Alex321
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Any particular reason for insulting lying about me?
And there is no "again", since you have made no attempt to explain, and there is no "existing explanation".
Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem
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Any particular reason for insulting lying about me?
And there is no "again", since you have made no attempt to explain, and there is no "existing explanation".
Seevio
Guru
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- South Glos
Maybe I can join in before the thread gets locked.
The origin question was "If abstinence is the only effective form of birth control approved by the Catholic church then how did a virgin get pregnant?".
While this is a dig at the catholic doctrine, there are far more ridiculous beliefs out there. Mormons, I'm looking at you.
But back to the question. Catholics don't necessarily state that abstinence is effective, merely that it is the only acceptable birth control. The fact that a part of the doctrine is that a virgin gave birth suggests that they know it's not a 100% thing. Basically saying as long as you don't hang around with gods, abstinence will probably work.
It doesn't matter whether said virgin was catholic, only that catholics believe that a virgin birth happened. To raise the fact that Mary wasn't catholic does rather imply that her faith was relevant to the whole virgin birth, which it wasn't. This is where the "only applies to catholics" part comes from.
Incidentally, nowhere in any of this is it explicitly stated that the question refers to Mary. It turns out virgin births tend to be all the rage in religion with some other examples being Perseus, Krishna, Horus and in some versions, Buddha.
Any questions?
The origin question was "If abstinence is the only effective form of birth control approved by the Catholic church then how did a virgin get pregnant?".
While this is a dig at the catholic doctrine, there are far more ridiculous beliefs out there. Mormons, I'm looking at you.
But back to the question. Catholics don't necessarily state that abstinence is effective, merely that it is the only acceptable birth control. The fact that a part of the doctrine is that a virgin gave birth suggests that they know it's not a 100% thing. Basically saying as long as you don't hang around with gods, abstinence will probably work.
It doesn't matter whether said virgin was catholic, only that catholics believe that a virgin birth happened. To raise the fact that Mary wasn't catholic does rather imply that her faith was relevant to the whole virgin birth, which it wasn't. This is where the "only applies to catholics" part comes from.
Incidentally, nowhere in any of this is it explicitly stated that the question refers to Mary. It turns out virgin births tend to be all the rage in religion with some other examples being Perseus, Krishna, Horus and in some versions, Buddha.
Any questions?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
The Cathlolic church states that, not catholics per say.
Seevio
Guru
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- South Glos
My apologies. I was treating the church and all its adherents as the same thing. I hadn't considered they would be different.
I was able to find plenty of "birth control bad" things and no sex outside of marriage things but nothing by the church explicitly saying not having sex will absolutely stop you getting pregnant. Possibly they thought it was too bleedin' obvious to mention. On the other hand if they have said such a thing, can I get a link to laugh at?
raleighnut
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Chris S
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- Birmingham
The BMJ has found that many councils are under kegal attack for educating their wards.
How can public education by councils about the dangers of wood burning stove pollution get so many legal threats?
It is a strange world, cough , cough. And no wonder I cough so much. Apparently, 10% now have them so there now must be million of them polluting.
How can public education by councils about the dangers of wood burning stove pollution get so many legal threats?
It is a strange world, cough , cough. And no wonder I cough so much. Apparently, 10% now have them so there now must be million of them polluting.
straas
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Accy cyclist
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I drink far more beer than water, yet my pee looks the colour of tap water. Hundreds of yesrs ago we drank weak purified by alcohol beer instead of possible germ carrying water and it didn't do us any harm!🍻🍺😉
Seevio
Guru
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- South Glos
As a result of about 4 billion years of evolution, in general, you can tell if you are hydrated or not by whether you are thirsty.
Punkawallah
Veteran
‘Fur Ihre sicherheit’, right?
Punkawallah
Veteran
I’m sorry, anecdotal evidence is not acceptable . . . :-)
Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
That only works when you aren't really exercising.
If doing any serious level of exercise, you should be drinking before you feel thirsty, to stay properly hydrated.
Yet more people end up needing medical assistance for over hydration than dehydration.
Punkawallah
Veteran
I had to step in years ago when the ladies where I worked decided to drink ridiculous amounts of water per hour for Heath Reasons. I had to remind them that their kidneys could only process a litre per hour, and they would likely do themselves an injury.
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