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Summary Against Modern Thought: Mortal & Venial Sins
Previous post. In short, luck does you no good. Intention always counts. ON THE PUNISHMENT DUE TO MORTAL AND VENIAL SIN IN RELATION TO THE ULTIMATE END 1 Now, it…
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Is Mandatory Vaccination Against COVID-19 Precautionary? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
This post originally ran at Hanekamp's own site1. He is a chemist and theologian. My love and I are fortunate enough to have three children, now in their twenties. They…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Rewards & Punishments Are Equal
Previous post. My stripes are many and deep. THAT NOT ALL REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS ARE EQUAL 1 Since divine justice requires, for the preservation of equality in things, that punishments…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Diversity & Order of Punishments
Previous post. Key quote: "the greatest punishment will be for man to be cut off from happiness". ON THE DIVERSITY AND ORDER OF PUNISHMENTS 1 As we have just seen,…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Man’s Acts Are Punished And Rewarded By God
Previous post. That God rewards everybody believes. That God punishes is impossible for many to now believe. THAT A MAN'S ACTS ARE PUNISHED OR REWARDED BY GOD 1 It is…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Sins Are Equal
Previous post. There is a hierarchy to everything. THAT NEITHER MERITORIOUS ACTS NOR SINS ARE EQUAL 1 Next, it is plain that neither all good works, nor all sins, are…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Against Those Who Attack Vows
Previous post. I swear it's okay to sometime swear. AGAINST THOSE WHO ATTACK VOWS 1 It has seemed foolish to some people to bind oneself by a vow to obey…
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AI Getting Too Good At Predicting Crime, So It’s Being Purged
If all we know about an American male is that he is an American male, we can use data on observed rates American males committed crimes to predict that this…