I am going to leave a short response. One statement and a few questions.
The Christian Church, historically even after Constantine (who only legalized the religion and made it acceptable, he may have been in error and a pagan himself, but individual Bishops at the time were already split and...
From a Christian perspective of course, but I am hesitant to compare sexual pleasure and Heavenly bliss. It is more like eternal freedom from fleeting needs of pleasure or the experience thereof, and maybe not as... physical?
I agree, there is no need for questions, because we would be in the...
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come off as coldly replying. I was just trying to be "quirky" and multilingual, catch attention yaknow ;).
It may also be that, I must confess, that I am a passive weeb/Japanophile, and also a fan of Hispanic art/history/culture -- I could of chosen a host of other...
I have had a similar experience, although I have a deep appreciation for the tradition and history of the Anglican communion-- not so much a fan of many of the churches' (especially Episcopalian/American) openness to modernity or overly-politicized compromise of biblical teachings. As I began to...
I am decently new, and may refrain from most political discussions on this site-- but if I have an opinion, and reasonable evidence or philosophical reasoning to back it up, then any and all debate should be respectful and focus on the issue itself-- I would hope not to feel personally attacked...
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but there is also a plague of frogs in Exodus upon Egypt-- another animal in association with evil powers, and terror.
Frogs are also just... gross, and carry all sorts of diseases, something ancient Egyptians and Romans would have associated with them...
Hello all. I was on these forums quite a few years ago but have since given up on my account.
I have a very mismatched and...flip-floppy background with religion. I grew up in a non-denominational Christian household, was baptized at seven at a non-denom evangelical church (that is another...