ext_234995 ([identity profile] badsede.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sophiaserpentia 2006-03-14 05:05 am (UTC)

ecause no one can have everything their way.

That's not what I'm asking for, all I'm asking is that my faith not be subjected condemnation for acting in accordance with our faith.

Lord knows, if queer people stopped doing good because we didn't get everything our way... it wouldn't be pretty.

Catholic Charities is not stopping doing good, just redirecting. Considering Catholic charities is the largest provider of charity in the world - at one time, provided more charity than all others combined - saying that this move is tantamount to "stopping" is a bit of a stretch.

What does "holy" mean?

Something set apart.

In Jesus day, as today, it was pretty well established in Jewish tradition that the way you keep the Sabbath holy is by not doing any labor.

Jesus explains it in the scene itself, explaining how the Torah also provides the answer.

of which, according to one statement of Jesus, not a jot or a tittle shall pass

We've had this conversation. Considering that he contradicts Mosaic Law in the same scene where he says this, it is immediately obvious that he did not equate "The Law" with Mosaic law.

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