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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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Dark_Lite said:
Not an institution, although Hinduism is certainly old.
Modern Hinduism is simply the present manifestation of the age-old amalgam of the pagan religion of the Aryan invaders of India c. 1500 BC and that of their native Dravidian subjects.
Buddhism is also older than the Catholic Church, but it, like Hinduism, has no real institutional manifestation.
Of course, since the Catholic Church reaches back into the Old Covenant and is the fulfillment and continuation of the Qahal, it is older than either Hinduism or Buddhism.
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Rising_Suns said:That's assuming you are going to live a long life.
I only assume that because it is the most dreary prospect.
Besides, I said "we," not having merely myself in mind.
That is certainly true.
I still think it is good to remind ourselves that our Lord is coming back. It is a hopeful thought.
Besides, it occurs to me that the Fathers put it in the Creed for a good reason, and a lot of them spent a lot of ink and energy writing about it.
If it were a minor matter that Christians should not waste time considering, the Apostles and the Fathers probably would not have made it such a prominent subject.
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Paul S said:
Nothing started by humans, that's true... but some would argue (secularists or Jews) that Judaism predates Christianity by thousands of years
Of course, our view is that Christianity isn't a replacement, but rather, a continuation and fulfillment of Judaism.
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SouthCoast said:Nothing started by humans, that's true... but some would argue (secularists or Jews) that Judaism predates Christianity by thousands of years
Of course, our view is that Christianity isn't a replacement, but rather, a continuation and fulfillment of Judaism.
-Michael
True.
Present-day Judaism is not synonymous with the Old Covenant people of God. It is rather the continuation of the apostate religion that rejected the Son of God and delivered Him into the hands of the Romans to be crucified.
It was the faithful remnant of believing Jews who formed the nucleus of Christ's Church. Our Lord kept the true Israel of God alive in them and their Gentile converts.
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geocajun
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Maximus said:
its so funny you brought that up. I was thinking about this exact same thing when I stumbled accross the scripture in my signature -
". . .no one remained loyal to the House of David, except the tribe of Judah."
1 Kings 12:20
very prophetic.
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