Monday, December 14, 2020

Coming Back For More

 

According to a 2018 Pew Research Poll, 36% of Vatican II sect members believe in the pagan teaching of reincarnation; up from 28% just eight years earlier. Reincarnation is the belief that people's souls go through cycles of birth, death, and re-birth until they achieve Nirvana (which means to be "blown out" like a candle) so as to escape the cycle and achieve "oneness" with the universe (a type of pantheism). The idea that people keep "coming back" as other people after death continues to grow in popularity  while the notion of returning as another life form, e.g., a dog, is by and large  rejected by "modern reincarnationists."
(See pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/01/new-age-beliefs-common-among-both-religious-and-nonreligious-americans).

 Before 1965, almost all who believed in reincarnation were either Hindus or Buddhists. Since then, there are those who have converted to those pagan religions because of that doctrine. Now, there's the new development (especially in the wake of Vatican II) of "mixing and matching" beliefs to fit personal desires about what people want to be true rather than seeking truth itself--even to the point where chosen ideas are mutually exclusive. There are three major reasons for this continuing rise and acceptance of reincarnation: 

1. Ecumenism fostered by Vatican II. 
The Vatican II Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate,  states in paragraph #2:
Thus in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an unspent fruitfulness of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek release from the anguish of our human condition through ascetical practices or deep meditation or a loving, trusting flight toward God... Buddhism, in its various forms, realizes the radical insufficiency of this changeable world; it teaches a way by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, may be able either to acquire the state of perfect liberation, or attain, by their own efforts or through higher help, supreme illumination...The Catholic (sic) Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men.

There is no condemnation of these pagan religions both of which teach reincarnation, instead they are lauded. Reincarnation was explicitly condemned in the schema of the Dogmatic Constitution De Deposito Fide Pure Custodiendo, which was drawn up by thoroughly orthodox theologians and canonists under the direction of Cardinal Ottaviani during the preparatory phrase of the Council. Roncalli saw to it that it was rejected and replaced by the Council because of its paucity of "ecumenical character." The heretical ecclesiology of Vatican II makes it clear that even pagan religions have "elements of truth," and that "all paths lead to God." If so, why not choose "the path of least resistance"? 

Accepting reincarnation erodes morals because you can live like a heathen and there is no Hell, just another life to try and "get it right" and achieve nirvana, which is basically extinction--so no one suffers in the end. This wicked idea would mean that there is no real difference between being Joseph Stalin or St Francis of Assisi; Stalin would only need to be reincarnated more times than St. Francis. If the Church (sic) "regards with sincere reverence...those precepts and teachings...differing in many aspects from the ones she (sic) holds and sets forth..." why not be a "reincarnation-believing Catholic (sic)"? 

2. It's in vogue with pop culture. 
Even as Christianity is mocked and disdained, the idea of reincarnation has found favor with the media. Hollywood elitists produce many movies on the subject. Three recent examples:
  • I Origins (2014). The movie revolves around the life of a molecular biologist that is fascinated by the iris of people's eyes. He soon falls in love with a girl with beautiful eyes. But later the girl has an unfortunate death. When he loses her, he sets out to see whether he can find someone with similar eyes. Although he starts out as an atheist, this scientist’s very fundamental beliefs get shaken when he does indeed find a match in a young girl who may be his lost love’s reincarnation.
  • Cloud Atlas (2012). This movie is sci-fi drama where Tom Hanks and Halle Berry take on new lives as they reincarnate from civilization to civilization. The directors Andy and Lana Wachowski tell the story of how everything and everyone is connected.
  • Birth (2004). The movie showcases the story of Anna who becomes a widow. Anna tries to move on in her life and gets engaged to a different person. Soon after that, she meets a young boy who tries to convince her that he is the reincarnation of her dead husband. The more she starts spending time with the boy, the more she starts to questions her life’s choices.
(All movie descriptions are taken from republicworld.com). 

In music:
The Beatles. In 1965, a Hindu presented each band member with a book on reincarnation. George Harrison began a life-long association with pagan Eastern religion, as did all the band members for a brief time in the late 1960s. Only Harrison remained openly enamored with paganism until his death in 2001 from lung cancer. His ashes were scattered in India in alignment with Hindu tradition. Harrison's song My Sweet Lord has actually been used at the Novus Bogus "mass" because of its "Christian lyrics." However, the song is really about the demon "gods" of Hinduism. Harrison repeats part of a Hindu mantra in the lyric when he sings, "Hare Krishna... Krishna, Krishna" in the background. The Hare Krishna movement is a branch of Hinduism, formally known as Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Its name comes from its chant — Hare Krishna — which devotees repeat over and over.

Journey. Most of Journey's album covers feature a scarab beetle (pictured at the top of this post). The Evolution album and subsequent work depict the "winged globe" which signifies the omnipresence of the false sun "god" Ra. The album Captured shows the scarab beetle in a mirrored image. Beetles of the Scarabaeidae family (dung beetle) roll dung into a ball as food and as a brood chamber in which to lay eggs; this way, the larvae hatch and are immediately surrounded by food. For these reasons the scarab was seen as a symbol of a "heavenly cycle" and of the idea of rebirth or regeneration. This explains their presence in being buried with the deceased.  The world of Egyptian magic has long been embraced by secret societies condemned by the Church, including Rosicrucian orders, Freemasonry, Theosophy, and the Golden Dawn. 

Famous people who claim to be reincarnated (only a small, partial list):
Actor Sylvester Stallone claims to be a reincarnated American Indian.

Singer, drummer, and high-ranking Freemason Phil Collins said he was the reincarnation of a soldier at the Alamo.

Country singer Loretta Lynn says she was reincarnated six times; one of her past incarnations was as a Cherokee Indian princess.

Actor, martial artist, and Buddhist Steven Seagal, has been declared as the reincarnation of the 17th-century translator-teacher Terton Chungdrag Dorje.

Actor and Buddhist Richard Gere believes he and his current "wife" (34 years his junior) were married in several past lives.  

(See e.g., Time magazine, 9/10/84, pg. 68; caledonenterprise.com/whatson-story/6900241-richard-gere-s-reincarnated-love/; japanese-buddhism.com/steven-seagal-buddhist.html).

3. Alleged Evidence of Reincarnation. 
Among the strongest reasons people come to accept reincarnation are the alleged evidences offered in support. The evidence even has those who reject the doctrine flustered regarding how to answer. Reincarnationists keep coming back (pun intended) with more and different "proofs." The Vatican II sect jettisoned all apologetics and polemics since its inception and is no help, as usual. 

Even Traditionalists are unsure of how to respond. I did a post showing the inherent theological and philosophic bankruptcy of reincarnation. (See introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-sensation-of-reincarnation.html). However, I didn't pick apart the evidence at length. A couple of weeks ago, a commenter wrote: How would you respond to such alleged "evidence" of reincarnation?
"People who remember past lives with obscure historic details they do not know, a 5-year-old kid who can show that he can fly a military plane on a simulator, all kinds of children geniuses with innate skills for art or music they never were taught, people starting speaking foreign languages ​​in a sleep or trance, people being healed from phobias or chronic illnesses by past life regression, etc. "
Your article "A Sensation Of Reincarnation?" it does not disprove all such "evidence."

This post will tackle those "evidences" head on. Theologically, we know  St. Paul tells us in Hebrews 9:27, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment." Philosophically, we know reincarnation is nonsense. The following "evidences" of reincarnation will be debunked in the next section:
  • Past Life Recall and Cures
  • People with Seeming Specialized Knowledge from a Prior Life
I hope this will make up for the deficiency of depth in my prior post on this subject.

I Remember...Or Do I Really?
Evidence: People under hypnosis remember past lives and details of people that lived long ago. This can only be true if they were that person in a past life. Furthermore, "past-life recall" has cured people of phobias; e.g., if it were found out they died by drowning in a past life, they are cured of their current fear of water/drowning after they confront the past. Other people, even children, have demonstrated specialized knowledge (of mechanics, etc.) without having had any exposure to the subject. How can these phenomena be explained apart from reincarnation being true?

I present a seven-part rejoinder comprised of both original research and past citations I used in my previous post:
 
(a) False memories.
In a recent study, 28 percent of subjects who underwent hypnosis were induced by a researcher to develop false memories about recent incidents in their lives. This occurred even after these subjects were warned that "hypnotized participants may confuse what they imagine with what really occurred."

About 44 percent of participants who were not warned about possible false memories -- also called pseudomemories -- were induced to develop a false memory.

The results suggest that many people have unrealistic and distorted views of the power of hypnosis, said Joseph Green, co-author of the study and an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University's Lima campus.

"There's a cultural expectation that hypnosis will lead to more accurate and earlier memories, but that's not true," Green said. "Hypnosis can be helpful for some people, but it is subject to the same restrictions and pitfalls of any other memory-retrieval method."

A perfect case in point was  that of Bridey Murphy. Through hypnosis, a woman allegedly regressed to 18th century Ireland. She suddenly spoke Gaelic, described the coastline where she lived, discussed the customs and spoke like a life-long Irish native. Upon further investigation, "Bridey Murphy" (the name of the person she allegedly was in this "past life") never existed but was a figment of the woman's imagination. She was raised by her grandmother who spoke Gaelic and kept history books on Ireland which she related to her granddaughter. The hypnotic subject had forgotten the language and history as she got older, but it was brought back under hypnosis with the mind giving life to the memories by manufacturing a name from her actual past. It was later revealed that she grew up near a woman named Bridie Murphy-Corkell. The subject never believed that she was reincarnated, but rather thought that her mind was playing tricks. This part was never revealed by the author, Morey Bernstein--who was also the hypnotist! Bernstein's obituary from The Washington Post in 1999 reads thus:

Publication of The Search for Bridey Murphy made him a celebrity, and he was convinced that Tighe's[the woman allegedly Bridey Murphy] recollections about a previous life in Ireland were authentic, according to his brother, Robert A. Bernstein, of Bethesda. Tighe, he said, was never totally convinced that she really ever had been Bridey Murphy. (Emphasis mine). 

(b) Cultural Conditioning. Dr. Ian Stevenson, who investigated children claiming to have "spontaneously recalled" a past life, the doctor himself admits of bias in his study due to cultural conditioning. He wrote, "...the principal sites of abundant reported cases are: northern India; Sri Lanka; Burma; Thailand; Vietnam; western Asia, especially south central Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria; and northwest North America, among the natives of that region. The peoples of these areas (of the groups among whom the cases occur) believe in reincarnation." (See Stevenson, Ian, "The Explanatory Value of the Idea of Reincarnation," Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Sept. 1977, 308).  He further admits, "Neither any single case nor all the investigated cases together offer anything like a proof of reincarnation." (Ibid, 325). 

(c) Inherent dangers from the hypnotist and hypnotic process. 
In his Allocution "Anesthesia: Three Moral Questions" of 1957, His Holiness Pope Pius XII discusses hypnotism as an anesthetic [used in conjunction with medicine by physicians] and had this to say:

But consciousness can also be reduced by artificial means. There is no essential difference, from the moral standpoint, whether the result is obtained by administration of narcotics or by hypnosis--which can be called a psychic analgesic. But hypnosis, even considered in itself, is subject to certain rules...

The subject which engages us here is hypnosis practiced by a doctor to serve a clinical purpose, while he observes the precautions which science and medical ethics demand equally from the doctor who uses it and from the patient who submits to it. The moral judgement which we are going to state on the suppression of consciousness applies to this specific use of hypnosis. But We do not wish what We say of hypnosis in the service of medicine to be extended without qualification to hypnosis in general. In fact, hypnosis, insofar as it is an object of scientific research, cannot be studied by any casual individual, but only by a serious scholar, and within the limits valid for all scientific activity. It is not a subject for a group of laymen or ecclesiastics to dabble in, as they might in some other interesting topic, merely for experience or even as a simple hobby.
(See AAS 49 [1957], 140-141; Emphasis mine).

 According to hypnosis expert James E. Parejko in an article published in the Journal of the American Institute of Hypnosis (Jan. 1975), he listed four factors of subconscious intervention during hypnosis: (a) Expectations of the hypnotist, (b)  diminished critical thoughts in the mind that accompany deep trance states, (c) a triggering idea by the hypnotist, and (d) the ability of the mind to hallucinate. Hence, if the hypnotist is specifically looking for "past lives" there is a good chance he will produce them artificially  in the patients. 

(d) Answering the unique case of James Leininger.  James Leininger is the subject of books and TV shows and countless articles citing him as proof of reincarnation beginning in the early 2000s. In 2009, his parents published a book, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot. Briefly, James Leininger was born in 1998, and had a fixation on airplanes. By the age of two, he knew many models by name, especially those most commonly produced as toys and featured in books: fighter planes, like Mustangs, Corsairs, and Spitfires. His parents took him to aviation museums, and he loved the WWII fighter planes.  James had recurring nightmares that he was in a plane crash. He came up with details of a fighter pilot named James M. Huston Jr. who was shot down on March 3, 1945 by Japanese Zero planes. Bruce and Andrea Leininger were convinced their son was Huston reincarnated because of all the information a three year old couldn't possibly know.

Sounds convincing, right? That is, until you start to put other pieces of the puzzle together. Carol Bowman is the author of several books on "reincarnated children" and promotes herself as a "past life regression therapist"--as if that's some legitimate occupation with necessary education, training, and licensure. From her own blog, here is a description of her involvement with the case:

 In 2001 I got an email from a mother in Louisiana, Andrea Leininger. She told me that she had just gotten a copy of my first book, Children's Past Lives, and she believed that her two-year-old son, James, was having nightmares about a past life. He would wake up screaming about 3 or 4 times a week about his plane crashing... I told her to follow the guidelines in my book for helping James work through his nightmares...(See carolbowman.com/blog/soul-survivor-the-book).

Therefore, James' parents had decided a priori that their son was having problems that stemmed from a past life and tied it in with his love of airplanes. The boy's mother was influenced by her mother--a believer in reincarnation. Andrea Leininger was more than open to the idea. Bruce, father of James, was a believing Protestant. This made them the perfect "victims" for someone who wants to promote reincarnation because if they can win over someone who professes Christianity (and thereby does not believe in reincarnation) it adds an aura of credibility to the story. 

Bowman's advice was to repeatedly assure this toddler that he was, in fact, a reincarnated WWII fighter pilot. The Leiningers wrote in their book:

Carol advised Andrea to tell James that what he was experiencing were things that had happened to him before, that it was now over, and that he was now safe. (pg.57)

The boy's parents, under the guidance of a strongly motivated self-described "past-life regression therapist," put the ideas into James' head themselves. Bruce began researching everything in front of his son in the house. This, in turn, can evoke in James cryptoamnesia, defined as "The phenomenon of perceiving a latent or subconscious memory as an original thought or idea; latent or subconscious recollection." (See lexico.com/en/definition/cryptomnesia). 

Bowman had taken advantage of James for her agenda. Again, from her blog cited above:

I encouraged Andrea and her husband, Bruce, to write a book about James's memories. Finally, after three years, they were ready to do it. I introduced them to my wonderful agent, Al Zuckerman, and their book, Soul Survivor, will be released at the end of May.

The book is not about a reincarnated pilot from WWII, but a badly exploited little boy, who might have much to suffer psychologically as a result. James Leininger is 22 as of this year, and I don't know how this experienced has shaped him. One can only hope and pray he is doing well by God's grace.

(e) Cures of phobias and illnesses. Virtual reality can be a powerful new tool for curing phobias. According to one group of researchers, "Behavioral therapy techniques for treating phobias often includes graded exposure of the patient to anxiety-producing stimuli (Systematic Desensitization). However, in utilizing systematic desensitization, research reviews demonstrate that many patients appear to have difficulty in applying imaginative techniques. This chapter describes the Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT), a new therapeutical approach that can be used to overcome some of the difficulties inherent in the traditional treatment of phobias." (See pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10350911/).

According to a 2012 study in the peer reviewed journal Consciousness and Cognition 21 (2) 969-975, it was suggested recognition based on familiarity can cause a sensation of deja vu. Using virtual reality technology, it was found that similarity between a scene's spatial layout and the layout of a scene previously experienced (but not recalled) can lead to a subjective feeling of "having been there before despite knowing otherwise." Therefore, "past life regression" can cause vivid imagination, much like virtual reality, and desensitize [even cure] phobias like VRT. Likewise, it can produce a placebo effect in lessening [or even curing] illnesses like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Yet in neither case is the "past life" needed to be anything more than a vivid imagination, devoid of any basis in reality, in order to produce the effect. 

(f) Special knowledge. Some children show a seeming innate ability to do things (e.g., put together complex toys without instructions at a young age) thereby "proving" they learned how to do it in a "past life." This can be explained as a form of "idiot savantism." There are people who are retarded yet know how to play the piano like an expert. Darold Treffert, a world-renowned expert on savant syndrome believes savants are the best example of innate talent and "represent ‘nature’ in its most basic form.” To explain the emergence of savant skills, Treffert proposes the notion of “genetic memory,” which he defines as the biological transfer of proclivities and knowledge that don’t require additional instruction or learning. He argues that this knowledge is “factory- installed” in all of us but remains dormant because we tend to use the same well-worn pathways and circuits that serve us well. He believes this inhibits the "little Rain Man in all of us.” (See blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/where-do-savant-skills-come-from/) Some of these kids could have a form of savant syndrome.

(g) Demonic manifestation. In all the above, we can not rule out the intervention of the forces of Hell. It's interesting that someone can claim they were reincarnated and be looked upon with awe in modern society, but say you believe in Satan and you become a superstitious laughingstock. Demons not only have an ability to predict future events with some degree of accuracy, they also have knowledge of past events. Just as they are able to communicate their knowledge of the future to a human devotee, so too they are able to communicate their knowledge of the past to a human whom they desire to convince that reincarnation is a reality (or whom they desire to use as a means of convincing others that reincarnation is a reality). In hypnosis undertaken for non-necessary medical purposes, the subject opens himself up to an altered state of consciousness where demonic influence is a real possibility. (See e.g., theologian Delaporte, The Devil: Does He Exist and What Does He Do [1872]). 

Conclusion
It has been shown that the "evidence" for reincarnation is far from convincing. If you ask someone who believes in reincarnation, "If we are all reincarnated, why don't we remember who we were without hypnosis?" you will get an answer such as, "The pain of birth makes you suppress the memories," or "You are made to forget so that you make moral progress on your own." Even these so-called explanations, just like the "evidence" they use, are without merit. First, the explanations presuppose reincarnation to be true. Second, these are just ad hoc hypotheses with no factual, theological, or philosophical basis. There is no medical evidence that birth erases/supresses data from the brain. Theologically, who "makes you forget"? God doesn't exist as a personal agent in pantheism. Philosophically, why do you need multiple lives to "become moral"? What difference does it make if a person lives 7,000 years in various incarnations or 70 years in one lifetime when compared to eternity? Are not both infinitesimal in comparison? Isn't getting multiple chances to be moral a disincentive to get it right while you're here this time?

Reincarnation is a lie from Hell. Live as a good Christian and obey Christ's One True Church. Members of the Vatican II sect foolish enough to think they can have "multiple lives" to do what is right may find out too late (God forbid) that there's no second chances after death. 



65 comments:

  1. We were warned that at the end of time people would abandon the truth and jump into fables (2 Tim 4, 3-4). With the current apostasy, the world is looking for new beliefs, even if they are false and ridiculous. Above all, they are looking for a religion that does not condemn, that leaves everyone free to do what they want, even if it is immoral. It is the proof of a total error far from the truth. The great majority of Catholics were believed that the false popes and false clergy were the true authorities of the Church but they were deceived by Satan who sowed the bad seeds in the field.

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    1. Simon,
      Yes, the Great Apostasy which created the Vatican II sect is leading the way to Hell. It is just as Satanist Alister Crowley said, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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  2. These wunderkinds like our fighter pilot all somehow lose their ability to remember their past life as soon as they become old enough to be questioned about it by anybody besides their parents, generally around 3-4 years old.

    It happens to every single one of them like clockwork.

    LMAO

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    1. @anon7:32
      Yet so many people continue to believe them and their excuses for not remembering!

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    2. I find lmao a curse word, honestly. Any thoughts?

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    3. @anon9:42
      Unless "IMAO" now carries with it some hidden or double meaning, it is short for "In My Arrogant Opinion." Why would that be considered a curse word, as none of the words that comprise the acronym are curse words?

      ---Introibo

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    4. @anon9:42
      Whoops! I think you mean "LMAO" as in "laugh my a** off." I see it used above. It is crude and unbecoming a Traditionalist site. I would ask that my readers refrain from using it going forward. "LOL" can be used just as easily to convey your emotion, and contains no crude words.


      ---Introibo

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    5. Sorry to add, but I don't understand how "heck", which is meant to substitute "hell", is not considered profanity. I mean, even if it's 'softer', it's still meant as a substitute, right? Can anyone enlighten me as to why it's a common "Christian curse word"?

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    6. Here we go with Sedevacantists and their super scruples disease on display again.

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    7. Yes a** is a swear word and you should not it, like f**k, n****r, and b***h. You are referring to the bottom region. It's gross, just like your pedophile protector, heretical, Vader in the manger church.

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    8. To anon@7:55 AM,

      There's a difference between being scrupulous and simply being modest and chaste in one's speech. If you have an issue with that, take it up with St. Paul, St. James, or St. Peter:

      "Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth; but that which is good, to the edification of faith, that it may administer grace to the hearers." - Ephesians 4:29

      "Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell." - James 3:5-6

      "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." - 1 Peter 3:10

      Sincerely,

      A Simple Man

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    9. How in the world is it a ""super scruple"" to just ask that question? That way of speech obviously comes from the typical Novus Ordite.

      To use Introibo's instructions: LOL.

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    10. ASM, you need to relax. Sedes in general are abnormally uptight about everything. No, "heck" and "ass" are not "evil speech" LOL!

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    11. To Anon@7:44 AM (part 1 of 2),

      I do not speak for myself; I only provide reference to what the Church has taught. However, since you seem to disagree with the others, let us see what the Church's approved moral theologians have said. Per the Dominicans McHugh and Callan's Moral Theology (1958):

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      1448. Causes of Scandal.—There are various divisions of scandal according to the kinds of external acts. (a) There is scandal in words, as profane language or calumnies spoken in a gathering of people. (b) There is scandal in acts, as when one is perceptibly drunk or fights in a city street. Scandal applies also to things, in so far as they are the result of acts or related to acts, such as disedifying books, pictures, dress. Thus, one gives scandal by having sinful objects on display, such as profane mottoes on one's wall, obscene advertisements or announcements on one's billboards.

      [...]

      1473. Mortal and Venial Scandal.—(a) Passive scandal is always a sin, mortal or venial according to the fall occasioned by the conduct witnessed. But mortal sin may be occasioned by venial sin, as when an inferior takes the liberty to blaspheme, because his superior used profane language; and venial sin may be occasioned by mortal sin, as when the blasphemy of an infidel provokes his neighbor to use profane language against the blasphemer.

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      2255. Expressions Confused with Oaths.—Expressions that are sometimes mistakenly confused with sinful swearing are the following: (a) profane or vulgar talk, such as "Hell," "The devil," "Doggone it"; (b) cursing, such as "Go to hell," "God damn you," "Damn it", (e) contumely, such as "bastard," "son of a bitch"; (d) vain use of the name of God, such as "by God," "Christ," etc., when used as common exclamations; (e) temptation of God, such as: "If there is a God, may He strike me dead!"; (f) blasphemy, such as: "May God perish, if this is not true!"

      The expressions, "This is as true as the Gospel," "God's own word is not more truthful," "I am as innocent as the Blessed Virgin," etc., if used to confirm the truth, are not meant to assert the speaker's equality to God and the Saints, and hence they are venial sins of taking the Lord's name in vain. But, if they are used to confirm error, they are mortal sins of blasphemy.

      [...]

      (To be continued)

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    12. To Anon@7:44 AM (Part 2 of 2)

      (continuing from my citation of Moral Theology (1958) by McHugh, O.P. and Callan, O.P.)

      2494. Gravity of the Sin of Impurity.—[...](c) Impurity is one of the seven capital vices. The capital sins have a preeminence in evil, as the cardinal virtues have a superiority in good. The preeminence in evil is due, first, to some special attractiveness of a vice that makes it an end for the commission of other sins, which are used as means to it or are incurred for its sake; or, secondly, to a power and influence that is so strong as to hurry those under its sway into various kinds of sin. Now, impurity is a moral disease that ravages every part of the soul, its deadly effects appearing in the reason, the will and external speech; for the more one subjects oneself to the dominion of passion, the less fitted does one become for the higher and nobler things of life; and the more ignoble the inner life, the more vulgar, cheap and degrading will be the conversation.

      Hence, the Fathers trace back to impurity the following sins of imprudence in the mind: wrong apprehension, about the end or purpose of life, and precipitancy in deliberation, thoughtlessness in decision, inconstancy in direction, in reference to the means to the end (see 1693 sqq.). They also trace to impurity the following sins in the will: as to the end, voluptuarism (which subordinates all to fleshly pleasure) and hatred of God (which abhors the Supreme Lawgiver who forbids and punishes lust); as to the means, love of the present and horror of the future life (since the carnal man revels in bodily pleasures and dreads the thought of death and judgment). Finally, they trace the following sins of the tongue to the vice of impurity: the subject of the lewd man's talk is filthy, for out of the heart the mouth speaketh (Matt., xii. 34), the expression itself is foolish, since passion clouds his mind, the origin of his talk is emptiness of mind which shows itself in frivolous words, and his purpose is unsuitable amusement, which leads to farcical or vulgar jokes.

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      Based on the above, we can conclude that "heck" and "ass", in the sense that you've been using them, belong to the category of profane or vulgar speech. Such speech is at the very least venially sinful, with potential for mortal sin depending on the object and motive of the speech. However, even 'levity of mind' as a justification for their use is a sign of an impure habit, which is a vice that leads further into sin, and thus must be combatted.

      In light of this, I find it curious why you would go so far as to defend the ability to indulge in it. Even you sincerely believe that they're not profane, the use of "heck" and "ass" in making one's point is *unnecessary*. Why defend the use of vulgar speech which is ultimately superfluous, frivolous, or inherently foolish?

      Sincerely,

      A Simple Man

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    13. LOL. well thank you for providing a long-winded response that actually makes my case that most of you guys are over-scrupulous neurotic nutcases. In your world everything is sinful- except your schism

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    14. @anon1:42 Simple Man has proven he understands the teaching of the pre-Vatican II approved theologians, and you don't. That's why he understands Catholic teaching so well and you don't so you belong to the Vatican II sect.

      Only a true nutcase could believe that a man who states "There is no Catholic God," and "Proselytism is solemn nonsense" could possibly be "pope" of a Church that has dogmatically defined the contrary to be true!

      In "our world" you can't be in schism against a non-Catholic sect (Vatican II sect) and its non-pope Bergoglio.

      In your world, I can readily understand why things seem "super-scrupulous" when your invalid clergy see nothing wrong with sodomizing little boys and covering up for them. Explains a heck of a lot about you!

      ---Introibo

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    15. To Anon@1:42 PM,

      I'm glad you find the authoritative teaching of the Church to be so humorous...actually, I'm not. I'm rather disappointed that you find it so trivial.

      You don't know me in real life, nor do you know anyone else. With that being said, in response to a simple citation from an approved text on Catholic morals, you decided to label myself and others as "over-scrupulous neurotic nutcases", which speaks volumes about your temperament.

      Moral Theology is a serious science (in the traditional understanding of the term); were it not for the work of numerous moral theologians over the centuries, we wouldn't know what does or doesn't count as scrupulous. That should give you comfort, that the Church has done the heavy lifting to liberate people from a hypercritical conscience (a shame that Martin Luther was unable to do so; now *he* was truly an overscrupulous man suffering from who knows how many neuroses, just judging by the filthy vulgarity of his polemics), that they may know exactly what they are and are not liable for in the moral sense.

      You're free to look it up yourself: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35354/pg35354.html

      "In your world everything is sinful- except your schism" Given that Vatican II acknowledges that there are elements of salvation outside the Catholic Church, why exactly would sedevacantists be denied that? If Eastern Orthodox (who are actually schismatic), Protestants, Muslims, and Jews can be greeted with open ecumenical arms, then why not sedevacantists? Logically speaking, there is no reason why Traditionalists wouldn't qualify under the same scheme provided by Vatican II.

      But I digress.

      I'll just leave you with this one admonition from the Sermon on the Mount, courtesy of Our Lord Jesus Christ: "Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect." - Matthew 5:48

      Certainly a tall order, impossible without the graces of God, yet aided tremendously by the intercession of the saints and the prayers of the faithful. Why do I reference it? Well...I certainly can't imagine Jesus Christ using "heck" and "ass" in casual conversation.

      "Heck" as a milder name for the fires of Gehenna while teaching: possibly. "Ass" when referring to a donkey? Of course. But in the casually vulgar sense used by practically everyone in this day and age? I don't think so.

      Go in peace.

      Sincerely,

      A Simple Man

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    16. ZiSm Is sInFuLL

      Schismatic Patriarch Bartholomew gives chocolates to Francis
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksu5elTHHuo

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  3. If a child believes that they're the reincarnation of a fighter pilot, then we should absolutely believe them, so say the modern social elites.

    If a boy says that they're actually a girl (or vice-versa), then we should absolutely believe them, so say the modern social elites.

    If a minor girl wants to procure an abortion, then she shouldn't be encumbered by something so trifling as parental consent, so say the modern social elites.

    The modern social elites say many things.

    These modern social elites should be tried for child abuse, convicted, and suitably punished for the sheer damage they've wrought on untold innocents and the body politic at large.

    Sincerely,

    A Simple Man

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    1. Children can not lie or say stupid things

      Signed: The cosmic unicorn of Elvis

      #sarcasm

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    2. Simple Man,
      I agree they are perpetrators of child abuse!

      @anon12:17
      Your sarcasm is funny, but in these "past life" stories, the first sentence you wrote "Children can not lie or say stupid things"--is implicitly accepted as true. Scary.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    3. Yes, that is the sad part of my sarcasm. 😭 When it is sooo easy to manipulate a children.
      Now we have Greta Pontificating on economics. Next time, babes will be going to bed at 3am in the morning. But, what could happen if a boy says homosexuals can't be good daddies or divorce is not good? 🤔🤔🤔

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    4. Anon@2:19 PM,

      Then those boys clearly have internalized their own oppression, and are unwitting dupes for the white, cisgender, heterosexual, patriarchal troglodytes that brainwashed them.

      They must be promptly be sent to the nearest re-education camp to be enlightened. I'm sure China has a spare facility or two to offer from all their "work" with the Uyghurs.

      Satirically,

      A Simple Man

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    5. 😭😭😭😭 They suffer sooo much! They don't identify like Elvis's Unicorn.

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    6. Maybe Leininger was in the autism spectrum & genius, his "special interest" were WWII planes and this is why he learned so much about them as a toddler. The nightmares had been triggered not by him remembering his "past life" but by vivid imaginations of the horror of plane crashing - this has happened to me with other topics -. Instead of looking for professional help, mom and dad contacted a mad psychologist, and made themselves famous with their book.

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    7. @anon12:18
      Correct. The Leiningers did not act in their child's best interest, but in their own interests. What they did is, in my opinion, a form of abuse like what the parents of child celebrities (e.g. Michael Jackson, Gary Coleman, etc) often do--put themselves ahead of the well-being of the very child they should protect at all cost. God pity them.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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  4. The New Age false "Christians" may propagate their false belief in reincarnation, however, we as true Christians have the Resurrection. As Christians when we recite the Apostle's Creed, we affirm the belief of what happens after death: "I believe in the Resurrection of the body and life everlasting." Our soul lives forever, and our body will come to life again. Jesus rose body and soul 3 days after his passion and death. The new age "Christians" who believe in reincarnation are in diabolical opposition as true Christians believe in the Resurrection.

    1 Cor 15: 12-18
    "Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again. And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ; whom he hath not raised up, if the dead rise not again. For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again. And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins. Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished."

    JoAnn

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    1. Joann,
      well stated! Yes, we who profess the True Faith must boldly proclaim the Resurrection or our "faith is in vain" if it is not true! It is the truth and we must profess and preach it more boldly than those who spread the lie of reincarnation.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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  5. Introibo,
    Thank you very much for the detailed answer to my question about reincarnation. It will certainly come in handy in everyday life, to be able to "give an answer to everyone who asks thee to give the reason for the hope that thou hast."

    God bless you,
    Paweł

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  6. Introibo,
    I can't tell you how many times I have had casual conversations with people who state "in my next life" alluding to their belief in reincarnation. Also, the amount of times I have heard people use the word "Karma" is unbelievable. The Devil is out there actively sowing his seeds of these new age pagan beliefs and society readily accepts them. We as Christians need to combat them with the truth. "Jesus is the way, the truth and the life".
    Introibo - Have you done a post on Karma? If not, would you consider doing one? The amount of so-called Christian people who I have had conversations with and use "Karma" is unbelievable.

    JoAnn

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    1. JoAnn,

      Introibo has written a few times before on the subject of karma and reincarnation:

      https://introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-sensation-of-reincarnation.html

      https://introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2020/05/when-strangers-come-knocking-part-9_4.html

      Sincerely,

      A Simple Man

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  7. This sickening "karma" nonsense has already entered a common man's lexicon and serves as a synonym for negative consequences of sb's actions.
    The long-disputed issue of whether the language shapes the mind or vice versa comes into question. Language, however, as a product of human intellect is subject to mind - therefore, whoever controls the mind, controls the language as well. If the mind conforms to the Truth revealed by God, all is well; disrupt this connection and you get the mess we're in today. Thus, this entire academic debate in linguistics of whether the language influences the mind or the other way round (aka the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) is resolved when one turns to the immutable teachings of the Catholic Church for his answers; how comforting is that!
    The fact that people - claiming to be Christians, or even Catholics (Novus Ordo, actually) - use freely and generally accept this pagan term is another proof just how abominable the heresy of syncretism is.

    God Bless You,
    Joanna S.

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    1. Joanna,
      I am so sick of people using the word Karma. I find it is mostly the Novus Order adherents that use it the most. For some reason they seem to take perverse pride in their syncretism and ecumenism. I guess they need to be reminded of the bible verse: "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever". God does not change. It is man who has tried to add to and change Christianity to please and appease the pagans. Just my 2 cents.

      JoAnn

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    2. Joanna and Joann,
      You two ladies have a great understanding of the evil of ecumenism which is indispensable for surviving spiritually (and perhaps even mentally and physically) in this time of Great Apostasy. If only everyone understood so well!

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    3. The reason Novus Ordo's use words like karma, shalom, or yoga is because that religion teaches them to respect the beliefs of others and acknowledge other religions as "holy."

      It reminds me of a movie I watched from the 70's called The Conflict" where the abbot says to the priest from Rome (played by Martin Sheen) "Yesterday's orthodoxy is today's heresy."

      In other words, you can partake of false religions with all the fake "popes" and "bishops" since Vatican II, even though that was always condemned by the Catholic Church before Vatican II/John XXIII, but you can't reject false religions or proclaim yourself to be a sedevacantist because that is the sin against ecumenism and separation/schism from the counterfeit catholic church.

      Lee

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    4. The word "Believe" is plastered all over the City where I live. I do not know what "Believe" is referring to. However, I do know what James 2:19 states regarding "Believe":
      "Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble."

      JoAnn

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    5. Lee,
      What you say is so true! I have a family member who teaches at a Novus Ordo School. I am told that the Religion class teaches about every religion but Catholicism. Of course the class doesn't teach about the heresies of the other religions, but about how noble these other religions are. No wonder the graduates of these NO schools go around spouting and adhering to beliefs in Karma, practice Yoga, etc. and think ecumenism is the norm.
      Going to lookup the movie "The Conflict".

      JoAnn

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    6. Lee,
      Everything is holy to the Vatican II sect EXCEPT the truth. Hell only exists for Traditionalists, so it seems.

      Joann,
      "The Conflict" is worth watching; it really makes you ponder everything that's happened since Vatican II.

      God bless,

      ---Introibo

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    7. Lol on the "everything is holy to the Vatican II sect EXCEPT the truth." The funny thing is Novus ordo apologist such as Patrick Madrid, Scott Hahn, and the EWTN types always used to say (maybe they still do) the truth shall set you free. Boy, who are they fooling?

      Lee

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    8. Lee your first response was excellent.
      "The Conflict" is a must see movie.
      This movie shows how the Novus Ordo sect went to the ends of the Earth to start the new false religion.
      Excellent blog entry my Catholic Brother.
      God bless -Andrew-

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    9. "Thou believest that there is one God.Thou dost well:the devils also believe + tremble."
      -St.James 2:19

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  8. Hey I'm the reincarnation of a slave in the south so gibme dat reperations

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    1. Ryan,
      Although funny, your comment is closer to the truth in ways you probably don't realize. As far back as the early 1980s, reincarnation was being used to promote homosexuality, and more recently, transgenderism. Having rejected the hylomorphism of body and soul as taught by Aquinas (and adopted by the Church) people are not a "ghost in a machine (body)." The disincarnate soul is not fully human until the resurrection. Your body is intimately part of who you are and not just a shell to be replaced by another. With reincarnation, someone is a man in this life could have been a woman in a past life and vice-versa. This what caused New Ager Shirley Maclaine to accept homosexuality as "normal" and part of the human "experience." She claims that as a result we are all "basically androgynous"(See "Out on a Limb" [1983], pg. 199).

      Can your scenario of reparations for being an African American slave in a prior life be far behind? Today's humor could be tomorrow's reality!

      God Bless,


      ---Introibo

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    2. WhAt iF WhiTe PeoPle aRe the ReinCarNatioN oF BlaCk SlAveS? 😦😦😦

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    3. I've noticed men + women who believe in reincarnation are always Kings Soldiers Queens and
      Princesses.
      God bless -Andrew-

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    4. Andrew,
      Yes, isn't it strange almost no one was a beggar or a hard working laborer?

      ---Introibo

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  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBcCwlXN_OY&feature=emb_logo

    When you watch the video, you'll see how safe and loving it truly is.

    Lee

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  10. Introibo,
    I have read several times where Roncalli was involved with the Rosacurians while an Apostolic Delegate to Turkey in 1935. Do you know anything about his alleged involvement with the Rosacurians? Thanks.

    JoAnn

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    1. Joann,
      There have been MANY allegations that Roncalli was a Freemason or member of an affiliated secret society. I believe this to be true based on the fact that he was censured for teaching the theories of occultist and high ranking Freemason, Rudolf Steiner. As I had written in a prior post:

      According to Dr. Rama Coomaraswamy, there was someone deeply into the teachings of Rudolf Steiner; one Angelo Roncalli, who would become "Pope" John XXIII and convoke the Second Vatican (Robber) Council! Coomaraswamy writes, "Then in 1924, after the death of his beloved bishop [Bp. Tedeschi], he [Roncalli] was called back to Rome and given a minor post in the Association for the Propagation of the Faith. At this time he also became a part time Professor of Patristics at the Lateran University, only to be relieved of his post within months "on suspicion of Modernism" and for "teaching the theories of Rudolf Steiner" (See The Destruction of the Christian Tradition, World Wisdom Press, 2006, pg. 134 & Footnote 17, pg. 154). Steiner's students (Roncalli is a student in the loose sense of the word) have infiltrated the Church as well as the secular professions.

      (See http://introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2018/06/an-education-in-evil.html).

      ---Introibo

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    2. Speaking of Dr. Rama Coomaraswamy here is a link to his articles: http://the-pope.com/articlec.html

      Lee

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    3. I'm convinced the best way to describe the novus ordo sect is calling it,
      "the Noahide Heresy."
      Modernism was a different time,different place,and made the Novus Ordo/Noahide eresy + apostasy possible.
      God bless -Andrew-

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    4. Andrew,
      I'll have more to say about Noahide in a future post.

      God Bless,

      ---Introibo

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    5. Introibo,
      I would like your opinion on an article I came across regarding the Encyclical by Roncalli entitled: "On Promoting Devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ". The article states as follows:

      "In June 1960 when Angelo had climbed up the stairs of the Vatican high enough to become Pope John XXIII, he issued a profoundly important apostolic letter: ON PROMOTING DEVOTION TO THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. This letter emphasized Jesus’ suffering as a human being and maintained that the redemption of mankind had been effected by the shedding of his blood. In the context of Pope John’s letter, Jesus’ human Passion and the shedding of his blood assume a greater consequence than the Resurrection or even than the mechanics of the Crucifixion. If man’s redemption was achieved by the shedding of Jesus’ blood, his death and resurrection become incidental, if not, indeed, superfluous. Through his letter Pope John XXIII implies that the death of Jesus on the cross is no longer a requisite tenet of the Roman Catholic faith. Jesus need not have died on the cross for the Catholic faith to retain its validity."

      https://www.renneslechateau.nl/2007/11/16/angelo-roncalli/

      Thanks.
      JoAnn

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    6. Joann,
      I have no love for false pope Roncalli (needless to say). Yet the author of that blog is seriously mistaken. We are redeemed by the shedding of the Precious Blood, often referred to as "the Price paid for our salvation." How does the author think His Blood was shed? In the Passion and Crucifixion. It was by His death, not His resurrection, that we are redeemed. His Resurrection proved He was God in the flesh.

      The approved theologians teach that every act of Christ is of INFINITE VALUE because it is an ACT OF GOD WHO IS INFINITELY PERFECT. Technically, any Act of Christ could have redeemed us, but He chose the horrific death of the Cross to impress upon us the magnitude of the terrible consequences of sin.

      To suggest that devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Christ, given the highest approval by Pope Pius IX, somehow derogates from Christ's Passion and Resurrection is theological ignorance.

      Roncalli is guilty of many evil and heretical things. This isn't one of them.

      ---Introibo

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    7. Introibo,
      Thanks much for the clarification on that article. It didn't seem to make sense to me so thought I would run it by you.

      JoAnn

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  11. Don't forget to inform your readers about the Advent O' Antiphons which are prayed daily Dec.17-Dec.25
    God bless
    -Andrew

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    1. Andrew,
      Thanks to your good comment, the readership has been informed!

      ---Introibo

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  12. Did 't Kurt Cobain believed in reincarnation? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
    Another man who believed in reincarnation was *insert drumroll* JP2!!!!!!!

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    1. @anon8:58
      I'm no fan of Wojtyla (to say the least), but can you please cite the source whereby he he is said to have believed in Reincarnation?

      ---Introibo

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    2. Yes!
      https://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2019/01/saint-john-paul-ii-believed-in.html
      Have a nice day.

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    3. @anon9:54
      Thank you! It's not surprising since Roncalli was a disciple of Steiner. I'm not 100% sold on the testimony of Robert Spaemann, but I'm not the least surprised if The Great Apostate was a reincarnationist!

      Thank you for the information!

      ---Introibo

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