Universalism and Evil. Ashenden Scripted

Universalism and Evil.
Ashenden Scripted

[@declancooney1029]

Dr Ashenden, you do not know how much your presence means to this Irishman. Your video brought a smile to me this morning and gave me hope, like having a good mate visit my kitchen for a cuppa n chat. Thanks. What nasty demons kept a man like you with God's Wisdom from entry to this synod in Rome to enlighten the clerical caste who wish harm on Jesus' Church. No invite was ever going to be sent to people like you, sadly. Pity I missed you in Waterford as I wanted to chat motorbikes n God. God is so good to have given us the gift of you and you witness during these confusing times. Thanks for keeping us between the hedges as we ride the road of life.☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@fatblokeonabicyle9569]

Thanks for posting. Your message is so right. We battle not against flesh and blood!

[@doorntreader7624]

That was 20 minutes well spent. Thank you for delivering a clear message for all faithful believers from all denominations.

[@caspianlake8475]

Middle of the night awakened and yay! There is a post by Gavin!! And i always feel less lost, more hopeful, more encouraged. (Had a similar experience of RR, many years ago, before i could put my finger on it, let alone articulate it. Thank you, Gavin. Again. St Michael, defend us in battle.

[@HannahHarbourDeep]

Me too. Always feel a surge of hope when there is a new video posted by Gavin. God bless.

[@violethart4828]

☀️💛I’m growing old now, and I cannot wait to meet Him soon

[@Dabhach1]

Oh, don't be in TOO much of a hurry...😊

[@soniavadnjal7553]

​@@Dabhach1she shouldn't hurry to acquire blessedness?

[@Dabhach1]

@@soniavadnjal7553 You don't "acquire" blessedness like shares on the stock exchange. You received it at God's discretion. It's not for her, you or me to choose the day or hour.

[@jerrycotter2000]

Bravo! Gavin. The Catholic Church has been my complete compass throughout my life, through many dark times and it has been my refuge and hope, something that is always there, like the feeling when you enter a Catholic Church anywhere in the World, the very presence of our Lord Jesus is always there to greet you. In recent years when it has become clear that Satan is overcoming society by an osmosis of false humanity with many ideologies that lure people into a feeling of being 'nice'.. 'good'.. but in fact he is trying to replace religion with all of his fakery. But when I heard of the feedback from the Synod of Synodality I was plunged into deep despair... could the Catholic Church be seriously jumping on to the woke bandwagon - please God NO! 🙏. We are living in a world that is embracing narrative and if truth stands up against it.... it is truth that must apologise... we need to read St. Ignatius and heed the warnings from many quarters that have been there warning of this very crisis. Keep going Gavin , you are making a difference!!

[@leomullins]

I came across Richard Rohr decades ago just as I was getting suspicious of the New Age movement. I am now back in the Faith and convinced he is of the Church of Nice contributing strongly to the end times deception warned of by Christ.

[@kaylenehousego8929]

This is also my experience . Too long a story to go into here but I agree with your conclusion. Now to watch and listen to Gavin.

[@tolkienlewis6887]

I used to like him and read a few of his books. Wouldn't now though.

[@imeldatobin7243]

The Enneagram became a new religion for many Christians.

[@kaylenehousego8929]

And for many religious....they have so little insight that they see it as Biblical.@@imeldatobin7243

[@tolkienlewis6887]

@@imeldatobin7243 I actually got a bit involved but have thrown all my books on the subject away .

[@paulcapaccio9905]

All must stand up for the one true Roman Catholic Church .

[@jimkeating5610]

Well said Gavin. I am encouraged by the reactions and comments, we can't all articulate as well as you do but there is a movement from darkness toward the light. Thank you for the courage to speak out. God bless

[@angelalincoln6094]

Thanks for your clarity and insight into what is truly important for us to know and do as pilgrims here on Earth, to love and worship God, to be loved by God and to love our neighbour as ourselves. We are seeing evil unmasked in the killing in the Holy Land 💔 I appreciate you speaking out the truth. God Bless you.

[@kayleneemery8217]

Amen.....

[@Hope20249]

Thank you Gavin, great football story, sheds clear light. God bless.

[@jeffreylewis4708]

Thank you so much. I am still a priest in the American Episcopal Church and your words come to me as encouraging light. The “team” I find myself on has all the equipment and some of the moves - and a real uniform - but it pretends to play a “game” with no opponent as if it’s just a game.

[@Salutaris13074]

To confirm someone in their error (sin) is false mercy.

[@kayleneemery8217]

I want His love also.....and for the same reasons Gavin . Blessings and appreciation from Sydney Australia .

[@paulwaterhouse4894]

I thank you for your wisdom, may God bless you.

[@ricksavaiano5640]

I pray the person who returned to the Church because of Richard Rohr's writings may grow in their relationship with Christ through prayer and that they take the time to study the faith in greater depth. May they beware of teachings which tickle the ear but lead to the path untruth. Richard Rohr's teachings and personal beliefs are not in line with the historical and traditional teachings of the Catholic Church. Beware of the wolf in sheeps clothing.

[@manofkent4472]

I couldn't agree more, the football analogy is spot on. But if i may i'll take it a little further. The problem is that we've got a captain who thinks it virtuous to let opposition players play on his side and is actually delighted to see them score own goals much to the despair of the rest of the team. He says that being captain of this team is less important to him than championing sport for the greater good of everyone. It's going so well that one day he will kick off and realise that all he is doing is kicking off , then the other 21 players put the ball in the back of his teams net and there is nothing he can do about it. What happened to those who used to be 'in his team'? well, one by one went to play elsewhere or just hung up their boots in disgust.

[@ichthus1890]

Well said. Team Francis is playing a dangerous game indeed. Seem to be counting on the Hail Mary pass to save the day at the last moment. Perhaps they think the wealth of the players, managers and owners have gotten completely out of hand and the whole enterprise needs to be self sabotaged, to bring about a new game; involving politics and social credit systems and artificial intelligence and heaven knows what.

[@neilcarr9340]

God bless you, Gavin. Your monologues always enlighten as well as sustain. You are in my prayers.

[@tolkienlewis6887]

I pray the St Michael prayer daily at the end of my rosary.

[@yudyamparoenriquezrosero3615]

I love that you prayed to the Archangel Saint Michael. That prayer is wonderful! May Our Lord bless you Dr. Ashenden. 🙂🙏🌷

[@pf4005]

Amazing that some false teachers have the audacity of contradicting our Lord. James 3:1 "Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness." Pray for them.

[@sapentium]

One hopes and prays that the Way the Truth and the Life will prevail over the errant the ambiguous and the Synoddities of these times

[@marvalice3455]

Christ always wins. The only question is whether we find ourselves in his side when he does

[@Mark3ABE]

Gavin, Thank you for your wisdom. Very much required in these troubling times.

[@philipparees2177]

A great strengthening analogy ( football against an equally skilled opposition) for those of us daily undermined by the accusation of intolerance. Itself the machinations of evil, that we are tempted to rebuke ourselves, for that which is instinctive- the revulsion against the distortions and indulgence of addiction to self pleasuring and triviality. The weakness and surrender to such 'kindness' in both the Catholic and Protestant Church is the deepest loss, and only the lone voice remains. Thank you for being it.

[@sheilaforde836]

God bless you for your wise words in the fight against evil.

[@MegaESSBEE]

Beautifully clear, true and still hopeful. Thanks for such a helpful broadcast.

[@recycledpreacher4061]

As usual Gavin, you speak with clarity and charity. Thanks for your insights, may the Lord continue to bless your ministry (Dave - senior editor : anglican mainstream)

[@HannahHarbourDeep]

You always say the deepest truths with such eloquence and humility. The children of the light must stand firm in this time of darkness and confusion. Our Lady provides peace and discernment. Keep praying.

[@therese181]

Thankyou Dr Ashenden

[@francishaight2062]

You make very good sense, Dr.. The ultimate challenge is between a human soul and the fallen human nature that, like gravity, seeks to pull it down; away from the light and the hope of eternal life. In better times we had a clearer and more universal understanding of this essential. Now we've reached a point at which the majority of the world is saying "just give it up, let go!" You and i represent the remnant who still see the big picture and will not go down as children of this fallen age, but who will remain on the ship built by Christ, the only one which will not be swallowed up into the abyss.

[@stevensonrf]

One of the few clarion voices in the storm of confusion.

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

Interesting as always Gavin, blessings. It's an interesting conversation you had with the fellow drawn to Pope Francis apparent way and Richard Rohr's. I wonder if he ever thought it's doing quite the opposite to others. Using the football analogy, it's like one person is drawn to football with a round ball and goals and another with an oblong pigskin carrying toward an endzone and only kicked for a field goal. It appears to have that much in common at times. When I went away in the eastern religions and new age, I was well aware of Rohr's Cosmic Christ and the like. This came after I abandoned Chruch life and lived a secular life. It's a common way of looking at Jesus in the new age or eastern religions. This was the farthest point in my going away from Jesus and His Church. It was my moment with the pigs ending with a demon trying to enter my body. The only clear encountered I had with demons though I was certainly harassed before even getting interested in the spiritual world. Thankfully, some good angelic being defended me and started my way back to the Church. I had a vision not long after of Jesus on the Cross expressing His love, it was a huge blessing that changed my life forever. I do appreciate the love of grace and mercy being expressed. But the confusion going on makes little sense of it.

[@jimmidgley861]

Amen

[@harryeast121]

The 'Justification-Suppression' model of prejudice provides a useful framework for exploring not so much the root causes of hatred and prejudice, but the conditions that make it possible for views linked to them to be freely expressed and acted upon. It contends that hatred and prejudice are normally controlled in a healthy society by various suppression mechanisms, such as the prevalence of shared moral values linked to scripture and traditional Christian teaching. It is often a fear of the loss of respect and social standing that is likely to arise from transgressing these shared moral values that works to keep such attitudes and behaviours in check. Who'd want to be thought of as a bigot after all? The power of Christ's words in John 8:7 endures in practice only as long as those who hear them, even the haters among them, are sufficiently concerned about the likely social consequences, for themselves, of being seen to be casting the first stone. For the truly hateful and bigoted person, this creates a dilemma. They find themselves torn between their strong desire to express and act upon their prejudice, and their fear of losing respect and social standing. The model suggests that such people continually seek out 'justification mechanisms' that enable them to give vent to their prejudice, without losing face. One of the most damaging aspects of woke Critical Social Justice is that it is almost purpose-built to serve this need. It acts as a powerful justification mechanism for the expression of hatred and prejudice. Indeed, it is so powerful a justification mechanism in this regard that it doesn't simply allow prejudiced views to be expressed without negative repercussion; it actually allows them to symbolise moral virtue! CSJ has permitted the line between good and evil to be shifted from being seen to lie where it truly does lie (through all of us as individuals), to lie instead between ideologically stylised and imagined 'sin' and 'virtue' social groups, of which flesh and blood individuals are merely seen as avatars. For those lacking Isaiah's humility, but with a strong negative prejudice towards, for example, white people, men and boys, the people of Israel and the many other groups now styled collectively as evil 'oppressors'...THIS is your time! The seductive power of this narrative is also it's greatest irony. It is invariably presented as 'progressive', 'inclusive' and 'nice'.

[@janeproctor5542]

Yes, the Jews are being portrayed as bigoted colonizers who have no tolerance for anyone outside of their "faith". And in their case Judaism is inextricably bound up in the workings of the state, for better or worse. Well, obviously some Israelis thought the right wing policies were not for the better, but surely they would not favour going so far as cheapening the lives of their fellow citizens, who have been kidnapped for ransom by people who are so unscrupulous enough, already, to perpetrate the same crime and worse by using their own citizens as hostages in a war of terror, to advertise and propagandize their martyrdom and long standing sore predicament- of - highest- calling, i.e. to "liberate" the Jews from their legal property rights and land, entirely, if possible, by killing , maiming and murdering whatever people or prospects it takes. ( speaking of the stranger exigencies between religion and state, or the state of certain state religions. This is hardly nice or fair, or equitable but... this seems to be the kind of game, they now expect everyone to play with them, so they can get a "fair deal", come off looking like they have won, finally, over the evil, injurious, persecuting powers... without thinking about or trying to address their own prejudices, in the process. ( or the criminal implications of blackmail). I wonder if they have ever encountered the concept of hypocracy, or if they ever will have to, as we stand here with our hands tied behind our backs, as if the shock would be too great for us to come to our own sences, ( though we are doubtful whether our own sences qualify anymore) along side theirs; possibly offending them or theirs or their particular religious sensibility? Well, I guess the joke is on us and we might as well laugh as cry, as we may as well be playing out the script of a segment of the "Carry On Gang." I mean they are landing on our shores in droves, expecting us all to take care of this "baggage," stamped with the seal of approval, courtesy of the Woke Proponents of Progressivism. 😅Gads! That is evil for you. It turns people into complicit enablers of behaviours that turn to evil doings that are supposedly undertakings aimed at our own good, and so we overlook the bad or water it down, or pick on some hapless scapegoat or other who will be used as an example of what will happen to the rest of us if we should speak up or make a fuss about it or " things". It is insidious how it metastasises and immobilizes people until they act asleep, as if they are beyond shock and will just " go through the motions." It is truly shocking.

[@philiphumphrey1548]

Very thoughtful. It made me think of the Screwtape Letters in which the war (world war two) and who was winning was of little concern to Screwtape. War and peace were both opportunities to be exploited in the battle for each "patient" or soul. The only thing that mattered was whether the patient was listening to the "enemy" (God), or on the long gentle slope to the "lowerarchy".

[@kaylenehousego8929]

I can relate to your experience and description of evil Gavin , and to your current theological position and your reasons why . Thank you so much for your prayer to St Michael ...you remind me to include him in my petitions . Thank you and may God continue to bless you and your work as we proceed on this amazing journey....so glad that. found you when i did ( just after I stopped following Richard Rohr ) when it became clear to me that he loved this , world .

[@JonathanRedden-wh6un]

Thank you for much of this video. My problem is that I am unable to achieve sufficient holiness and therefore need the imputed righteousness which Paul speaks of In Romans. Moreover, instead of praying to St Michael, we can say to the devil, “The Lord rebuke you!” Thank you and God bless you.

[@doctorjenny]

As a Catholic convert of 60 years and someone who has lived over 40 years in Pakistan, I agree about the poverty of forgiveness in Islam. On the other hand ZJudaism and Islam start from the same roots and I don’t see the forgiveness in destroying so many lives in Gaza and homes too. An eye for an eye prevails here and peace seems s long way off . Impossible to deny this outburst of evil on both sides.

[@tomthx5804]

There is a massive difference between an aggressor that launches a sneak attack, killing 1400 women and children, cutting of the heads of babies, who then runs back into a crowd of civilians, and the Israelis, who gave everyone warning to move to the South, to get clear of Hamas, because they were going to destroy Hamas. No, it is not an eye for an eye and the very notion that Israel is equally wrong for trying to defend themselves against a massively evil enemy, who WANTS innocent Palestinians civilians to be killed so they can use this. If you view both sides as eqaully wrong, you are either not paying attention, or you are imbibing Palestinian propaganda, or something in your moral structure is askew.

[@WesternMalaise]

You have fallen into the trap of ‘moral equivalence’ by suggesting that there is evil on both sides, and that therefore both sides are equally to blame. What you are actually doing there is protecting the actions of Hamas from moral judgment because you think their cause is just. I wonder if you will think the same when the forces of evil from Tehran and elsewhere smash your front door down and hold a knife to your throat because you are an offspring of the Jews, a Christian?

[@murielkinsella3526]

I agree. Very well put.

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

replied this earlier but fits here too: I have seen this in some forms as well. An eye for an eye belief. One lacking unconditional love, and the understanding that goes with it. But I don't believe he is looking at the religion, but the discussion found in Romans 11 echo in the Olivette Discourse and the CCC on the matter.

[@marvalice3455]

The Israeli leadership is not even pursuing eye for an eye. The core of eye for an eye is "if a man cuts out your eye, you cannot have him hung. Even if you are rich and he is poor. You can only take his eye." This is not the philosophy modern Jews have. And especially the Zionists feel entitled to kill 10 for everything one they loose.

[@ailicha1951]

Beautiful!

[@katladyfromtheNetherlands]

thank you

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

God bless Gavin. I hear an acknowledge the truth you speak

[@tolkienlewis6887]

Ive been waiting and looking forward to a video from you. Thanks.

[@mossrhys8372]

Thank you for delineating the teams and I for one want to be aware I am playing against a fiendish opponent!

[@glenyscallaghan1195]

Amen to that 🙏🏻

[@Leftcatholicsatanchurch09]

It now seems there is no fear and reverence of God and His sovereign righteous judgment in any faith. His word is infallible and there is no negotiation for wilfully sinning despite being given the free gift of the Holy Spirit to enable our cleansing and conviction to sanctification. This is the unpardonable sin of grieving the Holy Spirit. We are refusing the grace given for our redemption. He knows all our thoughts and sees all our hearts.😊

[@thomassherman7203]

Thank you

[@marianlindsay1737]

Great talk Gavin

[@elainemacias6516]

Very nicely done, I could not have said it any better. The truth is often difficult to hear. I struggle with this myself, I don’t want to lose family or friends over wokery but I must learn to hold fast to the truth in charity. God bless you

[@edh.9584]

"nuclear presence of God" - very nice!

[@gerardbrady7049]

Superb. God bless you.

[@murielkinsella3526]

I love the sound of your clock. It reminds me of being back at convent school.

[@Jakynast]

Where is the beautiful image in the thumbnail from?

[@ichthus1890]

Well said. Much appreciation to Dr. Ashenden. Am interested in your metaphysical description of the absence of good as well. Brilliant insights though.

[@DrGAshenden]

Thanks for your kind comments.

[@JohnGalt99999]

Stunningly cogent.

[@Kelpie119]

👏👏Thank you

[@robert-de-calvary]

In Western films we used to have this trope; a bad guy would take a hostage, put a gun at the hostage head and place the hostage in front of himself. We all understood that now the police cannot kill the bad guy. Why? Because you cannot kill innocent hostage to kill the bad guy. Also, nobody was blaming the hostage for not fighting the bad guy hard enough. We all understood that because of our Christian values. Well these days, the same fim would go like this; the bad guy takes the hostage, the police shows up and opens fire killing both the hostage and the bad guy. Mission comple. I'm of course making analogy where Palestinian people are the hostage and Hamas is the bad guy and Israel is the police.

[@edh.9584]

Jesus defeats evil in three ways. First, in the desert, he faces it and overcomes it. Second, he cures people of evils, raises people from death, teaches the truth, all combating the evil in these areas. Third, on the Cross, he allows evil to spend itself on him, showing that he can absorb it and overcome it. Today we are seeing the third approach to evil, it seems to me.

[@edh.9584]

At the end of Jesus' earthly life, Jesus described it as "the hour of darkness." That might be where we are now, the hour of evil.

[@user-vu7cb5wh7g]

Agreed there is only one path to salvation. Through Gods one Church. We have survived evil and foolish priests before. Just as they cannot destroy the sacraments they will not destroy Gods Church. We need to pray for their repentance and salvation.

[@lazornagy3735]

Thank you, Dr Ashenden. I agree with everything you said. Just a gentle note: those chimes interrupting your talk are a bit disturbing.

[@chissstardestroyer]

In a real way, I heartily agree with you: we really ought to destroy completely all sembelance of authority and power and order; leaving only the anarchy of chaos forever, due to the abuses that those who'd install "order" really are out to carry out... and thus even God as the church has historically described Him is profoundly evil due to the insistance that He is the source of order, so thus He must be intrinsically evil of His own intrinsic nature. But if chaos is His branch, then He can have the possibility of being benevolent, yet the teachings of the church leadership in its history remove forever the merest possibility of His goodness, leaving only a profoundly evil god in His place as the being we're required to worship at Mass. This we know from the sacred traditions that God is intrinsically evil of His own basic nature, or at least that the god they worship is not God at all, but an idol in their minds- due to them insisting that order, authority, and power when it comes from above is or can possibly be a good. In short, you're fully right to seek to destroy the faith, as it is therefore falsely rooted, and thus is to be completely wrecked and not replaced by anything, but to simply utterly ruin any possibility of it being replaced/the power vacuum being able to be filled at all; due to the abuses well recorded in Church history that've come out of embracing power as even being capable of being good when it doesn't derive itself *solely from the consent of the governed, not "god"*., only then can it have the possibility of being remotely safe at all to be allowed to exist.

[@stevensonrf]

If Catholics truly believed, in the reality of heaven and hell, then they’d be working like hell to get to Heaven!

[@andrewmiles3378]

Brilliant.

[@naradaian]

Imagination v biology - classy Thanks

[@kingcanute9306]

Dear Dr. Ashenden, thank you for the post. However, no man (but one, the one from Nazareth) will ever be sufficiently holy to stand before the Almighty and not be consumed. Even our best works are reprehensibly tainted by sin - for goodness sake, He discovers error in His angels ; what are we to say who live in mud huts, and are subject to the "calls of nature" and futility. There is one hope for humanity only, and that is to be regarded in the shadow of the Cross.

[@tolkienlewis6887]

Our Church is taking this direction in direct opposition even to common sense is because loss of faith dulls the intellect.

[@marvalice3455]

There can be no common sense without common values. Vice robs us of all our gifts

[@vonroretz3307]

There is no forgiveness in “judaism” either. They believe in vengeance too.

[@Leftcatholicsatanchurch09]

God has this all in hand. Trust Him alone. May He bless you and keep you. 😅

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

I have seen this in some forms as well. An eye for an eye belief. One lacking unconditional love, and the understanding that goes with it. But I don't believe he is looking at the religion, but the discussion found in Romans 11 echo in the Olivette Discourse and the CCC on the matter.

[@stevensonrf]

And it now seems that there is no forgiveness in the church of Pope Francis? There is no forgiveness for faithful Catholics who love the traditional Latin Mass and the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church.

[@michaeljhoey1]

Very interested in your comments on Richard Rohr. Coming back to the faith after a long sojourn in Buddhism I was surprised to find quite a lot of "clever" Catholics moving in the opposite direction - towards a universalist/ perennialist position whereby all religions are expressive of a single truth, there is really no such thing as sin etc. To these people Rohr is a hero. Your analogy of a game of football with one team only is apposite here. Rohr's evocation of a cosmic or universal Christ underlying all creation seems a million miles from received Catholic teaching. Yet he is popular with a lot of clergy and religious. I've heard Bishop Barron speak approvingly ok him and of course Pope Francis seems to be a huge fan. Maybe there will have to be a schism and the heterodox can keep the buildings and a faithful remnant will uphold the faith?

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

My family was recently at one of the two places we attend Mass and that location they were doing a book club of Rohr's Costic Christ book. I wrote an email to the Pastor and never heard back. In it I sited Catholic Answers article or video on Rohr. The last time I was there the priest gave a homily on a passage where Jesus is refuting the religious leaders of Israel. The reading from 10-8, Matt 21:33-43. The priest turned the passage into one about climate change discussing Laudate Deum putting the burden on everyone there. I left there really confused on how he could turn that passage into one against the average person sitting in the pew and by the fact that the last two verses were left out: 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees* heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. 46 And although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet. Why would they leave those verses out? It seems to me that not everyone has the ability (financially or otherwise) to keep up their home. Everyone wants to do their best and keep up our home so to speak of the earth but not everyone has the ability. Yet, many at the top who have this ability yet have the largest perfectly manicured homes (having both the ability and the money to), flying all over, promoting humans traveling all over, and global economy with high technology (consuming energy, expensive and wasteful with always needed the new hardware) seem to think the average person should somehow do more. Yet do they have the ability? It reminds me of Matt 23:4 in some way.

[@lauraanderson7358]

it is what it is.

[@edh.9584]

Revelation 22:11 "Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.” We are at this time it seems.

[@Leftcatholicsatanchurch09]

Hello, God’s words are now unsealed, “Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, and the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand” Daniel 12:9 What we observe is God’s plan that was set before the earth existed. He is shaking all that is not of Him, for his new earth and new heaven are nearly here. He is destroying the things of old, the dross and the filthy rags of our flesh man bodies. Jesus our second Adam will make all things new and is putting all His enemies under His feet. Death= sin is the last enemy. Jesus said, we are to be of good cheer, do not fear and let no flesh man deceive you. May He bless you and keep you😊

[@edh.9584]

@@Leftcatholicsatanchurch09 :) Very good.

[@fleur2571]

GOD is the only Judge . Within the Catholic Church there are also evils destroying the Church from within . What did Jesus say about looking at our own sins ?? (Matthew 7:3-5). Parce Domine the world is going more mad , acting evil in thy Holy Name !!

[@Servant44]

🙏 We must go and preach [repentance] And [remission of sins] Among All nations and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:47 KJV - Believe [for your faith will save you] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for [if ye believe not] that I am he, ye shall [die in your sins.] John 8:24 KJV - To give knowledge of salvation [by the remission of "our" sins] To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the [remission of their sins,] Luke 1:77 KJV - Receive [remission of sins] when initially believing To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name [whosoever believeth] [in him] shall [receive] [remission of sins.] Acts 10:43 KJV - Convert sinner from his error of sin [convince someone of their error, like we were convinced] Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall [hide a multitude of sins.] James 5:20 KJV - Confession of sin [confess your sins, everyday] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to [forgive us our sins,] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 KJV - [Remission of sins] from water baptism Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be [baptized] every one of you in the [name of Jesus Christ] for the [remission of sins,] and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38 KJV - Have charity [to have compassion] And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall [cover the multitude of sins.] 1 Peter 4:8 KJV - Love [to love thy neighbor as thyself] Hatred stirreth up strifes: but [love covereth all sins.] Proverbs 10:12 KJV - Endure [predestined are those that endure until the end and do not die in sin] And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall [endure unto the end,] the same [shall be saved.] Mark 13:13 KJV - Repent from sin [or All will likewise perish] I tell you, Nay: but, [except ye repent,] ye shall [all likewise perish.] Luke 13:3 KJV

[@thomassimmons1950]

Everybody concerned with the other guy's Evil... what's up with that your holiness?

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

I don't believe that is what the conversation is even about. It about following God or the Devil. The two ways.

[@anonymoussource701]

Richard Rohr is a tumshie

[@mikklecash6046]

Rather than reaching back to the biblical covenant, it might be better to point out that the Jews have always been there. Even after many of them have been forced into flight by oppression, they kept coming back. There were Jewish communities in "palestine" when St Jerome wanted to learn Hebrew (380s), when the Persians overran the territory in the early 600s, when the Crusaders came (circa 1100), when the Moslem Ottomans took the territory from the Moslem Mamluks in the early 1500s, when a Dutch researcher toured in the early 1700s, and ever since. Their numbers have frequently shrunk under persecution whether from pagan Romans, Christians, or Moslems. Whenever there has been a peaceful situation, the Jews have increased their numbers both through natural birth and welcoming back their people from the diaspora. Always there!

[@SaxonSuccess]

Were the Arabs not there also?

[@mikklecash6046]

@@SaxonSuccess yes, and as for speakers of Arabic, they would have come into the territory in the centuries after the Islamic conquest (so about 640AD onwards). The false idea that I find online is that the Jews left two thousand years ago, and only came back recently as European colonisers. I think that's what the anti-Israel factions believe - that Israel is entirely a modern western colonial project. It's not.

[@Leftcatholicsatanchurch09]

Jerusalem is the cup of trembling and Israel has been invaded by many nations. Until He is welcomed, “ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” May He bless you and keep you.😊

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

Marks Twains thoughts from visiting the area first had in his travels give a little window into that time from his perspective. It is before the Balfour Decree and much before 1948.

[@Mark_Dyer1]

GAVIN: Surely many of the Levitical and Deuteronomic distinctions between what is 'holy' or 'unholy' (clean or unclean) stem from the practicalities of nomadic tribal living: possibly given special emphasis, following the carting-off of God's People into captivity and slavery. Like you, I have found mankind's darker side hard to cope with: the time I was shown the film, 'NIGHT & FOG' was a real shock to my adolescent system: made all the more relevant because my late father was thoroughly antisemitic; and regularly told his children, "We should never have fought Germany!" But, as usual, you swiftly bring human sexuality into your argument. To 'be' homosexual is not to have made a lifestyle choice: and copious amounts of human learning have been devoted to this area of ourselves over the past hundred years (by 'secularists' and the 'religious') so that we may justifiably regard the Old Testament, and Pauline, analysis of human sexuality, to be redundant. We have moved on! Just as we have moved on from the justifying of slavery, and the subjugation of women to men. Holding to 'universalist' values is not the 'easy option': as human beings we love a drama where the Baddie gets his/her 'come-uppance' in the end (especially if they are killed). But it is the non-universalist who has the greater theological problem. Imagine 'BEING' Himself, with an infinite capacity to act in perfect accord with His 'nature', being willing to sentence to "eternal torture", or whatever, a created creature, with only a limited capacity to act in perfect accord with his Creator's 'nature'. Would that 'BEING' be just? Would that 'BEING' be love? However, the cost of claiming - with David Bentley Hart and many others - "that all shall be saved" (the title of one of Hart's works) is, precisely, to recognise Jesus on the cross: "Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do!" That prayer was surely "in the air" near the Palestinian border with Gaza, during the ghastly events a fortnight ago.

[@ichthus1890]

"But it is the non-universalist who has the greater theological problem." Really? The way I resolve the 'problem' of being a non-universalist is to allow God to sort out the distinction between mercy and justice and to realize I must bear the cross as well. The 'problem' is resolved in the process of the 'Church' sharing in Jesus' passion, death and resurrection. It is happening in real time. There is nothing to be afraid of, except death on a cross.

[@Mark_Dyer]

@@ichthus1890 "The way I resolve the 'problem' of being a non-universalist is to allow God to sort out the distinction between mercy and justice." So do universalists: it's just that we do not shape God in the image of a human judge! Nor do we regard God's justice to be the type found in a Western movie.

[@ichthus1890]

You must be thinking of one based on a Louis L'Amour novel. But he was Catholic too you know.@@Mark_Dyer

[@Mark_Dyer]

@@ichthus1890 Ah; but was he Christian?

[@ichthus1890]

I should say so. His family is quite proud of his legacy as well.@@Mark_Dyer

[@JonathanRedden-wh6un]

I would rather have Jesus as my Saviour than follow Muhammad, Buddha, or Krishna.

[@danien37]

that would most likely not happen in India Graham. be more careful of such comments.

[@l21n18]

Not really and there are far more then two versions of Christianity

[@bayreuth79]

What do you mean by 'the reality of evil'? Since evil is the privation of the good it is imprecise to talk about the 'reality of evil', as though the Christian faith were Manichean. Moreover, the Church Fathers and Aquinas recognised that it's impossible to will evil qua evil; we only ever will 'evil' under the aspect of the good. There is no such thing as 'evil' per se, certainly no such thing as 'objective evil'; its a word we use to denote the absence of a good within a particular context. 'Objective evil' is like 'objective darkness': its imprecise and misleading. And, no doubt, Hamas are 'evil', whereas 'we' are good (aside from minor faults perhaps). You speak of evil as though it were a 'thing', which is misleading, Manichean, dualist, and absurd. You have an outdated- indeed, Orientalist- notion of Islam. There is no hierarchy within Islam, so in a sense there is no Islam, only Islams (i.e., different interpretations of Islam across time and space). Yet again: 'Islam', and by extension those who adhere to it, are made Other. The self-righteous undercurrent in your discourse is that 'we' believe in forgiveness, whereas 'they' don't (at least on certain matters). It is much more complex than that, I'm afraid. You mention the murder and violence of the Hamas attack (and it was most certainly evil) but you don't mention the violence perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinians for decades (read Ilan Pappe, Norman Finkelstein, Noam Chomsky, et al). I suspect that this is because you know nothing about the conflict, aside from what you hear on the news.

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

I cannot speak for Gavin, but I can relate to what he is saying and think he is referring to the evil one and his minions. Satan and the demons. Anyone who has experienced demonic encounters firsthand can tell you it's real. Anyone who has had angelic encounters can tell you of the reality of pure holy good. So, in general he is referring to a spiritual battle had within each of us playing out in reality as the two are intertwined. While I agree on the Islams but there is an origin. There was a founder with a way a life that can be emulated or not. Similarly, there was and is a founder of Christianity that can be followed or not. You also don't seem to understand his view on Israel or agree, I am not sure. I imagine its based-on Paul's teaching in Romans 11 following Christ's in the Olivette Discourse. I imagine he isn't playing our Israel as the good here anymore than one would reading the entire OT on the matter, but that God's purpose will be what God has spoken on the issue. The CCC has the teaching on the topic as well sharing the same message and the reality of antichrist before the return of Our Lord Jesus. Hamas as evil I imagine Gavin is refer to the ideologies of following the founder of Islam or of the group based on its ideas. Similar if one to follow Hitler or the like then Naziism as an ideology is evil. I do not believe he is referring to the people. As Paul says I war is not with flesh and blood and Christ said we are to pray for our enemies. Gavin surely knows all this. I think you are incorrect on him simply reading the news. Most people pay little attention to the news any more that are involved in conversations like this anyway. They read history from both sides and talk to people and see what they have to say. Then they use their chosen method of discernment. But few people regard news as a serious source of information any more than Wikipedia. We live in a strange day where you can simply find many groups on social media and listen to what they are saying for yourself. You can also have a conversation if you would like. At the end of the day, we are all men with different lives and understand very little of one another to be judging with such certainty but still have to make decisions as best we can. The internet is an awful means of communication and books leave a lot to be desired too, the less personal the worse it gets. God will be the judge in the end, and we should be praying for everyone especially our enemies or those whom we think are further from God.

[@angelamalek]

Dr. Ashendan, thank you for your wise and inspiring words! Could you inform your listeners about your progress with the Church recognizing your ordination and receiving you into the Church as a bishop? We need you! Regarding the recent violence in Gaza and Israel, I have discovered the following: that Hamas has ties to Mossad and that Amnesty International has proven that Hamas does not use human shields; that the Israelis are taught to hate the Palestinians and many have recently called for their genocide; that several of the videos shown by Israel of the ‘atrocities’ have been proven manifestly fake; and that the IDF has admitted that they stood down during the recent breech. The Israelis should insist that Netanyahu resign and be tried for crimes against humanity.

[@DanielFernandez-jv7jx]

Your statement of God's hatred for "the inclusive version of sexuality" speaks more of your own homophobic view of scripture than theological truth. I will offer only two very abbreviated arguments here: every form of homosexual behavior named in the Bible and found in the ancient world is equally forbidden for heterosexual people: adultery, pedophelia, fornication, rape etc. There is no direct or clear statement about a faithful and loving marriage between two persons of the same sex being forbidden. It isn't mentioned because this simply was not a possibility in the ancient world. Things evolve. Nor does the "Adam and Steve" argument hold much water, being so full of holes, like the idea that we can't have anything new or that lack of mention equals something forbidden. The truth is there has not been any serious and unprejudiced moral theology on this subject. I would state the entire history of moral theology on this subject is both poorly informed, poorly thought out and consequently homophobic. If God is indeed love, it is difficult to imagine how the love of two persons of the same sex who love each other with equal if not superior generosity and faithfulness than most heterosexual couples would not be good in God's eyes. The German bishops are right. The churches sexual theology is medieval and needs to be brought into line with what science tells us. The church touts the importance of science until science tells us something that suggests the church is wrong, like homosexuality is a universal and naturally occurring variance of human sexuality, or that the earth moves around the sun. I find conservative hypocrisy on this subject breath taking.

[@marvalice3455]

Marriage is between a man and a woman. Scripture talks about the God's favor on a marriage being shown as many children. This shows up over and over, and even in Barron marriages the promise of possible children is given to those God approves. Homosexual relationship are sterile. They do nothing on a societal or cultural level which marriages perform, not even which childless marriages perform. It's just not a marriage. And if they really lived their "partner" they wouldn't condemn them by partaking in such a parody.

[@marvalice3455]

I find your moral grand standing despite a clear lack even the most basic level of integrity utterly predictable. In a couple decades, you will be telling everyone how you always knew homosexuality was bad and never approved of it at all. Because you have no back bone. But still feel the need to "pray in the streets" and because you think it makes you righteous.

[@JullianRoman]

I agree completely with your views about the Pope, I don’t like him either and guess his comments and decisions are often inappropriate, to say the least or just wrong! But… for the sake of the unity of the Church, please stop criticizing him. No matter what, he is still the successor of Peter and chosen by the Holy Spirit and, as a such, we have to respect and love him as the visible head of the church. Your comments do not help us to be faithful to the Church. If you have nothing positive to say about him, don’t talk about him. just let it go and keep quiet. ‘Ignore him’ so to speak. I stopped reading what he says and does, since he puts me off, so I’d rather not know. You have so many wonderful things to say to help us grow in the love of Christ that please focus on those. We need them. After one Pope another one comes and another and another, and so the Church keeps going. Thanks for all you do!

[@geraldinecox7998]

The Holy Spirit does not choose a Pope. It is to be hoped that all members of a conclave will earnestly and sincerely seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. But the Church has never claimed that the Holy Spirit chooses a Pope.

[@JullianRoman]

@@geraldinecox7998 True. Badly written, I meant Cardinals prompted by the Holy Spirit.

[@bdnl6268]

I pray for "the Papacy" I also read a bit from the writings of Pope Benedict XVI every day,. All things pass, God alone remains.

[@Leftcatholicsatanchurch09]

@@JullianRomanAnd the Holy Spirit chooses those who either walk with God, or those who don’t. He sends us both to teach us divine lessons. He is currently shaking up all that is not of Him, before Christ returns. May He bless you and keep you.😊