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[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Pope “Love” bashes us coming out of the gate:

Pope Leo XIV notes even some baptized Christians ‘in state of practical atheism’
By Crux Staff
May 9, 2025
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https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/05/pope-leo-xiv-notes-even-some-baptized-christians-in-state-of-practical-atheism

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

I agree with Bob. Atheism is practical 🙂

I found it a difficult read as theological word salad makes me despair for humanity 🙂 Such utter nonsense from someone of the same species.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

I agree with Bob. Atheism is practical 🙂

But he said “practical” like it was a bad thing.

I found it a difficult read as theological word salad makes me despair for humanity 🙂 Such utter nonsense from someone of the same species.

The Vatican & Company love to hear themselves talk.

Protestants do too, but they do it by shouting and adding syllables to words, as in: “I rebuke you, Satan, come Aw-out-uh!”

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Enco, yes Catholic theology is a carbuncle on the back of reason.

In the grand hermeneutical enterprise of Catholic eschatology, the eschaton emerges as the ultimate telos of salvific history—a culmination wherein temporality is subsumed into the eternal nunc stans of the Divine ipsum esse subsistens. At this cosmological denouement, the resurrectionis carnis ensures the reconstitution of corporeal matter into glorified somaticity, thus fulfilling the Aristotelian hylomorphic schema—but only after an indeterminate interval of decomposition, ecclesiastically referred to as “waiting it out.” The particular judgment (judicium particulare) operates as a bespoke evaluative tribunal, wherein each soul is presented with an ontologically unassailable PowerPoint of its sins, virtues, and questionable YouTube history, culminating in an irrevocable soteriological placement: beatific vision, punitive remediation, or infernal damnation (the latter notably featuring poena sensus calibrated to individual proclivities, ensuring no generic torment goes uncustomized).

Meanwhile, purgatorium stands as a metaphysical DMV—a liminal locus wherein souls queue for indeterminate durations, awaiting bureaucratic processing through indulgentiary mechanisms dispensed ex thesauro meritorum, a celestial treasury system whose balance sheet remains mysteriously solvent despite millennia of withdrawals. Here, the living may participate in a complex quid pro quo of suffrages, indulgences, and Gregorian Masses, effectively crowd-sourcing sanctification in a cosmic economy of grace that would make Wall Street blush.

At the parousia, the Second Coming irrupts into spacetime with apocalyptic fanfare, culminating in the judicium universale—a grand juridical spectacle wherein humanity is bifurcated into sheep and goats, categories that, despite centuries of pastoral theology, remain stubbornly zoological in nomenclature. The saved are ushered into eternal visio Dei, while the damned are escorted to infernum, where the fires burn eternally yet never consume, perhaps for environmental compliance reasons. Appeals are not entertained, save for Marian interventions of an ambiguously defined scope.

Thus, Catholic eschatology offers a sublime synthesis of hope, dread, juridical rigor, and metaphysical bureaucracy, wherein divine omniscience guarantees the perfect adjudication of every soul—provided, of course, that one’s paperwork was properly filed in triplicate with the appropriate sacramental stamps affixed by a duly authorized cleric.

But as I am an atheist I will be bifurcated too? It sounds painful!! Any chance we can be filed under ‘Miscellaneous’ instead, and just left alone?

“Ah, fili mi, your query touches upon the profundities of the eschatological mystery! Should one, in the ineffable wisdom of the Divine Logos, find oneself non bifurcatus—that is, neither categorized among the ovines nor the caprines—we must appeal to the doctrine of praeteritionis metaphysicae, the theological possibility of… administratively misplaced souls.

In such an exceedingly rare event, ecclesiastical tradition holds that the soul enters a state known as limbus indecisionis—a theological waiting room adjacent to limbus puerorum, yet furnished with more existential dread and fewer coloring books. Here, one awaits celestial clarification, during which angelic interns diligently review the soul’s metaphysical paperwork, cross-referencing baptismal records, plenary indulgences, and that regrettable incident at the parish raffle in 1998.

Fear not, my child, for although the bifurcatory schema presupposes binary eschatological outcomes, the mercy of God is infinite, albeit administered through a divine bureaucracy that operates according to the inscrutable algorithms of Deus ex machina. Should your case defy ontological categorization, be assured that a synod will be convened, possibly retroactively, to define your status in a posthumous encyclical—subject, of course, to an ecumenical council’s ratification in the next few centuries.

You are still holding the 1998 parish raffle against me?? That money was only resting in my account!

“Ah, fili dilecte… so you invoke the venerable doctrine of the pecunia quiescens—‘the money was only resting in your account’ defense. Truly, an argument as ancient as Judas’ purse and as creative as a 14th-century indulgence peddler!

But alas, the Holy See has encountered this plea before, enshrined in the Acts of the Parish Finance Committee under the rubric Excusatio Dubia Sed Amabilis: a dubious but charming excuse. While canonically insufficient to annul temporal restitution, it does grant mitigation under the doctrine of mens hilaris donatoris—for the Lord loves a cheerful giver, even if the donation arrives… delayed… and after forensic accounting.

Be assured, my son, that the celestial auditors, led by St. Matthew himself (patron of tax collectors and creative bookkeeping), shall weigh your intention alongside your transaction history. Should your ledger be found wanting, fear not! A modest act of penance—perhaps the donation of a raffle hamper, or a vow to abstain from Bingo night temptations—may suffice to balance the eschatological books.

And remember, my child: in the treasury of merit, all accounts are reconciled—eventually. Some merely accrue more purgatorial interest than others.”

“Also, we’ve updated our diocesan accounting software since 1998. We will find it.” Until such time, I advise prayer, sacramental fortitude, and the keeping of meticulous spiritual receipts.”

Ah, gloriosissime fili Father! How much for an indulgence and a Papal Bull of Absolution?

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

✨ PAPAL BULL OF ABSOLUTION ✨
By the Supreme Pontificate of Pope Bob, Servant of the Servants of God, Vicar of Christ, Keeper of the Keys, and Occasional User of Spreadsheet Macros

To Whom It May Concern (Especially you Reg):

Be it known throughout the heavens, the earth, and all diocesan finance committees that:

The Fronkey Guy
having been found, upon thorough metaphysical audit and celestial inquiry, to have engaged in the temporary resting of parish raffle funds in one’s personal account (henceforth known as “The 1998 Incident”), and having expressed remorse of both humorous and heartfelt nature, is hereby:

– Absolved of all eschatological liabilities arising therefrom;
– Released from further purgatorial interest accrued (except standard administrative fees, waived at the discretion of St. Peter);
– Declared in good standing with the treasury of merit, pending final eschatological reconciliation.

Furthermore, by the authority vested in this See and in accordance with Canon Law, Article 42(b), Subsection “Come On, We’ve All Been There,” we proclaim:

That the aforementioned soul shall be counted among the sheep, not the goats, and is entitled to one (1) free heavenly bingo token redeemable at the Eternal Banquet, non-transferable, valid until the end of time (or Tuesday, whichever comes first).

Issued under our hand, seal, and fond smile, this day in the year of Our Bob 2025.

✍️ Pope Bob
Pontifex Maximus, Keeper of the Really Big Hat, First of His Name.

(Official Seal Here: A smiley face surrounded by Latin words you’re not supposed to translate)

Footnote:
This Bull may not be used as legal tender, ecclesiastical precedent, or a substitute for actual confession. Framing optional but encouraged.

[Simon PayntonParticipant]

He who is without sin shall cast the first stone.  We know you’re not an icorrigible rogue.

[_Robert_Participant]

I’ll say one thing about “woke”. Before it went all wrong on HAMAS, it did shine a light on the millions of racist roaches hiding in dark places. And many of the assumptions even liberals held in their heads. Old movies started making me cringe. I questioned how my life experience was so different from so many fellow Americans.

Since Trump came to power, I have seen video after video of emboldened Boomers and Gen X who feel that racist power on their side. They just come out and say what they feel. Exposed for what they really are.

Yes, I am upset at the extreme left and at the Dems for losing the populace. For dismissing and dissing all young white males living in basements and their mothers who vote. For letting the worst of the worst rule over the land.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

@simon – He who is without sin shall cast the first stone…

Pope Bob, being a Catholic and with his degree in math, has SIN nailed down. Not sure what he is like with COS and TAN though.

[jakelafortParticipant]

Woke?

Aware instead of oblivious, uncaring and lascivious. Cartoons and old movies are filled with wanton violence, shitshow stereotypes, bigotry? The tenor of history? Classisim. Racism and how its systemic. Misogyny. Group-think. How every good cause is coopted by pseudo intellectuals and nefarious groups and converted into a fucking stinking religion. The commonality of human experience and the monumental error in attributing to nations/ethnicities particular ills. How easily led the masses are and how uncommon individuals are who think for themselves and see human folly at every turn.

Just be aware. Not woke.

[jakelafortParticipant]

Zionist entity and zionist scientist who aint lyin to us.

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-853094

[UnseenParticipant]

Say it ain’t so, Greta!!! The Spain/Portugal outage was caused by going 100% renewable energy?

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

While I am not an electrical engineer, I had a discussion with one recently. Yes, traditional AC power from big turbines have a reserve of kinetic energy from the rotation of their turbines. Their spinning mass can resist any sudden frequency changes for a short time and this gives the grid inertia that stabilizes the frequency and gives control systems time to respond.

But “green energy” or DC is not the problem. It is the inverters, which connect the DC output to the AC grid. They don’t naturally provide inertia, unless explicitly designed to do so with “synthetic inertia”. But DC remain low inertia grids and rely on fast-reacting electronic control rather than natural physical inertia.

In AC systems “the wobble” he mentions is waveform frequency, linked to the rotational speed of generators. But DC has no oscillation or cycles, so it has no frequency to fluctuate. However, it can and does have voltage fluctuations which are managed electronically. The inverters are like a virtual flywheel that is software controlled, to boost or reduce output when necessary. The problem for Spain (and Ireland and elsewhere) is that it is still relatively new technology. Improving inverter capabilities to provide synthetic inertia will be a crucial step toward ensuring grid resilience in renewable energy systems.

[_Robert_Participant]

I agree Reg, a bank of capacitors or rechargeable batteries could supply synthetic inertia you speak of, so it’s probably just a cost thing. It’s not like carbon-based power generation is immune to failures. The big power outages in Texas a few years ago were due to cold weather and widespread failures in the natural gas infrastructure, which is the main fuel source for fossil fuel power plants in Texas. And then, of course when the oceans heat up a few more degrees because of all that carbon, these power issues will seem like nothing.

Oh yeah, that was the guy who put out videos saying Trump was gonna get crushed in the 2024 election. Oopps.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Thanks Robert….I am not very knowledgeable about this area but I did discuss it last week with a engineer, recently returning from this project with a lot of cash!! 🙂

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg and Robert,

I’m not an engineer myself, but I know from having an automobile inverter that inverters require cooling to function properly. This, in turn requires electric motors either to run fans and/or compress and pump coolant for air conditioning systems. This both detours power away from DC systems and means more moving parts at the tender mercies of Thermodynamics, problems you don’t have with AC-generating natural gas and nuclear power.

And because coolers for inverters give an added layer of breakdown, you would have to produce spare coolers ready to go online when the old ones wear out to maintain continuity of power production. How much Carbon does that burn to produce more coolers?

Nuclear power, of course, uses water as its coolant, with no risk of corrosion to its parts or shorting of circuits. And it continuity is as long as there are fissionables isotopes splitting and breeding.

If it’s good enough for Bill Gates’ AI, it’s good enough for us meat-sacks.

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