Message from @Ater Votum

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2020-03-17 23:59:41 UTC  

if you say so

2020-03-17 23:59:59 UTC  

I'm an Aristotelian Catholic. When you refer to a father, we can speak as to a good father based on its form. Goodness comes from being.

2020-03-18 00:00:04 UTC  

its just an unpopular opinion

2020-03-18 00:00:44 UTC  

the fact objective morality exists should be enough proof that god exists

2020-03-18 00:01:40 UTC  

Because God exists as maximally perfect, he as well is maximally good.

2020-03-18 00:02:10 UTC  

he is perfectly moral

2020-03-18 00:02:34 UTC  

Moral is a touchy word, especially around deontologists

2020-03-18 00:02:39 UTC  

morality can be both but most of it is objective

2020-03-18 00:02:56 UTC  

like wasting water isn't that immoral when you live in an area where there is a lot of it but it's immoral in the desert

2020-03-18 00:03:05 UTC  

on the other hand things like murder is always immoral

2020-03-18 00:03:31 UTC  

even some of the stuff that doesn't make direct sense like sodomy or keeping families together is subject to objective morality.

2020-03-18 00:03:58 UTC  

@Eoppa hmm why?

2020-03-18 00:04:56 UTC  

They make a distinction between ethics, which is what everyone else calls morals anyways. And morals which is the application of ethics to them.

2020-03-18 00:05:13 UTC  

Ancaps usually use this distinction with the NAP

2020-03-18 00:05:43 UTC  

i dont understand how can someone disagree with god

2020-03-18 00:05:52 UTC  

he is the creator

2020-03-18 00:06:14 UTC  

the whole universe is made by him

2020-03-18 00:06:35 UTC  

And is continually sustained by him.

2020-03-18 00:07:53 UTC  

besides that rules that are made by yourself are arbitrary

2020-03-18 00:08:13 UTC  

why shouldnt it be anything else

2020-03-18 00:12:51 UTC  

@Florida Man anyway perhaps I do but I must dine at a suppertime feast first

2020-03-18 00:14:43 UTC  

Alright then

2020-03-18 03:02:41 UTC  

<@&588707615643795456> Daily Question 🔖

-Do you think that the Christians actually started the fire during Nero's reign in the Roman Empire? Why would they do so, and did Nero do well that he blamed them?

2020-03-18 03:03:27 UTC  

no

2020-03-18 03:03:43 UTC  

I think the filthy disgusting city started the fire

2020-03-18 03:03:52 UTC  

Probably not

2020-03-18 03:03:53 UTC  

It's very unlikely, and well, considering Christians were Nero's enemies, he did well. He did what he had to do, destroy his enemies.

2020-03-18 03:06:31 UTC  

Not really

2020-03-18 03:07:33 UTC  

Hmm. No, I do not think Christians did it. I don't see a motive. They were already outcasts as is, easy targets, hence why Nero blamed them so easily.

2020-03-18 04:21:15 UTC  

I agree, Christians had no motive for starting the fire

2020-03-18 04:21:33 UTC  

That and Nero was a bit paranoid

2020-03-18 12:49:39 UTC  

They had a motive, and a very good one, but they just didn't.

2020-03-18 12:53:10 UTC  

the houses were build pretty closely together.
it got started by accident but spread really fast.

2020-03-18 13:46:21 UTC  

wasnt nero the only emperor to convert to judaism?

2020-03-18 13:47:07 UTC  
2020-03-18 21:41:16 UTC  

I normally dislike Catholics but I'll make an exception because this one is very polite

2020-03-18 21:41:22 UTC  

I have 5 questions for Eoppa

2020-03-18 21:44:12 UTC  

Question 1. Christ stated that the church cannot fail, and that the church is that body which is comprised by the offices passed down by the apostles. But it is also true that the church is that body which possesses the true interpretation of scripture. According to Catholic doctrine, is it a) impossible for the current church to misinterpret scripture or b) possible for the church to misinterpret scripture upon which point the offices will be taken up by people who have not been anointed by a predecessor but possess the true interpretation?

2020-03-18 21:47:30 UTC  

Question 2. It is Catholic doctrine that a person possessing an office of the church cannot spread false doctrine while acting in his office. When do we know whether or not he is acting in his office? Is it when he is influenced by God? How do we know when that is? Is it just when he is speaking the truth? How do we know what the truth is if not verified by the grace of his office?

2020-03-18 21:49:08 UTC  

Question 3. Are you aware of any historical claims made by the Eastern Orthodox Church to apostolic legitimacy? Are they false or unfalsifiable? Or does that church claim to be the true church simply by the truth of its doctrine?

2020-03-18 21:51:30 UTC  

Question 4. Suppose a place where the true church has not ever visited. Suppose also a genuine bible makes its way into that place. Suppose lastly that a person reads the bible and comes to the same interpretation of the scripture disseminated by the true church. This person does not have church authority, but if they acted according to the accidentally (or perhaps divinely) inspired true interpretation of the scripture, would they then be acting with church authority?