tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post9131456302950633045..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: AssortedFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-73950695949889562872014-03-20T09:43:16.080-04:002014-03-20T09:43:16.080-04:00In my daily prayers, I ask for "...relief of ...In my daily prayers, I ask for "...relief of my worldly anxieties, and help my faith be increased. I believe, Lord, help my unbelief."<br />It is my duty, as a Catholic, to put my complete trust in God/Jesus/Holy Ghost, but the human, sinner element precludes me from doing exactly that. <br />For me, it's less of an issue of 'doubt', as it is one of overcoming my internal human instincts.<br /><br />Note the "I, my, & me"; YMMV.doubletroublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378163493817522427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82101680253124539792014-03-20T02:18:41.599-04:002014-03-20T02:18:41.599-04:00Unbelief=doubt?Unbelief=doubt?KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-78524708007140463402014-03-19T16:49:29.484-04:002014-03-19T16:49:29.484-04:00Before 4GWF, shouldn't all peaceful means of r...Before 4GWF, shouldn't all peaceful means of reversing the overreach be exhaustively explored? (aside: By the way, it is not just the executive branch that is complicit).<br /><br />Like you, I am not optimistic about this, but the general rule of letting "them" initiate action seems sound to me. <br /><br />Until that time, let's see if the COS can do something other than be co-opted by the very sociopaths/tyrants/central planners/statists whose behavior the proposed amendments are intended to address. <br /><br />Needless to say, if the opportunity is taken by these villains to "rewrite" the constitution (as some fear)... the patience of many will be exhausted and more drastic measures will be contemplated.<br />RichJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-8963504745945043532014-03-19T10:05:15.087-04:002014-03-19T10:05:15.087-04:00The Crimean issue demonstrates that you cannot pla...The Crimean issue demonstrates that you cannot play the middle with major geopolitical issues. Either you are willing to go to war in order to prevent the action -- in which case Putin probably would back down -- or you are NOT willing to go to war in which case you have no business interfering at all.<br /><br />This idea that sanctions and strongly-worded language about red lines can somehow influence the behavior of strong-willed potentates is ludicrous. Crimea's annexation is not worth a war, and therefore America ought not to be involved in the matter. There is no need to condone the action, either. Simply refuse to comment on it. "It's none of our business" is the only proper political response.<br /><br />Now if, for example, Russia were to try an annex Canada or Alaska, well that WOULD be our business and it would, quite naturally be worth a war.Xealothttp://www.thedeclination.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77866397597038500712014-03-19T09:58:47.828-04:002014-03-19T09:58:47.828-04:00Mr. Porretto, Disbelief is as you stated, "th...Mr. Porretto, Disbelief is as you stated, "the rejection of a proposition..." However unbelief is doubt in the truth of the proposition which will lead to a loss of faith in the proposition. Satan's greatest tool at his disposal is the simple question mark, it is his skillful tool to place doubt in your path to faith and belief. What was Satan's tactic to Eva when he got her to taste the apple, he simply stated, Ge:3:1: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Thru this simple question Satan was able to place doubt in Eva which lead to her downfall. And Satan continues to use this skillful trick even today and with doubt he is able to diminish our witness and cause us to have doubts about our faith. Just look at “Time”, “Newsweek” or “US News and World Report” covers over the last 50 years, any time they did an article on Christianity, they usually lead off with a title that ends with a question mark. Creating doubt in Biblical truth is the corner stone to unbelief in our faith.Rick Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-58042868761652286982014-03-19T08:50:08.536-04:002014-03-19T08:50:08.536-04:00Mr Porretto,
I think unbelief is the precursor to ...Mr Porretto,<br />I think unbelief is the precursor to faith. It is the intellectual acceptance that someone may be possible without the spiritual certainty that it can or will be done. I parse the father's prayer, which I have prayed many times, as the desire to see a limited capacity for faith expanded. The Epistle to the Hebrews says: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Another version reads: "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." I think the father lacked confidence, knew it was necessary, and had just enough faith to ask Jesus to make up the difference. All in all, his request is not the request of a total non-believer.A Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288199981382663362noreply@blogger.com