tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post2386095834459239953..comments2023-10-25T07:49:20.237-06:00Comments on A Catholic Notebook: A Little FB Apologetics?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-21685903327219769402009-09-01T17:55:35.321-06:002009-09-01T17:55:35.321-06:00It looks like she was "shocked" a lot. A...It looks like she was "shocked" a lot. Are you shocked? ;) You did a great job at redirecting the person to the original source rather than a reinterpretation of it; however, I think that the truth is not what she is after.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356420873078531863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-26632510271263893522009-08-30T09:33:27.278-06:002009-08-30T09:33:27.278-06:00No, I beg to disagree. You did a wonderful job. ...No, I beg to disagree. You did a wonderful job. If you think you are a bad apologist, you should hear some of the discussions I've been in! Someone called me a "blue collar apologist" once, indicating that I had no real reasoning behind what I was saying but was convinced and convinced others that I was right. :)~Joseph the Workerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512362705041608396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-27022468830196891212009-08-30T07:33:30.513-06:002009-08-30T07:33:30.513-06:00And that is how I should have responded.
Something...And that is how I should have responded.<br />Something more along the lines of . . . "Hell is more than a place not to be described as 'a state of mind.' That confines it to something that we, with our human brains, can fully comprehend - and with that description comes the supposition that it is under our control."<br /><br />She had the link and was still unwavering in her prejudices against The Church.<br /><br />I am a terrible apologist.Soutenushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187685398897830910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-19512119666744269682009-08-29T11:15:56.319-06:002009-08-29T11:15:56.319-06:00Footnote at the bottom of the section on Hell at E...Footnote at the bottom of the section on Hell at EWTN says specifically: "*[Note: The original Italian says, "(Più che) More than a place, hell indicates..." This suggests correctly that although hell is not essentially "a place," rather the definitive loss of God, confinement is included. Thus, after the general resurrection the bodies of the damned, being bo"~Joseph the Workerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512362705041608396noreply@blogger.com