This post by Pansy Moss at Two Sleepy Mommies has inspired me to post a series of reasons why I want to have a large family. These reasons will be in no particular order, and I’ll probably just post them as they come to me.
1.Pansy’s post about her family
In my entry about Mary, I got a thought provoking comment regarding requirements for salvation:
I’ve never been comfortable with the idea that *anything* has to be believed so that someone can be saved, and I don’t think that’s what the Church teaches anyway. We can’t say that someone is going to heaven or hell – we’re not God. And I have absolute faith in the limitless possibilities of God’s mercy.
-rachel2205
I replied to Rachel’s comment as best I could, but I’m no theologian, so I’m not sure if I explained correctly or clearly. So, if anyone else wants to take a stab, go for it.
This was my reply:
Rachel, you’re right that the Church doesn’t say it can determine with certainty that someone will or won’t go to heaven because only God can determine that… humans can’t make that judgement. The Church also does not teach that salvation is impossible outside of the Church. BUT the Church does teach that the way to salvation is through Christ and full truth/knowledge of Christ can be found in the Church and it’s teachings handed down from scripture, Tradition and tradition. That said, the Church might say that a Catholic would be “on the right track” to salvation more than someone who out-right rejected the Church, but nobody could determine what would actually happen. For the Catholic, that would mean that accepting/believing the Church’s teachings would be “required” for salvation.
I’m not sure I explained this in the best way… let me see if I can’t seek out a better explanation….
All I can think of is… who the heck is this guy:
| You are 49% geek | You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator.Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend. |
I’m mildly disappointed, though not at all surprised… And, hey, at least I’m represented by Mary Jane :)
| You are 31% geek | You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator.Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend. |
We went out last night in a snowstorm to get a Christmas ornament and some pens. While the Christmas ornament was the driving force behind the expedition, the pens were the driving force behind actually bothering to go out. I totally forgot how utterly horrible Pennsylvania and its counties and townships were at actually handling snow. It was a very snow-covered, heavy snow situation until we got to I-80, where it was a not quite as snow-cevered-since-I-can-see-tire-lanes, heavy snow situation that got worse until about 3 miles after the Mercer exit, where the road was very suddenly clear and merely wet. I don’t know if it was that my car has awesome traction (it’s very light, so it’s more prone to sliding or being tossed by wind, so I doubt that) or if I’m just a decent snow driver thanks to Rochester, but the car handled fine and it was all good times.
Well, Kraynaks (which is a bizarrely amusing store) didn’t seem to have a “first Chistmas” ornament that wasn’t completely fugly or that didn’t have paint chipping off of it. But I got pens! Which aren’t as exciting, but I really needed them. the pens we didn’t get at Kraynaks. Those just magically appeared to me when a beggar stepped out of mid-air and suggested I buy them cheap. His name was Pat Catan.
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