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Interesting. If I am completely honest, and this is not intended to be a dig at people that choose to wear them, the majority of people that are wearing them at this point appear to have some sort of mental impairment or are homeless (or both). That is simply an observation of the people wearing...

The idea that if you did not know something you could not just look it up online. You had to go to a book of some sort, or ask someone that was knowledgeable.

I see is sometimes, 95% of the times I see it they are either just paper surgical mask or cloth. Rarely the N-95 mask. If I were to guess it would be maybe 1 in 50 people or less at this point here. I took several flights over the last week and only saw one person wearing a mask, to her credit...

It depends on your tax situation and investment acumen. If you have a better way to invest for a return on your money higher than your interest than it probably makes sense to invest it in something else. If you don't then it may be best to just pay off the house and then save your money for...

Yes, I wash all new purchases like sheets or clothes before I use them. Why not? Who knows where they have been or the conditions of the factory and shipping conditions.

Referrals and holding money back. Never pay it all up front, that is just asking for trouble. Progress payments are fine, but never pay the last 15-25% until the job is complete.

Ponder this, and I don't have an answer: What of people that divorce and then re-marry, but now realize that may be an issue with what they have done? How are they to address the situation they are now in? The RCC has a process for annulment, but most other churches do not, and even then...

Bingo, I 100% agree.

Well, the departed saints can and did go through the same or similar situations, and praying "to" a saint is merely talking to them like we would any other. The real question is if they can hear us. Let me be clear though that I don't pray or talk to the departed.

Granted, most of the practice is based on the idea that the saints are living members of the Church, just not on Earth. So much of the basis comes from passages talking about praying for one another, of which there are more than a few. Also

I'll PM you about it so as not to take the thread off course.

That does not seem to be backed up by scripture, maybe by people's experience, but experiences don't work in this discussion or saintly intercession, otherwise we could point to many people's experiences with direct intercession by a saint. So, if we are arguing that we are only to pray to God...

Broadly I agree. Even when I was a practicing Catholic I found it un-necessary to pray to saints for intercession. The scriptural support is thin, but then there are some scriptures that seem to imply it and then Tradition if one goes down that road.

yeah, it is not really possible where I live. There is only one ACNA church and they are very unstable, having moved around the metro area multiple times it seems and currently rather far from me, and in a temporary location anyway. There is another independent Anglican church very close.....but...

To be fair, we don't need anyone here on Earth either, but we ask and they do pray for us. Scripture tells us to do that as well, to pray with one another and for one another. Being as only the believer's body dies, but the soul lives on, we are a community of the living, not the dead. Now...

Valid point, my only experience with Anglicanism is limited to a couple of TEC churches. That said, the drift towards liberalism in many Anglican churches is concerning to me and one impediment that can't be ignored.

Probably both in reality. The absolution makes it feel more "real" while the confessing is healing in another way. Sure, but theologically different and very limited in scope and actual practice. Having to make an appointment for private confession/absolution is a hurdle not generally necessary...

To be honest, I am not entirely sure as to the whole. But in part it is the conviction that the RCC is right, the thorough explanations and investigation into the faith and belief, the liturgy and history. Honestly, there is a real sense of a weight being lifted after reconciliation/confession...

No, I do not agree with everything the Church teaches. But it would be a lie if I did not also note that there is still a great draw for me there.

To be fair, neither do most Catholics and they are not obliged to agree with everything he says.