I joined the church in my mid-30s and stayed a couple of years. Got depressed and started missing. Also got tired of all the marriage talk I was hearing. I wasn't married then and am not now. So it really got to me.
So I started missing and seeing a therapist who said I did not really...
I am not Pentecostal but I see Pentecostal women in their blue jean dresses on a regular basis. I find these women to be the most pretty and honorable looking women in the world. I've been out (on dates) with two women who were Pentecostal but in a church where women did not wear blue jean...
I'm not Catholic, I'm in RCIA, and learning about the church. I've always heard the word Orthodox Church and did not know until recently that it is also comes under the Catholic umbrella, correct? That's all I know of the Orthodox church.
So what exactly is the Orthodox Church and how...
I've only been baptized in the LDS church. I went to an Episcopalian church once but talked with the Priest a few days before. I asked if I could take the host but he said he would prefer I not. He also told me to go visit the Catholic church. lol. I was a little depressed when I talked to...
In in RCIA and really love the MASS. I do love the Mass greatly. I always go up and get a blessing.
I have some deep questions though that I've not yet asked in RCIA.
S*x and no birth control. Is the church against non marriage s*x? If I have a girlfriend and we want to have s*x...
I'm looking for a new church. Was LDS. I'm in RCIA and been goign to the Catholic church and I love the Mass. I went to a Methodist church for the first time and the people were generally nice.
I wish I could find a church that mixed the Catholic Mass with Protestantism. Is there such a...
I visited a Methodist church on Sunday. The people were very nice. I have been visiting the Catholic church and love the Mass. The Methodist church did things they do in the Catholic church. I do drink from time to time, not much, maybe once every two months, and not much at that. Plus I...
Is there anybody here who has been through a sweat lodge ceremony?
How popular are they in the U.S. with Native Americans and non Native Americans? I've read that some Native Americans are upset with others
that go through sweat lodges.
If this is a religious ceremony, wouldn't...
So does a myth just say something about something or somebody or must it also contain something important to learn?
I've got a Grimms Fairy tale book waiting on me at the library with complimentary by Joseph Campbell. I hope it touches on this subject.
I feel like I'm in the same boat. I do have a degree in Communications but now I'm dealing with depression and reading books on religion, psychology, philosophy, and nature, I'm starting to think I would like to go back and study what makes people tick inside their mind.
Then again, I'm...
I'm only in the first chapter of Hero/Thousand Faces book. But the point I'm picking up is - all myths are 99.99% the same with the same answer - the answers to our problems are inside each of us, not outside, not in other people, not in other books, but in our individual minds/souls/brains.
I just got his Hero with a thousand faces book. First time I've read him. Robert Bly's book was some what hard but still readable. Hero though is much harder to follow.
Bly's Iron John book is really good.
lds.net is a great representation of the church. You be a little too honest and you get banned. Try speaking about LDS "prophets" being fallen prophets and you get banned.
I'm interested in how many of the Quorum of the twelve/fifteen are Republicans vs. Democrats. Also, what about the rest of the 70? Any statistics on the Republican/Democratic breakdown?
How about a rundown on the Quorum members past jobs before they joined the Quorum? For instance...