tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224514137445900226.post2255704475636531880..comments2023-09-11T22:15:24.905-04:00Comments on Stromatais: Euthanasia Should Remain IllegalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224514137445900226.post-42288935965016976452014-12-04T13:10:20.897-05:002014-12-04T13:10:20.897-05:00I wouldn't end my life. Someone else or someth...I wouldn't end my life. Someone else or something else would have to do that. Ergo, I would choose an natural death. If someone was taking it, then it would still be natural in that I did not give it up, but rather they wrongfully took it. Having said that: age, disease, an accident, or martyrdom. APPIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315577962561896839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224514137445900226.post-2981911640423694712014-11-28T05:28:16.795-05:002014-11-28T05:28:16.795-05:00I ask this question to facilitate a thought experi...I ask this question to facilitate a thought experiment: If you could choose how to end your life, how would you do it? Cpt. Feenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02323721200152534752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224514137445900226.post-57405277817725633812012-11-01T09:56:31.266-04:002012-11-01T09:56:31.266-04:00Well, firstly it's important to point out that...Well, firstly it's important to point out that if it were as you say, it would be totally absurd. A priest does not forgive anyone. A priest rather facilitates a sacrament that occurs between the offender(man)and the offended (God). We believe that the only sin which is unforgivable is the sin that is not repented of. That is to say, the only unforgivable sin is a willful rejection of God's graciousness concerning a persons grievous offenses, and an invincible refusal to accept culpability for one's own action.<br />All that being said, we believe that Jesus Christ is how God supplied the payment for mankind's side of a covenant which man broke through unrighteousness. Jesus Christ is the satisfaction of justice, and an opportunity for mercy. <br />That being said too, we believe we know somethings about God's disposition towards mankind. We know something of His justice and his mercy. So, the sacrament of confession is where a person confesses their sins, they acknowledge their fault, they accept culpability, and they ask for mercy. The priest then, as a minister of the Church's sacrament, declares to you God's forgiveness, based on what we know about God, and assuming you are truly repentant and are resolved to try to not sin anymore. The importance of the priest is that he has been given the authority of the Church, which is the context and power of every sacrament. The Church is the medium through which God has decided to engage man, through the sacraments. So, you only get forgiven if you are truly repentant, it's always God who must forgive you, and confession isn't a magical incantation which rehabilitates horrible sinners. It's really just a fulfillment of scripture that the leaders of the Church will be active in the remittance of sin," Whomever's sins you shall pardon will be pardoned, and whomever's sins you retain shall be retained." and ," Confess your sins, one to another, that you may be forgiven." and finally," If you see a brother in sin pray for him." Confession is a prayerful, personal, communal way of breaching the gap which sin creates. APPIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315577962561896839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224514137445900226.post-72904937571095107882012-09-24T11:53:56.097-04:002012-09-24T11:53:56.097-04:00Hi. You said to leave a comment so...I am! :)
You ...Hi. You said to leave a comment so...I am! :)<br />You say you are Roman Catholic. I am not utterly well versed in ALL religions, so could you just answer me this, and apologies if it sounds rude! Do you, and others in your religion, believe that by a priest forgiving you, that you have been cleansed, and that no matter what you have done, you still go to heaven? Because I'm always a little unsure of the rules surrounding this; does it mean that if you break one of Gods 10 Commandments, and then are forgiven, you still get into heaven? Does this mean that if you murder a child, and then are forgiven by a priest, you are still allowed into heaven?<br />I'm not jabbing at your religion, I am honestly curious! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com