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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:55:47 -0500
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- Subject: Re: Catholic theological competency
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- Stephen Barr <15942@BRAHMS.UDEL.EDU> writes:
- > Very good, Martha. But we should also keep in mind
- >that the Church teaches that some acts are intrinsically
- >immoral, and therefore are *always* wrong whetever
- >their consequences. For example: the deliberate taking
- >of an innocent human life, adultery, fornication,
- >blasphemy,etc. That is, some rules are in fact absolute.
- >As you say, some acts may be moral or not depending on
- >circumstances, consequences, etc. For them, rules that
- >cover every case are hard to formulate. As St. Augustine
- >said "love and do what yoyu will". Or St, Paul:
- >"to the pure all things are pure". But though some
- >rules admit of exceptions, and Christian morality is more
- >than an outward adherence to rules, it is wrong to
- >go to the other extreme and say that all rules have
- >exceptions, or that we are not bound by rules. Steve.
-
- Interesting post, Steve, my question is how do we determine
- whose rules rule. While we may live by a set of Christian
- rules, should we attempt to "conform" others to our rules?
- An example would be multiple spouses, we even have secular laws
- prohibiting this lifestyle, whereas in others societies, this
- is perfectly acceptable. Is it a matter of how "offensive" it
- is to us before we insist on others conforming to our rules?
-
- Oh, well, this is undoubtedly my last post of the year, so Merry
- Christmas to all and Happy New Year.
- (If the news that I won't be posting again until next year brings
- a smile to your face, think of it as an early Christmas present:-)-J.J.
-