tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post211598520412927158..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: WITH THIS LUGNUTFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-33560792525091001012014-06-20T17:07:09.361-07:002014-06-20T17:07:09.361-07:00As our culture slides down the slope of moral depr...As our culture slides down the slope of moral depravity, I've often wondered if there will be some "final straw" event--such as construction of robots so lifelike that they appear to have human "souls"--that will trigger the Second Coming of Christ.<br /><br />The movie "I, Robot", based on Isaac Asimov's novel, gives "food for thought". Look beyond the "rock'em, sock'em" special effects to the robot Sonny who has intellect and free will and appears capable of having a "soul".<br /><br />...And even more chilling is the fact that it may be the secular atheistic moral relativists who will program the "Sonny's" of the future.<br /><br />Interesting review of the movie: http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/comments/furches/2004/07/i-robot.html<br /><br />[To post: "Please prove you're not a robot." I'm not! But in the future, there may be robots doing the postings! Ha!]<br />Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-79119874469384336182014-06-20T12:48:11.088-07:002014-06-20T12:48:11.088-07:00Kind of like - all priests are ministers but not a...Kind of like - all priests are ministers but not all ministers are priests.<br /><br />And not all Catholics are in sacramental marriages either.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-58832117059933711142014-06-20T12:48:09.820-07:002014-06-20T12:48:09.820-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-54163853400607663392014-06-20T12:48:04.688-07:002014-06-20T12:48:04.688-07:00Kind of like - all priests are ministers but not a...Kind of like - all priests are ministers but not all ministers are priests.<br /><br />And not all Catholics are in sacramental marriages either.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-48022969870221123082014-06-20T11:20:22.616-07:002014-06-20T11:20:22.616-07:00Stephen, the Church describes the "Sacrament ...Stephen, the Church describes the "Sacrament of Matrimony" as that to which Jesus elevated "marriage", which had already been established by the Creator in the Garden as the lifelong union of a husband and wife as a "marriage". (<a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c3a7.htm" rel="nofollow">CCC 1601...</a>)<br /><br />One cannot use the distinction between sacramental marriage (which comes about in the Sacrament of Matrimony) and the broader meaning of marriage to argue that the Church should stay out of defending the meaning of marriage. MaryofSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073267149527666844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-30484165347522600662014-06-20T11:04:36.643-07:002014-06-20T11:04:36.643-07:00Thought-provoking, Stephen.
Particularly notabl...Thought-provoking, Stephen. <br /><br />Particularly notable is the difference in the word origins. "Matrimony" literally means the state of being a mother, which I would interpret to mean that participation in the sacrament puts a couple in the situation in which the wife is now able to become a mother. This so very clearly reinforces the Church's (and, historically, everyone else's) understanding that at least the openness to procreation is a primary and inseparable good of marriage. This very use of the word "matrimony" adds additional support to the Church's defense of the conjugal meaning of marriage as "the lifelong partnership of mutual and exclusive fidelity between a man and a woman ordered by its very nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of children" ( <a href="http://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/faq/#sec1q3" rel="nofollow"> USCCB. <i>Marriage, Unique for a Reason</i>)</a>.<br /><br /><b>Marriage</b> from <b>Marry</b><br />ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French <i>marier</i>, from Latin <i>maritare</i>, from <i>maritus</i>, literally ‘married,’ (as a noun) ‘husband’ and <i>marita</i> 'wife'<br /><br /><b>Matrimony</b><br />ORIGIN Latin <i> matrimonium</i>, 'marriage' based on <i>mater, matr-</i> ‘mother’ + <i>monium</i>, suffix signifying "action, state, condition."MaryofSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073267149527666844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-51534549151626988152014-06-20T06:28:57.975-07:002014-06-20T06:28:57.975-07:00I have heard that Catholics do not get "marri...I have heard that Catholics do not get "married". Catholics receive the<br />Sacrament of Matrimony, not the sacrament of marriage". The word "marriage" is a secular term that Catholics use incorrectly.<br /><br />Please comment Father.<br />Thank You Kindly,<br />Stephen StoneStephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-43996618425315931172014-06-19T17:36:49.480-07:002014-06-19T17:36:49.480-07:00"Anonymous" should read the article you ..."Anonymous" should read the article you linked above. The doctoral student on artificial intelligence discussed in that article delivered his thesis about robot marriage in 2007. I don't think he's kidding! MaryofSharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-67961861415721860972014-06-19T13:23:02.402-07:002014-06-19T13:23:02.402-07:00YIKES! God help us!
I WOULD be concerned......YIKES! God help us! <br /><br />I WOULD be concerned....the way things are going.Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-11706518185162185732014-06-19T11:59:47.753-07:002014-06-19T11:59:47.753-07:00Actually, Issac Asimov wrote about this 60 years a...Actually, Issac Asimov wrote about this 60 years ago. I wouldn't worry too much about it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com