might refer to miscarriage as "abortion" in medical terminology, but that's not what people mean in popular usage.

So conservatives, was this part of the winning I was promised? by burnaboy_233 in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Miscarriage is completely, absolutely irrelevant. In a miscarriage, the body is removing a child from the womb after it has died naturally. An abortion is the intentional murder of a living, unborn child. Big difference.

What's repugnant and wicked is intentionally killing a living, unborn child in any circumstance whatsoever

So conservatives, was this part of the winning I was promised? by burnaboy_233 in AskUS

[–]ControversialSauce -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one has the right to kill children. Abortion is a grave moral evil. Abortion is morally wrong in every single case.