Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Speaks loud and clear of the condition of our Church management today, i.e., immersed in Vatican II Liberal ideology.
Don L
Friday, April 9, AD 2021 6:12am
Church management from Rome today appears to be more like a HS football coach who turns his back on the team and with one eye watches the gates to make sure they stay wide open for all to enter without a ticket and keeps the other eye on the sky waiting for the climate…er ..weather thinking it will destroy the game of our lives.
In short–the coach has fumbled the ball.
DJH
Friday, April 9, AD 2021 8:17am
What I’d like to say is not fit for print.
Pinky
Friday, April 9, AD 2021 9:17am
I saw the news, and was trying to remember which particular teaching he was wrong on, whether he’d been silenced, et cetera. I remember when his standing was important. But few theologians ever have broad influence, and after a century or so, only the Doctors and heresiarchs are remembered by name.
David WS
Friday, April 9, AD 2021 9:51am
I am always struck by the the utter stupidity of these so called “brilliant dissenting theologians” in regard to birth control.
1. Only abstinence is 100% effective.
2. Men (healthy) are always fertile.
3. Although it is not possible to predict when a woman is fertile, a woman can know when she has entered fertility and when fertility has ended.
4. Abstaining from sex for serious reasons is a lot like fasting and it has enormous benefits in marriage.
I have argued these points with “brilliant dissenting theologians” and priests for most of my life. They always end up saying “the end justifies the means” and “you’re an electrical engineer what do you know-”
I know what I know.
so be it.
On 3, complicated by knowing after the fact, because sperm can stay healthy enough to make a baby for 5 to 9 days.
But still– yes, the recognition and involvement with a woman’s reproductive system can and does help a relationship.
My husband horrified his sister at one point by admitting to not having had sex for months, because I was literally gutted and doing so could kill me.
But the “solution” was to take a hormonal sledge hammer to my reproductive system.
Which, by the warnings involved, would also say “sex means maybe death for girl” anyways. Just maybe a lower chance.
Our culture is sick.
David WS
Friday, April 9, AD 2021 12:50pm
On 3, yes sperm can survive up to ‘5-7 days” depending on environment and number.. charting the beginning of fertility for several months one can predict the earliest day fertility has ever occurred and work back from there to decide when phase-1-infertility is ending, (there is some chance fertility will happen earlier, but it is small as fertility is typically delayed if anything not early)….. if there are concerns about taking a chance in phase-1-infertility couples can restrict relations in phase-1-infertility through phase-2-fertility to phase-3-infertility after ovulation. After ovulation is confirmed as having occurred, including 2 days for the possibility of double ovulation (fraternal twins), there is 0% chance a woman would conceive.
I like the temperature, resting heart rate and :cough: other indicators charting over strict calendar…. and I am still livid I was never taught this stuff at school.
I was taught to break my system, not to understand it.
This is kinda gross to talk about, but a disservice to our kids to NOT teach them, especially considering what I was “taught.” (exposed to and/or groomed for)
Anzlyne
Friday, April 9, AD 2021 2:49pm
The input from the dissenting theologians doesn’t always “ take” immediately but can have its own effect, especially when carried forth by the cultures effect on the laity and the coinciding input other dissenters
I am in Twitter jail now because I gave the Pontifical Academy of Life a piece of my mind for honoring an unrepentant heretic. Hey Donald, they don’t like your post here at TAC.
Speaks loud and clear of the condition of our Church management today, i.e., immersed in Vatican II Liberal ideology.
Church management from Rome today appears to be more like a HS football coach who turns his back on the team and with one eye watches the gates to make sure they stay wide open for all to enter without a ticket and keeps the other eye on the sky waiting for the climate…er ..weather thinking it will destroy the game of our lives.
In short–the coach has fumbled the ball.
What I’d like to say is not fit for print.
I saw the news, and was trying to remember which particular teaching he was wrong on, whether he’d been silenced, et cetera. I remember when his standing was important. But few theologians ever have broad influence, and after a century or so, only the Doctors and heresiarchs are remembered by name.
I am always struck by the the utter stupidity of these so called “brilliant dissenting theologians” in regard to birth control.
1. Only abstinence is 100% effective.
2. Men (healthy) are always fertile.
3. Although it is not possible to predict when a woman is fertile, a woman can know when she has entered fertility and when fertility has ended.
4. Abstaining from sex for serious reasons is a lot like fasting and it has enormous benefits in marriage.
I have argued these points with “brilliant dissenting theologians” and priests for most of my life. They always end up saying “the end justifies the means” and “you’re an electrical engineer what do you know-”
I know what I know.
so be it.
On 3, complicated by knowing after the fact, because sperm can stay healthy enough to make a baby for 5 to 9 days.
But still– yes, the recognition and involvement with a woman’s reproductive system can and does help a relationship.
My husband horrified his sister at one point by admitting to not having had sex for months, because I was literally gutted and doing so could kill me.
But the “solution” was to take a hormonal sledge hammer to my reproductive system.
Which, by the warnings involved, would also say “sex means maybe death for girl” anyways. Just maybe a lower chance.
Our culture is sick.
On 3, yes sperm can survive up to ‘5-7 days” depending on environment and number.. charting the beginning of fertility for several months one can predict the earliest day fertility has ever occurred and work back from there to decide when phase-1-infertility is ending, (there is some chance fertility will happen earlier, but it is small as fertility is typically delayed if anything not early)….. if there are concerns about taking a chance in phase-1-infertility couples can restrict relations in phase-1-infertility through phase-2-fertility to phase-3-infertility after ovulation. After ovulation is confirmed as having occurred, including 2 days for the possibility of double ovulation (fraternal twins), there is 0% chance a woman would conceive.
I like the temperature, resting heart rate and :cough: other indicators charting over strict calendar…. and I am still livid I was never taught this stuff at school.
I was taught to break my system, not to understand it.
This is kinda gross to talk about, but a disservice to our kids to NOT teach them, especially considering what I was “taught.” (exposed to and/or groomed for)
The input from the dissenting theologians doesn’t always “ take” immediately but can have its own effect, especially when carried forth by the cultures effect on the laity and the coinciding input other dissenters
I am in Twitter jail now because I gave the Pontifical Academy of Life a piece of my mind for honoring an unrepentant heretic. Hey Donald, they don’t like your post here at TAC.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4455573754456797&id=100000126501231
Bravo LQC! Censorship is ever the first resort of those with no arguments.