"If you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died" (John 11:21)

How My Brother's Death Brought Me to the Catholic Faith (feat. Debbie Herbeck)
Ascension Presents | 15 April 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Kjyb8MlFo

Mike Schmitz on The Little Mermaid

The Stories We Tell Our Children Have Consequences
Ascension Presents, 11 Jan. 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZgtHysgpEM

5:53 I think if you had been around in 304, you might not have considered St. Lucy a martyr.

I wonder if Paschasius was a Jew, or a Catholic with your convictions, or an ex-Catholic. Either way, the name certainly doesn't sound Pagan anymore than Mike.

Well, tough luck, if you had been around in 304 and not considered Lucy a martyr, you would have gone against the Church that Christ founded.

6:49 Your retelling of The Little Mermaid omits a pretty big detail:

"Hun talte med den gamle enke, der siger, at menneske kun lever i få hundrede år, og at de har en udødelig sjæl. Da besluttede hun sig for at blive menneske."

She spoke to an old widow who tells her, men only live a few centuries (?) and they have an immortal soul.

This is not the only story of H. C. Andersen about someone's longing for salvation and it's being denied, at least as the earthly part of the story goes. Jødepigen - the Jewish girl - is about a Jewish girl who hears of Jesus, tries to convert despite her parents, and Denmark forbids her to go against her parents. H. C. A. speculates about her being saved anyway, she couldn't have been expected to go against her parents. That's not exactly what St. Lucy tells us.

So, the thing you consider as narcissism in the story is really about trying to make it to Heaven.

8:36 I think there are more than one person who would:
a) agree with your sentiment in general
b) consider it applies very much to me.

Before you hasten to agree with them (and Paschasius), how about hearing me out.

They consider "fantasy" takes one out of reality simply because it is unrealistic.
They consider CSL and JRRT unrealistic, GKC drunk, Hilaire Belloc close to NS.

And the stories they would like me to read, that on their view would get me into reality - Isaac Asimov, [F]oundation.

Do you know the figure Ari Seldon?
"Ah, they are arresting us right now ... according to my studies in Psychostatistics, there was 93.7 % chance of that" ...

That's the exact kind of guy they would want to make my new role model instead of Aragorn and Gandalf, instead of Rilian and Tirian.

And they would like to have me treated like a child, at age 54, as long as I refuse to that.

For those who think this is paranoia, on my part, take a look at the two most viewed posts for the last 12 months: deretour : On the Duty of Avoiding Errorists https://hglundahlsblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/on-duty-of-avoiding-errorists.html deretour : Notes on Asimov, Isaac https://hglundahlsblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/notes-on-asimov-isaac.html The former (6000 +) confirms them that I am in an anti-ecumenic sect. The latter (5800 +) confirms them that I read the wrong books, that I am allergic to "reality" as they would term the sham realism about Ari Seldon. And overall, they consider me as being a narcissist for wanting life my way, rather than their plans for me. In case you think "no, they are just friendly, interested, readers" - why the lack of comments and why a surge of readers from Germany and Sweden (usually small countries) between 4 and 8 am on the morning of 28.XII.2022, followed by a very sudden plunge in readership and a censorship of two labels?

Do Institutions need to be forgiven?

Forgiveness is Not the Same as Reconciliation
Ascension Presents | 5 Jan. 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im2hU2yg3Eo

0:48 Rooted in justice.

So, suppose I have been hurt fairly substantially in the past by a certain institution. Suppose I forgive those involved back then as persons, is that enough, or do I need to "forgive" the actual institution rather than considering it a bad one?

2:53 Would you consider the fact of being hurt by an institution as a reasonable reason to ask as a minimum it leaves me alone for the remainder of my life?

I am here presupposing:

• I did not need it then
• I do not need it now.

The institution was in my life acting as precisely an unwelcome intruder, and if it came back, it would still be an unwelcome intruder.

5:11 And if the institution in question is absolutely not one a man is normally meant to have a lifelong relationship to ...

This May Have Been Posted for my Birthday

How to Beat the 3 Tactics of the Devil
Ascension Presents, 6 Sept. 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNzPcJ5NNYU

6:04 I once actually was hosted for a night by a former AA.

He gave me the books "12 steps" and "12 principles" so I could check what it was.

And it's gross.

For one, "we came to realise that we had lost control of our lives" is a lie.

No - no one ever had control of his life in the first place. An alcoholic has lost control of one aspect of his life that he used to mostly control, but the fact is, none of us has a control of the situation in the first place. Therefore, none of us can lose it either. I can't say "I wasn't born on creation day and alive to now, so I lost 7167 years of my life by being born too late" - those 7167 years from Creation to 1968 were never mine in the first place. Well, except the last less than a month of 1967, when I was made before Christmas.

7:31 "that's false humility"

Not necessarily. Moses on two occasions said Moses was a very humble person.

However, while he certainly knew one had to be humble before God and that pride was Pharao's fall, it is not necessarily so that he considered his own humility as a virtue.

Both occasions I think, when he wouldn't speak up before Pharao without God giving him a mouthpiece and when he wouldn't speak up against Aaron and Miriam, but God had to do it, the word "humble" seems to mean "shy" or "socially awkward" ...

7:43 given this, what would you consider someone as doing if he:

• used me as a substitute outlet for his parenting, so he could be thinking of someone else than himself
• forced me to think of myself, so I cannot think of someone else than myself?

I am on a daily basis thinking of my writing in the sense that I think of the things I write about.

Certain people are on a daily basis forcing me to think of this writer who is myself, and therefore to think about myself.

Would you consider they are doing me a favour?

Sharing

Catholics, Alcohol, and Drinking
Ascension Presents, 6 June 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMO0JDxuPU

Someone Who Thinks I am Possessed or Dabbled Into the Occult?

Chad Ripperger has fame among exorcists like John Lennon had among musicians. Recall this in context of what she says ...

Pre-Catholic Amber and the Occult
The Religious Hippie, 1st of Nov. 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3J2V-nD_E

6:27 Sageing your room may not get rid of bad energy, but it will get rid of bacteria and virus to some degree.

Just as garlic will do.

7:47 If you have to do with poltergeists, try Hail Mary.

Sister Eugenia Palomino Yenes twice got rid of a poltergeist infesting the nunnery or convent or whatever it was before the ordained exorcist could arrive.

Which makes her kind of a charismatic exorcist in a way.

8:22 It seems on some occasion, ghosts from purgatory have also been allowed to act the poltergeist.

I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts!
Ascension Presents, 22nd of April 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgyX-aLMrGc

[The following was taken away, so, was it Amber or the cyber or some automated anti-spam thing on youtube?]

10:25 As you mentioned Fr. Ripperger, he seems to think the demon can give you musical talent.

Get me right - Satan arguably could move someone's fingers along an instrument and things like that, but John Lennon and the rest of them had practised. But talent is from within, Satan cannot transfer that.

Now, he pretended Satan had perhaps promised John Lennon 20 years of musical talent and success, and when John Lennon was shot, it was exactly 20 years after the event.

This bypasses the fairly important thing that John Lennon wasn't the musical genius of the Beatles. The Beatles actually had their musical genius in common with later on other bands, like Wings, from which I have a favourite called "Mull of Kintyre (song)" on the wikipedia ("Mull of Kintyre" without parenthesis is an article about the locality described in the song). So, if Satan promised John Lennon anything in the way of talent, he arguably didn't keep his side of the bargain, since John Lennon actually relied on Macca for talent.

I would argue, Chad Ripperger is crediting Satan with more power than he has - a bit like certain Jews who say that it was demons who gave gentile peoples the new languages at Babel, while I think it is safely doctrinal to say only God was able to do that.

This girl just said she had Ripperger as favourite exorcist, and funnily enough above comment containing criticism of Fr Ripperger was taken away under her youtube video. Could be a coincidence. I am not saying that it is.

... on Nature of Catholic Authority

... on Knowledge of Hagiographers · ... on Nature of Catholic Authority · On Francisco J. Ayala

Why Be Catholic and Not Just Christian?
Ascension Presents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJCbCs-y1_k

Generally : a very good overview on why the Magisterium is a necessary part of the Church.

Details :

5:16 It seems you get Arians somewhat wrong.

Like Charles Taze Russell, though unlike him in so many other ways, they were also attacking full humanity of Christ, saying that first thing after God, namely "Son of God" as they misinterpret it was instead of a human soul in Christ.

Speaking of VISIBLE Church, who is the visible Pope in your view? Do you call him Benedict, Francis or Michael? Or perhaps Boniface? Or Alexander? Each of above is visibly claiming to be or have been pope or was a few years ago, and for one who claims to have been pope some claim he still is.

You know there was a Council dealing with who was the right Pope, back in 1409? And another one in 1414?

7:40 "It is not without scientific error."

It seems you just narrowed down the possible papacies of your acceptation to either "Francis" or "Benedict".

Do you know how many Church Fathers you just contradicted, in the sentence and in the things you presuppose before saying it?

I guess you know some Latin, here you go:

New blog on the kid : Grammatica et Logica de Canone Celeberrimo Concilii Tridentini
http://nov9blogg9.blogspot.com/2014/07/grammatica-et-logica-de-canone.html

I think a Catholic can first of all rule out "Francis" and "Benedict", due to their open conflict with the session IV of Trent.

If they are not Catholics, as St Robert Bellarmine observed, they can't be Popes. A head is a member. You can't be head of a body you are no member of.

8:13 speaking of "infallible interpreter" what were infallible interpreters back in 813 saying of historical accuracy of Genesis 1-11? Of astronomic accuracy of Joshua 10:12,13?

Or in any century up to magisterium of Pope St Pius X, including his own Biblical commission, answers from 1905 and 1909?

Creation vs. Evolution : When Are Implicit Citations Licit?
[feat. mag. of 1905]
http://creavsevolu.blogspot.com/2017/07/when-are-implicit-citations-licit.html

Creation vs. Evolution : I have been Asked if Kent Hovind didn't have Talmudic Positions?
[feat. mag. of 1909]
http://creavsevolu.blogspot.com/2017/07/i-have-been-asked-if-kent-hovind-didnt.html

I am not claiming to be myself an infallible interpreter. I am just claiming I am not getting the infallible interpreter from back in about a century ago (he died in 1914) wrong.

And in case you were to claim the "magisterium" of "John Paul II" in 1992 and 1996 or more especially of his then "cardinal Ratzinger" in 1994 (or 93?) proves I am getting the magisterium of St Pius X wrong, what is the use of an infallible interpreter if it is infallibly so unclear it has itself to be reinterpreted each time there is a new pope, on each question?

None, and that is why the magisterium of Popes and Councils past still counts, and counts against what you consider as being the Catholic Church.

8:52 It might interest you to know the authority I accept, at least provisionally, Pope Michael, approves of my fidelity ot magisterium past (and through him also present) as approving Young Earth Creationism and Geocentrism.