Re: About argument

On 4/9/2025 9:56 PM, John B. wrote:

  Lets not start a war here...

I thought starting wars was the main purpose of Usenet!  ;-)

but my point was, and is, that for 500 years
Mary's condition was ignored and then suddenly she was declared a
virgin. And even more recently, in my youth  probably the most common
"sin" to be confessed at Saturday Confession was eating meat on
Friday.  10 "Our Father's" and 20,"Hail Mary's" or no Communion on
Sunday and your mother asking why. Now, I read, it's not a sin  except
during Lent.

You might be able to take that as a sign of hope. Apparently dogma can change.
Some people praise science over religion because science adjusts to new ideas. For example, "Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons, period!" Except "Oops, particle physics says there's a lot more to it..."
Or "Force equals mass times acceleration ..."  Except "Darn, relativity says there's a lot more to it..."
Theology and religion have changed as well. Heck, it used to be that it was immoral for Christians to charge interest on loans! You don't hear much about that these days.
I anticipate other changes in the future - not that I'll necessarily be around to see them.
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- Frank Krygowski