Re: >^..^< The cats on Candlemas 2008

In article <cgik75xg7v.ln2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Nate Edel) wrote:

> Harry Mary Andruschak <adoptsoldcats@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Your citations are ALL from the OT, concerning the Mosaic law. The
> > Mosaic law has been superceeded as far as Catholic teachings go,
> > leaving the Ten Commandments.
> 
> So much for Matthew 5:17-18
> 
> > Here is the Church's Catechism on the subject. For informational
purposes
> > only, not to start a war. Note sections 2270 through 2275.
> 
> As for starting a flame-war, the argument it starts with against suicide
is
> far more offensive to my mind:
> 
>   2280 Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it
to
>   him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are
obliged to
>   accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation
of
>   our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted
to
>   us.  It is not ours to dispose of.
> 
> Accepting for the sake of argument a hypothetical Christian God who DID
give
> everyone life, how is it anything but an unsolicited gift, and as such,
> without obligation?  Or alternatively, wouldn't the only obligation be,
if
> you disliked the preconditions, to return it to the sender?

There's a Millay poem on this subject. She's on God's side.

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