Pope Francis has suddenly, and without the usual week’s notice, re-written the process of annulling a marriage within the church, issuing two apostolic letters aimed at making it easier to annul marriages that are deemed invalid by a church court. Only one, instead of two, judgments will now be required before a marriage is determined …
It’s pretty clear where Jesus stands on cheating on your spouse: “Thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s wife”. In Mathew 5:27-30 he said that if you even look at another woman with desire, then you should cut out your eye, because it’s better to “lose one of your members than to have your whole body …
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The following is the second half of the letter quoted yesterday: “I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it? A friend of mine feels that …
In her radio show, Dr. Laura Schlesinger (an American conservative radio talk show host), quoting Leviticus 18:22, announced that homosexuality cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura, attributed to Professor James M. Kauffman, Dept. of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education, University of Virginia, offered over two days …
There are many people, both in the US and the UK , who oppose immigration not on an economic, but on a cultural basis. They fear that their countries will become less cohesive. This is a challenge to Epicureans, who believe in tolerance and live-and-let-live. Let me take a single example. In London, opposition to …
