To: Catholicguy
It's sort of a catch-all poking fun at Thomas Aquinas'
Summa Theologica, which variously inquired into such essential areas of the Gospel as whether Christ was a hermaphrodite, or whether people in heaven use the bathroom, or whether the hair and nails will grow following the Resurrection, or whether the Resurrection will take place at night.
My point was there is an awful lot of silliness in Roman Catholic tradition, so that exalting all of it isn't necessarily a good idea.
In my own religion, we have specific statements from God that it is NOT right to forbid marriage to anyone. I can support your insistence upon your traditions, certainly, but absolutely refuse to let pass the contention that it is "God's will," when I know that it is expressly CONTRARY to His will.
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07/16/2002 8:45:07 AM PDT by
Illbay
To: Illbay
"It's sort of a catch-all poking fun at Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, which variously inquired into such essential areas of the Gospel as whether Christ was a hermaphrodite, or whether people in heaven use the bathroom, or whether the hair and nails will grow following the Resurrection, or whether the Resurrection will take place at night."
Have you read The Summa? Can you produce the citations to source what you have just claimed?
To: Illbay
"My point was there is an awful lot of silliness in Roman Catholic tradition, so that exalting all of it isn't necessarily a good idea"
So far, you have yet to produce a single shred of evidence that sources any of your gratuitous acccusations.
Where, in your religious tradition, is it taught one ought to do that? Citations please
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