re: JD Vance doesn’t run his household. How can he run the country?

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I believe Christ is the unique Savior of humanity. In this, I believe there is no difference between me/Catholics and the guys involved in this exchange.

Where we differ is how God judges, and the notion that we're all judged precisely the same (or not). My belief - God doesn't judge people for a revelation they never had a genuine opportunity to receive. Otherwise, salvation would depend as much on accident of birthplace and time as on God's justice.

In other words, and I believe this is consistent with Jesus' own words - people are judged according to what they've been given. "To whom much is given, much will be required." In this light, I don't believe someone born into an isolated, non-Christian culture will be judged the same way someone who knowingly rejects Christ after hearing the Gospel will.

Adam has made something of the notion that "works earn salvation" but that's not quite what I'm suggesting. Works do not earn God's grace, but works can demonstrate that a person is responding to God's grace, even if they have never known Him explicitly/may not recognize the source of that grace. To be clear, if they are saved, they are saved by Christ alone.

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I agree with what you have written above.

However, two things:

1. There are very few—VERY few—people left on the planet currently who qualify as living their whole lives isolated in non-Christian cultures and never having any contact with the Gospel.

2. I appreciate your thoughts, but you still haven't answered the question. Is the quoted post here what you were taught? Is it mainstream Catholic theology?

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Nothing is more hypocritical than a feminist

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Paging cubbies

Nonsense. BTW, the only running Biden ever did was to the potty.

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I’ve said this plenty times, JD is suspect.

Team Rubio.

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You're choosing the pot over the kettle? We know Rubio cant be trusted.

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at least you know what you're getting with Rubio

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Yeah, Gang of Eight.

OP is a racist.

In fairness I don’t really know, but it seems logical.

But even if I am wrong about her politics, my point still stands.

“Cucked” is easily the most grossly misused and overused term on this forum.

Would someone please engage in some critical thinking?

Good Lord.

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Hey, if their religion works for them and their values don’t conflict with mine for how our children get raised, then I don’t see the problem. I grew up in a mixed faith marriage where we attended services at both religions, celebrated both sets of holidays and traditions, and we got to choose which one to practice when we were old enough to make that choice ourselves.

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We are not supposed to be unequally yoked in marriage. There is one true God, not just whatever god you feel like serving. It is a failure for any man who calls himself a Christian to enter into that kind of marriage, and then to make no effort to convert his wife. You can't force her, and I'm not suggesting he should, but I wouldn't be sitting there nodding my head with a smile on my face as my wife expresses her disinterest in changing from her false religion.

"Getting along" is not what's most important. Sometimes you have to do what's difficult, even if it means your spouse ends up leaving you. But really, the mistake was marrying a Hindu woman, in the first place.