tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.comments2019-06-08T19:46:32.256-07:00Michael's MusingsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-55120049856651808612019-06-08T19:46:32.256-07:002019-06-08T19:46:32.256-07:00http://answeringcatholicclaims.blogspot.com/
http...http://answeringcatholicclaims.blogspot.com/<br /><br />https://rationalchristiandiscernment.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-1493677983435842322018-01-03T08:26:07.419-08:002018-01-03T08:26:07.419-08:00I will if you will...🤣I will if you will...🤣Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-24064124081680871652018-01-03T06:51:02.609-08:002018-01-03T06:51:02.609-08:00Vein open?
Check.
Nice work, Michael. Whaddya sa...Vein open?<br /><br />Check.<br /><br />Nice work, Michael. Whaddya say we keep on writing?Smokey Joe Mayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937500294542889350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-83977362953277208862016-04-28T15:08:39.468-07:002016-04-28T15:08:39.468-07:00So sorry to hear of your losses. Prayers.So sorry to hear of your losses. Prayers.deltaflutenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-56469393709933998342015-02-23T06:28:07.396-08:002015-02-23T06:28:07.396-08:00First, I'm sorry for your loss.
Second, pleas...First, I'm sorry for your loss.<br /><br />Second, please don't blame yourself. You cannot help your genetic make-up. It is devastating to learn such things, but it's not your fault. <br /><br />Third, I'm glad that you are seeking counseling. Please stick with it.<br /><br />And Last Praying for you and your family.Deltaflutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489950329698009256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-80244814689833686582015-02-23T05:55:49.489-08:002015-02-23T05:55:49.489-08:00That was a Beautiful tribute to Jacob. I was sadde...That was a Beautiful tribute to Jacob. I was saddened to hear of his passing. I found out when Maggie shared the loss. He was a very truly loved little boy and Jesus has a very special Angel in his flock.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055854554388562057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-66951120934151956052014-08-22T05:48:04.577-07:002014-08-22T05:48:04.577-07:00Prayers for your whole family. We can never unders...Prayers for your whole family. We can never understand why we receive the crosses we do. We can only ask Him for the strength to bear them.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596195411105707978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-52039529756680727422013-03-28T16:42:42.086-07:002013-03-28T16:42:42.086-07:00Allistair, I found your comments to be very insigh...Allistair, I found your comments to be very insightful. You almost do a better job of making my argument than I did. Thanks for stoping by my blog...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-33878646718380871422013-03-27T07:09:47.567-07:002013-03-27T07:09:47.567-07:00Therefore, the only way transubstantiation could b...Therefore, the only way transubstantiation could be criticised is theologically. The main attack is from the memorialist position. But this view is incoherent. This position claims that the "Lord's Supper" is merely a way of remembering the death of Christ. Firstly, it does seem rather strange that the churches which affirm this view would not display the crucifix. If they were so concerned simply to remember the death of Christ, then a more obvious symbol than the eucharist would far more effectively achieve that end. Furthermore, 'remembering' is a cognitive and cerebral act. It does not require participation in any kind of ritual involving the consumption of food and drink. Are we seriously expected to believe that we, as Christians, are incapable of thinking on the death of Christ unless we are actively eating bread and drinking red wine / fruit juice? It seem remarkably patronising to suggest such a thing. Taken to its logical conclusion, we would have to admit that we are incapable of understanding any doctrine of Scripture without some kind of visual aid or participation in some kind of relevant ritual. That hardly coheres with the fact that, as Christians, we have "the mind of Christ" and that "God has given us a sound mind"!<br /><br />While there is a memorialist aspect to the eucharist - as Luke 22:19 suggests - and also a proclamatory aspect, according to 1 Corinthians 11:26 - this cannot be the entire understanding of this sacrament.<br /><br />After all, eating bread and drinking wine are not symbols of anyone dying. A symbol has to relate conceptually to the thing symbolised. These actions are not analogous to death or dying. There is certainly nothing about them that speaks of crucifixion. From a simple, material point of view, these actions speak of consumption, the fulfilment of need, the receiving of refreshment and possibly also of fellowship with others. Clearly, therefore, the exclusively symbolic view is wrong.<br /><br />These are just a few of my musings on this subject. (By the way... I am an Anglican, who considers himself neither Protestant nor Catholic).Allistair Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495001540531379469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-58741425010212073232013-03-27T07:05:37.636-07:002013-03-27T07:05:37.636-07:00From a philosophical point of view, it is worth re...From a philosophical point of view, it is worth recognising that philosophical naturalists / materialists - i.e. atheists - actually have no logical grounds for dismissing the idea of transubstantiation as an absurdity. If everything that exists is reducible to matter - and matter itself is reducible to sub-atomic particles (or 'simples' as they are sometimes called) - then nothing really objectively exists other than those particles. For example, the 'tableness' of a table is a merely subjective construct put on a particular collection of particles. The 'treeness' of a tree is just an intersubjective agreement between minds (or brains, to be more accurate to materialism): a pattern imposed on a collection of particles. In other words, if all that exists is merely material, then all thought, all ideas, all definitions, descriptions and categories are entirely subjective and arbitrary, because materialism denies the existence of an unchanging and eternal rationality behind the universe. (As Christians, we, of course, affirm the existence of this rationality and recognise it as the mind of God.)<br /><br />Now, if this is the case, then materialists would have to acknowledge that Catholics, who categorise consecrated bread and wine as having a particular spiritual status, are doing nothing more than they are when they categorise any material object, as I have explained. Of course, they would dismiss transubstantiation as merely subjective and deny the spiritual reality behind it, but this is a vacuous judgment epistemologically, given that reason itself has no objective existence within their own paradigm, and thus all their own judgments are necessarily "merely subjective".<br /><br />Continued...Allistair Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495001540531379469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-69737184725712217102013-03-27T07:02:17.168-07:002013-03-27T07:02:17.168-07:00"The actual mechanics of what happens to tran..."The actual mechanics of what happens to transform the bread and wine are just that a mystery, part of the great exercise of faith."<br /><br />I agree with you. The idea that different objects of the same material structure can have a different spiritual status - and 'substance' - is not without biblical support.<br /><br />In one of your previous posts about transubstantiation, you mention manna. Of course, as you point out, Christ is the 'Manna from Heaven'. <br /><br />As I am sure you know, there were three types of manna, even though all three were materially the same substance (Exodus 16:19,23,32):<br /><br />1. The manna that only remained fresh for one day, and which became putrid if kept overnight.<br /><br />2. The extra manna that was gathered on the sixth day, and which remained edible for the Sabbath.<br /><br />3. The manna that was kept as a testimony for all generations.<br /><br />Clearly all these three types of manna had to be the same substance materially. In fact, if they were not, then the manna to be kept in perpetuity would not be a faithful memorial of God's faithfulness. However, the spiritual 'substance' of all three was different, because the first type rotted after a day, the second would have rotted after two days and the third did not rot at all. <br /><br />In my view, this is an interesting example of how two or more material objects can have the same material constitution, and yet have a completely different spiritual status. If that is true of manna, then why can't that be true of the bread and wine of the eucharist? The will of God conferred different properties on different objects of the same material structure. The manna that the Israelites ate on the Sabbath would, presumably, have not tasted any different from the manna eaten on the sixth day. And yet, it was different, according to the will of God.<br /><br />Continued...Allistair Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495001540531379469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-41713646569636661492012-06-12T06:39:15.137-07:002012-06-12T06:39:15.137-07:00Go directly from Matt 4:4 to John 21:25 and ask, &...Go directly from Matt 4:4 to John 21:25 and ask, "Does this not tell us that not every word of God is in the Bible?"Arkanabarhttp://arkanabar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-74821771691567356332012-05-16T19:53:15.502-07:002012-05-16T19:53:15.502-07:00Ha, what a good application of rabbitology! I lov...Ha, what a good application of rabbitology! I love it!nannykimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09904490730187017812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-90785425761119188002012-04-27T16:17:50.890-07:002012-04-27T16:17:50.890-07:00I agree with you about the storylines being droppe...I agree with you about the storylines being dropped without any resolution. It's annoying. Either that happens, or the storyline gets stuck in place like someone spinning their wheels and never goes anywhere.<br /><br />The announcing is something else I agree with you on that is a problem. Michael Cole can't put over any of the storylines because he has no credibility with the audience, and Lawler is a generic babyface announcer, and Booker T doesn't even seem like he's paying attention to the show at times. I am not sure bringing Vince back to the table is the answer, though.AndrewGilkisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-90153065381927035072012-04-26T10:52:52.395-07:002012-04-26T10:52:52.395-07:00Yea,
The WWE has no competition thus no further r...Yea, <br />The WWE has no competition thus no further reason to actually try to accomplish anything either creatively or with new talent...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-45390156075995812122012-04-26T10:34:27.031-07:002012-04-26T10:34:27.031-07:00I miss the WCW. Sting, Ricky "The Dragon"...I miss the WCW. Sting, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, ....<br /><br />Good times :)Restless Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401126921440086739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-11185703992092253692012-04-19T16:37:19.746-07:002012-04-19T16:37:19.746-07:00Awh ;-)Awh ;-)Restless Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401126921440086739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-2643076718998570912012-01-21T00:33:28.365-08:002012-01-21T00:33:28.365-08:00i grew up in the sfo bay area and i've been a ...i grew up in the sfo bay area and i've been a lifelong niners fan though i also root for the seahawks to stay in various family members' wills. :)<br /><br />joe montana was HUGE when i was in elementary school as was jerry rice. not totally a diehard fan of rice because he went to play with the raiders for awhile.<br /><br />it will also ALWAYS be "the stick" or "candlestick park" no matter what company thinks they have naming rights. real fans will not refer to it as anything else.jenhttp://grace-filled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-66375245578391164852012-01-15T23:45:12.935-08:002012-01-15T23:45:12.935-08:00welcome back to quick takes!welcome back to quick takes!jenhttp://grace-filled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-26209307363749711332012-01-13T22:12:05.908-08:002012-01-13T22:12:05.908-08:00Michael,
Addressing your points really requires a ...Michael,<br />Addressing your points really requires a separate post, but I will give an abridged response here...<br /><br />1. Your assertion that the act of confession constitutes a remembering of sin is true insofar as it requires us fallible humans to remember our sins this in no way negates the idea Hiram presents in his thesis that God forgives our sins and remembers them no more.<br /><br />2. Christ tells us in several verses that He came to forgive sins. He later tells the apostles, the first priests of the new church He founded that He is sending them as the Father sent Him. Ergo men, who have been properly ordained by the successors of those apostles enjoy the same power. <br /><br />The power to forgive sins in the name of Jesus acting as St. Paul says in the person of Christ.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-11878444545846961412012-01-12T16:06:14.471-08:002012-01-12T16:06:14.471-08:00@Michael: 'Confession' IS a reminder until...@Michael: 'Confession' IS a reminder until you to to the 'sacrament'; and that's from a RCC perspective. Look, how many Catholics have a problem with going to a priest whether it be gathering the courage to go to confession for fear of no absolution, fearing the priest's harshness of penance, simply not feeling up to some stranger hearing your most inward/outward failings, as some examples? So to say that 'confession' is not a reminder in anyway is being unrealistic, to say the very least. A reminder of your sin is EXACTLY what 'confession' is, although maybe not as bad as 'purgatory'. Either way, neither exist since it takes from the New Covenant blessing that is the forgetting of sin as Isaiah, Paul, and others wrote of. [Plus, if Yeshua (Jesus) didn't rebuke the teachers of the law for saying only God can forgive sin, then what is the forgiving of sins by a priest in 'confession' and the release of souls in 'purgatory' because of the works of 'the church'? Sounds like man (and only man) forgiving sins.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-13107635589956210842012-01-12T08:38:06.995-08:002012-01-12T08:38:06.995-08:00Confession isn't a reminder of sin in anyway. ...Confession isn't a reminder of sin in anyway. Are we expected to remember our sins and confess them seeking absolution, sure. <br /><br />Once that is done the sin is forgiven and that is that. <br /><br />Following upon Hiram's ideology the sin would then be forgiven and forgotten. <br /><br />However as Catholics rightly teach and profess if we have some sort of temporal punishment we owe for that sin, we must "remain until we have paid the last cent," as Christ Himself tells us.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-40730313812257694512012-01-10T21:35:40.669-08:002012-01-10T21:35:40.669-08:00@Michael: What do you mean? I did expand my argume...@Michael: What do you mean? I did expand my argument. I mentioned that 'purgatory' AND 'confession' were reminders of sin. If going from one example to two examples isn't expanding an argument, then I don't know what is. - take careAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-8632970386943643062012-01-05T11:15:12.861-08:002012-01-05T11:15:12.861-08:00Michael,
Hiram isn't right as Pilgrim, Batman...Michael, <br />Hiram isn't right as Pilgrim, Batman and myself have pointed out the scriptural support for Purgatory is overwhelming. <br /><br />Beyond Scriptural support the patristic evidence is also significant. <br /><br />Please expand your argument beyond Hiram is right and I will happily address it.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010718258539748519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053321722064045465.post-4198540419929157622012-01-04T22:33:52.099-08:002012-01-04T22:33:52.099-08:00@Michael: Hiram is right. He just forgot to also i...@Michael: Hiram is right. He just forgot to also include how 'confession' is quite the reminder.<br /><br />take careAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com