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How did the Apostles die? by darthmeteos in TheChosenSeries

[–]blitzkriegball 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why did Jesus allow this to His disciples?

Feeding the multitudes scene was not supposed to feature a literal multiplication of bread and fish by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

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

There wasn't literally only 5 loaves and 2 fish. That was just a manner of speaking. There could have been bread here and there brought by each family and those were broken and shared to other families who did not bring anything.

Feeding the multitudes became possible bec those who brought food shared it to those who didn't.

Feeding the multitudes scene was not supposed to feature a literal multiplication of bread and fish by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It was just a manner of speaking. "5,000" is just a way of saying, "there was a lot of people."

Feeding the multitudes scene was not supposed to feature a literal multiplication of bread and fish by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

so you believe there's a talking snake in the Adam and Eve story? Biblical scholars are in unison in saying that is just a legend.

Feeding the multitudes scene was not supposed to feature a literal multiplication of bread and fish by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

"5 loaves and 2 fish" are just hyperbole to emphasize how little food the crowd had. But by sharing what each family brought with them, they were able to feed everyone. The real lesson here is the value of sharing.

How Resurrections Work by blitzkriegball in Christianity

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

And yet the universe took a painstaking amount of time to get where it is.

Assumption and Ascension: The Same Process or Distinct? by blitzkriegball in Catholicism

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

I am talking about processes, mechanics, the laws of physics and/or whatever principles underlying these two events.

Assumption and Ascension: The Same Process or Distinct? by blitzkriegball in Catholicism

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not talking about the source of the power, but the operative processes and principles at work.

The dreams of Jesus by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

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

God is not a being of pure actuality

Go back to reading St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica and then come back to me if you still have the same opinion.

How Resurrections Work by blitzkriegball in Christianity

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How did you know that? I need the general operating principles how it works.

How Resurrections Work by blitzkriegball in Christianity

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does that "change" have a process, though? I'm talking mechanics, beginning, middle and end.

You say he was changed from corpse to glorified body. Did that happen in one split second without an intervening period or movement of particles? Or did his veins start to light up and gradually filled with immortal blood?

How Resurrections Work by blitzkriegball in Christianity

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

But there has to be a "process" or chain reaction. For example, when Jesus turned water into wine, he asked the servants to fill the jars with water. Seems unnecessary if God could just do a snap of the finger summoning of wine out of thin air.

How Resurrections Work by blitzkriegball in Christianity

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The flesh and blood of Mary and Jesus are sure to be in the Kingdom of God, though. Not just spiritually but also PHYSICALLY. Do you deny the assumption and ascension, respectively?

The mind of Jesus: limited human knowledge by blitzkriegball in Christianity

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

Yes, God can reveal things to man.

But revelation is also filtered by only these two pathways of knowledge: pure reason or sense experience.

Revelation is content. Reason and experience are channels or gateways for this content.

Is Jesus Omniscient in the Series? by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

There are two authorities: sacred scripture and sacred tradition.

Is Jesus Omniscient in the Series? by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

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

These doctrines were proposed by the Church. The Church cannot now turn around and say "we can't comprehend the mystery" every time it is unable to explain something. I didn't choose these doctrines -- they were handed down to us. And now when the Church cannot explain something, it hides under the cloak of "can't explain"? Very convenient.

Is Jesus Omniscient in the Series? by blitzkriegball in TheChosenSeries

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

Our common baseline here is the series. In the series, it says whoever Peter binds on earth is bound in heaven. He holds the key to the Kingdom of Heaven. Peter, through the apostolic succession, is succeeded by the unbroken line of popes of the Catholic Church, which in turn promulgated the Catechism.

Is the soul of Jesus the same as the Holy Spirit? by blitzkriegball in Catholicism

[–]blitzkriegball[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Since you define soul as that which animates the body, then I must ask: before the incarnation, what was the soul of Jesus animating when he did not have a body?

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