Sometimes I fantasize about disappearing.
Not dying.
Just logging off.
Getting a job no one cares about.
Growing tomatoes.
Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.
Not as a failure.
But as a kind of freedom.
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sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
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Joe Biden isn’t the president anymore.
Instead, we’ve got a mentally deranged and ethically compromised old man with the nuclear codes trespassing in the Oval Office.
Stop talking about Joe Biden.
Start talking about the Convicted Felon, Donald Trump.
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Can we get an explainer from Luke or someone about the theological justification for the church tax system? I can't understand it at all. A Catholic who is baptized is always baptized, always a member of God's body, and always eligible, if properly disposed, to receive the sacraments of the church.
Is there any theological basis for the idea that someone's status as a baptized member of the Body of Christ could possibly be effected by a tax payment or lack thereof? I feel like I must be misunder…
I guess this is the real 'on the ground' question- if a Swiss Catholic who has formally exited the church requests the sacrament of reconciliation, or seeks to receive the Eucharist? Would that person be denied as if he was unbaptized?
I recall the podcast having a discussion on this. I think the limitation is more in terms of roles that you can play. For example, a disenrolled Catholic cannot be a godparent.
As a practical matter, I do not see how hypothetical Fr. Hans can be expected to know if random person in the confessional or communion line is or isn't a card carrying Catholic anymore than an American priest can be expected to know who is / is not able to receive the sacraments.
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