Re: About argument

On 4/9/2025 11:54 PM, John B. wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 23:42:07 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

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

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Lets not start a war here...

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I thought starting wars was the main purpose of Usenet!  ;-)
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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.
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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, particlec says there's a lot more to it..."
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Or "Force equals mass times acceleration ..."  Except "Darn, relativity
says there's a lot more to it..."
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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.
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I anticipate other changes in the future - not that I'll necessarily be
around to see them.

  Errr...  science is one thing but the supposed "Word of God" is a
different thing all together.
(In Catholic Dogma the Pope can basically invoke "God's Word" and then
say something that is considered infallible and considered God's
word.)

This is completely incorrect about the Infallibility of Pope. He is only infallible when speaking about Faith and Morals. Even then it is rare because he has to be speaking from the Chair and declare it as such. It has nothing to do with science or the Popes own sins. The Pope can be completely wrong about science and be in massive sinful state but that has zero to do with Infallibility clause. The doctrine has only be used once as such since is was declared back in 1879. That was used in 1950 which said the Blessed Mother Mary was assumed into Heave body and soul at her death. Not just the soul but body and soul.
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Deacon Mark