tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post929323201590515097..comments2024-03-28T23:07:29.586-07:00Comments on Introibo Ad Altare Dei: The Straight Dope On DrugsIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-76479744166638721012022-06-24T03:08:07.450-07:002022-06-24T03:08:07.450-07:00I appriciate the fact that, while disagreeing with...I appriciate the fact that, while disagreeing with me, You leave final judgement for the Church. I agree that many risks of tobacco use weren't known before the Council, but the addictive nature ("addictive" in the sense of users feeling nervous without it, not in the sense of being slave to it and limiting free will) of tobacco was surely known, since it is part of every user's experience. It is also my personal oppinion that there is not proportionate reason for habitual smoking of cigarettes (at least in a way that average smoker does it), but I would say that all studies I have found on the subject (and I really didn't cherry-pick) show that the habitual use of smokeless tobacco is, while not being without risks, significantly less risky and can be proportionate. This is not widely publicized, not because of some conspiracy, but because the policy of major health organizations is tobacco-free world, rather than risk reduction, but it can be confirmed even in these studies. With oral tobacco, there is significant risk of gum recession (which in majority of cases won't cause serious problems), but quite slight risk of serious life-threatening diseases such as oral cancer. Again, risks are, according to most studies, higher than with non-users, but I would consider it quite low. <br /><br />Regarding alcohol, I agree with you that it's habitual use, even in moderate ammounts, brings certain temptations (mainly alcoholism and putting too much confidence in material things), but if use is carefully controlled, it can also diminish others, since in certain cases being relaxed makes you less likely to commit sin. We should weight it's effect on us and make a judgement according to what we believe is better for us.<br /><br />I have tried herbal teas as well as L-theanine (extract of green tea), but it didn't really work for me. Cantarion tea did help a bit with sleep, but I started having weird dreams and panic attacks during night (which never happened after a glass of wine), so I guess it's not for me either. <br /><br />I fully agree that abstinence is, in general, more perfect way. This doesn't apply just to alcohol or tobacco, but also to things like coffee, sweets, meat, decent (i.e. not sinful to watch) movies, detective stories and even marriage (virginity is superior to marriage), but what is generally speaking more perfect isn't necessarily better with all people and in all ocassions. Thus, while virginity is in itself more perfect than marriage, for some people it is better to marry and while abstinence from meat is better than eating meat, for some people it is better to eat meat, even on daily basis (we are, however, not allowed to judge for ourselves on days of obligatory abstinence - the only exception there is grave necessity). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-73024256050375303112022-06-23T17:47:22.185-07:002022-06-23T17:47:22.185-07:00@anon12:33
You are correct that the Church has nev...@anon12:33<br />You are correct that the Church has never pronounced the use of tobacco sinful. However, since the time of the Great Apostasy, we know all the myriad ills caused by tobacco. I believe that, if Vatican II had not taken place, the Magisterium would have declared the use of tobacco a sin against the Fifth Commandment which enjoins the reasonable good care of one's health. Nevertheless, while I consider any use of tobacco foolish in the extreme, I have no authority to deem it a sin. You might want to try herbal teas and such as a better way to enhance concentration.<br /><br />As to alcohol, please read my post:<br /> https://introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2020/08/sobering-thoughts.html<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---IntroiboIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-17516652116003782412022-06-23T12:33:35.741-07:002022-06-23T12:33:35.741-07:00Moderate use of alcohol and tobacco makes life eas...Moderate use of alcohol and tobacco makes life eassier to me. Dipping twice a day helps me concentrate, having a drink (one, not more) in the evening makes it easier for me to sleep. Dipping is low risk (proportionate to the benefits in my case), one drink a day isn't risk at all. Tobacco is an addiction in the sense that I will feel a bit nervous if I don't take it (same as with coffee), but not in the sense that I will put it before God and His law. I don't see why that would be sinful or reprehensible in any way... You may choose not to use it, but I don't see it as sinful, especially since many holy men of preconciliar era smoked or used snuff and it was never condemned. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-15228542399140275752022-06-20T01:46:04.995-07:002022-06-20T01:46:04.995-07:00Cancer is big business but chemotherapy has a 97% ...Cancer is big business but chemotherapy has a 97% failure rate. Cancer screening programs often lead to overdiagnosis. Tumours are often where your body stores toxins that it cannot get rid of. Learn to detox regularly and you can avoid them. There are many cancer cures but you won’t hear about them because the treatments for cancer is just part of our eugenics “healthcare” system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-9143777791275074522022-06-18T16:10:24.063-07:002022-06-18T16:10:24.063-07:00@anon3:17
The author of the site is another "...@anon3:17<br />The author of the site is another "Vacancy Pusher," i.e., one who "pushes" the time of the Vacancy prior to Roncalli (John XXIII). From this stems his other errors. Two of the most infamous are Michael Bizzaro (his real name) who claims Pope St. Pius X as the last pope, and Richard Ibranyi (formerly associated with Fred and Bobby Dimond) who has the vacancy starting in 1130 A.D.! <br /><br />I wrote a post about this, and if you look in the comments, a disturbed individual named Miguel Pasamano claimed Pope Pius IX was the last pope. I challenged him and told him it wouldn't be long until he was like Ibranyi.<br /><br />He commented back to me:<br />"People were questioning Antipopes "Leo XIII", "Pius X", "Benedict XV", "Pius XI", and "Pius XII" long before Richard Ibranyi stupidly started denouncing every true pope after Innocent II all the way up to Pius IX but leave it to dishonest schismatics and heretics like you to mention radical schismatics and heretics like him..."<br /><br />Got all that? Well, he soon claimed Pope Pius IX as an "antipope." Now, he claims the vacancy began in 904 A.D. outdoing Ibranyi by over 200 years! Won't be long until he's back to St. Peter as the last pope (I always was suspicious of that Pope St. Linus!).<br /><br />See my post:<br />http://introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2017/08/pushing-back-time-of-vacancy.html<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---IntroiboIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-85300765131043556652022-06-18T15:43:08.007-07:002022-06-18T15:43:08.007-07:00Andrew,
The ordination of widowers with no depende...Andrew,<br />The ordination of widowers with no dependents was done via dispensation pre-Vatican II. Can epikeia justify such? Perhaps, but I need to give this topic MUCH thought before I can give an informed opinion.<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---Introibo Introibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-40573085193727256582022-06-18T15:38:42.968-07:002022-06-18T15:38:42.968-07:00Joanna and Andrew,
The need for unity is great. I ...Joanna and Andrew,<br />The need for unity is great. I agree that complacency amongst Traditionalists is great, when we should be petitioning the clergy to work out their problems and unite and against the real enemy--the Vatican II sect.<br /><br />Joanna, when I retire, I will indeed write about Fr. DePauw!<br /><br />God Bless you both,<br /><br />---IntroiboIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-63969951591746184832022-06-18T15:17:35.099-07:002022-06-18T15:17:35.099-07:00Another dolt pretending to be a Catholic:
https:/...Another dolt pretending to be a Catholic: <br />https://fitzinfo.net/2022/02/23/fatima-a-satanic-deception-to-aid-anti-christ-ecumenism-subjection-to-russia-and-to-lead-souls-to-hell-says-catholic-author/?noamp=mobile#comments<br /><br />He said St. Alphonsus "taught 30 ways of swearing falsely without guilt."<br /><br />That the great apostasy could not be started by Johnny 23, and that therefore Pius XII and other real Popes must have been antipopes. <br /><br />Can anyone here address this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-61335482192138647822022-06-18T14:32:31.138-07:002022-06-18T14:32:31.138-07:00Agree,it's like they've all unwittingly ac...Agree,it's like they've all unwittingly acclimated to being permanent splinter groups out of routine or never knowing Catholic life post 1970.<br />It's unavoidable and understandable due to 5 + decades of the vacancy.<br />On my bad days it feels like we're becoming a smaller version of Eastern Orthodoxy.<br />Thank God for the Thuc Lefebvre Mendez Priests Bishops+ chapels, we'd be in full blown chaos without them.<br />Still,instead of trad Catholics condemning and anathematizing each other monthly,they and we should issue a truce and ask for prayers of trad Catholic unity.<br />Hypothetically,it would be good to see Fr.David Hewko,Fr.Jenkins,and Bishop Sanborn sit in the same room and talk about the possibility of trad Catholic unity in the future.<br />God bless -Andrew Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-71911837875183682462022-06-18T11:04:54.476-07:002022-06-18T11:04:54.476-07:00Introibo,
wow, that's sheer insanity what this...Introibo,<br />wow, that's sheer insanity what this SSPX priest had the nerve to say. And, smearing the good name of Father DePauw like that! <br />I do hope you'll be able to write down your memories of the good Father some time when you're retired, Intro.<br /><br />Andrew,<br />it seems to me after decades of "garage" Masses many groups of traditional Catholics have been able to establish themselves more or less, and once they found their comfort zones, they suppose there's nothing more to be done. The various trad controversies are part of these comfort zones, too. That's just my two cents and I may be wrong. <br /><br />If only we had more priests, true spiritual fathers, after the example of Fr. DePauw! <br /><br />God Bless You,<br />Joanna S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-51745453721906746172022-06-18T10:04:26.125-07:002022-06-18T10:04:26.125-07:00Hypothetically,a man has children,wife is deceased...Hypothetically,a man has children,wife is deceased,and he hopefully wants to be Ordained. Is this wrong?<br />What do you think of the <br />"Simplex married Priest" idea floating around on the internet.<br />He's married w 1 or more children,is validly Ordained after yrs of seminary,and can only offer confession and Holy Mass? I'm not advocating,it's an active subject on internet threads. The idea being a priest shortage and/or severe totalitarian future lockdown preventing Catholics from Holy Mass & receiving Sacraments.<br /><br />God bless -Andrew Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-34803842812600694312022-06-17T15:04:12.070-07:002022-06-17T15:04:12.070-07:00OkOkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-12773286627425247492022-06-17T15:04:03.651-07:002022-06-17T15:04:03.651-07:00Ok Thank youOk Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-17580247931940582622022-06-17T14:57:56.230-07:002022-06-17T14:57:56.230-07:00@anon10:16
I am not a copyright attorney and do no...@anon10:16<br />I am not a copyright attorney and do not know the legalities involved. If you're asking me if it is moral (and assuming the law is exactly as you stated), it appears unjust. There'a the old saying, "Sometimes the law is an ass." <br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---Introibo Introibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-35050549503723062962022-06-17T14:55:03.555-07:002022-06-17T14:55:03.555-07:00@anon10:13
Yes. A priest may bequeath anything he ...@anon10:13<br />Yes. A priest may bequeath anything he owns to anyone he so chooses, just as any other American citizen; and nothing in ecclesiastical law prohibits it either. (Hopefully, he would not have children!!).<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---Introibo Introibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-27291848388537842052022-06-17T10:16:54.837-07:002022-06-17T10:16:54.837-07:00Copyright Question: Suppose there is a book, whose...Copyright Question: Suppose there is a book, whose author is dead, has left no inheritance and the editorial that published exists no more. There is no way of buying the book because other libraries do not sell it. <br /><br />However, the laws of copyright claim the book is still outside of public domain. Are this laws just or unjust?<br /><br />Thank You and God Bless. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-91951653459060027462022-06-17T10:13:03.958-07:002022-06-17T10:13:03.958-07:00I have a question.
Can priests give inheritance ...I have a question. <br /><br />Can priests give inheritance to someone? (I am thinking in close friends and relatives who are not not his children). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-34197494474014180042022-06-15T16:56:22.740-07:002022-06-15T16:56:22.740-07:00@anon4:01
That may be the reason. However, silence...@anon4:01<br />That may be the reason. However, silence does not necessarily imply consent. I don't believe St. Gertrude the Great should be ostracized even though Fr. Cekada (defended by Bp. Dolan and his other clergy) made a serious error by condoning the murder of Terri Schiavo.<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---IntroiboIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-79705504127365287922022-06-15T16:39:56.256-07:002022-06-15T16:39:56.256-07:00Dave,
As a general rule I agree with you. However,...Dave,<br />As a general rule I agree with you. However, we all will die someday and aging brings on failure of our organs. Some diseases are genetic (e.g., sickle cell anemia). Most diseases can be prevented or at least put off until advanced old age. Getting medically screened is also a must. Once a year, a full body check for melanoma, a prostate exam (men), breast exam (women), colonoscopy once every five years, etc.<br /><br />Screenings are lifesavers too!<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---IntroiboIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-29693300771997674552022-06-15T16:33:20.583-07:002022-06-15T16:33:20.583-07:00@anon5:14
There is clinical death (cessation of he...@anon5:14<br />There is clinical death (cessation of heart and lungs), and brain death. Doctors themselves cannot say for certain when the moment of death arrives. It could be held as morally certain 20 minutes after clinical death, when the hope of revival is gone in almost all cases.<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />---IntroiboIntroibo Ad Altare Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377479441601352059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-77714594867386473442022-06-15T16:01:17.047-07:002022-06-15T16:01:17.047-07:00The reason why bp pivarunas and cmri might be ostr...The reason why bp pivarunas and cmri might be ostracised is that they are responsible (as a whole, no member of the cmri made public a dissenting stance as far as we know) for a serious error in the realm of faith and morals. They never discussed the stance again which suggests that they hold to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-30110408665916483332022-06-15T07:41:32.452-07:002022-06-15T07:41:32.452-07:00I'm utterly overwhelmed w all traditional Cath...I'm utterly overwhelmed w all traditional Catholic disunity and controversy.Joanna S is right,some clerics go much too far in the extreme by declaring rules for Holy Communion and "new dogmas" such as <br />"Una Cum " I pray for a Catholic Pope Hierarchy & traditional Catholic unity daily.<br />Good for Fr.DePauw on standing up for himself.<br />Fr knew what was up and the SSPX backed himself into a corner.<br />God bless -Andrew Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-59642884454738099262022-06-15T05:14:28.823-07:002022-06-15T05:14:28.823-07:00What is the criterion for death?What is the criterion for death?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-17994994944838723212022-06-14T23:05:19.803-07:002022-06-14T23:05:19.803-07:00For the most part, drugs don't cure diseases; ...For the most part, drugs don't cure diseases; they only treat symptoms. Think of this: the NIH, the National Institute of Health, has been in existence for over 100 years. In 2022, they have about 20,000+ employees. They have received over $1 trillion (a thousand billion) in their long history. <br /><br />The NIH has never found the cure to ONE single disease. Not one.<br /><br />Most diseases are caused by lifestyle choices. As an example, for the women reading this:<br /><br />Women can reduce their likelihood of breast cancer diagnosis by up to 40-70%(!) by doing one thing (which their doctors can't make money from!) It costs the women $0.00 to do this: Get 4 hours a week of exercise every week. It doesn't have to be strenuous, either. Just consistent.<br /><br />Cancer of the uterus: Here's how a woman can practically make sure she'll NEVER get that disease. Women, when you meet a man, you marry him, and you only have marital relations with that one man, your husband. Gee, weren't we taught that as Catholics, anyway? Even apart from your soul, it has benefits in this life for your health.<br /><br />My point here is that diseases don't just "fall from the sky"; we do things that bring them on.DaveVInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466183320330735196.post-62939306034599522792022-06-14T21:27:11.523-07:002022-06-14T21:27:11.523-07:00What about selling or making drugs? Where do Docto...What about selling or making drugs? Where do Doctors, 7-11 clerks, Big Pharma, Marijuana growers, Trappist Monks fall on the spectrum?Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995185154782928965noreply@blogger.com