“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.” Has BeensIdeasDifficultSimpleDecisionOpinionPathDemandEssenceCatholicSalvationScriptureGrantedRevelationsSubtleInterpretationUsersIconsProtestantsJesuitMethodicalHermeneuticsMacintoshSumptuousPersonal Decisions Author:Umberto Eco
“As a Catholic, you can have two views on capital punishment. You can think, let Caesar do what Caesar needs to do, and the law says you can impose capital punishment, so you impose it. You can [also] be a Catholic who says we can't kill, we can't kill babies and we can't kill adults. If you let a decision be driven by your personal views, then you are not doing what a judge needs to do, which is enforce the laws of the society that you are in. But you can control your own behavior, and that is the choice that the church and God gives us - what kind of people are we going to be.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGivingKindTwoLawChoicesChurchDecisionViewsJudgingBabyBehaviorAdultsCatholicDrivenPunishmentCapital PunishmentPersonal Views Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“For many years, despite what I thought were really punitive decisions about women in the church, I stayed and stayed and stayed. I kept saying to myself, "The Catholic church is my church, and by God, I'm going to stay here, despite what the hierarchy does."” YearsDoeChurchDecisionCatholicDespiteHierarchyCatholic Church Author:Anna Quindlen
“I was raised Catholic. But if someone says I was raised in some religion, that's insufficient information to actually know what was going on. The real question is Was the religion in the household? The answer is no. Important decisions in the household were executed rationally and secularly. So as a result, the foundations of my reasoning derive not from religion but from the rational analysis of circumstances.” ImportantRealDecisionCircumstancesCatholicRational Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.” HeartChoicesEvilNaturalDecisionPayCatholicInstinctNatural InstinctPersonal Choice Author:Pope John Paul II
“Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish.” DecisionCatholicMeetingsLocalsProtestantsClergymen Author:Billy Graham
“...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.” PeopleChristianDecisionPowerFailingFailureJudgmentDevilPerfectionCatholicVictimGuidesClimbsOrthodoxTheologianSummitOrthodox ChristianDeludedGuidelines Book:Conferences Source: Conferences