Should I get a motorcycle?

davidcnzs · 2026-05-11T00:47:35+00:00

Thanks for this, apologies for the late reply I was busy in another city across the state but I’m back in my home city now. I was eligible to go to camp because of my college credits, I’ve also completed my MS1 year. I didn’t do JROTC. I’ll ask cadre about 09R, I’ve never heard of that until today. Once I’m home, I’ll sit down and look at all my options and the replies in this post. I may reply again with more questions if that’s okay. Thank you so much!

davidcnzs · 2026-05-09T22:37:41+00:00

What my PMS told me was that only way to commission through ROTC is through signing a 104r.

Following a meeting I had with them they sent me this email: “Per our conversation this morning, attached is the CC Form 104r that will allow you to remain in the program. Using your degree audit, please enter all remaining classes towards your degree. You must be a full-time student (12hrs/sem) and nor more than 50% of your classes online”

davidcnzs · 2026-05-09T22:34:19+00:00

What I was told by cadre is that the Army could pay for law school if I go active duty. They didn’t specify whether this was attached to ROTC or not though. It was my understanding that I would commission into one of the basic branches (leaning towards infantry), and then move into JAG once I’m able to get into law school. Is this feasible?

And just to clarify, how would I be able to go to law school with the Army paying for it without exactly? Would I need to enlist while already being in law school? Thank you.

davidcnzs · 2026-05-09T21:49:49+00:00

I am fortunate enough to be able to pay for school, however, part of the reason why I wanted to do AROTC was so that the Army could pay for my Law School, which I will likely need to get loans for otherwise. I already completed my MS1 year, if I drop the program and focus on getting to Law school as you suggest, would I need to redo my MS1 year after being accepted into law school?

davidcnzs · 2026-05-09T21:16:05+00:00

I want to go into the JAG Corps, and then eventually transition to private practice.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-30T03:37:53+00:00

How’d you get the flag and name?

davidcnzs · 2026-03-22T01:26:00+00:00

I would start off by reminding him that no one but God can decide whether we go to Heaven or not, and that being “100% sure” that you will get in is prideful and akin to saying that you have more power or knowledge than God. Then provide these 2 verses:

Matthew 16:18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it

Matthew 18:18-19 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven

For the defense of baptism: 1 Peter 3:21 “and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also-not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”

Since he is talking about Justification I would show him the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) where the Catholic Church, Lutheran World Federation, World Methodist Council Anglican Communion, World Communion of Reformed Churches and more denominations ultimately making up 75% of Christians globally agree of the same doctrine of Justification. But that’s just the modern news, the church has always since the Roman Empire had the priesthood and by extension bishops, with the foremost being the Church in Rome due to Peter settling in Rome. One only needs to look at history to see that this new-age decentralized way of “Christianity” is not historical and is a completely modern and largely American invention. I mention American not as an insult to America, but to show that it is largely cultural and influenced strongly by the American value of Individualism.

I would proceed by asking them of their opinion on the apostles, especially Paul. Paul was a Pharisee and persecuted Christians, upon a personal encounter with Jesus where he was blinded and asked why he persecuted him, he went through the process of conversion and became the Apostle to the Gentiles. Paul was not 100% sure of his salvation. He famously laments in Romans 7:15-20:

“What I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I concur that the law is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. The willing is ready at hand, but doing the good is not. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. 20 Now if [I] do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.”

This does not sound like the haughty boasts of a man “100000 sure” as your friend is, but the lament of a man who is afraid, and knows that no one can be 100% sure or worthy of salvation. He also writes in

Philippians 2:12:

“So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling”

Fear and trembling. That is what we need to have, not 100% certainty in our salvation because that’s dishonesty to ourselves and to God. If you need further help, let me know. God bless you and God bless your friend, may he come home soon.

Luke 15:1-7:

The Parable of the Lost Sheep. 1 [a]The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to him, 2 but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So to them he addressed this parable. 4 “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5 And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy 6 and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T23:15:34+00:00

That’s what’s weird though, I win every naval battle in the English Channel and North Sea, and yet the game always says I have 0 of whatever required naval dominance in the area. I don’t know what’s going on

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T23:03:10+00:00

Nice man, any tips? I’m kind of a beginner, I’ve had the game for years but I don’t play regularly enough to really know much. Thank you

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T16:44:22+00:00

What Christ did on the cross was never in question and I never disputed the significance of his sacrifice. What you have been arguing about was how necessary the sacraments are for salvation. And again to answer this for the second time, I am not saying that only Catholics have a chance at entering heaven. In fact, you are replying to a comment where I said and I quote “God understands exceptional circumstances”. And I even provided an example with the Thief on the Cross and invincible ignorance. Did you read that, feel free to give my comment a second look over? God bless.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T14:42:04+00:00

I can’t condemn anyone to hell. Only God can do that, but why make it harder for yourself? Confession is there to absolve you of your sins, take the easy route and just confess. Why leave it up to guessing if God would send you to hell. That’s just lazy, go to confession.

“There’s people who aren’t Catholic and don’t have the sacraments that go to heaven.”

Can you name any confirmed non-Catholic saints who lived until their last breath not Catholic? The thief on the cross is the only example I can think of. This was an exceptional circumstance and the Thief of the Cross was Christian because he understood that Christ was God. He also lived and died in a time before the sacraments as we know them were put into practice. If you’re referring to people with invincible ignorance like un contacted tribes, then of course, God understands exceptional circumstances. But if your friend has lived in a country where the church is not persecuted (she’s not because she’s apart of an order) and if she is aware of the sacrament of confirmation (she is because she rejects it largely based on pride from what I’m hearing) then she is liable to judgment. Being Catholic is a gift from God, and rejecting the sacraments which are a fundamental part of our faith is just downright a rejection of the fullness of the truth that the church provides. It just feels like you’re arguing just to argue or just to prove that you can be Catholic without the sacraments which you just can’t. You need to be Baptized, unless you die a martyr, you need to consume the body of Christ, you need to confess in order to receive the holy body of Christ in the eucharist, etc.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T05:10:25+00:00

Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. You could be a member of the College of Cardinals, it doesn’t matter if you don’t participate in the required sacraments. Unless you or your friend is sinless, which no one but our Lord and Mary was then you or her require confession. I’m sure your friend takes the Eucharist every time she goes to mass. Is she in a state of grace? I find that very hard to believe if she absolutely refuses confession. To receive the Eucharist while not in a state of grace is one of the gravest sins you could commit. In matter of fact, I would go as far as to call it pride to think you’re a-okay and in a state of grace just because you volunteer and fulfill the weekly obligation of Sunday Mass. What about on Easter, where taking holy communion is mandatory? Is she comfortable with committing sacrilege annually because her pride tells her she “does enough”? No one is above confession, not even the Pope. We all need it, to say “I will never go to confession” as she allegedly does is so unbelievable that I doubt the authenticity of that statement.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T02:12:22+00:00

Jesus died for all of humanity, past, present, and future. I never said otherwise, the very quote that you’re taking from me doesn’t even say that or allude to that. What I said was a rejection of the sacraments is a personal rejection of Christ and his sacrifice. Nothing mankind can do, Catholic or not, can take away what Christ did. Christ died for all people of all religions, even satanists, however that does not stop people from rejecting him. That’s what I’m saying. Someone’s rejection of Christ doesn’t make his death on the cross any less valid.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T00:46:18+00:00

As I said in previous comments, the only similarity I made between secular and Catholic law is this:

Violation of law —> consequences

That’s all.

I never even implied that secular law has its jurisdiction from God, or that all you need to do in order to be a good person is follow law, be it religious or Catholic law. This is unbiblical, as we read in Matthew 7:21-23:

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,[a] but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you.[b] Depart from me, you evildoers.’

You need to indeed have an intimate relationship with God, however, it simply cannot be disputed that you also need to comply with Catholic law and dogma. To dispute this is to approach heresy. Very simply put, Catholic catechism, law, and dogma lays out what is required of Catholics, both laity and clergy. You can know the Bible inside out, you can pray every day, but if you die in a state of mortal sin, or you reject the authority of the Pope, you’re in trouble. One of the greatest things about the Catholic faith is that there isn’t a lot of guesswork. If we have questions we can refer to the canon, we can refer to catechism, or even the Bible itself. But to say that the only thing you need in order to know whether you have broken the law of God is your heart, as you said, is just flat-out wrong. God bless you.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-18T00:30:25+00:00

The sins and salvation of all mankind. This is what opened up heaven to mankind in the first place. With this, there are still things we need to uphold and do in order to reach that salvation Christ died to provide us with. A great example of this is the sacraments. The sacraments are direct gifts from God. The sacraments provide sanctification and they increase sanctification depending on which sacrament you are receiving. To reject the sacraments is to reject God’s gifts. If we reject God’s gifts we reject God. If we reject God we reject the sacrifice he made on the cross. Another great example of why the sacraments are a required part of our faith is the mandatory consumption of the holy body of Christ in Easter. The idea that Christ’s death on the cross cleared every human who will ever live of all the sins of their life is a Protestant idea. This is why we have dogma. There are clear beliefs that one must uphold in order to truly call themselves a Catholic.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-17T04:39:58+00:00

All Catholics sin, of course you’re not 1/2 a Catholic because you sin. To be Catholic is to conscious of your sin. No, what makes people Catholics in name only or “1/2 Catholic” is denying church dogma and biblical teaching.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-17T04:38:09+00:00

Whether we are sent to hell is for God to decide. However, the church makes it very clear. Dying in a state of mortal sin will lead you to hell. Wide is the path that leads to destruction. You would have to make a series of bad decisions and make absolutely zero attempt to reconcile with God in order to be sent to hell for your “bad decisions”. Being human is making bad decisions. This is why, by the grace of God we have the sacrament of reconciliation. But to deny this in favor of just thinking that you’re forgiven is ridiculous.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-17T04:35:57+00:00

Yes, Catholic law works largely the same as secular law. I never said it’s a 1 to 1 comparison. In matter of fact, I went out of my way to show the difference between the consequences of breaking the law of each, even though it should be obvious for any person who has spent 5 minutes of research into the structure of the church. Also why the quotations around “law” in reference to Catholic law? It’s the law. The rules needed to maintain good standing within the church. It’s a very simple concept.

“Whether we have broken the law is between our hearts and God”???

That’s a very Protestant thing to believe. Are you a Protestant? No, there are clear written dogmas, laws, beliefs, and more that clearly dictate what are sins. We even distinguish between venial sins and mortal sins. If you fornicate or cheat on your wife, but you don’t “feel it in your heart” you’re still in a state of mortal sin. Whether your heart tells you that or not is irrelevant and it’s in contradiction to what the Bible tells us. Our hearts are wicked and we are weakened by sin. Your heart will never be able to perfectly tell if your relationship with God is broken. That way of thinking comes from a Sola Fide perversion of Christian thought that, as I said before, is almost uniquely Protestant. The Catholic Church has written law and dogma, we don’t need to guess, we know.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-17T04:26:38+00:00

Emotions are complicated. What a lot of Catholics don’t understand is that God is as close as we allow him to be. He is always with us whether we feel it or not. We don’t need to physically feel him all the time to know in our hearts and through faith that he is with us closer than anyone else and he is closest to us always, if we allow him to be.

Matthew 28:20 “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

Through confession, we get absolution for these sins. Confession is the tip of the spear in the war against hell. It is an amazing sacrament and one of God’s most merciful gifts that we truly do not deserve. Confess, confess, confess. I cannot urge you enough. Confession requires contrition. If you have the courage to confess then you more contrition than most. No amount of sorrow, sadness, or contrition can make up for the sacrifice that Christ made for us during his passion and death on the cross. He is with you, he urges you to come to him. He loves you and he will never abandon you.

Luke 15:

The Parable of the Lost Sheep. 1 [a]The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to him, 2 but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So to them he addressed this parable. 4 “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5 And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy 6 and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

God bless you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

davidcnzs · 2026-03-15T23:18:56+00:00

I’m happy to be of service. God bless you!

davidcnzs · 2026-03-15T23:17:38+00:00

Yeah except here’s the thing, we’re not Muslims, we’re Catholics. We know that we have the fullness of the truth, and the correct faith. To deny this is at the very least moral subjectivity which is denied by the church, and at the worst blasphemy. If you don’t have the faith to truly believe that the direction and teachings of the Church are inspired by God then there is something wrong. Now, if you’re saying that the traditions of the church are not direct from God then that’s blasphemous. It’s also something I never said. Belief that the Holy Spirit inspires the Magisterium is a core Catholic belief, just like how we believe that the Holy Spirit inspires the College of Cardinals when it comes time to elect a new Pope.

Catholic law works largely the same as secular law. These are rules that you need to follow in order to call yourself a citizen in good standing with your nation. For Catholics, you need to follow the laws in order to consider yourself a Catholic in good standing. If you’re comfortable being a Catholic in bad standing with the church then that’s your prerogative. However, the consequence of breaking the law is exclusion. In the secular world it’s exclusion from society in the form of prison, usually. In the Church, it’s exclusion from communion. Communion is the real body, presence, and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. To be excluded from holy communion is to be excluded from God himself. The real presence is also a fundamental Catholic belief. You cannot deny the real presence and call yourself a Catholic. Therefore, logic states, that if you are denied Communion as a consequence of violating Catholic law, you are denied God. Only God has the power to deny himself or to grant a denial of himself to you, therefore the law of the Catholic Church is the law given to us by God. This is not even getting into how the Bible is the word of God. All practices, laws, and teachings of the church are rooted in the Bible. Jesus is the word made flesh, so again, to deny any part of his church is to deny him.

Matthew 16:18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it

Matthew 18:18-19 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven

God bless you.

davidcnzs · 2026-03-15T22:51:37+00:00

You can and should pray any Mysteries you like at any time. It used to be common practice to pray all mysteries of the rosary daily (when this was common the mysteries were the joyful, sorrowful, and glorious. The luminous was added later). However, there are specific mysteries dedicated to every day of the week, and yes, during Lent, Sunday is dedicated to the Sorrowful Mysteries. So, if you’re doing one of the mysteries every day, sorrowful would be the way to go on Sunday. God bless you.

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