My TDS coworker is an engineer like me. He reads books & news all the time and is a super lefty that believes in global warming even though he knows how to analyze and chart data for himself.
If it wasn't for propaganda, he wouldn't know what to think. Come to think of it, he hasn't had any discernment skills for at least 20 years.
Our whole office watched in disbelief how he was completely manipulated by his foreign born (Muslim) wife. He bought her two boob jobs (the first wasn't big enough) and then thought it was okay for her to "serve drinks" at the local nudie bar. A couple of our shop guys would see her dancing after they got out with second shift. He insisted that she was only a bartender.
They somehow worked that out, but a couple years later she started fooling around with his buddy across the street since they all hung out together in their hot tub.
They divorced and she then married the buddy across the street and had a kid with him. His life is like a bad soap opera.
Iâve been wondering, a lot, if the reason for this is the absence of the Holy Spirit.
But then there are those who donât believe and yet arenât blind, so ⌠there is clearly something thatâs missing if itâs in the right direction.
Not sure what it could be, or if Iâm just wrong.
Good point. The absence of the Holy Spirit is definitely not helping.
My coworker comes from an Irish-Catholic family and even sent his son to parochial school. He got his ex-wife pregnant (she was just a young single office clerk at the time) with that boy while he was working on-site in Indonesia. I suspect she used him as a free ticket to America, and it all went down hill from there.
My good friend has been a man-whore for 30 years and only recently settled down with a nice lady. He grew up Catholic and occasionally goes to church, but he's never had any guilt over his dozens & dozens of past "conquests".
I donât think itâs the last step like a lot of Protestant churches seem to walk in (not as far as speaking generically, but in terms of specific action items), but it does seem like a good first-of-two steps.
No, I've only heard of it in the past couple years. Most Catholic masses are a few bible verses and then the Priest's interpretations as to how we can follow Jesus's words in today's world.
I wish my church had a more encompassing Bible Study group where we could bounce ideas off each other. I've learned A LOT from the BEMA Discipleship Podcast with Marty Solomon. Probably more than all my years in CCD and church.
My TDS coworker is an engineer like me. He reads books & news all the time and is a super lefty that believes in global warming even though he knows how to analyze and chart data for himself.
If it wasn't for propaganda, he wouldn't know what to think. Come to think of it, he hasn't had any discernment skills for at least 20 years.
Our whole office watched in disbelief how he was completely manipulated by his foreign born (Muslim) wife. He bought her two boob jobs (the first wasn't big enough) and then thought it was okay for her to "serve drinks" at the local nudie bar. A couple of our shop guys would see her dancing after they got out with second shift. He insisted that she was only a bartender.
They somehow worked that out, but a couple years later she started fooling around with his buddy across the street since they all hung out together in their hot tub.
They divorced and she then married the buddy across the street and had a kid with him. His life is like a bad soap opera.
If you are that dumb I donât feel sorry for you.
Exactly
Sounds like the wrong peice of anatomy was doing the 'thinking '
He was book smart, but no critical thinking skills.
Just because youâre âsmartâ doesnât mean youâre impervious to being a fool.
Iâve been wondering, a lot, if the reason for this is the absence of the Holy Spirit.
But then there are those who donât believe and yet arenât blind, so ⌠there is clearly something thatâs missing if itâs in the right direction.
Not sure what it could be, or if Iâm just wrong.
Good point. The absence of the Holy Spirit is definitely not helping.
My coworker comes from an Irish-Catholic family and even sent his son to parochial school. He got his ex-wife pregnant (she was just a young single office clerk at the time) with that boy while he was working on-site in Indonesia. I suspect she used him as a free ticket to America, and it all went down hill from there.
My good friend has been a man-whore for 30 years and only recently settled down with a nice lady. He grew up Catholic and occasionally goes to church, but he's never had any guilt over his dozens & dozens of past "conquests".
Does Catholic teach the Roman Road?
I donât think itâs the last step like a lot of Protestant churches seem to walk in (not as far as speaking generically, but in terms of specific action items), but it does seem like a good first-of-two steps.
No, I've only heard of it in the past couple years. Most Catholic masses are a few bible verses and then the Priest's interpretations as to how we can follow Jesus's words in today's world.
I wish my church had a more encompassing Bible Study group where we could bounce ideas off each other. I've learned A LOT from the BEMA Discipleship Podcast with Marty Solomon. Probably more than all my years in CCD and church.