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The Coffee Pot / Re: Paypal dispute
Last post by Bernadette - Today at 08:48:13 PMI've escalated the dispute to PayPal. The seller submitted a long diatribe full of incorrect information. I'm out of patience.
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General Catholic Discussion / Re: Former SSPX US District Su...
Last post by Greg - Today at 07:37:08 PMThat still leaves the problem that they appointed a lying sociopathic child rapist to be the district superior in two major countries.
Don't they have any sort of character assessment or psychological testing before appointing district superiors? They should, since these men have power and can make decisions that affect the careers of other junior priests. They are often in charge of priests older than them.
If a CEO screwed up making an appointment like that he would be forced to resign. With the best will in the world if Fellay does not fall on his sword and disappear into very quiet retirement then something is amiss.
It would appear that Rostand only raped boys in France. He is not accused of raping US and/or Canadian children. By now one would imagine he would be accused of such and that SSPX had made extensive, exhaustive internal investigations as to every summer camp and the like that he attended in those years in those two countries. So it is possible that his crimes are limited to his 30s and to France. He was ordained aged 28.
Rostand has also remained a priest and obeyed his superiors. He has not tried to escape justice. If Kennedy Hall is correct, we would be dealing with the rare case of the lying sociopathic monster looking to damage the SSPX who, rather strangely, was obedient to his superiors and prepared to live for 5 years under house arrest and perform clerical duties when before he had had more power and responsibility as district superior of a huge country. Then go to a French court and plead guilty. He gains nothing by lying about warning them.
Don't they have any sort of character assessment or psychological testing before appointing district superiors? They should, since these men have power and can make decisions that affect the careers of other junior priests. They are often in charge of priests older than them.
If a CEO screwed up making an appointment like that he would be forced to resign. With the best will in the world if Fellay does not fall on his sword and disappear into very quiet retirement then something is amiss.
It would appear that Rostand only raped boys in France. He is not accused of raping US and/or Canadian children. By now one would imagine he would be accused of such and that SSPX had made extensive, exhaustive internal investigations as to every summer camp and the like that he attended in those years in those two countries. So it is possible that his crimes are limited to his 30s and to France. He was ordained aged 28.
Rostand has also remained a priest and obeyed his superiors. He has not tried to escape justice. If Kennedy Hall is correct, we would be dealing with the rare case of the lying sociopathic monster looking to damage the SSPX who, rather strangely, was obedient to his superiors and prepared to live for 5 years under house arrest and perform clerical duties when before he had had more power and responsibility as district superior of a huge country. Then go to a French court and plead guilty. He gains nothing by lying about warning them.
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General Catholic Discussion / Re: Are feeding tubes Ordinary...
Last post by Bonaventure - Today at 05:22:36 PMQuote from: queen.saints on Today at 03:51:06 PMQuote from: Miriam_M on Today at 02:08:01 PMPerhaps Bonaventure would be willing to migrate the relevant posts on the other thread to this one.
Yes, I would appreciate that, because the original arguments are being somewhat misrepresented here.
I'm not sure how to do it. Perhaps @Kaesekopf knows how to merge posts to this thread from another thread.
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General Catholic Discussion / Re: Are feeding tubes Ordinary...
Last post by Bonaventure - Today at 05:15:25 PMQuote from: drummerboy on Today at 04:56:39 PMWeren't her fluids withheld as well? I can't remember the exact details, I was a wee lad at the time.
Yes, and Cekada references that:
"A wicked husband still maintains his headship over the wife before God and his "domestic and paternal authority. He has the right to say yes or no to ice chips and Jello, unless and until an ecclesiastical or civil court, for a grave and just reason, legitimately impedes him from exercising his right."
The ice chips and Jell-O reference would only be for someone who could swallow.
#5
The Bookstore / Re: Podcast Interview Regardin...
Last post by Michael Wilson - Today at 05:11:45 PMDear Mr. Smith,
very nice interview; I learned a lot of Tolkien from it.I like your take about the legendary portrayal of the creatures of the first age. The exaggerating of the power of the army of the dead and how it would have been useful in the assault on Mordor; Gimly expressed the same opinion in the movie! Also, on the "allegory" angle: he expressly wanted to deny that it was an allegory on W.W.II. I recall that Tolkien also did not like Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, as he thought it was too "preachy" i.e. Too explicitly Christian and got away too much from allegorical concept.
On "Divergent"; I read the first two books; the first one was very good as a story and held my interest; the second kind of meandered too much; and I only read reviews of the third one, which most fans panned as not really being cohesive with the original premise of the book.
I'm surprised how young you are and that you are not smoking a pipe, and sending smoke rings through each other; weren't dressed in Grey either....
I hope other members will listen to this as it is very enjoyable.
very nice interview; I learned a lot of Tolkien from it.I like your take about the legendary portrayal of the creatures of the first age. The exaggerating of the power of the army of the dead and how it would have been useful in the assault on Mordor; Gimly expressed the same opinion in the movie! Also, on the "allegory" angle: he expressly wanted to deny that it was an allegory on W.W.II. I recall that Tolkien also did not like Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, as he thought it was too "preachy" i.e. Too explicitly Christian and got away too much from allegorical concept.
On "Divergent"; I read the first two books; the first one was very good as a story and held my interest; the second kind of meandered too much; and I only read reviews of the third one, which most fans panned as not really being cohesive with the original premise of the book.
I'm surprised how young you are and that you are not smoking a pipe, and sending smoke rings through each other; weren't dressed in Grey either....
I hope other members will listen to this as it is very enjoyable.
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General Catholic Discussion / Re: Are feeding tubes Ordinary...
Last post by drummerboy - Today at 04:56:39 PMWeren't her fluids withheld as well? I can't remember the exact details, I was a wee lad at the time.
#7
Ask a Traditionalist / Re: Gospel of Matthew and the ...
Last post by TradGranny - Today at 04:40:03 PMQuote from: Gardener on April 16, 2024, 02:09:23 PMQuote from: drummerboy on March 24, 2024, 08:01:55 PMI had no clue Brother Nathaniel was Jewish by birth
Dude looks like he'd risk running in traffic to grab a penny from the road. Lol
Instead of judging a book by its cover, why not try listening to him? You may like what he has to say.
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General Catholic Discussion / Re: Are feeding tubes Ordinary...
Last post by queen.saints - Today at 03:51:06 PMQuote from: Miriam_M on Today at 02:08:01 PMPerhaps Bonaventure would be willing to migrate the relevant posts on the other thread to this one.
Yes, I would appreciate that, because the original arguments are being somewhat misrepresented here.
#9
The Bookstore / Podcast Interview Regarding my...
Last post by bilbobaggins - Today at 03:39:47 PMCheck out the podcast interview regarding my new book Middle-earth Lore Tolkiens Legends Revealed with Christian Nerds Unite Host Ricky Pope
#10
General Catholic Discussion / Re: Are feeding tubes Ordinary...
Last post by queen.saints - Today at 03:36:48 PMQuote from: awkward customer on Today at 02:32:51 PMQuote from: LausTibiChriste on Today at 01:06:40 PMI know nothing about the Schiavo case nor the Church teaching on the matter, but since we're on a forum and my $0.02 is there for the taking....
You would have to think it's extraordinary, no? Unless feeding tubes have been around for centuries (doubt it), then it's a relatively modern means of keeping a person alive. In which case, it's extraordinary.
Seems like (I have nothing to back this up with) that prior to the 20th century, or whenever feeding tubes were invented, you'd just let them die.
This makes complete sense.
But not according to...
... any "Catholic principles, Church teaching, or theology books."
Let's stick to the rules of the discussion as put forward by Fr. Cekada himself (who I have nothing against) and only use such sources, not our emotions.