tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post4457157810578190055..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Reminders: A Sunday RuminationFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-56016580053676078182014-04-04T23:43:09.166-04:002014-04-04T23:43:09.166-04:00With all due respect to the believers among you......With all due respect to the believers among you...you might be surprised to find how inconsequential this life is to those who don't believe in an afterlife. (I speak only about the value one places on one's OWN life, not the lives of OTHERS. Placing little value on one's own life does not detract from the preciousness that that individual might place on the lives of others.) If there is nothing after this, no judgment, no consequences, who would actually choose to endure the pain of this life rather than just get it over with? People. People we care about. That is IT. Please, do not underestimate this viewpoint. There is a great deal of complexity and turmoil in the life of a conscientious and thoughtful agnostic. It is a burden like no other. If you are able, please believe. Peace be with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-24824329411623626822014-03-31T07:38:37.093-04:002014-03-31T07:38:37.093-04:00Just thought I'd come here and try to be my na...Just thought I'd come here and try to be my name (as you point out we should be, if we're courageous, honest or at least not cowardly.)<br /><br />I'm not Catholic, but after listening to you Ann Barnhardt, I can see why maybe I should be.Tim Turnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42442921917697118052014-03-30T13:08:32.401-04:002014-03-30T13:08:32.401-04:00I was planning to comment on attending mass (we ju...I was planning to comment on attending mass (we just got back) as I was reading and then you threw in Horatius at the Bridge....I can still recall hearing that for the first time at morning assembly in middle school. Not sure how you managed to connect the two notions so well...but thankyou.Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581662615586346808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77125430111261952014-03-30T12:28:59.625-04:002014-03-30T12:28:59.625-04:00I'm not going to say this cause I believe or n...I'm not going to say this cause I believe or not in something wonderful like what your saying here. Quite the contrary. I'm of the perspective in the end and in my heart it is all too complex, that the crux of him, Jesus was for all intentions a righteous good soul. He did what was right, he believed in something so much he was willing to give his mortal life for those beliefs to save others long after he left this earthly world.<br /><br />I think he knew perfect he was Liberties martyr. That the salvation of souls could be possible with his beautiful example.<br /><br />That in his humility he understood he would die for his beliefs and his example would be far more powerful for the good in others than as was possible as a flesh and blood soul.<br /><br />That all the writing in the world pales to the essential beauty and sacrifice I feel in my heart cause of who and what Jesus was and became.<br /><br />MtTopPatriotnoreply@blogger.com