That's amazing!

Woww

@@tony1685 It's interesting that you say Catholics don't keep the ten commandments when the Catechism teaches that we must obey them and if we do not obey them then we must confess and repent (CCC 1858, 1962). In fact, the Catechism explicitly says that we must keep the commandments (CCC 2052).

@@tony1685 Presumably, you are going to disagree with this, but here's how the Catholic Church understood this issue since the apostolic age. St. Paul tells us at Col. 2:16-17 that the ceremonial aspect of the old law is no longer binding for the Christian faithful, explicitly including the "Sabbath day". The word used in this verse to describe it, "shadow" or "skain" is also used for the animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant in Hebrews 10:1. So we know that while we're still bound to the Commandment in keeping a holy Sabbath day, the day specific to the Jews was no longer binding on us; in context, Paul was dealing with Judaizers who were telling Christians they had to be circumcized, continue animal sacrifices, and keep the Sabbath, as some more recent Protestant denominations like the SDAs do (in part) today. In Hebrews 4:9, Paul says there remains a Sabbath rest to be honored. He explains that this has been fulfilled and superseded by a new day in the preceding verses: For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this place he said, “They shall never enter my rest.” Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, *again he sets a certain day,* “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, “Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” *For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak later of another day.* So, then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God; for whoever enters God’s rest ceases also from his labors as God did from his. So what day are we commanded to meet now that Christ has fulfilled the Sabbath? The first day of the week, Sunday. The day the Lord rose, which is perfectly fitting for this. In Acts 20:7, Luke 24:30-31 we see "the breaking of bread" - meaning the Eucharist - happening in house churches on the first day of the week (see also 1 Cor. 11:18-23). Again, I know this won't convince you, but this is why, historically, Christians worship on Sundays. With the beginning of new "Bible-only" "interpret it yourself" sort of traditions (like the SDAs, who were only founded in 1863) apart from this interpretive tradition, it's understandable why the context and interpretation of the first Church was lost.

@@thecatechumen Hi think he's saying idols etc we have to many I don't look at them and never do the Rosary I pray direct the father and the son is the one who assists in the intercession

Why did you block my account from commenting on Reason & Theology?

@@yajunyuan7665Because you’re a well-known troll?

No religion is factual until you have demonstrated it as such.

Hows the journey today?

Me too, me too! I was Mormon and just came into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil 2022. Stay with it, my friend. The Eucharist is worth everything else and more.

@@tony1685 one thing I love about Catholicism is what it teaches me about the Bible. Everyone else quotes this scripture or that scripture and uses it as a proof for what they believe. It's completely confusing because everyone disagrees and they all have their favorite verses to prove their side. It can make the Bible seem nonsensical and untrustworthy, which is the position the Mormon church takes. The Catholic Church has helped me to see all of those verses within the context of the entire Bible. Now, instead of confusing, the Bible is beautiful and harmonious and oh so Catholic.

@@tony1685 also, just want to let you know, I didn't rush it. Coming from 5 generations of Mormonism to become Catholic was a gargantuan decision for me. It took years of study and prayer to bring me to the joy I have received through my baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist. Start by researching which commandments you think the Catholic Church is breaking. Then study that Catholic teaching/practice in depth to find out if it's really a violation. Spend 3 years in intense study, like I did. Don't rush to judgment.

@@tony1685 It does teach me to keep God's commandments, yes. Through the Catholic Church I have learned about the Ten Commandments in more depth than I had ever dreamed was there. The Ten Commandments are often used by Catholics to examine ourselves before we go to confession. This requires an in depth understanding of the Ten Commandments, because on the surface they seem so basic. They seem legalistic, but the Catholic church teaches beautifully all the ways that we can elevate them to meet not just the requirements of the law of Moses, but all the requirements of the new and eternal covenant that Christ brought to us. I highly recommend googling "ten commandments examination of conscience" to gain a greater understanding of how well you are living the ten commandments. It's helped me be more aware of my actions and how I can better follow God's commandments.

@@tony1685 please expand on this. What’s something in particular we don’t follow?

Congrats

@@tony1685 Hi Tony!

God Bless Metanoia! I will pray for you.

@@halleylujah247 Hi Halley!

@@tony1685 A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

Hello Matthew. How do you earn a living that way?

@@saturdaysolitude7800 yes!

If your religion was good enough to stand on its own, you wouldn’t need apologist arguments.

“Talking to Catholics” kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gN5pgdxhxMiyp2Q.html

Who is Rich Pagano?

@@yajunyuan7665 fr Rich from the Catholic Talk Show.

@@ntmn8444 Thanks

Trent ,helps me stay Evangelical: but Dr. Michael S. Heiser and Dr. Gavin Ortlund are more helpful!

@@tony1685 I bet my house you did not understand Catholicism. So please tell me, what problems do you have with it?

Indeed. Trent helped me a lot too.

@@tony1685 Catholicism doesn't follow God's truth or your false interpretation of God's truth? Come on you have to be more specific what am I to do with a reply like this?

@@tony1685 "Be specific". What do you not understand about that? You're here talking about ignoring and choosing which commandments to obey but again, BE SPECIFIC! ELABORATE! How am I to adress a reply where you literally don't even try to make any points. You just assert "You're ignoring commandments". GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES!

@@gk7754 I agree with you 100%. This tony guy is relentless as well as ruthless when it comes to attacking the faith. I’ve just learned to ignore his comments and even the same copy and paste answers he gives with zero charity. He is a Seventh Day Adventist, and his main goal is to shame you for being a Catholic. If you avoid throwing your pearls to him, he will get disinterested and prowl somewhere else. Please pray for him.

Start a blog if you like written arguments

@@EPH-re2xj why not both

Start a content channel. Or become the next Lewis, and write books for the lay level.

Just hang out in comments sections that involve the Pope. Or go teach young adults at parish. Plenty to do.

Faith is not a virtue. Literally anything can be taken on faith. You need to present actual credible evidence for your claims.

If I recall correctly, you added 'new' to your name because you want to be a new charitable person

@@yajunyuan7665 eh, sort of. I've had this account for a while, just decided to make a switch because I was getting nasty at times on my other acct, and wondered if switching would help, somehow. I definitely have fallen short in charity in the past, which I think is a kind of spiritual sloth.

I have never seen Trent with a different hair style. It’d be awesome to see him with puffy hair and a beard. 😁 Are there any Catholic evangelized using the comedy rout to spread the Good News.

@@tony1685 I learned that Catholics were very grounded in Scripture and Protestants ignore and manipulate Scriptures. Protestants add words to Scripture, redefine words, take words away... And then Protestants get trapped in a corner very quickly and always need to change the subject. Then Protestants get hostile while Catholics generally remain charitably. Someday the scales will fall from your eyes, hopefully by the time Christ returns.

@@tony1685 YOU try the Bible. The bible compared to Catholic teachings from the 1st century to modern day brought me into the Catholic Church. I don't know how you can have eyes but can't see how Protestantism is nothing but manipulation. Someday you will see and be back in the Church, unless you want to reject Jesus to His face.

@tony is a 7th Day Adventist anti Catholic TROLL. A retired pastor and a nasty piece of work at the end.

_Protestant vs Catholic message forums_ So, you never talk to atheists, then? This is just an internal dispute in Christianity about _which_ slightly different version of the same basic superstition you'll follow? Do you even talk to _Muslims?_ As an atheist, I shouldn't be surprised by this. But I still am, I guess. This always seems to be about preaching to the choir. After all, I see no reason to think that _any_ god is real. Do you have *one* piece of good evidence, specific enough and in enough detail that I can judge it for myself, that your god is real, rather than just imaginary? Isn't _that_ something you'd need to demonstrate first, before you start arguing over which specific version is best?

@@Bill_Garthright Actually Protestants and Catholics are VERY different. We both believe born of a virgin, Jesus died for our sins, and have the same New Testament, but that's where it ends pretty much. Everything else is different. We don't agree on many things including the nature of Jesus's Sacrifice. Why would I care about Atheists and their nonbelief? I believe in God and atheists don't. I believe it's impossible for anything to exist without a creator. Nothing can come from nothing. So why didn't I research the Muslim faith? I dud eventually. At the time I didn't know anything about it. I was a believer in God and I believed the bible was True. When I was done bouncing from Protestant Church after Protestant Church, I questioned the bible. Why did I believe it? Where did it come from? How did these books come together? Who or what Church did it? I was starting to wonder if I should even believe Christianity is True. Why should I believe this book just cause it says it's the word of God? I asked my Protestant pastor some of these questions and his answer about where the bible come from how did it come together was too generic, "just the early Christians" "But who where they, which Church? Wouldn't the Church who put the bible together to be the True Church?" Nothing. He wouldn't answer. I left and prayed to God. I told Him I needed the real Truth. I need to know which Church is the True Church and how the bible came together. I need to see other historical documents. I give up if you don't lead me to the Truth with historical proof, not just biblical proof. Everyone distorts the bible to make it say what the want". He answered and very quickly. I didn't have to look. Everything I needed to know fell in my lap. All the historical documents and then I needed to deal with the idea the Catholic Church, the Church everyone convinced me to avoid ends up being the real Truth. So you're an unbeliever. Just because you THINK God doesn't exist doesn't mean you're right. Too bad atheists don't like "anecdotal evidence" because I can give you so many stories of how I've experienced God the Father and Jesus personally. I don't really care. Your loss and He'll be revealing Himself to the world very soon and you'll be given your last chance to accept or deny. Hopefully you accept your own "anecdotal evidence" and accept. Atheists are always in my prayers.

Hello

@How to be Christian are you here to SPY on your arch nemesis??

@@shlamallama6433 lol

Yes, Catholic apologists should not defeat opponents by blocking them

Very hard to do these days. I blame social media.

@@tony1685 I'm not an expert on this topic, but I've always thought that the moral command to keep holy the last day of the week was fulfilled by Jesus Christ, such that (as Saint Paul noted in Col. 2:16-17) we are no longer bound to many of the ritual observances of the Jews. Of course, Catholicism preserves the real heart of the command in a way by observing the first day of the week since we are now living in a kind of new creation. Acts 20:7 and 1 Cor. 16:2 gives us clues as to how the first Christians seemed to think the first day of the week was important... I don't think Scripture alone will give us a slam dunk answer, and debates were there in the early stages of the Church. I think you probably can see how people honestly seeking the Truth could conclude Sunday worship is the right way, no?

@@tony1685 Tony, don’t even start preaching in here if you can’t answer my one simple question :)

@@tony1685 which verse have you given me which says anything remotely close to saying scripture alone is the sole infallible rule of faith? I’ve asked you many times and you’ve given me cop out answers that don’t directly answer the question, and when pressed you simply dodged. So I’m asking that until you can answer this simple question, you stop proselytizing people with the same old stuff.

@@tony1685 Tony why do you presume he doesn't?

Reach out to other Catholics to help you! You need community and people to support you! God bless you keep trying.☺️ If you need help reach out to me through my channel.

@@tony1685 we don't know that. And you have no way to establish that as more than your personal opinion. But always great to talk to you. This is the day the Lord has made. ☺️

@halley lujah Thanks so much for the advice. I will keep that in mind. God bless.

I volunteered for Vacation Bible school in the summer of 2018 and was then asked to be a catechist that fall. This will be my fifth year doing so. Many of the students in my classes are homeschooled. The parish has been through a major overhaul since we got a new traditional priest in 2011. The kids in my classes are so advanced due to the knowledge and devotion of their parents, so I have to make it a point to study so I can stay ahead of them! I've learned more in the past five years than I did in my first 50, including 8 years of Catholic school. Catholic Answers has been one of my main sources.

Awesome, how are things going? I’m on a similar journey.

The funny thing is, I read this right after Trent said that.

Thoughts on raw milk?

@@newglof9558 I don't have access to it at a price that fits our budget, so I don't have much of an opinion. :) I do think with farm-to-table commerce, ppl should be able to make their own decisions without the government babysitting them.

@@Mrs_Homemaker I would agree there. I have a raw milk supplier who is awesome, it's the best

We need more people like you!

Please continue. Strong families make strong societies.

Watch the KZfaq video "Robert Haddad on the best Catholic apologist is an honest one"

Amen to that! -Vanessa

I applaud you for being fair minded. I am not a protestant but I listen to pastors who have good messages. They just present the bible and let people make their own individual decision.

Why did you leave Catholic church? Jesus started Catholic church.

Welcome home!!!!

@@tony1685 you might be disappointed to know that it was my love and serious study of the Scriptures that led me to Catholicism (I have a background in Biblical Studies and started applying to programs for a PhD in Old Testament before I realized how biased and limiting so many of the programs are)

Dave Armstrong is good because he 100% accepts the material sufficiency of scripture, he only tries to make scriptural arguments with Protestants.

Ami Jill Lavine is an New Testament scholar and she is Jewish. Gospel Simplicity channel has made some people Catholic and he isnt a Catholic. So go for it!

@@tony1685 Obviously, people who honestly & sincerely interpret the Bible differently from me are all deceived by Satan. Cuz I know I can’t be the wrong one! We should definitely burn those heretics.

Jesus started Catholic church. Nothing silly about it. 2000 years strong!!!

@@johnyang1420 Sure, very loosely speaking. But practically speaking, the RCC is 99% accretions on the church Christ started. I think a lot of the accretions are valid deductions, but are unworthy of being dogmas if the NT authors didn’t deem it necessary to put them into writing. I love the robes & the hats & the candles & the icons & buildings, etc.. But, come on, it can easily come off as a little silly. And don’t try to tell me that was all Jesus’ idea!

Catholics have to drag their opponents into a theological and hermeneutical black hole so that a verse doesn’t mean really anything. Then they can make it say what the Magisterium teaches.

Will you actually talk to atheists? Or only to the people who already agree with you?

Huawei

Read Vatican II for yourself before you judge it. Meanwhile it was a legit council, even if the implementation face planted. Part of the faith is accepting the changes,many of which are a reversion to pre Trent practices.

He hasn't and the point of this video is he doesn't have enough time to cover everything, so fellow Catholics should take up the slack.

@@yajunyuan7665 correct, he is putting in a ton of work lately. Send the question to Dr. David Anders, interested to see his response. I think Catholic Answers did a video on it awhile back.

I would recommend some of the work of the Thomistic Institute, or the Angelicum`s KZfaq channel (yes they have one), the work of Jonathan Pageau though he is Orthodox crosses with this realm often, Dr.Virveke does alot of good work in this realm as well though he is not a member of the faith. As expected Word on Fire has some good basic resources on the topic of free will as well. Also the Society of Catholic Scientists is an overall good set of sources. The Lumen Christe Institute can be good or the Franciscan University of Steubenville though they tend to be more towards the biblical end of things, as do the Coming Home Network. There is also Inspiringphilosophy who has a few though much of his work is Biblical Archaeology. Then there are two episodes of Catholic Answers Focus dealing with arguments against Free Will, one from the philosophical perspective, and one from the Calvinist perspective. One can counter a topic without doing a direct rebuttal by looking at the more general. Most arguments against free will rely on more impact than substance anyway and some may to be nonfalsifiable because they rely on stating despite what we see and know that there is some unseen other thing that really puppeteers us around so may be like fighting a conspiracy theory. Intellectually honest versions however are similar but are based in philosophy and/or science, these are usually assuming naturalism, so if you can counter those assumptions their arguments will tend to fall apart but be ready to defend on these grounds then, The overall basis of most anti-free will arguments is a stance called determinism, so if you find good counters for that (I had some for awhilr but I am rusty on the topic), you can cut the foundation out from anti-free will arguments. Remember also, some KZfaq channels just want views so they fill themselves with the stuff that their niche may want to hear. Go with first principles if you can and build up from there. In the long-run it is best to do that as your structure doesn`t rely on one given argument. Finally, check through my archives espescially under Spread the Word of God`s Truth, Nature, Dimensional Shift, and maybe Mysteries Unknown, if in doubt, check Light of the Lord as I tend to dump anything really good in there anyway. These are good for general study in the topic, but if you need anything specific, let me know and I will find some more specific resources.

@@LostArchivist I found them all on KZfaq but couldn't find Dr.Virveke

@@yajunyuan7665 He is one of the four that Dr.Jordan Peterson had together on his video The Four Horsemen of Meaning episode, he is the neuroscientist. One thing that I found a bit alarming however is that he and Mr.Pageau both keep bringing up something about human beings being not a singular consciousness but a collection of conscious agents. Now maybe they are hinting at the passions or it is on some more superficial level from the intellect and will or it is how the will and intellect interact with different phantasms or something, but, I can easily see that spiralling down many bad paths. Reading about Bruno Giodano just made me evaluate things more stringently and that idea passing around that circle seems like something to be cautious about. Of course it was way above my head, so hopefully I am being more cautious than I need to be. Rather that than going off a spiritual cliff.

Maybe just aim for the honor of being the conduit that God uses to save some souls.

Get at least a credit average in your BS and then if there are no prerequisites for the MA you should be in.

See what they say….there is nothing immoral about business.

A good starting point is the “short courses” the the St. Augustine Institute

"Amazing Facts" offers a free online bible school

Catholic Answers School of Apologetics is good.

The problem with Protestants is they think the only way a particular interpretation of scripture is true, is because it’s not how Catholics interpret it.

Eric Ybarra, you're welcome

Watch "Erick Ybarra on not blaming division on Sola Scriptura" on KZfaq

Eric Ybarra. Eric Bana is the actor.

He is an apologist. He is a big, friendly guy and you can't miss him. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bc9mmc-l0cq0kqs.html

Watch the KZfaq video, Sedevacantists are as good as Protestants at spotting "accidental" paganism (Catholic Answers reply) to see why there hasn't been much contra Hinduism.

On a more serious note, the first edition of the 'New Community Bible' published by Indian Catholics had footnotes dealing with Hinduism but they had to remove them because of backlash.

@@yajunyuan7665 Any online references that preserved them?

@@LostArchivist Unfortunately not, I can't even find a photo of what the bible looked like to see if I can purchase it secondhand. I can only find the revised edition when searching.

@@yajunyuan7665 Normally I would ask for an ISBN but I do not believe Bibles have one. Was it actually produced and if so, was it published? I am a little practiced in searching for Lost Media.

I like the "Brant Pitre on why all Commandments have to be explicit" video on KZfaq

Maybe if people donated more to the radio drive, they could hire

@@yajunyuan7665👀 is becoming a Catholic apologist.😳

@@halleylujah247 lol no, but without Catholics apologists then I would have no one to present the other side, so we can compare interpretations side by side.

@@yajunyuan7665 your interpretation is your interpretation, not Gods interpretation. It would be better if you were on the side of truth.

@@michaelibach9063 How do you know? Did God himself tell you this?

lol, headshot

The way you memorise the citations is to have online discussions with people, when you get challenged you will need to find the references. When you receive the same challenges multiple times you will become familiar enough to cite the passages from memory.

_My problem is that while I know the Bible and Catechism well, I can't remember or cite passages._ Bible passages mean nothing to us atheists. Or did you just plan to talk to the people who already agree with you? Is this only about poaching from other denominations of Christian, then?

@@Bill_GarthrightNot at all... atheists often cite Bible passages (usually OT/ Leviticus) to prove some point, which would require a counter or context quote to validate/invalidate what the atheist cited. And no... 'poaching' is of no interest: this would be evangelising... I'm more interested in apologetics: answering questions/criticisms

@@JanSzafranski Test. None of my comments are going through.

@@Bill_Garthright test succeeded