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@theducktator

So glad your dad got a job! I’ll be praying for the piano competition. I play piano and I know that it can be stressful not to know your pieces on time for an event.

@the_lost-journal

Like how in the first Catechism it said it was okay to pray for the death of your enemies… what..?

Some of the Psalms are like that, so I wouldn’t say it’s never true. Most of the time it is best to pray for their repentance though.

@stephie
Oh yes, I’ll be praying! <3

@theducktator
Yay!! Praise the Lord!!!

@theducktator
Praying!!

Could you all pray for our piano competition? My brother is playing today, which is about a week earlier than he expected, and he found this out Tuesday. I don’t think he’s ever had a perfect run through, and his category has to be memorized. I play two songs next week, not memorized, but I was only assigned one of my pieces a month ago, and then…[Read more]

@theducktator

Yayy!!!! Praise God!!

@stephie

Oh, that’s awful. I’ll be praying.

@highscribeofaetherium @esther-c @theshadow @hybridlore @grcr

MY DAD GOT A JOB!!! He’s under a contract for a year, which means he’s considered self employed, and we’ll have to pay our own insurance, but he’s getting paid a lot more too. He works in computer programming by the way.

@linus-smallprint

@trailblazer

It’s actually a publicly funded Catholic school, so not private, but all the same.

 It’s sad how private schools can have teachers like that. There is a private Christian school close to where I live (not Catholic, but Mennonite) and one of the teachers got fired for using tarot cards and other witchcraft things in the classroom. Bu…

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I don’t know whether everyone already knows about this, but recently there were 70 Christians martyred in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I just want to call attention to Christian persecution in parts of the world and ask for prayers that our brothers and sisters in Christ might be strengthened in their faith.

Open Doors’ World Watch List:…[Read more]

@theshadow

You can if you want, but it seems fairly simple. Whatever you would rather, honestly.

@the_lost-journal

I guess a beloved pet would be one that is loved. You will see your dog again, but our friends who keep and slaughter their chickens wouldn’t see them again. I think it would extend to other loved animals too. Like I wonder if I will see the sick house finch I tried to help but failed to heal a few years ago.

Why would on animal…

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@theducktator @the_lost-journal

Huh. I dunno–I used to insist that animals go to heaven, but now my opinion has changed. The Catholic Catechism defines “heaven” as follows (and I know that Kefa is Catholic but that our Most Esteemed Feathered One is not, but I’m just explaining my own views):

This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity — this c…

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@theshadow

I’ll get to her along with Andrew’s!

@theshadow

Yeah, that sounds about right. (It’s one of my favorite words 🤪). I’ll try to be mindful of it.

@theshadow

Okay, yay! Does Ellette have your email?

@stephie

A RELIGION teacher? Wow.

…do y’all want me to keep posting random questions on here at random intervals

Sure!

@the_lost-journal

Oh my goodness. My dad says that in general animals don’t go to heaven, but a beloved pet would.

@the_lost-journal

Yeah. I hate to generalize, but I’ve had a few weird experiences with religion teachers. I think that post-secondary education and teacher’s college are kind of indoctrinating students, or at least are presenting information and training from a biased perspective.

Once, a substitute was teaching religion. She read the bible…[Read more]

Thank you all for your thoughtful answers! (Except for Power. You just tricked me into reading the Bible lol)

I do agree with most of you that there are some situations where it would be unacceptable or just distasteful to tell someone that their religion is false or that their god doesn’t exist. And positive preaching–saying what is true…[Read more]