Jamie Cauldren

@jdflynn i remember schoolyard football. I grew up to learn it's actually called rugby

My son plays playground football every day at recess. Today I said "two completions for a first down" and he looked like I was speaking Greek. What game are they even playing out there?

No, listening to bad theology IS a loss. Avoid it, I will. You claim the Catholic Church invalidates scripture but your pride has you convinced that you cannot err and are fit to judge what invalidates and what does not. I sense no authority in you to cast stones at the Catholic faith.

@JamieCauldren I recommend listening for yourself, if you disagree or find fallacy you lose nothing and can stop listening.

And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ Matthew 15:6-9 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. Matthew 23:13 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness. Matthew 7:21-23

@CoffinMedia eeek... way off here. terrible take. "He's an Islam" You think he learned that from N.O.? You have to explain that. You don't see anything else going on here other than "N.O."

This foul mouthed MAGA boomer is exhibit A of the Novus Ordo ethos and the dim bulb formation it produced. Proud peacock yelling at a cloud. Sad!

@WrestOrgOnline @Aaronaeus @TrevorSheatz @James_Brown_432 "When human tradition conflicted with the Word of God, Christ rebuked the tradition, not the Word (Mark 7:8–13)." sounds Catholic enough to me. Do you have some example of the Church not doing the same?

That argument only works if you smuggle Rome into the premise from the start. No Protestant denies that Christ established a visible Church with real authority. The question is whether that authority is ministerial under the Word of God or magisterial over it. Scripture consistently puts the Church under the Word, not above it. First, “the Bible did not precede the Church” is misleading at best. The Old Testament absolutely preceded the New Testament Church, and Jesus and the apostles constantly appealed to the already-existing Scriptures as binding authority: “It is written.” When human tradition conflicted with the Word of God, Christ rebuked the tradition, not the Word (Mark 7:8–13). Second, the Church did not create the authority of Scripture. God did, by inspiration. The Church received, recognized, preserved, and confessed the canon, but recognition is not creation. A jeweler recognizes a diamond; he does not make it a diamond. The apostolic writings were authoritative the moment they were written because they were God-breathed, not because a later church body acknowledged them. Peter already refers to Paul’s letters alongside “the other Scriptures” (2 Pet. 3:16). Third, even if you establish a visible historical Church, that still does not get you to the Roman Catholic Church by default. Eastern Orthodoxy also claims historical continuity, apostolic succession, sacramental life, and visible authority. So the jump from “Christ founded a visible Church” to “therefore modern Roman claims are true” is not an argument. It is an assumption that still has to be proven. And that is exactly where Rome runs into trouble, especially with later dogmas that cannot be shown from Scripture in any clear apostolic sense. Fourth, Sola Scriptura does not mean “just me and my Bible” or “ignore history, councils, creeds, and teachers.” It means Scripture alone is the only infallible, God-breathed norm that judges every lesser authority. The Church has real authority, but it is derivative and subordinate. 1 Timothy 3:15 calls the Church the pillar and ground of the truth, not the source of truth. A pillar upholds something; it does not invent it. Fifth, Acts 17 completely undermines the idea that testing doctrine by Scripture is somehow rebellious private judgment. The Bereans were called noble because they searched the Scriptures daily to see whether even apostolic preaching was so. That means Scripture is the standard by which doctrine is judged. The Church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20), not the other way around. So no, simply reading the Bible, church history, and theology does not force a person to Rome. That only works if one assumes in advance that visibility requires a single infallible Roman institution and that canon recognition means canon creation. Neither of those claims follows. The Church does not stand over the Word of God as its maker. The Church stands under the Word of God as its servant, witness, and keeper.

When people read the Bible for themselves, they often leave Catholicism. They see that many church dogmas actually go against the clear teaching of the Scriptures, or aren't supported by Scripture in any clear way.

@y_gebregiorgis @JimmyAkin3000 @StefanMolyneux God is not a master puppeteer choosing for us. Please explain the logic that makes you think this is necessary. You're stuck with the use of omnibenevolent. That word introduces the concept of "good". So how do you define good? You're stuck.

@JamieCauldren @JimmyAkin3000 @StefanMolyneux your begging the question you and not really responding to my point. Regardless of how you define good, the fact remains God as an omnibenevolent and omnipotent being with perfect knowledge must have chose the best possible world

If God knows the choice I'm going to make, it's not a choice

@Kilmayo1 @ginamilan_ @AmericanGal2021 I don't see how the two quotes are in the conflict you think they are in. Both statements are true. Sarah's comment is a call to fear Islam. It's a call to be more Catholic.

@ginamilan_ @AmericanGal2021

I’ve been a Catholic for 35 years, and no one speaks for me. I stand with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I stand with President Trump. I stand with America. I do not stand with Pope Leo. He does not represent me, and he sure as hell does not represent the Catholic Church. I will never bow to radical Islamic extremism. I will defend my faith unapologetically and call out every single ounce of evil that dares come against it. “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.” -Ephesians 6:11

@ginamilan_ @Kilmayo1 @AmericanGal2021 I don't see how the two quotes are in the conflict you think they are in. Both statements are true. Sarah's comment is a call to fear Islam. It's a call to be more Catholic.

@Kilmayo1 @AmericanGal2021 God bless Cardinal Sarah! 🩷

Catholics should certainly expect Catholics who disagree with him to do so in a respectful manner worthy of someone sitting in the Chair of Peter. Knowing how to respectfully disagree with the clergy seems to be a lost art. But then again the same could be said of parents and other authority figures in the life of modern man. For a Catholic to treat input from the Pope like it's jus some other "dudes" opinion is scandalous. But JD is still fairly new to his Catholic faith, hopefully he learns this.

@catholiccom The Pope has every right to speak on politics, but he will then be treated like ANYBODY else who speaks on politics. He cannot be a political actor AND retain the moral shield of the Papacy. Stop acting like saying he's wrong is blasphemy. It is not.

This was rough to hear from a public Catholic. The pope has every right to speak on politics and public affairs, because politics concerns man and the common good, and every facet of those realities belongs under the judgment of God.

@tweetingmatty @Pontifex I wouldn't wait up for the Pope to reply here . But seriously , why on Earth would you think Catholics cannot comprehend why some would leave the church? There is no shortage of lies, pride or weakness that might make someone find the Catholic faith challenging or not worth it.

Why is it so hard for Catholics to understand that people that were Catholics don't feel the calling of the lord anymore ? @Pontifex or any priests care to weigh in?

@y_gebregiorgis @JimmyAkin3000 @StefanMolyneux I suspect you're working with a bad definition for the words "goodness" and "best", or at least not one the Church would use. How do you use those words here? There is nothing "good" or "best" about creation without free will.

@JimmyAkin3000 @StefanMolyneux God's omniscience, omnibenevolence, and omnipotence together make free will impossible. His perfect goodness compels Him to select this world, the best one out of all possible worlds on the basis of his exhaustive counterfactual knowledge, making Him the decider of every event.

@takenaps @GuntherEagleman He's not gonna "realize". He's mulling these choices 1. clearly we didn't vote hard enough 2. clearly Trump needs more power than he's given 3. fund a genocide and start a war with Iran

@GuntherEagleman Because they are full of shit big dawg let us know when you realize that

We have the House We have the Senate We have the Presidency We have the Supreme Court How is it, that we cannot pass a bill to secure our elections?

@takenaps @EricLDaugh close-ups of crowd. darked crowd. clearly not wanting to show size of the crowd and how much of the room is empty seats.

@EricLDaugh We saw the photos bro omfg the meatriding is off the mf wall

🚨 NOW: JD Vance just WALKED OUT to an ELECTRIC, PACKED HOUSE in Georgia The energy is off the charts, they LOVE him 🇺🇸🔥

We do not celebrate Judas' torment and that he'd have been better off never being born. We do not celebrate Good Friday. You're very wrong to think that just because an act is just and necessary means it is not bad. Stop trying to have good vibes about war. War is always a defeat.

@spes_man Can an action be just and necessary and bad? No. That is a contradiction. If it is just it is not bad.

Both Aquinas and Augustine, the most influential figures in Just War thinking, believe war, waged justly, is an act of caritas (love). How does that square with the Pope’s position?

@Site640101 @TheTNHoller

@TheTNHoller I am 62 and have despised them for 40 + years, yall are just now catching up

Israel’s favorability with 🇺🇸 men under 50 has cratered

Just to clarify, Christ did ask a rich man to give up what he owned... he did not take the man's possessions by force. One is charity and the other is tyranny. Popes are not Liberal or Conservative. They are Catholic. The Church does call for feeding the poor as well as an end to abortion and same sex marriage. The Catholic Church does not fit into either American political party. The Church is on neither side because neither party is on Her side.

You believe the Pope is divinely chosen, you said it yourself. But two popes in a row criticized Trump and suddenly the divine selection process has a bug in it. Interesting how God keeps picking liberals. The Pope’s job according to you is to “lead people to Christ like a shepherd.” Cool, Jesus fed the poor, welcomed immigrants, and told a rich man to give away everything he owned. Which part of that sounds like the MAGA platform to you? You’ve been Catholic for half a century and somehow missed every single thing Jesus actually said. The Pope didn’t get political, you did. And when the Church wouldn’t follow you there you threatened to take your envelope home. The Vatican will survive without your weekly “kitty” money, I promise.

I am a practicing Catholic. Have been all my life, waaaayyyy over half a century. But I’ve had it with these damn popes getting political!! I couldn’t stand Pope Francis. 😤 We catholics are taught to believe that the pope is divinely chosen. That he is infallible. But I’m sorry, this one and the last one are hardly infallible. 😒 I had hopes for Leo but I had also heard that he was a liberal early on. Already, I can see he’s no better than Francis. Please, stop making Catholics feel like we have to choose. Because I’ll choose Jesus always, but you are NOT Jesus!! I will NOT change my stance on my president! I will support him, however, the one thing I CAN control? How much money I put in the kitty every week. 💰 And right now, I’m not putting ANY money in that’s intended for Rome. Until the holy father stays out of our politics, he gets not one. red. cent. from me! His job is to lead people to Christ like a shepherd, not to “pontificate” on @POTUS @DonaldTrump! @Pontifex

Americanized Catholic - self assured, full of pride and self importance. Repent and do not so easily toss aside input from the clergy. Instead maybe respectfully explain where these Bishops, Cardinals and the Pope himself have it wrong as they label this war unjust (which is correct). That would be a proper response from a "Catholic".

@RobH02050318 I have respect for the holy father, but it is rapidly eroding.

I’m Catholic But there’s not a single Bishop nor Cardinal in the entire church that I give a flying fuck what they think about American nor global politics.

@AFCryptid @realveritas_85 @EMichaelJones1 ^ "bitter old fuck"... Yes, this is what Fuentes and his ilk bring to the discussion. Shame.

@realveritas_85 @EMichaelJones1 He's a bitter old fuck

Nick Fuentes is out of his depth. x.com/FuentesUpdates… Nostra Aetate is part of the magisterium of the Catholic Church. It does not say that all world religions are salvific, or have a part in salvation. He is undermining the Catholic faith among a group whose understanding of Church teaching is already weak and is causing scandal by pretending to speak with an authority he does not have.

@AFCryptid @EMichaelJones1 What's the point of bringing them to the church if they're brought under false pretenses? It would be awful to "convert" someone based on a lie

@EMichaelJones1 You've done nowhere near the level of work that Nick has done to bring people to the Catholic Church. Quit being a bitter, vindictive old man.

@jus54416 @AugustinaJJD @mcat1977 @Big_Ol_Meatys @megbasham What is the confusion?

@JamieCauldren @AugustinaJJD @mcat1977 @Big_Ol_Meatys @megbasham so was the nation of israel populated by hindus im confused?

I am not trying to make my Catholic friends, who I love, angry with this statement. But this entire episode is starting to explain to me why so many Americans were concerned about a Catholic president for so long. I have no interest in Rome trying to dictate American policy. And if it continues to loudly make its opinions heard on our foreign policy, I believe they’re going to find a lot of American Protestants feeling a lot less ecumenical than we have been in the more recent past.