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I have a number of questions regarding the manner in which a matter has been handled by my former husband’s body of elders. My body of elders are supportive of the Bible’s view — his is playing the "good ole boy" game, and are taking sides with him. I am advised to write the Society but don’t have their e-mail address. The "contact us" feature on their official site is to request a Bible study.
Your former husband had 7 days in which to accept the ruling or not before the letter was sent off to the Society. Why did your Former husband not try to set matters straight back then?
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August 31 2009 | Bible | 13 Comments »
Greek orthodox churches smell a distinctive odor coming from something that it is burned during the ceremony. What is that? is it a plant? a mineral? Thanks. Where can this thing be bought?
Before I became an Asatruar, I was Russian Orthodox.
Priests usually burn frankincense and myrrh in the censors. I do believe both come from a plant. It looks like an oily resin. You can buy them at liturgical church supply shops, Indian spice and incense stores and some places which sell perfumes and incense.
http://www.pointsoflight.com/resins.htm
http://beautorium.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/myrrh.jpg
Myrrh
http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Images/Travel_Article_Library/Oman/Salalah/Frankincense-Tree-Salalah.jpg
Frankincense Tree
http://www.spiceworld.uk.com/product_info.php?products_id=2887
Neuropsych, you lovely person, Eastern Orthodoxy is NOT a cult.
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August 31 2009 | Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
My husband and I had a small ceremony at the local Marine Corps League and are planning a renewal of vows/formal ceremony and reception for family and friends. I would LOVE to have this ceremony outside. However, my mother insists that it is done by a catholic priest and I don’t know that the priest would perform the ceremony outside. Also, we do not belong to a church and we would be traveling cross country to our home state of Wisconsin to have the ceremony. Is this also an issue? Wedding planning SUCKS!
Sorry, I have not run across the situation before.
Just call the parish near where you plan to have your renewal ceremony and ask.
With love in Christ.
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August 31 2009 | Catholic | 10 Comments »
I have a friend who is picking and choosing what commandments to live by (such as having sex before marriage etc.) Are there any good bible verses saying not to do that?
You can first ask your friend if he/she wants to serve God the way he wants and acepts. Then you can mention these scriptures:
(1 Corinthians 6:13) 13 Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but God will bring both it and them to nothing. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.
(1 Corinthians 6:18) 18 Flee from fornication. Every other sin that a man may commit is outside his body, but he that practices fornication is sinning against his own body.
(1 Thessalonians 4:3-5) 3 For this is what God wills, the sanctifying of YOU, that YOU abstain from fornication; 4 that each one of YOU should know how to get possession of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in covetous sexual appetite such as also those nations have which do not know God;
If you would like to know more about this and other themes, next time Jehovah’s Witness come to your door, ask them for a free Bible study at your convenience. You will never regret all the knowledge you will acquire and remember that what you do with that knowledge is your choice. Knowledge + Application = Wisdom
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August 29 2009 | Bible | 5 Comments »
When I downloaded a program called StypeXP, the recycle bin icon is on top of all my other icons on my desktop. The icons still work fine but it is harder to tell the difference between all of my icons. I have windows vista.
Follow the steps which are given below:
1. Click on the Start Menu and go to Run (or just press Win+R, save one second!).
2. Type in regedit and hit Enter.
3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace (you can press first letter of branch name for faster navigation)
4. Do you see {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} branch? Create backup at first, right-click NameSpace and select Export.
5. Delete the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} branch or just rename it to OLD-{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} (I think that rename is a good idea – in this case you can easy restore it)
6. Right-click your desktop and select Refresh. There is no the Recycle Bin icon more!:)
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August 29 2009 | Icon | 3 Comments »
What are the main differences and similiarities between Catholic Tradtition and Greek orthodox?
Such things as bibles, creeds, confessions , Holy Trinity, sin and salvation.
Greek Orthodox is a subset (along with Russian, Byzantine, etc.) of the ‘Eastern Orthodox’ communion of churches, all of whom are in union with the spiritual head, the patriarch of Constantinople. The Catholic Church is the communion of churches in union with the bishop of Rome. The latter, Catholic communion includes many ‘Eastern’ churches which are similar in style and practice to the Eastern Orthodox, although the largest Catholic church/rite is the Western, Roman one. Hope that’s not confusing. It’s far more complex than it seems.
These two communions of churches gradually drifted apart from the 3rd or 4th century, suffering some severe divisions into the early Middle Ages, and a final schism usually dated to 1054, when the bishop of Rome and the patriarch of Constantinople mutually excommunicated each other. Several attempts afterwards to reunite came to nothing, so the communions remain in schism (although often on very good terms). However, each recognizes the other as a genuine apostolic church, with valid sacraments, etc.
The two communions of churches are nearly identical in structure and very similar in worship. (Greek orthodox worship is very different from the ‘Roman’ Catholic worship most of us are used to, but in fact the Catholic Church also includes Eastern Catholic rites which worship similarly, so that is not a fundamental difference.) There are slight different emphases in theology (someone above mentioned a different emphasis on original sin) but these are rather minor points and are actually quite compatible. Both communions of churches recognize the same creeds and hold the same Bibles and have (largely) the same view of salvation and the sacraments. There are slight difference in practice (Easterners ordain married men, Roman Catholics don’t) but again these are compatible and do not forbid communion.
The two largest differences which have come out clearly over the years are the Trinity and the papacy. With regard to the former, the Catholic Church holds that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father AND THE SON (the famous ‘filioque’ clause in the creed), while the Orthodox hold that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone. This was the breaking point in the 11th century, although most theologians today think that the two positions are reconcilable (‘from the Father through the Son’ has been proposed as a compromise position). With regard to the latter, the Eastern Orthodox grant the bishop of Rome (‘pope’) only a primacy of ‘honor’, i.e. only as more or less a figurehead, whereas the Catholic Church grants the bishop of Rome real, concrete powers of teaching (infallibility) and government (jurisdiction) with relation to the other bishops and churches. This latter point remains the real sticking point. Hope this helps.
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August 27 2009 | Catholic | 7 Comments »
Also, I’m not asking for sarcastic answers that attempt to discredit myself or Christianity. You see, what happened was I speaking with my sister about such a topic, but it was more of a girlfriend/boyfriend type of thing. I think that Bible states you shouldn’t look at the female with lust, my sister basically told me that it’s okay as long as I have feelings for the female.
When you read the bible you have to understand it was written by uptight old men. That book is one of the reasons I want nothing to do with organized religion.
You cannot control the feelings in your heart and should not punished for them! Now when you act on those feelings and humiliate or cause shame to that person that is a whole different matter.
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August 25 2009 | Bible | 7 Comments »
Well, the question really is:
When was the last time when the Catholic Church made major changes to make itself relevant to the world?
Thanks!
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Never. You can still celebrate a Mass in Latin.
However following Vatican II, in the 1960s, most Masses started to be celebrated in the language of the people.
With love in Christ.
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August 25 2009 | Catholic | 14 Comments »
Hi I want to ask what the Bible says about the following philosophical questions:
1. What is truth? Can we know the truth?
2. What is reality? Is the world we see and live in right now the reality?
3. Do other people have a mind or consciousness like me?
4. Do we have free will? Or are we determined by God or genes or environment?
Those questions aren’t directed stated in the Bible, but I want to ask your opinion on what the Bible suggests the answers to those question might be.
Religion doesn’t tend to answer those philosophical questions, and when they do, not well. Philosophers also have to define what they mean by consciousness (and degree of it) and free well?
My personal take, is that religion is more of a faith-salvation thing telling people how to get saved and about G-d (the faith part) or they serve to define morality.
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August 23 2009 | Bible | 9 Comments »
I’ve heard of Roman Catholic before and I am Catholic. So I’m wondering what the difference between those two are?
A Roman Catholic is a person that belongs to the Catholic Church of Rome. Nearly every American Catholic is a Roman Catholic.
An Eastern Catholic is someone that belongs to one of the autonomous Eastern Catholic churches; they are found mostly (you guessed it) east of Rome.
All Catholics are Christians.
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August 23 2009 | Catholic | 12 Comments »
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