[quote]Brother Chris wrote:<<< First, we know it is a grave matter as Eve admits that the consequence of eating of the fruit is “sure death.” Second, by stating that she knows that by disobedience of authority and eating the apple is against God’s commandment she has shown her full knowledge. Third, we know it is deliberate because of St. Augustine’s commentary on the particular sin, “the deliberate sin of the first man is the cause of original sin” (De nupt. et concup., II, xxvi, 43). >>>[/quote]This was a very impressive well mannered post Chris and about as good as I think I would have gotten from the pope himself. I mean that. Being that you most definitely do not have a weak intellect, I mean that too, you certainly do realize that the pivotal idea in here is the “grave matter” thing. You knew that right from the beginning because you a sharp analytical guy with WELL above average comprehension of your religion. This was the best answer anybody could have given to an impossible theological/logical dilemma. My turn to look some stuff up.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
WELL above average comprehension of your religion.
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I’ll say that it is not much of an accomplishment then, only about 1% (severally rounded up) of my own questions have been answered, and that is not because I don’t get answers, that’s because I don’t have enough time to research all my questions. Sometime I wish I would have been raised religious so I could have spent a good 8 years just asking questions all day in Catechism classes. I even spent six weeks attempting to master the Loci method in order to remember more with better frequency.