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1 | Concept of Heaven and Hell in OT | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184726 | ||
"I serve a risen Savior. He's in the World today. I know that he is living. Whatever men may say. I see his hand of mercy. I hear his voice of cheer. And just when I need him, He's always there. He lives. He lives. Christ Jesus lives today. He walks with me. And talks with me. Along life's trodden way. He lives. He lives. Salvation to impart. You ask me how I know He lives. He lives within my heart." The above is an old Protestant hymn. I forget what church I use to sing that in. I think it is called "He lives." And I forget who the hymn is by. |
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2 | Concept of Heaven and Hell in OT | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184725 | ||
Isn't the maine thrust of the bible Salvation. The class has talked a lot about "Loving Thy Neighbor" , "turning the other cheek", and "The forgiveness of sins." The teacher believes that Jesus was a passivist. That we never should have gone to war. And that most wars are preventable. She might not know exactly why Protestants broke away from Catholicims. She believes that part of the reason was so that we could read our own bibles instead of having someone else tell us what was in it. But a bigger question is Why is there a Pope at all. One question she did bring up was why Catholics have confession. Why can't they go directly to God and pray? Which in actuality is a good question. If I want to talk to my Mom, I don't go through my adult children. Outside of the fact that neither of my children live with me any more. They are out on their own. But when I want to speak to Mom and speak to Mom. I don't talk through people. I also know that everyone around me can fail me. But God never fails. He comes up with solutions and makes paths where there is none. |
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3 | Concept of Heaven and Hell in OT | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184712 | ||
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4 | Concept of Heaven and Hell in OT | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184711 | ||
I was talking about my "Religion's of the World " class with someone at work. She could not believe that the teacher didn't know certaina things. For example Mrs Shah didn't know that Protestants don't do the sign of the cross. When she found out that this was true she replied "You don't believe in the cross." Glory! The idea of purgatory in the old testament came from someone who claimed to be protestant. Although she was trying to figure out the sign of the cross. Maybe my classmates don't read their bibles. Mine is pretty well read. I was suppose to bring in something to show my religion. I brought in a number of things. Two of those things were bibles. ONe was a King James Version copywrite 1983. The cover was off of it. The other was a Revised STandard Version 1901. The cover is a little ragged, but it is in better shape than my KJV. I also brought in two hymnals. Mom use to be a choir director. She had a "Pilgrim Hymnal" from when she directed at the Congregational Church. I also brought in a hymnal/story book from Ideals "Guideposts." And two reference books. All this plus information for my Oral Presentation which included two photo albums. I am glad you clarified that purgatory was a Catholic thing. That was what I thought. I also know that the Pope is Catholic. But my teacher talks as if the Protestants are under the Pope. I had this same trouble when I visited the HIndu Temple. A particular Priest was said to be like "the Pope." But it might have been said more personally than that. Like "your Pope." So the joke and/or outrage of the day is that the Pope has become Protestant. I mean Catholics and Protestants both believe pretty much the same thing. Right? So why not group everyone together? I do remember studying the Protestant REformation at one point. And if I am correct Protestants are under the Pope. We kind of "broke away" from the Catholic church. |
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5 | Concept of Heaven and Hell in OT | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184710 | ||
I was talking about my "Religion's of the World " class with someone at work. She could not believe that the teacher didn't know certaina things. For example Mrs Shah didn't know that Protestants don't do the sign of the cross. When she found out that this was true she replied "You don't believe in the cross." Glory! The idea of purgatory in the old testament came from someone who claimed to be protestant. Although she was trying to figure out the sign of the cross. Maybe my classmates don't read their bibles. Mine is pretty well read. I was suppose to bring in something to show my religion. I brought in a number of things. Two of those things were bibles. ONe was a King James Version copywrite 1983. The cover was off of it. The other was a Revised STandard Version 1901. The cover is a little ragged, but it is in better shape than my KJV. I also brought in two hymnals. Mom use to be a choir director. She had a "Pilgrim Hymnal" from when she directed at the Congregational Church. I also brought in a hymnal/story book from Ideals "Guideposts." And two reference books. All this plus information for my Oral Presentation which included two photo albums. I am glad you clarified that purgatory was a Catholic thing. That was what I thought. I also know that the Pope is Catholic. But my teacher talks as if the Protestants are under the Pope. I had this same trouble when I visited the HIndu Temple. A particular Priest was said to be like "the Pope." But it might have been said more personally than that. Like "your Pope." So the joke and/or outrage of the day is that the Pope has become Protestant. I mean Catholics and Protestants both believe pretty much the same thing. Right? So why not group everyone together? I do remember studying the Protestant REformation at one point. And if I am correct Protestants are under the Pope. We kind of "broke away" from the Catholic church. |
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6 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184657 | ||
I am not as "Young and Impressionable " as you may think. Actually, I have been through a lot in my life time. My parents separated when I was five years old. They were divorced by the time I seven years old. My mom had custody of all five of us children. I am the youngest of five. My father was an alcoholic. He was just getting off the booze when I was born. My MOm went through a lot. She says that "just as things were getting better" my father left. He had found another woman. He married this woman. My father's second wife's name was Ruth. Ruth had also been married previously. She had a daughter from her first marraige. I forget the spelling of her daughter's name. It is something like Jo-Anne or Joanne. Ruth had custody of JO. When I was nineteen years old I had my first child. I almost didn't graduate from High School. But I did. Probably because I conceived late in the year. Around my 19th birthday. Which is in February. When NOvember would come around, I would be out on my own. Here I was raising a child by myself. The biggest slap in the face is that my daughter's father had found someone else. He didn't marry me. He married Shiela. And I knew of Shiela. You would have thought I would have learned the first time around. But in my early twenties I had another child. So I was an unwed mother twice over. My children are grown now. My daughter is in her mid twenties. She will be twenty - seven by November of this year. My son's birthday is in April. I think he will be around twenty- five. My kids are about two and a half years apart. So figure the ages from there. Maybe my son will be twenty-four this year. I think he might have been born in 83. I can't remember my own children's ages. So I am not young. Actually I am 46 years old. But perhaps I am still a little niave. Like thinking that it didn't matter who taught this course. People are going to approach religion from their own perspective. So the teacher did great on Hinduism. For Islam we have a couple of students in the class that are from that culture. They are Muslim. But the majority of us are Christians. Now that isn't to say that we are all practicing. We simply have that background. I think it is too late to get my money back on this course. I am not sure I want to drop it. Although, the Lowell Assemlby of God is strongly encouragin me to do so. I have finished one paper already. I was suppose to visit a mosque or temple and do an oral presentation. The class has a problem with this assignment. After reading my book for class, I had a problem with the assignment. Although I did it anyway. I determined by reasoning that we couldn't visit a Jewish Synagogue. Going to church didn't count. We had to go outside ourselves. So I visited a Hindu Temple. The teacher suggested I bring a flower for an offering. So I did. It was a potted Flowery plant. I didn't really understand a lot of what was going on. I mean there was a language barrier. But one thing I didn't do, was bow to their idols. So I am learning about my strong points and my weak ones. And I am learning about other people's beliefs as well. Also to note: A lot of counselors don't think of a person as mind, body, and spirit. Secular counselors treat the mind. Doctors treat the body. And the spirit isn't attended to. When I took my abnormal psychology class, I realized that some cultures don't recognize certain mental illnesses. They are called something else. Some of this is due to the religious backgrounds of the people they are counseling. Which was why I took this course. And the DSM-IV-TR manual is something else to read. My MOther's comments on me taking the "Religion of the World's Class" was that it was going to be almost a continuum of the "Abnormal Psychology" course I had just taken. I didn't expect to get confused taking "Religion of the World." I think the book I am reading isn't kind. See previous note. |
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7 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184656 | ||
Reply to CDBJ. I wish I wasn't so busy. I knew that when I started this "Religions of the World" class that I would have to keep on top of things. I probably should be into the Word a lot more than what I am. But that doesn't mean that I don't have knowledge of the Word. I have actually been studying the Word for a good number of years now. However, I have not studied it in a school or college. From first grade to twelfth grade I went to public schools. Religion was actually taken out of the school system a while back. When I knew that I would be studying "Religion of the Worlds", I actually got the book ahead of time. I started reading the book for pleasure only. I wasn't taken notes at the time. I only got so far before class started. When class started , I reread some of the chapter I had already read. This time taking notes. It takes a lot longer to read a chapter when you are taking notes. We had first studied Hinduism. I got between a 74 and an 80 on the first test. We just got finished studying Islam. I think I did better on that test than I did on Hinduism. Oddly enough we were suppose to be doing Buddhism next. But Islam doesn't go into Buddhism. If you think about it Hinduism goes into Buddhism. So now we are reading Christianity. This particular chapter I didn't get to read ahead of time. So I just finished reading it. I didn't take notes. Which means now I need to go back and take notes. I wish I had gotten to this chapter ahead of time. Why? Because of the subtitles under "Christianity." Which is in Chapter 8 of "The World's Religions" by Huston Smith. The book is seet up as such. You have an introduction to every chapter. Then under Christianity you have "The Historical Jesus." Not every religion is historical. Christianity is a historical religion. "The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me." "By the Spirit of God I Cast Out Demons" "Thy Kingdom Come, on Earth." Then you have a topic called "The Christ of Faith" Under the same chapter as Christianity. Then you have subtopics of that topic. "He Went About Doing Good." "Never Spoke Man Thus." "We Have Seen His Glory." Then a new topic "The End and the Beginning." "The Good News" "The Mystical Body of Christ" "The Mind of the Church" "Roman Catholicism" "The Church as Teaching Authority" "The Church as Sacramental Agent" "Eastern Orthodoxy" "Protestantism" "Faith" "The Protestant Principle" All these are covered under Christianity. The book mentions the "Casting out of Demons " early on in the chapter. You can see this by the way I listed the topics and subtopics. The idea was that the teacher wanted us to define demon. I didn't come close to the answer until page 359 under "The Protestant Principle . It is the last sentence of the second paragraph. "For this, according to tradition, is what the devil is: the highest angel who, not content to be second, was determined to be first." Which brings me back to what I was researching. Which was "What is a demon?" I suppose a question that might precede that is "Who is the devil?" And then the answer falls into place a lot more. It is what Doc and others have been telling me . Something I sort of heard before. That the devil and one third of the angels were cast out of heaven. So a demon is a fallen angel. So Huston Smith's book "The World Religions" isn't necessarily a "kind book". Although it has a lot of information on different religions. One of the Pastors at "The Lowell Assembly of God" gave me another book to read called "The Compact Guide to World Religions by Dean C. Halverson, General Editior World Religions Specialist for Internaqtional Students INc." This is a very orderly book. And it is kind on the student. "The World Religions" by Huston Smith has gotten some praise. YOu can read the comments on the back of the boook. For example "The New YOrk TImes Book Review says "Intelligent, clearly written...reveals the spirit of each faith." Library Journal says "The best one-volume book on world religions." If I wasn't taking a "Religion of the World's Class" this might have been a book I would have started and put down. It is heavy reading. You can only take in so much at one time. Interestingly enough this is the only book we are using in my "Religions of the World Class.," So there are no supplements. The teacher says if we don't understand a word to look it up. And of course if I get stuck, I am one to research. Which is good. It might just keep me sane. I know this is a christian forum, but since a particular book I am reading in class started this whole thing, I thought I would mention just what I thought of the book. It isn't that it is a bad book. It is very informative. It just isn't kind to its readers. You read it like you would read a novel. That is sort of the way it is set up. |
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8 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184578 | ||
I don't know who made the comment "Ah." That doesn't seem to be an answer. It is more a sign of confusion. It seems as if everyone in my "Relgions of the World" class have had that look on their faces at one time or another. I had decided to take "Religions of the World" , not because I am a philosophy major. Although I have taken Intro to Philosophy. My suggestion is that if you are going to take "Religions of the World" to take "Intro to Philosophy " first. Anyway, my major isn't philosophy. It is psychology. I decided to take "Religions of the World" to make my self a more well rounded person. That way if I was ever counseling anyone, I would know where they were coming from. Just because you are a counselor or psychologist doesn't mean that everyone walking into your office will be a christian. The world has different beliefs. Before entering class I actually thought I knew what a demon was. I gave some background on Hinduism only because my teacher identifies with the culture of India. Hinduism comes from India. And the exercise we call Yoga actually comes from HInduism. But Yoga is a philosophy. It is more than an exercise. And on page 43 to 44 of "The World's REligions by Huston Smith" it says this about the psychophysical or raja yoga. We would simply call the this type of yoga "Yoga" , not realizing that in Hinduism Yoga is a much broader term. Page 43 to 44 " Its method is willed introversion, one of the classic implements of creative genius in any line of endeavor, here carried to its logical term. Its intent is to drive the psychic energy of the self to its deepest part to activate the lost continent of the true self. Risks are of course involved; if the venture is bungled , at best considerable time w ill hve been lost, and at worst consciousness can disintegrate into psychosis. Rightly done, however, under a director who knows the terrain, the yogi wil be able to integrate the insights and experiences that come into view and will emerge withheightened self-knowledge and greater self control." You don't have to understand the philosophy completely to understand that yoga can lead to psychosis. The question would then be "Why do it?" Westerners to the physical exercise, Yoga, as an exercise. In other words for better health. The physical exercise is the third step of raja yoga. We usually don't go beyond that. But there are other steps beyond the step three. We are talking about meditation. But even beyond meditation. We are talking about what happens during meditation. The state of consciousness you reach when you finally get to step eight. And then it can be hard to come back. People can literally meditate for hours. What we Christians call prayer, some would think as meditation. Some might even think that we meditate on the things of God. But prayer is actually a little different than meditation. You actually have to understand the philosophy behind the two. Prayer is actually one of the ways that we commune with God. |
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9 | Is the demon in Matthew 8:28 a being? | Matt 8:28 | Lon3RB | 184462 | ||
What is a demon? This goes along with the question I have just written. | ||||||