Wolfgang Smith would have said that God's consciousness grounds all being. If a tree falls in an isolated forest, God knows. This is vertical causation. Einstein rejected the quantum paradigm initially, but experimental results strongly indicated that Bohr, Heisenberg et al were right and he had to concede. I don't think that just because man can only know probabilities of quantum potential that this means 'God plays dice'. This is taking a human-centred viewpoint. Man is not omniscient, but God is and knows in advance the outcome of every potential quantum event. He is not limited either spatially or temporally. The discovery of quantum uncertainty, combined with Goedel's contemperaneous discovery of his Incompleteness Theorem (like Heisenberg, Goedel was also a Christian) both represent a humbling experience for a profession that once thought it knew it all, or at least could. Our measuring devices are limited because, unlike our consciousnesses, they are part of the physical universe and therefore are themselves affected by their measurements. Only non-material consciousness can transcend this.
Putin seems to be engaging in a very dangerous game of 'chicken', what with this and his recent ballistic missile tests. We may hope, I think, for a Trump presidency as he seems the only person willing to, and capable of, talking down this very precarious brinkmanship.
I think that you both might find interesting this part of Fr. Kirby's Bible Study where he covers the story of the nephilim: Also, in this article from Catholic Answers, Scott Hahn is quoted as saying that Nephilim can be translated as "tyrants": https://www.catholic.com/qa/explaining-the-nephilim-of-genesis
Really good exegesis of this. Lots to reflect on, thank you. I find it interesting how each time men fall they seem to have a mightiness in their bloodline. Like Nimrod who was the grandson of Ham. It's almost like each time man falls, they continue the bloodline of the fallen. Just as those who follow Christ, continue the bloodline of the sons of God. There is a scientist whose name is Rupert Sheldrake who talks about morphogenic fields which would possibly align with this. It's like whatever we align with, we are tapping into all of those who aligned with it through all of history.
Wow Scott Hahn's insights are incredible + When left unchecked, sin becomes institutionalized. In every age of salvation history, sexual immorality and violence go hand in hand, triggering the hard remedy of God’s judgment in the form of the covenant curses. And nothing institutionalizes sin more than marital infidelity. The whole culture gets clobbered, especially the children. And afterward only a remnant survives, barely.
One thing I notice when people stray from the truth how angry they get. Angry and full of hate. We saw this with Communism for instance. Anger is a great sign of the presence of the demonic.
I don't know if the moral of the story was sexual immorality according to the priest in the video. He makes allusions to the possibility of it. But rather it was about the sons of God mixing with the daughters of men, which would be infidelity towards God. This infidelity has the result of creating offspring with a proclivity to rebel. That being said, I still am hesitant to buy into this theory entirely. Mainly because both apostles, St. Jude and St. Peter, refer to Enoch and it seems like Jesus would have set the record straight with them. It was only after St. Augustine came up with this theory, one which is excellent, that the church adopted this view. Before that it was something entirely different.
Pax, here's the Tim Staples video on the book of Enoch that I mentioned on the other thread. Sorry it has taken me so long to post it. I was called away due to illness of a family member. The crisis is over now but it has been a reminder to me to get my priorities straight.
thank you for posting this, I hope and pray everything is ok with your family now that the crisis is over. It is incredible how a crisis can put things into perspective.
So true. I've seen it in my own family and myself during crazy times. But by going through these evil times, hence my dedication to the Rosary, St Michael and sin many others. That anger and self pity can destroy us.
I read this morning that included in Trump's peace proposals for NATO's proxy Ukrainian is one that will involve European troops defending their side of a buffer zone between themselves and Russia. If so, the onus is going to fall on a Europe that has been very loud in belligerence with other people's lives. Will they have the money? Will their citizens be willing to pay and fight? They've seen their 'wonder-weapons' (remember that arrogant English war-monger boasting of how their best tank was going to irresistably burst through Russian lines-they got burst, alright) completely destroyed by Russia; now Europe lacks the industrial capacity and knowledge to build new weapons-they'll have to fork out to the US for the latter's own second-rate ones. Some might propose that we can look to Brittania, but Starmer's neo-Imperial ambitions have proven to be ones of straw, as the former Empire struggles to cope with the Houtis and as reports emerge of the complete dysfunctionality of Britain's military. Nor is Starmer's case likely to be helped by his campaigning for the hapless Harris. So, we might be left with the Clown Continent of the EU and UK to directly face Russia on its own borders, with half of this continent helplessly dependent on Russia for the gas it needs to survive its brutal winters. I need hardly remind the people on here that the pieces on the chessboard are continuing to fall into the positions that might be indicated by venerable, Catholic Church-approved prophecy. We in Ireland can be more sanguine than others. We are the most westerly and are utterly insignificant and lack any great history of belligerence with any other nation. Indeed, most of our colleagues in Europe are former invasive, colonial and imperial powers, whereas ours is a long history of being brutally colonised and persecuted. In this context, I find it difficult to get upset for a Europe that has been very eager to destroy itself for over a century. Reality is apparently about to bite for Europe. May it also bite Israel. Rant over..!
Our Lady has said that the final battle would be over 'the family'. Western civilisation, or rather what it has degraded to, is foot-to-the-floor towards a cliff on this issue. The results are catastrophic, even on the secular level, God help us in the face of the Spiritual consequences.
Recently the narrative of who is attacking humanity has changed from the "deep state" to the "death cult". Which has a kind of a double meaning, what is the "deep state" of humanity, is it currently a "death cult" (worshiping death)? As I watch the leaders of the death cult, I often see them as wounded children. Especially now when they are on their back foot, full of fear and panic. I also see it in the videos of adult tantrums at the loss of the election to President Trump, crying and screaming on camera, shaving their heads and so on. Wailing and gnashing of teeth. We know that Jesus is the way the truth and the life. We also know that Christianity begins in the family. Which means that everything life giving starts in the family. So it doesn't surprise me that the "death cult" attacks all things life giving, especially the family. This has been said many times before by many much more intelligent than I, but for me lately it has been bubbling up questions. It seems that humanity is at a crossroads as to where it wants to go. This is where I believe the battle Mother Mary speaks of lays, in the collective hearts of each one of us. Do we want death or do we want life? Which seems obvious at first glance, but as life isn't always straight forward. Deep down I think a lot of people want death, they want only pleasure and profit, which is really a limitation on ourselves, and what we have been programmed with. I don't know that I even know what a pro-life society looks like or would look like.
Because you have once again posted something that I agree with, I have been thinking for a while about how I would like to express my thoughts on this. Sometimes there's a lot in my head and it's difficult to sort it out in a meaningful way. Now, unfortunately, it won't be anything to do with the main content of your post. But I don't think that's so important, at least not for me My sister came to visit earlier and she talked a bit about the sermon she heard today in her parish. The priest simply put it in a nutshell - with all the bad things that happen and that we have to experience, we should always think of the end. Remember the great happy ending. Finally, this is even the resurrection. And at least the things that are written in the holy scriptures are carved in stone. So the sooner the AC is there, the sooner we'll have it behind us. And if you die before all sorts of things happen, you'll have this vale of tears behind you anyway. I observe world events from this perspective. Knowing about some prophecies makes it more exciting for me. And it gives you one more level of thought to ponder.
On one of his broadcasts Archbishop Sheen explained that there is a pattern in societies' generations... When one generation suppresses something to the degree that one is expected not to discuss or even think about a subject, the following generation becomes obsessed with the matter. The puritanical Elizabethan period is followed by the excessively sexually obsessed roaring 20s, and he used other examples. He ended the speech asking what is it in our society now (In the 1970s) that is suppressed, the most taboo subject? He gives the answer...death.
Russian navy warship carrying hypersonic missiles conducts drills in English Channel The ship, the frigate Admiral Golovko conducted counter-terrorism drills and training on avoiding dangerous targets while in the Channel, Russian state agencies reported. More here: https://news.sky.com/story/russian-...-in-english-channel-state-media-says-13252935
Given the reports that Starmer and Macron are continuing to ask the Biden Administration for the go-ahead to fire the missiles they have supplied Zelensky into Russia, it seems unsurprising that the latter might try to impress the seriousness of their claim that they would consider such action a direct act of war on the part of both Britain and Russia. Trump will not gain power until next year, so there is still plenty of time for escalation of this conflict. Let's hope that the Democrats don't see this as an opportunity to keep out Trump and cling onto power, as Roosevelt did in '44. The Macronists are probably sore at their recent inept loss of their African colonies and Starmer is typical of the common British mindset that it's still 1890. A dangerous pair.
If you have 10 minutes to spare you might want to check out this very thorough but concise explanation of why and how the war began. Definitely worth it. HOW THE US PROVOKED THE INVASION OF UKRAINE
