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The result is that moral truth is not a part of such theology, and any attempt to add rationality to the subject is demolished with the natural law nonsense. Specifically, morality must be defined by and studied as objective realities (originating outside of the mind--like actions or events). Natural law says not so. If morality was placed in minds when they were created, then it is not found in objective realities. The original state in which minds were created is not all there is to morality. Morality has to be developed as proper reactions and understanding in relation to the sin which is encountered in life. A morality that goes no farther than original creation is not adequate for resisting and overcoming sin. That is why Christ taught the importance of understanding his moral teachings (Mat 15:10)(Mark 4:13, 7:14, 8:21)(Luke 24:45)(John 8:43) and practicing them (Luke 6:47). The theology of natural law contradicts the objectivity of morality. Instead of evaluating the objective elements of morality, the theology consists of authorities arbitrating morality. It's a method of using authoritarianism to replacing the knowledge and responsibilities of individuals. Eventually, Catholic authorities said conscience must be properly informed. With that, they are not talking about conscience or something placed in minds when created. They are talking about awareness and understanding, which has nothing to do with natural law or Thomas Aquinas. The whole reason for doing such an analysis is because St. Someone said so, and he speaks for God; so no one can question his version of reality or the persons who infallibly interpret it. Theologians and Church authorities needed an authority who could contradict Christ and logic, but then they nCHNKWKS ŠøÿÿÿÿTEXTTEXT:zFDPPFDPP~FDPPFDPP€FDPCFDPC‚STSHSTSH„STSHSTSH„2SYIDSYIDP„SGP SGP d„INK INK h„BTEPPLC l„ BTECPLC Œ„FONTFONT¤„TTOKNPLC ø„4STRSPLC @…:PRNTWNPRz…àFRAMFRAMZˆŒTITLTITLæˆDOP DOP öˆ"ed as objective realitieChristian Morality Derivation of Principles Chapter 7. Natural Law of Thomas Aquinas. Thomas Aquinas did not use modern standards of objective evidence but based his theology on speculation (about like astrology). Natural law is supposedly inside the mind, like conscience, telling what morality is. But sin developed in subconscious minds, and it feels right to corrupt persons, because it is psychologically conditioned with the positive reinforcement of power. Thereby, Thomistic theology tells people that the sin inside of them is virtue. Christ taught a difficult path (Mat 7:13,14) which overcomes forces of sin in minds. It involves poverty (Lk 18:22) and solving problems for the needy (Mat 25:31-46)(Lk 10:30). When it is a difficult path to find and follow, and Christ has to teach it, conscience doesn't do it. Thomas Aquinas is being dredged back up by the pope and used as the basis of Catholic theology. Why does "the word of God" mean Thomas Aquinas instead of what others have to say? Power is corruption, not virtue. Making gods of corrupt humans such as Thomas Aquinas and Paul is blasphemy. Natural law is the only significant element of Thomistic theology. It means God supposedly placed moral concerns in minds when they were created. It is often equated with conscience. How then is the sin inside of people differentiated from the morality? Christ said sin comes out of the mind (Mat 15:19)(Mark 7:21). A twisted logic could say that both morality and sin could enter a mind. But the result would cause people to express and reinforce the corruptions inside of themselves instead of overcome them. Natural law would be irrelevant, because it never enters the usual vocabulary of Catholics. But its real significance is that it replaces (in theology) the moral treeded to add back some of the obvious logic to maintain credibility. With the theology of natural law, the source of morality is a person's own mind. Being subjective, it must be arbitrated by authorities rather than evaluated through rationality applied to objective reality. Natural Law says that something inside of persons is the standard for morality. That's like saying a smart pill could teach mathematics. Morality is like mathematics. It is defined by objective reality, as Christ taught the subject. A person can only study and understand objective reality. Placing something in a mind cannot substitute for the learning process any more than a smart pill can teach mathematics. If it could, sin would never have begun in the first place. The theology of Thomas Aquinas is used as a substitute for Christ's version of morality. The modified morality allows elitism, exploitation and bigotry to be promoted through status and domination. Church authorities demonstrate and promote those corruptions by example. Aquinas is used to justify authoritarianism (misused authority) through the role of an authority figure who can be quoted. The quotes are trivial, but the effect is to replace reason with authority. Along with reason goes criticism or alternative analysis. It is never valid to obstruct reason for any purpose. Christ did not do so. He taught the rationality of the subject including the evidence. And he said the authority game is a corruption (Luke 22:25,26). The theology of this whole subject is broken into illogical pieces creating sand for reality. But the sand is all cemented together with one all-encompassing gimmick. The gimmick is divine influence. God's divine influence supposedly assures that the theology and instructions of church authorities can be nothing but perfect truth. Thomas Aquinas explained how that works. First, Aquinas defined law as "an act of reason by the perfect ruler." Presumably, the purpose of saying "perfect ruler" rather than using a more common title for God was to allow the secular authorities to assume it applied to them. Then, law was divided into three categories. "Divine Law" was everything God put in the Bible. "Eternal Law" was most everything else God did. And "Natural Law" was the moral inclinations that God planted in the minds of humans. Therefore, Natural Law is often equated with conscience. Nobody can agree on what conscience is. When Clarence Thomas was being confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the Supreme Court, a question arose about his previous statements on Natural Law. So the journalists went to Prof. Charles Rice, who is the foremost authority on the subject. He told them that Natural Law works like this: If an automobile engine requires oil, you have to put oil in it to make it work, and without it, it won't work; and that's Natural Law. So Natural Law was the same as the laws of physics, which dispelled the fears of the journalists; and nothing more was said about it. Tell the physicists that what they are studying is the moral conscience which God created in humans. That's not what physics is considered to be. The concepts are too fluid. There is always a duality to corruption, which is where the word "duplicity" comes from. A noble concept is used to justify corruption, and then an opposite meaning is used in applying it. A major contradiction in Natural Law is in not differentiating between objective and subjective. Laws of the universe are considered to be objective. Conscience is considered to be subjective. So let's consider how the theology is applied. Notice that law is supposedly an "act of reason." Inserting reason into law is the entire significance of Thomistic theology. Who could quibble with reason in law. In the usual sense, reason is what is needed. But the purpose of Thomism is the opposite. Reason is the source of law, not the interpretation; and only God's reason is said to be valid. Human reason supposedly corrupts the process. Therefore, church authorities must represent God's reason in evaluating morality; and individuals must not allow their imperfect minds to corrupt the process. Producing this effect is the entire purpose and application of Thomistic theology. Consider what is wrong with worshipping wooden idols. The human mind is reduced to nothing while worshipping wood; and therefore, those persons who speak for the wood are the only ones who have anything to say on the subject. Notice in both cases the obsession by authorities to erase the functioning of human minds, so they can dictate uninhibitedly. This purpose is the essence of authoritarianism, when defined as misused authority. Corrupt persons are so driven to prevail against other persons that they use their power to overwhelm vulnerable persons. When they have a source of authority, they impose it onto the persons who are subject to them creating authoritarianism. The real corruption of Thomistic authoritarianism is not in saying that church authorities are under divine influence. That concept is variable and mysterious. The primary significance is the claim that individuals are not supposed to apply reason to morality or attempt to acquire knowledge about morality, because their flawed minds can only corrupt the result. Natural Law seems not to improve the reasoning ability of individuals. Instead, it creates some other influence, which is often called conscience. But apparently, it does not perfect conscience either; so authorities must determine morality for the individuals. To determine does not mean stating rules, as rules are usually stated; it means replacing the faulty reasoning and knowledge of individuals in making decisions about morality. It's sort of like chewing other persons' food for them. Why does the Bible exist, and why did Christ teach, if people are not supposed to increase their understanding of morality? Christ said over and over that people were supposed to try to understand what he was teaching (Mat 15:10)(Mark 4:13, 7:14, 8:21)(Luke 24:45)(John 8:43). So Thomistic theology contradicts what Christ taught. Christ said sin comes out of persons, from the deep recesses of the mind (Mark 7:21). So the theologians are directly contradicting Christ. Here's what is said in a document of Vatican II titled Gaudium et Spes (GS), or The Church Today, section 16: In the depths of his conscience, man detects a law which he does not impose upon himself, but which holds him to obedience. Always summoning him to love good and avoid evil, the voice of conscience can when necessary speak to his heart more specifically: do this, shun that. For man has in his heart a law written by God. To obey it is the very dignity of man; according to it will he be judged. Conscience is the most secret core and sanctuary of a man. There he is alone with God, whose voice echoes in his depths. In other words, sin supposedly comes from nowhere, while everyone is virtuous and the same inside. The pope produced a document titled Faith and Reason, which has the purpose of pretending that Church authorities are the champions of reason. The first few sentences praise reason, as it allowed ancient religions of Hinduism and Buddhism to draw some moral conclusions. The rest of the document is an endless quagmire which only makes one point. It says faith precedes reason; faith means Catholicism only; and only Revelation (meaning the pope's words) can produce truth on morality. Not only does it obliterate human reason, it reverses the purpose of Vatican II in trying to harmonize relationships with other religions. Thomas Aquinas did not originate his material. It was argued by "scholastics" for several decades before he entered their group. He was their ace student; so he wrote up their results. Scholasticism was the first blush at academic activities after the dark ages. You can't understand scholasticism until you believe the following hinge point on the subject, and you won't find it at the universities. The dark ages were caused by an inability to heat houses. In southern climates like Italy and Palestine, houses did not need to be heated. But the center of activity moved to upper Europe during the dark ages due to the success of the Visigoths in defeating the Romans. In upper Europe, the inability to heat houses changed the culture from intellectual activities, which had focused on philosophy, to outdoor activities, which focused on riding horses and fighting wars. The renaissance marked the end of the dark ages. It was the result of a new invention for heating buildings, which was the wood stove. A wood stove is nothing like a fireplace. A fireplace cannot heat a dwelling, because it requires that doors and windows be left open before smoke will rise through a chimney. The heat goes out with the smoke. But the wood stove is totally enclosed. It allows smoke to go out with almost no air entering the enclosure beyond trace amounts needed for combustion. The exiting smoke creates a vacuum in the wood stove, which prevents smoke from entering the room while it draws in the necessary amount of air. Once the wood stove was invented, it allowed dwellings in upper Europe to be heated, which totally changed the culture and created the renaissance. The first result was scholasticism. What then is scholasticism? It is what theologians produced when they found that they could get together and discuss intellectual subjects. The most available texts were Greek philosophy, which they integrated into their theology. If there had been a continuous line of theological studies through the dark ages Greek philosophy would have been viewed with more skepticism. Scholastics used a verbal format rather than a written medium. Greek logic was designed for verbal argument. After several decades of such argument, a write-up was needed, and Thomas Aquinas was assigned the task. A negative feature of scholasticism, which was carried from the traditions of the dark ages, was authoritarianism defined as misused authority. The dark ages bred misused authority because of perpetual squabbles and absence of intellectual activity. In that environment, scholastic theologians were quite arbitrary and arrogant in assuming that their results would be perfect truth resulting from God's work within them. Whatever distilled out of their arguments was assumed to be God's perfect and unquestionable truth. God, however, does not perfect anything humans do. One reason why is because impostors who work for satan would claim that their results were God's perfect truth, and criticism would not be allowed to correct it. They have been doing exactly that, since theologians claim that God's infallible truth is produced by church authorities. "Natural law" is a product of scholasticism which says that God placed moral awareness in minds when he created them. It contradicts Jeremiah 31:33 which says Christ will place his law within his people and write it on their hearts, after human life ends and sin is overcome. "Awakening" natural law is the task of church authorities. Awakening it cannot involve the study of morality by the individual, because doing so would be "eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil" (Genesis 2:17) according to the pope's document titled Veritatis Splendor (see chapter on infallibility). One cannot say whether Thomas Aquinas had the purpose of corrupting theology. He was duped into assuming the scholastic corruption was God's work because of his stupidity and an environment of consensus and authority in a closed group of elites arguing in isolation from external criticism and evolved truth on the subject. Natural law was a meticulously designed substitute for moral truth. It withstood the arguments of theologians who were out of contact with reality, dead to sin, too ignorant to understand their own corruptions and sanctified by church authority. Ch 7 Natural Law # authority. The dark ages bred misused authority because of perpetual squabbles and absence of intellectual activity. 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