Flashermac Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 You were raised RC, right? It's interesting that Catholics who stop believing in their church become atheists. (Sort of an all or nothing behaviour.) Protestants usually become agnostics. In the same way, Catholics who become Buddhists tend to become Mahayana. Protestants go for Theravada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hi, "You were raised RC, right?" Yep. Until I started questioning the stuff at 12 years old. Luckily my parents were/are really cool and told me that even though they believe, they would not influence my decision in any way. Only been to a church 3 times since, burying my grandfathers and showing my wife a church. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Flash - post of the week - fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 I want the Church to apologize to Hercules for plagiarizing his autobiography as half deity and half mortal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Hi, "The 'tongues' is a known language." So, how come nobody has been able to translate it? If it was language rather than gibberish you can bet someone would have figured out how to translate it by now. No offense meant, but to me all this 'talking in tongues' is bullshit. Of course, I am severely biased and despise organized religion. Sanuk! KS, unlike 99% of christians, I can completely understand one hearing this stuff and thinking "..this is completely insane!"...lol...hypocritically I think the same when I read what the Scientologists think for instance. hahaha My guess is 99% of those that speak it (and that percentage may be on the low end) aren't speaking in tongues and a lot of them don't even believe they are speaking in tongues. Some honestly do believe they have the gift. Some of my relatives truly believed they did and they are the norm rather than the exception in that part of christianity. However, my test is what the bible actually says about it. That its supposed to be spoken to enhance the word, meaning what is said has a spiritual purpose and second, someone is there to translate it. I've never heard either done. I take absolutely no offense whatsoever for any comments about christianity and its rituals, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 I want the Church to apologize to Hercules for plagiarizing his autobiography as half deity and half mortal. Hercule Poirot was half divine? Never heard that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 CS, be interesting if someone recorded speaking in tongues and had a linguistics prof study it to see if there is a grammar, uniformity of forms etc. Make a change from folks doing their PhD studies in Linguistics on extremely obscure languages spoken by a few hundred people on some small island in the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Flash - post of the week - fascinating! Not just my observation. BTW have you heard of the Jew-Boos, the Jewish converts to Buddhism? http://www.tedfriedman.com/archives/buddhism/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullnight Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 "In the same way, Catholics who become Buddhists tend to become Mahayana. Protestants go for Theravada." Such a weird choice...sometimes I wished I'd joined the Chinese or burmese army just to go and blow off a few monks heads... dirty lazy lying beggars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 CS, be interesting if someone recorded speaking in tongues and had a linguistics prof study it to see if there is a grammar, uniformity of forms etc. Make a change from folks doing their PhD studies in Linguistics on extremely obscure languages spoken by a few hundred people on some small island in the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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