tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post2010700378411967441..comments2023-06-16T16:08:23.446+01:00Comments on Edinburgh Housewife: The Synod's Biggest BombshellMrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-69062622875927484502014-10-14T07:09:44.049+01:002014-10-14T07:09:44.049+01:00I agree, with one caveat: to agree with the identi...I agree, with one caveat: to agree with the identification of people who have same-sex desires (or mostly same-sex desires) as a group apart from the rest of humanity (like one ethnic group among other ethnic groups), so that they are defined solely by those desires, was a mistake I think, incompatible with traditional Christian anthropology. It most definitely give much too much attention to sexual desire, which has been overemphasized as it is, and has nothing to do with family origin or the history and traditions of ethnic or civil community. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-27928934065988886732014-10-13T23:29:24.635+01:002014-10-13T23:29:24.635+01:00Yes I agree. I hope/expect it to be absent from of...Yes I agree. I hope/expect it to be absent from official documents. My point was only that the question is not necessarily incompatible with traditional marriage and chastity. Anamariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389152787880010149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-69817012223964732792014-10-13T22:54:48.266+01:002014-10-13T22:54:48.266+01:00Well, if someone could point it out to me in tradi...Well, if someone could point it out to me in tradition and Scripture, then maybe I would be convinced, but I notice that in two thousand years, nobody has found that verse yet. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-10242845949960193862014-10-13T21:40:37.957+01:002014-10-13T21:40:37.957+01:00Ditto about HV. That was my first thought too.
S...Ditto about HV. That was my first thought too. <br /><br />Second, Eve Tushnet, a chaste lesbian catholic convert (who writes at spiritual friendship and often for first things), has said she thinks homosexuals have something to offer because of their orientation, even though she agrees acting on it is sinful. I don't necessarily agree (maybe? Deaf people might have something special to offer even though it is a lack of a good? Same with infertile?) but think it is interesting that someone could hold that view while adhering to church teaching in her thoughts and life. Anamariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389152787880010149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-74386372843770038132014-10-13T19:06:18.976+01:002014-10-13T19:06:18.976+01:00Okay, thank you very much. I have gone out to buy ...Okay, thank you very much. I have gone out to buy last minute Thanksgiving food, including a BIG BOTTLE OF GIN! Really, though, I was planning a proper Thanksgiving supper. Boo. But, Truthfinder, you reminded me that Toronto has been VERY BLESSED in its archbishops. Not a Weakland among them. <br /><br />Sorry, Stellamaris. I had to get it all out somehow. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-11478359447874647752014-10-13T18:15:39.831+01:002014-10-13T18:15:39.831+01:00Seraphic, when the committees were putting togethe...Seraphic, when the committees were putting together the (new) Mass, one of the proposals was about shifting the start of Lent to the first Sunday, rather than Ash Wednesday. That never happened. <br />I heard a talk by Cardinal Collins lately, and he acknowledged that there are some bad bishops and that the faithful sometimes have a better grasp on the faith. Also mentioned Arius, and Anthanasius. <br />When I get really down, I repeat four phrases to myself: "The wages of sin is death," "God will not be mocked," "Ave Crux Spes Unica!," and "Illegitimi non carborundum."<br />Truthfinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937672867378660928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-43945489483966656992014-10-13T18:02:10.387+01:002014-10-13T18:02:10.387+01:00Seraphic, I think that you might be interested in ...Seraphic, I think that you might be interested in a lot of what goes on here: http://spiritualfriendship.org/ . This is a group of bloggers/authors thinking very seriously and thoughtfully about a lot of the questions you've raised -- both Catholic and Protestant, on various places on the orientation spectrum, but all affirming the traditional Christian sexual ethic. (One of my seminary profs writes there which is how I stumbled across it.) It's definitely worth checking out.<br /><br />Christine P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-14717008488842102362014-10-13T17:38:04.202+01:002014-10-13T17:38:04.202+01:00Hmmm, yes. I just saw this on Facebook and came he...Hmmm, yes. I just saw this on Facebook and came here to forget. <br />The only thing I can say is that it is just (?) a synod and not an official pronouncement from the Pope. <br />Remember that, when artificial contraception hit the market, a commission of bishops to study the question came to the conclusion that the Church might allow certain forms of contraception. Paul VI smiled, nodded, and then turned around and wrote Humanae vitae. So something extraordinarily good came from that, though certain Catholics might have initially panicked at the suggestions of the commission. <br />The Holy Spirit always has the last say.Stellamarisnoreply@blogger.com