Has being on TOL changed your worldview on any issue?
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"Clichés are the bane of educated mankind."
-P.C. Cast
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June 30th, 2012, 04:42 PM
Initially, TOL taught me that the people I considered "the most conservative on the planet" (i.e., several of my relatives) are NOWHERE NEAR the most conservative, even in this country.
TOL has given me an outlet to exercising my writing ability constantly, especially when in a slump on my creative works-in-progress.
The main shift which has occurred for me through my interactions on TOL is that I have come to a greater appreciation my real-world relationships, which do NOT shatter due to disagreements.
Vaya con Dios.
Dieu est l'amour.
Allah bidabbir.
“In many ways the evidence of our faith is found in our ability to control our tongue (or our keyboard)."
-Adam Hamilton, Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White
Initially, TOL taught me that the people I considered "the most conservative on the planet" (i.e., several of my relatives) are NOWHERE NEAR the most conservative, even in this country.
I could see that.
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TOL has given me an outlet to exercising my writing ability constantly, especially when in a slump on my creative works-in-progress.
Do you view what you say here as an exercise, (even if it's just freewriting) in that you're crafting a response with that in the back of your mind?
Just curious, because to me TOL is conversation more than exposition, while for others, it's a very structured argument they're presenting.
Not that that's a negative at all, just different than a more free-flowing exchange of ideas.
One thing ToL has taught me is to be more open minded. I used to generalize a lot more, especially towards the hardcore religious types. I didn't think rationality and religion could mix but I have noticed some people actually find a way to make sense of religion through some, albeit heretical, interpretations. It doesn't inspire me to join any religion however, since it is kind of heretical. I can't say I see a point to being religious if you are adding to the text and not taking it to heart in a fundamental sense.
When you say that you've seen it evidenced that rationality and religion can mix, I automatically assume that you're referencing me. What do you mean by "heretical"?
"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins 'you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.' [2] Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in Hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practise black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if----and mark well what I say----if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins" (St. Louis Marie de Montfort, Secret of the Rosary, Red Rose).
I've probably changed a lot. I just can't remember due to early onset senility.
I have always been pro-life and TOL has strengthened by view on this one. My view of politics has become far more cynical. I know that God has really used some people to help restore me in His peace and joy, by helping me to see the Lord in the depths of my depression (Anna, you were one of these people as was AB, elo, zippy, TM, and many others). In particular, I have come to appreciate the wonderful simplicity of God's way (thanks to TH, elo, steko, and several others).
Eucharist [thanksgiving] is the state of the perfect man. Eucharist is the life of paradise. Eucharist is the only full and real response of man to God's creation, redemption, and gift of heaven. - Alexander Schemann
I should give credit where credit is due. I have found the fellow Catholics on this forum to be an excellent safegaurd against heresy; to Cruciform and Evoken I owe a very special debt of gratitude; in particular, what comes to mind is Cruciform's defense of the resurrection of the body.
"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins 'you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.' [2] Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in Hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practise black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if----and mark well what I say----if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins" (St. Louis Marie de Montfort, Secret of the Rosary, Red Rose).
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Gaudium de veritate (Latin, "Delight in the truth")
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June 30th, 2012, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Traditio
I should give credit where credit is due. I have found the fellow Catholics on this forum to be an excellent safegaurd against heresy; to Cruciform and Evoken I owe a very special debt of gratitude; in particular, what comes to mind is Cruciform's defense of the resurrection of the body.
If you've been helped in any way by my comments here, we can both be grateful to God the Holy Spirit, who alone is able to move the hearts and minds of men (if this weren't the case, I certainly would not be a Catholic today). In any event, it's good to know that I've at least been able to affect a fellow Catholic here on TOL!...
Gaudium de veritate,
Cruciform
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"The very tradition, teaching, & faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning was preached by the Apostles & preserved by the Fathers. On this the Church was founded..." ~ St. Athanasius (4th cent.)
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