Verv wrote:Catholicism does not follow Jewish practices on this
If you look closely, you will see that the '*' was placed beside the word "hermaphroditism", not "cursed by God".
eunuchs who have been so from birth... [In practice with caveats*] Catholicism follows Jewish practice.
'Eunuch' is a bit of a misnomer.
Intersex marriage:
Some, but not all, intersex adults are infertile thus such a union can be said to
remain open to the possibility of life and is valid *as long as the marriage can be consummated in a
human fashion*.
The Church does not demand chastity.
This is not because of any moral theology. When it comes to intersex sex, the Church chooses not to recognise it exists.
your positions are a very novel
I am not alone.
Luther objected to the over-emphasis placed on chastity as the perfect path to God for it not only separated faith from human love, but also demonised human desires God ordained thus simultaneously debasing the sacrament of marriage through which they may be lawfully expressed.
original sin
I am with the Pelagian heretics on this.
There is no gap in
the fabric of my being. Mortal will is still capable of choosing good or evil without special divine aid or assistance.
turn[ing] the Gospel into a circus.
Weird or what?
Mithras was 'born' some fourteen hundred years before Jesus.
But here is where it gets weird...
Mithras was born of a virgin who was given the title of "Mother of God"
Mithras was born on December 25.
Mithras was born in a cave (stable), and his birth was attended by shepherds bearing gifts.
Mithras was considered a great traveling teacher and master.
Mithras had 12 companions or disciples.
Mithras performed miracles.
Mithras' followers were baptized.
Mithras suffered to bring salvation to a sin-cursed humankind.
Mithras was buried in a tomb and rose after three days.
Mithras' resurrection was celebrated every year.
Mithras ascended into heaven after finishing his deeds.
Mithras' followers were promised immortality.
Mithras was called “the good shepherd” and identified with both the lamb and the lion.
Mithras was called the “way, the truth and the light,” " logos,” "word," “redeemer,” “savior” and “messiah.”
On the Judgment Day, Mithras would use the keys of heaven to unlock the gates of Paradise to receive the faithful. All the unbaptized living and dead would perish.
Mithra's sacred day was Sunday, called the “Lord’s day”.
Mithras had his principal festival on the day that was later to become Easter for Christians.
Mithras' religion had a Eucharist or “Lord’s Supper,” at which Mithras said, “He who shall not eat of my body nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and I with him, shall not be saved.”
On a final day of judgment, the dead would resurrect and in a final conflict, the existing order would be destroyed and light would triumph over darkness.
And, although you could be forgiven for thinking this is Jesus, the details about Mithra's and Jesus's life are eerily similar; this Jesus is nowhere to be found in the earliest sources.
Perhaps a clue as to how this was allowed to happen can be found in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23:
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings."I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some."
Paul's attitude seeming to be 'Who gives a damn about the truth when the Apocalypse is upon us. Give them what they know. Even if it's complete bollocks, they only have to say I believe and they are saved'.
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