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Offline Recusant Sede

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Re: I love Myself
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2017, 08:43:16 PM »
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  • ... and yet the topic is... ?

    People "love" hamburgers.

    People "love" their dog.

    Jesus said to hate people, and He said to love them.

    Burly man "love"

    Whatever though. Knock yourself out. Pardon the intrusion then.
    DZ, please don't be too offended by what I'm about to write:
    Can you please write clearly and to the point? I find that almost every post you write is a puzzle  wrapped in a riddle. Some people have the tendency to think they are being witty or clever by writing posts such as yours. I trust it's just your writing style as I'm trying not to judge you harshly, but just trying to be charitable with some constructive criticism.


    Offline DZ PLEASE

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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #16 on: September 07, 2017, 11:12:22 PM »
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  • DZ, please don't be too offended by what I'm about to write:

    Likewise 

    Can you please write clearly and to the point? 

    That's what I thought I was doing but, please tell me then where is my sin in this? My grasp of Moral Theology and Moral Philosophy has never been that firm. 

    Please, and be specific.

    Thank you for at least trying.
    "Lord, have mercy".


    Offline Nooseph Polten

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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #17 on: September 08, 2017, 06:06:46 PM »
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  • . Why would a person hate themselves?

    I find it odd that a person would not like themselves, after all, if you do not like yourself how can you like anyone, including God.
    You must be living a great life. Must be nice
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    Offline Recusant Sede

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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #18 on: September 09, 2017, 02:22:36 AM »
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  • DZ, I'm not suggesting that you are sinning, you're just very hard to understand. Sorry if I was not clear myself.

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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #19 on: September 09, 2017, 02:41:35 AM »
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  • DZ, I'm not suggesting that you are sinning, you're just very hard to understand. Sorry if I was not clear myself.
    Oh, well thanks; no "sorry" necessary.
    I'm like a puppy in some ways, for if you don't grab me by the collar and shove my nose right in it, and proximate to the "event", then it is likely I'll not get it.
    "Lord, have mercy".


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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #20 on: September 09, 2017, 03:39:02 AM »
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  • a sweet puppy, always trying to please, always under the feet.  Nah, just joking!
    Help of Christians, guard our land from assault or inward stain,
    Let it be what God has planned, His new Eden where You reign.

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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #21 on: September 09, 2017, 03:49:31 AM »
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  • a sweet puppy, always trying to please, always under the feet.  Nah, just joking!
    Great, another woman calling me bitter, sour, displeasing and absent; wait, do you know or are you one of my exes? WHO SENT YOU! TALK!


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    Offline Geremia

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    Re: I love Myself
    « Reply #22 on: September 15, 2017, 04:15:02 PM »
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  • Shouldn't everyone love themselves and rather be themselves that anyone else?
    Yes, one must love himself first before he can love another. One cannot give what he doesn't have.

    See St. Thomas Aquinas's answer to the question "Whether our of charity, man ought to love himself more than his neighbor?":
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    I answer that, There are two things in man, his spiritual nature and his corporeal nature. And a man is said to love himself by reason of his loving himself with regard to his spiritual nature, as stated above (Question [25], Article [7]): so that accordingly, a man ought, out of charity, to love himself more than he loves any other person.

    This is evident from the very reason for loving: since, as stated above (Question [25], Articles [1],12), God is loved as the principle of good, on which the love of charity is founded; while man, out of charity, loves himself by reason of his being a partaker of the aforesaid good, and loves his neighbor by reason of his fellowship in that good. Now fellowship is a reason for love according to a certain union in relation to God. Wherefore just as unity surpasses union, the fact that man himself has a share of the Divine good, is a more potent reason for loving than that another should be a partner with him in that share. Therefore man, out of charity, ought to love himself more than his neighbor: in sign whereof, a man ought not to give way to any evil of sin, which counteracts his share of happiness, not even that he may free his neighbor from sin.
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