Watching a little girl in your family battle life-threatening illness makes your mind go to "unholy," awful places. She's fine now, thank science and so many human hands that worked to save her.
So that's what fuels my question: How to explain death to a dying child? Say, a toddler, preteen...
I definitely miss the "certainty" that I'd see loved ones again in some postmortem reunion. The thought of not seeing them is certainly sad, but I'm very glad for the time I had with them. They live on in my thoughts.
hello, I've not posted here in years, so I'm not banking on being remembered. I'm takibg time off Facebook and my need to discuss has to be met somehow, so trying this back on for size.
I'm not sure how to change my religion on the mobile site.... Will have to figure it out. My religion...
Two days ago, I received the horrible news that my 2 and a half year old niece, Nieva, (pronounced just like the Spanish word for "It's snowing") has Leukemia (ALL). She's begun treatment, and the prognosis is overall good. That doesn't make this any less terrifying for the family. This sweet...
Indeed, the Old Catholics broke from Rome, and are a breakaway Catholic group, in addition to the sedevacantists. They rejected the dogma of papal infallibility. That's really about all I know about them.
I have my reasons for my feelings about the new Archbishop (and the new Pope for that...
Hello,
This isn't my DIR, but I'm interested in Old Catholics. Sadly, they appear to be a tiny, tiny segment of Christendom, and there's not a whole lot about them on the web, other than some diocesan and parish websites, and Wikipedia.
I might add that I live nowhere near an Old Catholic...
I've been reading about Santa Muerte and her devotion, and I'm interested in beginning a relationship with her and asking her help in my life. I have started reading the first of three books translated into English that delves into her history and prayers/rituals. I see there's a rosary to...
I'm late to the discussion, but I would guess that the vast majority of Wiccans are affirming of gays. I think those that aren't probably have some irrational fear or hang-up or haven't fully shed the Abrahamic baggage. In addition there are LGBT-oriented traditions of the Craft. I've also...
I've had quite a history where religious shopping is concerned. My background is Evangelical Protestant. My parents were never big churchgoers as I grew up. My oldest sister digs the fundagelical charismatic scene. And I've never really seen eye to eye with my family on religion. I...
I'm not a really big whiskey drinker. I do mostly wines or margaritas or pina coladas or any number of mixed drinks.
I bought one of those tiny sampler bottles of Jack Daniels and had a couple shots. It wasn't bad. The first one straight up, the second I mixed in 50/50 water and sipped...
I know some staunch (fiscally AND socially) conservative Evangelicals who are quite wealthy. Some of them are my distant relatives. They believe in the prosperity gospel and all that happy horse manure.
I have worked as a nursing assistant in a retirement home over 10 years. I was...
I believe that people who passionately feel "preserving traditional marriage" is the right thing to do believe they are operating from a place of love, not hate. But try and tell that to the gay guy whose family hasn't spoken to him in years. Or the bullied gay kid at school that no one has...
Religious liberals are filthy rich? This is news to me. I won't broadcast my annual income on this forum, but let's just say a politician (or a televangelist for that matter) would be giving up quite a few of their luxuries were they forced to live on the same amount. And I'm not lazy. I...
As one who is re-exploring the Christian religion, I'd be interested to know people's favorite saints, be they of the East or West. What about them draws you to them?
My personal favorites used to be
St. Patrick, mainly because my dad is allegedly of Celtic ancestry and I love all things...
I can't really say I fully embrace either the Democrat or Republican party, though I agree with some ideas of both (D more than R, to be sure). I was tempted to join the Socialist party at one time. More recently, I've toyed with the idea of joining the Green party, or maybe even the...
Hi there, we've had a somewhat similar journey. I was once RC as well before joining the Greek Orthodox church. And yes, sadly the hierarchy of both are very homophobic and I'd say even hateful at times. Yet there are believers within both that are affirming and who take the pope/patriarchs...
Bingo. There are plenty of denominations who think they're the only ones going to heaven. Eastern Orthodox see themselves as the actual church, as do Roman Catholics, as do Seventh-day Adventists, as do conservative Lutheran groups, as do a number of Baptists. I'm guessing this person defines...