Or "Allah Akbar". Depending on what part of the world I was born into, yes it would be one or the other. lolW_T_M wrote:Onward Christian Soldiers.
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Or "Allah Akbar". Depending on what part of the world I was born into, yes it would be one or the other. lolW_T_M wrote:Onward Christian Soldiers.
Bob wrote:
I have a tendency to want to lump religion and spirituality and philosophy all together. And since there is no all-encompassing term in the language, at least as I'm aware of, I use "religion" to substitute for that.
The reason I don't make the distinction others do, is I see all of it leading to the same thing (and when I include philosophy I mean only the part of philosophy which addresses what religion and spirituality do).
What it all is to me, is an inate desire, a need actually, for human beings to want to know what is not knowable.
And that in no way carries any negative connotation for me. Why wouldn't we? Our curiousity and our need for knowledge is our nature. It's as great a need as the sustenance we need to sustain our lives.
BUT, I'm convinced that what our reality is probably more than anything else, is that we have that same need to know what the very nature of our existence is when that knowledge has not ever, is not now, and likely will not ever be ours to possess.
And even a recognition of that is not going to change anything. We still have the need and the desire to know and always will.
SO, religion, spirituality, philosophy and whatever else we come up with, for me is all a manifestation of that same thing.
Bob wrote:Shit that video aint on my phone anymore. Technology sucks.
But I did find this picture. It's my Catholic friend's son with his new puppy.
If Matthew, Luke, John or Mohammed can write words to explain this picture then they're better men than I am cause I wouldn't even attempt it. In fact I don't even need any lousy words to go with it. The picture is enough for me.
Bob wrote:Shit that video aint on my phone anymore. Technology sucks.
But I did find this picture. It's my Catholic friend's son with his new puppy.
If Matthew, Luke, John or Mohammed can write words to explain this picture then they're better men than I am cause I wouldn't even attempt it. In fact I don't even need any lousy words to go with it. The picture is enough for me.
This isn't the "catholic church thread". That one is the one that got deleted and the one that replaced it.Dreamsglore wrote:
I'm lost here? What does this picture have to do w/ the Catholic Church?
Floridatexan wrote:Oh, good grief. I can't believe I leave for a few hours and this is what I come back to. I don't even know what the other thread was about, but I am sick that it came to Eric wanting to leave the forum.
It's not the religion; it's the PRACTICE of the religion, in every single case...all religions...all sects...even aethism or agnosticism or Deism or Buddhism. If your religion makes you intolerant of others, it's probably either the teaching or your interpretation of it that is faulty. If your religion doesn't help you connect with your own spirituality, it's either not teaching you or you're resisting it because of your failure to live up to what you believe in your heart. Because no religion is perfect, just as no human being is perfect. That's why we PRACTICE. That's why we have rituals.
Dreamsglore wrote:It had nothing to do w/ Eric personally
Sal wrote:Floridatexan wrote:Oh, good grief. I can't believe I leave for a few hours and this is what I come back to. I don't even know what the other thread was about, but I am sick that it came to Eric wanting to leave the forum.
It's not the religion; it's the PRACTICE of the religion, in every single case...all religions...all sects...even aethism or agnosticism or Deism or Buddhism. If your religion makes you intolerant of others, it's probably either the teaching or your interpretation of it that is faulty. If your religion doesn't help you connect with your own spirituality, it's either not teaching you or you're resisting it because of your failure to live up to what you believe in your heart. Because no religion is perfect, just as no human being is perfect. That's why we PRACTICE. That's why we have rituals.
You're close, but not quite there.
Religion is based on and fosters intolerance.
It's human nature.
Spirituality is supposed to transcend that.
Organized religion embraces it.
Dreamsglore wrote:Bob wrote:Shit that video aint on my phone anymore. Technology sucks.
But I did find this picture. It's my Catholic friend's son with his new puppy.
If Matthew, Luke, John or Mohammed can write words to explain this picture then they're better men than I am cause I wouldn't even attempt it. In fact I don't even need any lousy words to go with it. The picture is enough for me.
I'm lost here? What does this picture have to do w/ the Catholic Church?
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