Recent content by Divinus

I don't see why Christians should not respect other religions. To separate a religion from its adherents is to suppose some sort of life for an abstract concept - I don't think it is possible to hate the religion but respect the people in it. I definitely think that "do unto others..."...

Probably kinder to tell them you don't want to date non-Christians straight away than let them think otherwise. Just come out with it :) sometimes people don't get hints.

Hey everyone, I was just wondering whether someone could pray for me. I've not been on the forum for ages, because I've been having serious real-world troubles. I've been diagnosed with clinical depression, and sent to a psychiatrist who's now started talking about "mood disorders" in a...

I think the reason some Christians hate Wicca in particular is because of the current state of Christianity more than anything else. Its in a period of decline, and while it has to a certain extent learnt to live and let live with older religions, the newer ones present a current threat...

Patty, Just a thought :) Alternatively, he could go to them and just say his religious beliefs mean he is highly uncomfortable with serving, that he really does not want to and believes it to be wrong - and my guess is that they would allow him not to serve. I know that if I were choosing...

I always assumed Solomon was just feeling a bit depressed when he wrote Ecclesiastes. I like it, though :) its nice to find someone in the bible who agrees when you're in the sort of mood that says "everything is horrible except God".

It should also have bothered them before, gunnysgt.

I thought you could get out of jury service for religious reasons? Might be wrong on that though. I've never been called to sit on a jury, though I would quite like to. My mother's been hoping they'll call her all her life, but it hasn't happened yet :) If its that big a deal for you...

The vet will be able to tell you if she's a manx cat or not, surely? I can't understand why people (purposefully) harm animals! Why don't they just buy a punching bag if they want to take out their agression?

Freodin, I think its just people trying to decide what the "mark of the beast" could possibly be, and lighting on anything and everything that might possibly be put on the forehead or wrist and arbitrarily deciding that that *must* be the Mark. Hence the stuff about barcodes, microchips, and...

I agree with mandatory seatbelt wearing. There are a lot of stupid people around, but no matter how thick they are I don't want to see them die for it. And particularly with children - there are some people who allow their kids to sit without a seatbelt, and thus endanger their lives...

I just don't see the point of popups. I mean, I always delete them as soon as possible, and they annoy me so much I'd never go to buy something from them - so why do they use them? I don't mind banners, but popups...ugh!

mys·ti·cism n. 1. a) Immediate consciousness of the transcendent or ultimate reality or God. b) The experience of such communion as described by mystics. 2. A belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are central to being and directly...

I'd like to know which Catholic theologians say so, too :)

I've seen loads of offers up at my university for students to go on retreats - usually to the island of Iona - but I've never been on one. I know people who have though, but I just never seem to have got round to it :)