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Bluenorthwest

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24. And what has that got to do with anything?

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 12:54 PM

Mar 2013

If someone said 'Hamlet does not speak with a ghost' they would be incorrect, although there neither ghost nor Prince really ever existed.
The texts about Jesus contain many passages in which he condemned men changing wives. The nature of the character, fictional or actual, is utterly beside that point. Jesus could be a complete construct and it would still be perfectly accurate to say 'Jesus did object to men changing wives' just as it is correct to say 'Hamlet said 'to sleep perchance to dream'.
So what was your point?

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Back in the 70's, when I was still tethered to my mother, she made it clear that I was to attend [View all] WCGreen Feb 2013 OP

K&R...a kindness that you did for your mother...and you look on KoKo Feb 2013 #1

Unless your mother had remarried Warpy Feb 2013 #2

she remarried.... WCGreen Feb 2013 #5

Jesus most certainly did care about men going wife to wife, he forbade it and called it adultery: Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #6

So it is reported, anyhow. MineralMan Mar 2013 #18

And what has that got to do with anything? Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #24

My point is simple: There is no actual MineralMan Mar 2013 #25

Off topic, but I thought you were in your 70's, not a kid in the 1970's! madinmaryland Feb 2013 #3

I very much enjoyed your story. You are a good kid, even though MADem Feb 2013 #4

The worked for Dorothy... WCGreen Feb 2013 #7

It's a wonderful story, Chris... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #8

That was a nice thing you did for your mom. sabrina 1 Feb 2013 #9

Thank you for your story... ReRe Mar 2013 #10

I recall my catechism classes. It was 1954. In a small N.J. church. jerseyjack Mar 2013 #11

I Am With You - I Spent 16 1/2 Years In Catholic Schools With So Much Theology I Could Be Pope! TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #12

No ! you may not. jaysunb Mar 2013 #13

All right, I removed it. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #14

A very nice story... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #15

I think there really is a Catholic tradition in this country that is far different for WCGreen Mar 2013 #17

Thank you for your story! gvstn Mar 2013 #16

The Jesuits at St. Ignatius taught me critical thinking skills. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #19

I had a lot of freinds who graduated from Ignatius... WCGreen Mar 2013 #20

Dad was an alumni. older brother was going there, so... Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #21

My mom didn't want me to travel all the way downtown, especially with I-90 just starting to be built WCGreen Mar 2013 #22

"Flatten Latin!" Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #23

One of the most rad social justice persons I ever met, over 20 years ago now, was an patrice Mar 2013 #27

Cool story... WCGreen Mar 2013 #28