/lit/ - Literature

>>22409958
does the church make a distinction between birth control and contraception? With contraception you are preventing fertilization but with birth control you are allowing fertilization to happen then tricking your body into performing an abortion. I feel like there should be a big difference theologically.

>>22060913
I always thought this part was weird. anyone have any liturgical explanations? I wonder if they died because they didn't give away all of their possessions or because they lied to St. Peter. Or is it a metaphorical story explaining that if you don't put your whole heart into following the master, the mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ that your soul will suffer the second death.

How do we know they are serious? They read like a early 2000's copy/paste. I always thought he was just goofing around.

Why are so many Canadians talking about "shawn"?

Did "Cather in the Rye" start the young adult trope of the main character being a whiney little bitch?

nobody irl talks about cormac, not even the avid readers. could it be that he's just an internet phenomenon?