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Question

This has been on my mind way too long and I have to get it out somehow. The media hates morality and they don't want to face absolutes. Democrats more than Republicans don't differ from right and wrong and think whatever you want is alright. THERE ARE ABSOLUTES and the media tries to work all of these twisted facts or lies into your head so you'll regergitate them to other people and turn you into a Democrat. Missouri is a state that has legalized stem cell research and the Democrats only want to legalize stem cell research in an effort that could and certainly would legalize abortion. "IT'S NOT YOUR BODY TO DO WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT." If you can't face the facts and you don't realize there are absolutes; if you try to pass something off as alright just because you want everyone to be happy, I'm one of the people that won't respect you. Do you disrespect gays and lesbians, while not hating them? We're not supposed to judge others, but God set out morals for all of time.

MY QUESTION IS "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THIS?" I GO BY THE BIBLE, NOT WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE MORAL.

I only judge people based off of what God judged people off of and if I do something wrong, then I'll ask for forgiveness hopefully.

I'm pro-capital punishment and anti-abortion b/c abortion is killing an innocent baby, and capital punishment is where you did something wrong and so you weren't innocent. There are limits to these things.

...and it's called tough love. I can disrespect people and still love them. I don't think anyone getting an abortion is doing anything right unless it would harm the woman.

GREAT ANSWER to msijg

JUST SAYING - Sex is only moral when it's meant to conceive...

Answer 1

Prayer is offered to a person in two ways: first, as to be fulfilled by him, secondly, as to be obtained through him. On the first way we offer prayer to God alone, since all our prayers ought to be directed to the acquisition of grace and glory, which God alone gives, according to Psalm 83:12, "The Lord will give grace and glory." But in the second way we pray to the saints, whether angels or men, not that God may through them know our petitions, but that our prayers may be effective through their prayers and merits. Hence it is written (Apocalypse 8:4) that "the smoke of the incense," namely "the prayers of the saints ascended up before God." This is also clear from the very style employed by the Church in praying: since we beseech the Blessed Trinity "to have mercy on us," while we ask any of the saints "to pray for us."

The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Version

With Challoner Revisions 1749-52
1899 Edition of the John Murphy Company

IMPRIMATUR:
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899.

Pope Damasus assembled the first list of books of the Bible at the Roman Council in 382 A.D. He commissioned St. Jerome to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin, which became known as the Latin Vulgate Bible and was declared by the Church to be the only authentic and official version, in 1546.

The DR New Testament was first published by the English College at Rheims in 1582 A.D. The DR Old Testament was first published by the English College at Douay in 1609 A.D. The first King James Version was not published until 1611. This online DRV contains all 73 books, including the seven Deutero-Canonical books (erroneously called Apocrypha by Protestants). These seven books were included in the 1611 KJV, but not in later KJV Bibles.

The whole Douay-Rheims Bible was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749-1752 A.D. The notes included in the text were written by Dr. Challoner.

The DR Bible was photographically reproduced from the 1899 edition of the John Murphy Company, Baltimore, Maryland, by Tan Books in 1971. Eventually, this edition was optically scanned to produce a large text file which this publisher used for creating this website, with the aid of text-processing software.

One important goal of this project was to preserve the original text "as is", without making any changes in the wording, because the original text had the Imprimatur of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, dated Sept 1st 1899.

The text file was checked quite thoroughly by software written by the publisher for punctuation errors and verses out of order. The index was humanly checked for misspelled words and the corrections were made to the text. However, some spelling errors may still be present in the text. Many verses were out of order in the original file. These have been corrected.

Every effort was made to ensure that this online version is an exact match to the original printed version. No words were added or ommitted from the text, except for correcting errors caused by the scanning process. No words were rearranged. No verse numbers were changed, except in the case of Psalm 9.

Psalm 9 originally contained 21 verses and there were 2 versions of Psalm 10, numbering 1-18 and 1-8. This obviously caused a conflict, so it was decided to make the first Psalm 10 as the last part of Psalm 9 and renumber the verses 22-39. This retains the same numbering as all the Douay Rheims. Note, in the Protestant Bibles the numbering of Psalms 10 through 146 differs by one.

The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Version

With Challoner Revisions 1749-52
1899 Edition of the John Murphy Company

IMPRIMATUR:
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899.

Pope Damasus assembled the first list of books of the Bible at the Roman Council in 382 A.D. He commissioned St. Jerome to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin, which became known as the Latin Vulgate Bible and was declared by the Church to be the only authentic and official version, in 1546.

The DR New Testament was first published by the English College at Rheims in 1582 A.D. The DR Old Testament was first published by the English College at Douay in 1609 A.D. The first King James Version was not published until 1611. This online DRV contains all 73 books, including the seven Deutero-Canonical books (erroneously called Apocrypha by Protestants). These seven books were included in the 1611 KJV, but not in later KJV Bibles.

The whole Douay-Rheims Bible was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749-1752 A.D. The notes included in the text were written by Dr. Challoner.

The DR Bible was photographically reproduced from the 1899 edition of the John Murphy Company, Baltimore, Maryland, by Tan Books in 1971. Eventually, this edition was optically scanned to produce a large text file which this publisher used for creating this website, with the aid of text-processing software.

One important goal of this project was to preserve the original text "as is", without making any changes in the wording, because the original text had the Imprimatur of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, dated Sept 1st 1899.

The text file was checked quite thoroughly by software written by the publisher for punctuation errors and verses out of order. The index was humanly checked for misspelled words and the corrections were made to the text. However, some spelling errors may still be present in the text. Many verses were out of order in the original file. These have been corrected.

Every effort was made to ensure that this online version is an exact match to the original printed version. No words were added or ommitted from the text, except for correcting errors caused by the scanning process. No words were rearranged. No verse numbers were changed, except in the case of Psalm 9.

Psalm 9 originally contained 21 verses and there were 2 versions of Psalm 10, numbering 1-18 and 1-8. This obviously caused a conflict, so it was decided to make the first Psalm 10 as the last part of Psalm 9 and renumber the verses 22-39. This retains the same numbering as all the Douay Rheims. Note, in the Protestant Bibles the numbering of Psalms 10 through 146 differs by one.

Answer 2

I agree with you that the media twists everything to make it sound like Repubs are screwing up everything, the media is based on lies and thats why they fit so well with Dems. The media can report anything they want, therefore they choose to report only liberal ideas for the most part (Fox is alright).

I am a huge Republican i always will be. I support most Republican views, however I believe that there's nothing wrong with stem cell research and abortion should be a choice....they wont abort after a certain trimester anyways. Thats like saying you have never "wasted" any sperm ever before...thats like saying do not have sex unless its to conceive, i just dont agree with that. And as far as stem cell research is concerned, there is only good to gain from that, I mean if we are going to abort these fetuses then why not use it for good, rather than just toss them or do nothing with them???? Doesnt make sense...

You mentioned gays...I will NEVER respect anyone who is gay. Not even my own family if it were to be that way...what really bothers me is homosexuals make these damn excuses like "I was born this way" and all that BS. I wasnt born straight, I got old enough and make my decision to be straight, MY DECISION. Same as it is yours to be gay...I also cant stand how they think it is an insult to be called gay, when they are gay....I dont get it? "It is not an insult to say a dead man is dead" - Odysseus. That would be like me getting mad b/c someone called me straight, or white...umm so what? If its the truth how is it an insult? Its not, its just the fact that they dont feel comfortable with their decision and calling them gay is an insult although that is who they are...man up and be what you are w/o worrying about being judged. I wont respect you, society wont respect you (for the most part) but so the hell what, you arent here to gain everyones respect. Quit making excuses..................

Answer 3

Ummmm. The case you make is so typical of the religious right and other "absolutists" that want to turn our country into a model of fascism.

Here's the problem. Your "absolutes" are based upon your own beliefs, and EVERY person has a completely different set of beliefs, no matter how similar they may appear on the surface.

We must have some model that encompasses the beliefs of all our citizenry. The religious right, mostly the Christian religious right, would like to believe their model fits for everyone, but it does not. It doesn't even fit for a majority.

Fact: It doesn't HURT you for me to have different beliefs that you.
Fact: If you don't WANT and abortion, you are not FORCED to get one.
Fact: Whether you like it or not, stem cell research is going to happen, and it's going to have huge benefits for human kind. We can choose to fund that kind of research wtih government research dollars, or we can choose to bury our head in the sand, with the patents from privately funded research going to private hands along with the profits from that research. Or WORSE, going to foreign countries who have no such queasiness with making a good scientific decision.

And, oh, by the way. It IS your body to do with whatever you want. There are VOLUMES of legislative acts, case law and judicial decisions that establish that right unequivocally.

The number one moral your bible has set out for you? Love one another. So get to it!

Answer 4

Judgement is mine said the Lord

We all sin; there is no way I am going to tell anyone who or what they should be doing. i have my own opinions based upon my life experiences as do all of us.

Throughout time science and medicine have always conflicted with religious ideals. there is no doubt that the potential for abuse in use of these systems exist. Do i wish the cure for rabies, tetanus, polio or TB hadn't been discovered?

Sexuality depending upon whom you is genetic or chosen-either way not mine to judge. Could i live without my lesbian or gay friends who have trusted me enough to come out of the closet?

Politics rarely has anything to do with ethics and morals-most politicians regardless of ethics or morals have had to compromise to get legislation passed. Does that make them bad people-maybe

The bottom line is do i have the right to judge anyone?
ABSOLUTELY NOT

Answer 5

If you are not supposed to judge others, why are you judging democrats?

Another question...you say there are absolutes...right? You seem to be against abortion. But what do you feel about capital punishment???

I don't know if you are like this or not, but it seems like every single conservative I have every met is anti-abortion but pro-capital punishment. How can 1 be ok and not the other if there are "absolutes"?

Answer 6

Abortion is legal. Progressive thinkers support stem cell research because it may provide the key to curing alzheimers and repairing damaged spines. You so-called absolutes aren't absolute. They are simply your narrow viewpoint.

Answer 7

I'll take it...

But we dont all share the same beliefs, and thus we cant judge others by one's own standards... or should we?

Answer 8

truth is: man has ruled over man to his own injury.

Answer 9

Ok, but what is the question now?

Answer 10

Good point.

Answer 11

so wat exactly is ur question here dude? n y ru takin out all ur feelings on "yahoo answers"??
shudnt u b busy writin a blog or smthn??
take a break!!!