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To: wbarmy

“A really virtuous MAP would take a vow of celibacy and cut themselves off of contact with all children in any environment.”

Or cut something else off...


9 posted on 07/14/2022 11:35:24 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.


10 posted on 07/14/2022 1:47:54 PM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: Boogieman

The patristic author (and eventual heretic) Origen is said to have castrated himself ...


11 posted on 07/14/2022 1:51:22 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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