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Now I'm not going to confess my thoughts on the age of the earth - I really don't want to get into a slanging match - that's not by ball game - but has anyone spotted the fact that a 'considered maximum' of - what was it - about 9000ish years ago (6900BC) isn't that far away from the theorised...

The initial start on my journey was a motorcycle accident and my Dad. Having escaped with my life (the doctor said I should have died but all I had was two busted up wrists and a crushed finger). At that point my Dad said someone must have been looking out for me. Now he's never been religious...

Thanks for your reply to my questions Sinai - it's appreciated. Interesting stuff about the Nahmanides - I have to check them out. Wookie

:D :D :D ROFL.... now hows that supposed to help me keep a straight face if I ever become Catholic... I get the message - please - no more comparisons to the lower intestinal tract though - it's would be hard to stay reverant with that image in my mind... Wookie

Hi VOW Yes you're right, I know it's a vitamin and it'll be good for me but that doesn't stop the natural 'I don't like the idea of this' which comes from talking about stuff that you'd never tell your own mother... :D ... I have enough trouble dealing with telling myself where I went wrong...

Ok Guys 'n' Gals I think number 4 - the day or undefined period bit says more than a lot about taking everything literaly in any translation. This doesn't only hold true for the Bible but any anciant document (or modern come to that). To my mind - the only way anyone should take everything...

Well, nice to see my post started this thread off. Very interesting and informative. Needless to say, I confess I have never confessed - but that's because I'm a shiny new Christian of no particular denomination. I've prayed to Christ for forgiveness - quite openly and as honestly as I could...

Thanks for the links folks - much appreciated.... I'll be checking them out soon.. :cool:

Thanks KC I'd just like to say if there's one thing I've found it's that Christians are so friendly and welcoming. The first church service I went too almost scared me because I'm just not used to people making sure I'm ok, do I need anything, have you got this, that or the other - even...

Hi VOW Tnx for that. Penance definitley cleared up there. That makes sense now - it's not punishement - it's a way of helping you tune back in - so to speak. With the indulgences though, I now take it that if I 'earn' an indulgence, then it is for someone who has passed on and is now...

Afternoon folks... Now I don't know if this has been discussed before as I'm new here, and to clear the waters a little - I'm not Catholic - at least not yet. I recently got converted to Christianity about 6 weeks ago - I say that 'cos I woke up one morning and bingo, there it was, out of the...

Thanks for all your replies. I guess I must follow my nose as it were. I believe God reaches me through intuition. By this I don't mean those little ideas that pop into your head and you think 'ooh.. groovy, I'll go with that!' I mean that certain knowledge that whatever it is, it's 100%...

Hi sOuljah Yep... already doing that... to let out a little secret, it's a Catholic church I go to. The services seem far 'happier' than the Anglican one I went to. Saying that, it is still early days and I need to look around more. I have been studying various sources on the Catholic faith...

Thanks for the replies folks.... :) GraftMeIn..... yes, I appreciate that during Baptism you make promises to God, but I get the impression that most churches expect you to fall completely in line with their line of thinking before they will consider baptising you. For example, I know...

Hi again folks This is a little bit of my story - sorry if I blab on too much... Some of you may remember me from back around January/February posting a couple of threads about magic, the pentagram and stuff like that (one still seems to be running - I'll have to check it out). At the time...