As a supporter of the conservative party i feel the need to defend the big Dave. Isnt it obvious that elections are about winning as much of the electorate as possible? Isnt it obvious that parties will do anything to please as many people from as many walks of life as possible to get into...
Paddy's wigwam as in scouse paddy's wigwam? Never knew there was a lodge there!
The Grand Lodge of England in London advocates that only those following their guidlines are true freemasons and all other groups are not recognised by the Grand Lodge.
That wikipedia link: cheers for that...
i read that the, Pope's past and present, have declared that masons (and possibly other members of "secret societies") are and will be excommunicated from the church. But why? the entrance requirements to the Freemasons include having to beleive in a supreme being, whether god or not, no mention...
the book of the Da Vinci Code was ok but as Matt88 said Angels and Demons was so much better! The Da Vinci Code was a big let down. The film wasn't that bad though, some big chunks missed out and some parts could have done with being slightly elongated e.g. the bit before Silas and the Bishop...
i think you have a good point there jay, however i think nowadays its abit of a dated subject. If you think, years ago, for example, Catholic schools were mainly run by the nuns/ monks from the area(to my knowledge anyway). There, the faith was drummed into them and you had to be Catholic to...
cheers for the replies. Like you say katzpur, apples and pears isn't it? and i see where the hatred and envy can come from, the catholic church is one of the most powerful, influential and wealthy bodies in the world
thanks for clearing those things up guys and girls :)
ste
cheers for the replies. Like you say katzpur, apples and pears isn't it? and i see where the hatred and envy can come from, the catholic church is one of the most powerful, influential and wealthy bodies in the world
thanks for clearing those things up guys and girls :)
ste
thats quite true. but why are the mistakes of the catholic church CONSIDERED greater etc, despite that not being true? i.e. why are they in the limelight where olthers have, possibly, managed to keep theirs under wraps.
cheers for the answers
sTevie::C
cheers for the reply victor!
i suppose with the answer i'm after im looking for answers rather than tools to come to a conclusion! lazy me ;) is there any way, without joining the infrastructure of the church that i could find out? any website or whatnot?
cheers for any help :D
sTevie::C
please excuse the nievity as i'm new!
we've all seen the above title in various books and documentaries, the most recent probably in Dan Brown's "Angels and demons". What i would like to know is: why is there all this speculation to the "real goings in" within the vatican. I doubt any of us can...
thanks for the warm welcome everyone!
cheers for the comments on the avatar its "the eye of Horus", Horus being the son of the Egyptian god of Gods; Osiris. Some dodgy breeding going on there though, horus had a man's body and a hawk's head?!
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sTevie::C
Howdy, i'm Ste. Friend of c0da2006 (jay) and Ciaran (cey). I'm a Roman Catholic although i do beleive there are many, shall we say, uncouth goings on within the church on a more low key scale, desppite this i want to know what they are!(any help much appreciated, conspiracies and scandals...