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by kaufmannphillips
Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Holy Mystery of Love
Replies: 10
Views: 4873

Re: Holy Mystery of Love

darinhouston wrote: Specific declaration of dogma?!?!?! I'm only talking about boldly proclaiming our prayers in the name of our God and not turning them into some sort of generic metaphysical poetic spirituality discourse friendly to a pagan civil ceremony. And not being afraid to pray in the name...
by kaufmannphillips
Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:52 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Holy Mystery of Love
Replies: 10
Views: 4873

Re: Holy Mystery of Love

darinhouston wrote: We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I shouldn't expect otherwise. darinhouston wrote: If one is reluctant to use the name of our Lord or to otherwise make clear you are praying to him due to civil sensitivities, then one should not agree to participate in some generic s...
by kaufmannphillips
Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:33 pm
Forum: Ethics
Topic: As A People The US has Gone Insane
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: As A People The US has Gone Insane

Homer wrote: How would we determine who was imperiled? We take their testimony. Will some persons say they are imperiled, when they are not? Possibly. But shall we risk turning people away to be butchered, because we're afraid of receiving somebody who doesn't have such dire need? The US has the ma...
by kaufmannphillips
Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:07 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Holy Mystery of Love
Replies: 10
Views: 4873

Re: Holy Mystery of Love

darinhouston wrote: Civil piety is something else, but it sure doesn't seem like a Christian prayer. Like sending good thoughts in lieu of prayer. When we speak into the Universe, loosely, or in the name of some generic "love" -- something tells me God is offended. I imagine you are familiar with t...
by kaufmannphillips
Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:27 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Holy Mystery of Love
Replies: 10
Views: 4873

Re: Holy Mystery of Love

darinhouston wrote: I'm suggesting he went out of his way to avoid using the name of Jesus or the Father in a way that could be seen as a clear prayer to the Almighty. Holy Mystery of Love sounds like some sort of spiritual vaguery that you might hear from a Deist/Spiritualist. He did acknowledge t...
by kaufmannphillips
Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: Ethics
Topic: As A People The US has Gone Insane
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: As A People The US has Gone Insane

Homer wrote: Do you believes the borders of the US should be open with no restriction? Why or why not? I believe the US has the material capacity to offer asylum to every imperiled resident of the Northern Triangle. I believe the US bears significant responsibility for dire conditions that exist in...
by kaufmannphillips
Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:39 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Holy Mystery of Love
Replies: 10
Views: 4873

Re: Holy Mystery of Love

And?
by kaufmannphillips
Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:55 pm
Forum: Ethics
Topic: As A People The US has Gone Insane
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: As A People The US has Gone Insane

And in the news recently was the case of a California woman charged with murder because her 8 month old baby was stillborn due to her mother's use of meth: https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-c ... orn-deathI If the mother had simply gone to Planned Parenthood she could have had her baby ripped t...
by kaufmannphillips
Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:18 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: President Trump Exalts Jesus
Replies: 6
Views: 3020

Re: President Trump Exalts Jesus

A stumbling and hollow recitation of a script (obviously penned by somebody other than Mr. Trump). And preposterous, given the life and character and career of the man delivering it. Christians should reflect, carefully, on how this secular messiah has really served to exalt or degrade Jesus in the ...
by kaufmannphillips
Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:51 pm
Forum: Radio Program Topics
Topic: Refugee issues
Replies: 11
Views: 8557

Re: Refugee issues

Thank you, Steve, for your time and thoughtfulness in responding. You ask how I arrived at the view that love is a personal duty. My answer was given in my post: love requires voluntary sacrifice, which, by definition, cannot be forced on others. On this point, you wrote: I think groups of people ve...

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