Originally posted by ivanhoeWell, don't just sit there. Give me a proper Roman Catholic explanation for the problem of evil. Hopefully without copying and pasting anything lengthy from the Catholic encyclopedia (or whatever it is), or without directing me to some website somewhere.
Your theology is not compatible with reality, Rwingo !
I suggest if you want to criticise (Roman Catholic) theology you should study it first !!
Ahhhh, Christian-baiting...an ancient and honerable sport.
But, please, all of you who blame the faithful and their assorted gods for the evils of the world...explain, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and a thousand thousand lesser knowns in the world who feed the hungry, clothe the poor, tend to sick and dying and seek to heal this wounded troubled world.
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Originally posted by rwingettYou're a big boy now Rwingo and besides that you claim to be a Freethinker, meaning someone who investigates things ... well who is stopping you ?
Well, don't just sit there. Give me a proper Roman Catholic explanation for the problem of evil. Hopefully without copying and pasting anything lengthy from the Catholic encyclopedia (or whatever it is), or without directing me to some website somewhere.
Originally posted by ivanhoeI'm trying to investigate. I want you to tell me your side of the story. Your reluctance to do so only indicates that you don't have a satisfactory answer.
You're a big boy now Rwingo and besides that you claim to be a Freethinker, meaning someone who investigates things ... well who is stopping you ?
Can you give me a coherent explantaion for the problem of evil, or can you not?
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Originally posted by rwingettDon't let it get to you rwingett.
I'm trying to investigate. I want you to tell me your side of the story. Your reluctance to do so only indicates that you don't have a satisfactory answer.
Can you give me a coherent explantaion for the problem of evil, or can you not?
Ivanhoe dodges questions. He has admitted it to me in several threads. Unless you concede his special brand of R-C xtianity, he will either give you one-line evasions all day long; or when he gets a chance to look up in his special Catholic encyclopedia, he will regurgatate whole passages without explaining his posts relevance. Personally, I have quit responding to him. It is meaningless.
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Originally posted by telerionTelerion, don't let it get to you ... 😉
Don't let it get to you rwingett.
Ivanhoe dodges questions. He has admitted it to me in several threads. Unless you concede his special brand of R-C xtianity, he will either give you one-line evasions all day long; or when he gets a ...[text shortened]... Personally, I have quit responding to him. It is meaningless.
It's just toooo hot.
Originally posted by rwingett
Well, don't just sit there. Give me a proper Roman Catholic explanation for the problem of evil. Hopefully without copying and pasting anything lengthy from the Catholic encyclopedia (or whatever it is), or without directing me to some website somewhere.
It's not the Catholic encyclopedia that is so interesting, it is the Catholic Cathechism:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm
and the papal encyclicals, for instance
RERUM NOVARUM
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII
ON CAPITAL AND LABOR
May, 1891 (!!)
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html
and
POPULORUM PROGRESSIO
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PAUL VI
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLES
MARCH 26, 1967
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum_en.html
Have fun !