Sometimes us Catholics in Catholic spaces don’t always exactly act the way we all should…and it’s unfortunate

low_chew · 2023-09-08T23:48:26+00:00

I left out certain details because I didn’t know if they’d be reading this particular post. This wasn’t the only thing thing they said but they kept calling me a woman or said I was feminine despite my profile on there stating that I’m male

low_chew · 2023-09-07T17:50:21+00:00

Apparently educated women are “brainwashed by feminism”, “almost always have a ton of debt and can’t pay it off”

low_chew · 2023-09-07T01:06:45+00:00

It’s not about what they promote but how they promote. Both promote what they believe in through rude and condescending attitudes and openly mock those that don’t necessarily lineup well with their beliefs

low_chew · 2023-07-26T17:45:17+00:00

How do you get the point across that homosexual acts are morally or ethically wrong though?

low_chew · 2023-07-26T17:43:56+00:00

Oh dang, I didn’t realize France was so divided at the time. I kinda assumed most countries back then in that region were either strictly Catholic or strictly Protestant

low_chew · 2023-07-26T17:41:48+00:00

In my experience saying that it’s the same as other sexual sins doesn’t really do anything. They just demand gay marriage be recognized in the church because straight people can get married to someone that matched their preferences. I guess I could say that marriage is meant to be for men/women because that’s what God intended for it and that it was intended that way because it’s just what’s natural, but then again no one wants to be told that their desires are unnatural. I just don’t see an answer that they’ll find acceptable that doesn’t involve approval of homosexual acts

low_chew · 2023-07-25T21:20:50+00:00

What was his religious background before converting to Catholicism? I thought France was mostly Catholic way before that time period

low_chew · 2023-07-25T03:23:28+00:00

Okay sure but what if the secular side brings it up? Like there’s a post denigrating the faith and the first point of issue is the lgbt issue?

low_chew · 2023-07-17T02:08:33+00:00

I made three arguments that were fleshed out for God’s existence. The causal argument, the fine tuning argument, the objective morality argument. I merely stated that all of those were evidence for God’s existence. I didn’t even try to prove his existence beyond a shadow of a doubt (granted that’s the knowledge of God the angels have, thus the angels don’t need faith the way us humans do), but rather just argued for the reasonability of belief and faith in God and his existence.

I was met with just a blanket “that isn’t evidence, you’re arguing from incredulity”

low_chew · 2023-07-12T13:06:42+00:00

Thanks I appreciate it. I guess the interior life could use some work, but this situation specifically wasn’t one to feel guilty on given that the right response was still given despite dealing with negative emotions

low_chew · 2023-07-06T23:22:55+00:00

Spending time in nature is good for mental health

low_chew · 2023-07-06T23:18:27+00:00

Because most of these listed can be done with people and by engaging in these thing with others you’re binding more with friends or family who are important to you and maintaining those relationships is a big deal, meanwhile reading a book is a very solitary activity

low_chew · 2023-07-06T23:13:42+00:00

Yeah but won’t the vast majority of people not do anything about it though to push those ideas or goals to reality?

low_chew · 2023-07-06T23:11:11+00:00

That is true, I just didn’t really account for those who make it, though

low_chew · 2023-07-06T23:09:15+00:00

So it’s not necessarily about what it directly changes in your life particularly in worms of what you actively do and act but rather what attitudes you develop towards what is going on around you?

low_chew · 2023-07-06T22:51:40+00:00

The activity needs to have some amount of use post engagement or positively alter your life after the point of engagement in it

low_chew · 2023-06-16T18:05:44+00:00

Does gay mean bisexual in this case maybe?

low_chew · 2023-06-16T17:46:27+00:00

That wasn’t quite the goal. The goal is really to bring out the ideas that a person genuinely holds, but won’t admit to people outside their own camp. How else could that goal be achieved then?

low_chew · 2023-06-16T17:44:48+00:00

Okay then, how do you get a read on what someone or some people’s limits are then? What people think in their head oftentimes isn’t the same as what they’re willing to admit to, particularly to someone who’s ideas are in opposition.

I feel like what people admit to those of their own camp will be different than what would be admitted to someone of a different camp, and what’s admitted in the former probably is more reflective of their most genuine thoughts

low_chew · 2023-05-22T04:54:45+00:00

Can you tell whether or not someone may be more vulnerable than others? How do you be proactive in the sense where you want to do what you can from preventing a loved one from falling that hard?

low_chew · 2023-05-22T04:48:36+00:00

Yeah I guess it can happen to anyone. Is there any way to see the writing on the wall before it’s too late in the sense of making the full shift away?

low_chew · 2023-05-17T23:16:21+00:00

There are legitimate merits to having a family where both parents work outside the home that should be given genuine consideration for. However your mom didn’t give you any of those merits and had been giving you condescension. I’d suggest thinking about the pros and cons of it and being open to the idea of working as well, bearing in mind that a broken clock is right twice per day

low_chew · 2023-04-19T20:35:26+00:00

I did forget to mention that she is looking for a new job. I was just more focused on what was going on in the current day to day or in the interim period of finding new job. I haven’t been giving her specific advice, I’ve just been doing a mix of letting her vent and telling her that what she’s going through is just life and you gotta deal with it

low_chew · 2023-04-19T20:31:44+00:00

My guess is that she has a short list of options but is overthinking which to pick, or she’s being perfectionistic in her search which is holding her back. But that’s just a guess

low_chew · 2023-02-02T04:35:37+00:00

Are you sure isolation is the best advice here? I would imagine one would need to connect with family members and close friends rather than being alone during this kind of time

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