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"The feast of the Assumption on August 15 is a public holiday in many countries, including Austria, Belgium, Chile, Ecuador, France, Greece, Lebanon, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Senegal and Spain"
Including mine as well.
Part of the Prod in me just wants to lay in to this...But I'm learning to be restrained and non judgemental…learning to appreciate the common ground is more important than the differences…
DannyM wrote:Part of the Prod in me just wants to lay in to this...But I'm learning to be restrained and non judgemental…learning to appreciate the common ground is more important than the differences…
I understand, colleague. Respect from a Catholic.
"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." Matthew 7:6
"For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." Romans 1:20
DannyM wrote:Part of the Prod in me just wants to lay in to this...But I'm learning to be restrained and non judgemental…learning to appreciate the common ground is more important than the differences…
I understand, colleague. Respect from a Catholic.
Let us proclaim the mystery of our faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
The universe has uniformity and has laws that work in union with each other like clockwork. Plus, pretty much everything in the universe can be traced back to a single moment of creation at the big bang. I think this suggests that it all was designed by a single designer rather than several. If there were multiple gods, you would think some parts of the universe would be seperate and independent from each other.
From a philosophical standpoint, it also makes more sense that there would only be a single transcendent uncaused cause rather than multiple.
I am committed to belief in God, as the most morally demanding, psychologically enriching, intellectually satisfying and imaginatively fruitful hypothesis about the ultimate nature of reality known to me - Keith Ward
Seraph wrote:From a philosophical standpoint, it also makes more sense that there would only be a single transcendent uncaused cause rather than multiple.
From a logical standpoint it is impossible that there be multiple maximally great beings for the simple reason that that would lead to countless violations of the law of non-contradiction. The simplest example is if one MGB decides to create and another decides to prevent creation. There can be only one omnipotent, omniscient God.
Let us proclaim the mystery of our faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
DannyM wrote:Part of the Prod in me just wants to lay in to this...But I'm learning to be restrained and non judgemental…learning to appreciate the common ground is more important than the differences…
