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To: Mad Dawg
TO GOD

--ATTITUDE of the Heart--
--SPIRIT engaged in--
--FOCUS of the heart and mind--

Are super key

when

considering a word

or action.

6,058 posted on 06/16/2008 10:25:55 AM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Quix; DungeonMaster
Even mens rea requires a substantive act. If i were to make little horns at you and think that that would make you sick, I would still be innocent of assault. (I'd be guilty of being a jerk, but, to judge by Congress, that's a good thing.)

In general, I think an idolatrous disposition or intention will pretty much lead to idolatry, but that kind of hig-falutin' spekkerlation does not clearly or necessarily attach to DM's list.P>And your suggested argument implies a kind of double bind. (Schizophrenigenic anyone?) The Church is to blame because people can take much of what she says and make it an occasion of idolatry, but she gets no credit when they don't. AND if she were to try to exercise more control over people's inner intention then we'd hear cries of "Inquisition" and "mind control" and the rest.

If you start with the presupposition that we are wrong, any facts will do.

It is no small matter to judge the inner disposition of people from a different culture from one's own, and yet Protestants eagerly hurl accusations at Catholics, assuming that if they are doing something unfamiliar their intentions must be corrupt.

Oh, and if someone calls a person a barbarian for a bad reason, that does not, in itself, imply that the person is not indeed a barbarian.

6,079 posted on 06/16/2008 10:44:32 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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