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Originally Posted by Star Finder
Is it possible for a Catholic to understand God's will?
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First, let's get a few definitions out of the way. By "God's will," I'm going to take it that you mean those things about His desires that God has decided to reveal to us through the Bible, the sage advice of our pastors and deacons, our Christian fellowship, and through the power of prayer. That's all that we really need to know (if it weren't, then He would have found a way to tell us more). There may be more to God's will than just that, but, if so, nobody still on Earth has any way to discover it.
By Catholic, I assume you mean someone who worships more or less in accordance with the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. There are millions of former Catholics who now are born-again Christians, and they certainly understand the will of God; I do not consider them to be Catholics after their rebirth in Christ.
So much for the definitions.
No Catholic is saved, because they worship paintings and statues and dead people instead of the Lord. After blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, idolatry is the worst sin there is.
However, it is possible for someone who is not saved to understand God's will, by studying the Bible. So, in theory, at least some Catholics could understand God's will, even though they reject it. In practice, since no Catholics ever read the Bible, the answer is no, there are none who understand the will of God.
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Originally Posted by SUV
Oddity about actress Marlene Dietrich: To show her affection for a new friend, she would go over to the person's house while they weren't home and scrub the floor for them. Strange but True.
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She couldn't afford some negresses to do that for her?