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  1. Dec 2022
    1. But more importantly, such a theology does not reflect a truly Catholic method of studying sexuality, which has typically come through the framework of natural law. The natural law, as an ethical framework, represents an approach to human flourishing that begins with an honest assessment of what it’s like to be humans running about in the world. This requires, in the case of understanding human sexuality, a broad consultation with scientific and philosophical approaches to human sexuality.

      Only with the understanding and acceptance of humans as a whole can we truly practice what we preach.

    2. For homosexuality, the results have been in for decades: same-sex attraction, far from constituting a psychological disorder, is actually a normal trait observed in human sexual experience. And as Anne Fausto-Sterling, a professor of biology and gender studies at Brown University, pointed out in a recent column in the New York Times, the complexity of gender identity is something scientists have been learning about since the 1950s

      The More Recent understanding of these aspects of humanity is the reason why it seems that they are appearing all over the place, its cause until now they haven't felt that they are okay to say their sexuality until recently

  2. Nov 2022
    1. The Honorable Harvest is a covenant of reciprocity between humans and the land.

      I wonder if Humans will ever again reach the position of being able to properly reinstate this honor before we are all banished to the annals of history

    2. The canon of indigenous principles that govern the exchange of life for life is known as the Honorable Harvest. They are “rules” of sorts that govern our taking, so that the world is as rich for the seventh generation as it is for us. 

      Unfortunately This has been largely ignored by modern day humans, which in our society of abundance have become much much more wasteful of the earths natural recourses

  3. Oct 2022
    1. You hang by a slender thread, with theflames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, andburn it asunder;7

      the essence of eternal damnation is the truest most powerful form of human though as even the though of what that could be make you wish to find a way to avoid it, whether by God or by another, if you believe in Hell you do not wish to exist in it. Lest you see it as your destination of choice, in which case that is not Hell but a heaven of your own design.

    2. However, his vision of humanitysuspended, like a spider, over theburning pit of hell still maintains itsemotional impact.

      This vision of Christianity is still seen as an extremely common perception as in the Bible it does not mention a Hell, but because of orators and writers the concept of Hell has been ingrained into the concept of religion.

    1. In Potawatomi, it is called Bozakmin, which is a superlative: the best of the berries. I agree with my ancestors on the rightness of that name. Imagine a fruit that tastes like a Blueberry crossed with the satisfying heft of an Apple, a touch of rosewater and a miniscule crunch of almond-flavored seeds. They taste like nothing a grocery store has to offer: wild, complex with a chemistry that your body recognizes as the real food it’s been waiting for.

      The concept of an all encompassing sense of continuity in the form of a berry, begins this document with a excellent visual that allows the reader to better understand the idea of the all encompassing reciprocated web of gratitude.

    2. What could I give these plants in return for their generosity? It could be a direct response, like weeding or water or a song of thanks that sends appreciation out on the wind. Or indirect, like donating to my local land trust so that more habitat for the gift givers will be saved, or making art that invites others into the web of reciprocity.

      The Difficulty is the though process of thanks is one of the more complex though processes the human mind posses, this showcases the difficulty in understanding how to portray thanks to an object that will not be able to verbally respond to thanks. On one hand you could showcase thanks in a way that is completely disconnected from the object in question or go for a more direct showing, an excellent example of the human capacity for care extending to beyond sentient beings.

  4. Sep 2022
    1. There are two ways, one of life and one of death, but a great difference between the two ways.

      The immediate distinction between the two ways of life and then the lack of immediate explanation of the way of death showcases the darkness of that path.

    1. This knowledge has given us a more thorough understanding of ourselves and of our humble yet unique role within creation.

      One thing that is sometimes confused by atheists and believers alike is that science is used to explain away the existence of God, but rather, like mentioned in this line, it is used to further our understanding of our role in creation.

    2. Turning to the relationship between religion and science, there has been a definite, though still fragile and provisional, movement towards a new and more nuanced interchange.

      Science and religion have always had an interesting relationship, some people see science as a way to explain away the existence of God, while others see it as a way to see the definitive existence of God. The reality of it in the end is that science and religion are perfectly capable of coexistence, Copernicus for example was working directly under the church when he made his discoveries, science can be seen as a way to find God, but personally I see science as a way to define God's work rather than define God.

    1. The atheist just rolls his eyes. “No, man, all that was was a couple Eskimos happened to come wandering by and showed me the way back to camp.”

      This cycle of belief is fascinating, to a religious believer this is clearly a showing of God guiding the events to line up with your prayer, along the same line of thinking as "There are no coincidences". But conversely to the atheist its seems as a coincidence, because when you remove the idea of faith in God the world becomes a game of chance where the line of thinking "Roll the dice" rings true to them. two different views on the same situation based exclusively on the interpretation of a situation through faith.

    2. But religious dogmatists’ problem is exactly the same as the story’s unbeliever: blind certainty, a close-mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn’t even know he’s locked up.

      Its a true loop of thought. the religious person believes this because of there own reasons and experiences, while the non religious person does not believe it for the same reasons. For every reason God does exist there is a way to interpret it to make is so that God does not, and vice versa.