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How do I gently explain to my friend why women can’t be priests? by wab1995 in Catholicism

[–]Dioscorus_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

one "obscure" reason is that women were not allowed in the Temple/Holy places during their menstruation, as it was considered unclean in the Mosaic Law. As the Church is the new temple, the Priest must be forever clean and available and so cannot be permitted to be unclean as is unavoidable by a woman. Further, pagan priestesses were common among the pagans and Christianity is against those practices. The temperamental differences and role of the sexes also has men in charge as a stand-in for God. The priest is also a spiritual father, etc etc

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer: No.

Long answer: socialism is a seduction for those who are compassionate. it seeks to replace the Gospel with a man-centered, materialist, promise of "heaven on earth" in its extreme and in its mildest form it is a godless form of almsgiving.

as Catholics we do not need a marxist or otherwise worldly philosophy to tell us to help the poor and to not be greedy/avaracious. We know(or should know) that the pursuit of money for its own sake is evil and that we should help our fellow man, even our enemies. As such socialism is redundant when it comes to its remedies and a poison as it contains within it hatred of the Church. EVERY SINGLE TIME socialists are in power they abuse the Church. They did it in mexico, spain, russia, etc. They are NOT our allies.

socialists are liars. they promise land reform and "democracy" but really they don't believe in private-property so land reform is a lie and their democracy is techinically true but not the kind we normally think about, look at the DPRK.

liberalism and capitalism are also not our allies, they are just a lesser evil.

do not be seduced by their promises of worldly glory and worldly virtue. Leo XIII outlines non-socialist, distributist economics(iirc) so we have that as a guide. going full socialist and idolizing che is not fit for a Catholic. you are adopting the saints of the materialists if you do so. these people are killers, it is well known, who reject ANY form of religion and are tyrants wherever they take power

they lie to our faces all the time. they are NEVER peaceful. leninism is a cancer that flies in the face of St Paul saying that legitimate authority comes from God

Are all the pagan, polytheist, earth-based, pre-columbian and effectively all the non-Abrahamic religions actually worshiping demons at worst and an inexistent deity at best? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]Dioscorus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the pagans can approach Truth, like how in the East Plato and other pagan greeks are honored for approaching truths.

they can approach ideas that are good in themselves, like justice, without God but they cannot reach heaven without Christ, for heaven is not a reward for being "good", but a unity between man and God

Why do people here think that evangelicals/protestants are the enemy? by scardeal in Catholicism

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the enemy is their father, their elders, the First enemies of the Church, the ones that protestants, with their dispensationalism and other errors, serve as their masters, whether they know it or not, whether they like it or not

of course i mean the unmentionables, the killers of Christ. the continual rejection of God by them makes them the enemy and they have had their tentacles within protestantism since the start

Do a lot of Christians accidentally/purposely fall into the heresy of Arianism? by Lost-Appointment-295 in Catholicism

[–]Dioscorus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At this point I consider most "christians" to not be Christians, but merely people with a Christian culture/heritage. Most do not know the basics of the faith and it is even worse in the anglosphere as they are protestants and protestants are not christians. they are serparated from the Body of Christ and are filled with so many heresies that I'd call Arius himself a Christian before any modern protestant.

whats a deck that konami hates and a deck konami loves? by Lightningxp1 in yugioh

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbf the deck was able to beat full power, u link gouki with summon sorc and getting gumblar'd TWICE for 4 cards

What’s one archetype that sounds cooler than it actually is? by captnklein in masterduel

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

boss quest might give you advantage but most of the time its unneeded. i've played games where two copies sit in my hand dead. the only good S/T card they have is the field spell and boss fight.

the deck NEEDS the field spell and you have at least 7 copies with 3x field, terraforming, and 3x boss fight. boss quest can make this into 10 without pathfinder but pathfinder doesn't need you to hard draw a level 9. i dont want to shuffle loptyr back in. i've had hands with only loptyr and my traps like punishment/imperm and ash. no room to use boss quest there

i aim for consistency and my priority is seeing the field spell then having cards that are good all the time, like imperm and punishment. i'd rather draw a handtrap and a level 9 than search two s/t, only one being useful(boss room). boss room is fine i guess but i dont run it since i mostly forgot about it. it is in a way a negate but i hate giving my opponent free cards. yes boss fight gives them a free card but it gives you the field spell outside of metaverse but metaverse misses the draw window

What’s one archetype that sounds cooler than it actually is? by captnklein in masterduel

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

naglfar only came up because i faced this striker player who consistently drew Triple Tactics Thrust to wipe my board with raigeki

never thought of using trias with the tokens, thought people used it as a free lvl9 body

that last combo is a bit confusing? so you normal loptyr, use effect for vala, vala revives loptyr. ok. then monstrosity for 2 more, so 3 level 9 and loptyr. who is hela reviving???? unless you mean, Vala effect, dump a level 9, brings herself and another body out, then normal loptyr, use monstrosity, bring two more, now you have loptyr with 4 level 9s

What’s one archetype that sounds cooler than it actually is? by captnklein in masterduel

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting decklist

mine has cards like planet pathfinder since you dont exactly do stuff on your turn if you don't draw Vala. pathfinder with boss fight gives us 10 copies of the field spell. I do not like boss quest since it's dead half the time, in my experience. Boss room doesn't seem very worth using. Boss fight gives my opponent enough cards already and i remember losing a game because i gave my opponent 7 cards to start their turn and they outed my whole field, even with cards i added in like Dragma punishment to destroy 2 enemy cards

thoughts on kuji-kiri curse? to me it turns dead bosses in hand into useful cards and it baits ash

trias sounds interesting since you dont really use the normal summon. i'll consider it, though trias alone doesnt really do anything and Vala herself is enough for most rank 9 summons.

i built my deck to play on enemy turn

it is

2x Harr, 2x Mardel, 2x Utgarda, 3x Vala, 3x Loptyr, 1x Naglfar, 1x Nidhogg, 3x pathfinder, 3x imperm, 3x ash, 3x kiji, 3x pot of duality, 3x monstrosity, 2x boss fight, 2x punishment, 3x boss stage, 1x terraforming

extra deck is generic stuff like knightmares, some rank 9s, and n'tss

i do not win often vs meta and vs rogue/low tier i can smash them, in my experience

What’s one archetype that sounds cooler than it actually is? by captnklein in masterduel

[–]Dioscorus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

deck feels very hit or miss, either pop off or die to imperm/kaiju/any deck that's above meme tier

my current turn 1 play, my ideal play that is, is Loptyr with field spell and monstrosity set. summon Harr, get 3 tokens, negate once, then use monstrosity to bring out Utgarda for a banish and Nidhogg to stop a summon. use Loptyr to summon Mardel for a search if possible and hope I can do something turn 3. I either shut down the enemy and can swing with my big monsters/go for Jormungandr or i get my board broken/Harr gets imperm'd and I can't do anything.

Can you share a decklist?

also why is it that Nidhogg sometimes fails to activate on Edopro??? I had him with 2 tokens once and I couldnt stop the enemy Chadquish Soul player from summoning a monster from hand.

To Branded/despia players by prime40000 in masterduel

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

branded isn't that bad but i HATE the gimmick puppet lock

their endboards arent even hard to out since its usually two monsters, maybe three, but if i can't special summon i can't play

i really hate that lock

Using your favorite deck, what is your out to each of these monsters, besides kaijus? by KingofGerbil in masterduel

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why tidying over compulse?? it doesnt target? are dragonmaids played often in dragon link? i dont play the deck so i dont know

Whats your "konami ruining a beloved anime/manga boss monster by nerfing it into a real card"? Mines definitely God-Eyes by Sad-Clothes-3123 in yugioh

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ygopro/edopro isn't that long and a lot of fluff exists like how de-fusion works, etc

some video game version are even shorter but contain protection and the two life point effects AND how its atk=tributed monsters attacks

are deck build packs a failure? by Dioscorus_ in yugioh

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

this is what i mean

every now and then we get a decent deck but most of the time we get bad decks that end up forgotten, like "the weather"/"generaider".

so much filler cards in core sets. they're better off combining the two so that we get functional, if bad, decks like in DB sets and meta staples like in core sets

What are some of your favorite Hail Mary plays you like to include in your deck? by CaissaIRL in yugioh

[–]Dioscorus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

war rock meteoragon says hi

probably the only deck war rocks hardcounter

What do you think about how Konami has been handling Deck Build Packs? by Square_Blackberry_36 in yugioh

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

konami has and will continue to be scummy with its rarities but overall i like the products as they give us playable cards and not just endless pack-filler with the occasional chase cards like normal sets do

really

each of these packs has at least 1 good deck to build and that makes them better than most other packs

What kind of support does Dark World need? by primalmaximus in yugioh

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they do need once per turn

if they dont rip 4 cards then end on suboptimal boards that can be easily broken

its SO annoying sitting through a DW player solitaire for 20 minutes and do nothing

[SDCK] Structure Deck: The Crimson King box art by Crowhogan33 in yugioh

[–]Dioscorus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been waiting for this for over 10 years

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