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- Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Middle-earth 1200
- Topic: The Middle-earth 1200
- Replies: 271
- Views: 314131
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:54 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
Self-castration had long been viewed with horror in both Hebrew and Roman societies, since it was associated with the bloody and orgiastic cult of Tammuz/Adonis; under Roman law it was punishable by death, and the Jews cast out any man who did so. Of course, the practice of maintaining eunuchs as co...
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Middle-earth 1200
- Topic: The Middle-earth 1200
- Replies: 271
- Views: 314131
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:45 pm
- Forum: Welcome to Our Messageboard! COME HERE FIRST
- Topic: The Middle-earth 1200
- Replies: 268
- Views: 46923
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:40 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
It's a man thing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_ ... Revelation
It should be pointed out that, in the US at least, the declining number of priests has resulted in diocesan staffs increasingly comprising nuns and laywomen; bishop's offices are hardly boy's clubs any more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_ ... Revelation
It should be pointed out that, in the US at least, the declining number of priests has resulted in diocesan staffs increasingly comprising nuns and laywomen; bishop's offices are hardly boy's clubs any more.
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:36 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
Maureen Dowd's op-ed in the New York Times this morning, about the scandal, women, and the Catholic church, is the sharpest and most powerful piece of writing I've read from her in years Yopu think so, Prim? Really? I'm disappointed in you. Her comparison of Catholicism to Wahabist Islam and its tr...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:31 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Library of Rivendell
- Topic: 6 Best Shenanigans Passed Off As "Art"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7508
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Library of Rivendell
- Topic: 6 Best Shenanigans Passed Off As "Art"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7508
What I find funniest is 500 'art scholars' soberly pronouncing DuChamp's 'Fountain' to be the mosts significant work of the 20th-century- blissfully clueless, apparently, that DuChamp was snarkily sending up 'sober art scholars!' I've long thought that if anyone were to write a new book on this stuf...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:41 am
- Forum: The Library of Rivendell
- Topic: 6 Best Shenanigans Passed Off As "Art"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7508
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:31 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: An atheist pastor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 34482
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: An atheist pastor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 34482
I'm with Lord M here. I wouldn't be troubled in the least if this 'pastor' led a Unitarian congregation or some New Age group or what have you. My problem is that he is in charge of what calls itself, specifically a Christian church, part of the Dutch Reformed (Calvinist) faith. To go back to the fo...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:57 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: An atheist pastor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 34482
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:14 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Humanity Of Sam
- Replies: 198
- Views: 151820
The thing is, the reason I back out, is, I find myself (inevitably) wondering what on earth Sauron and the Mouth of Sauron and the Orcs and Saruman and all the rest were going to do with Middle Earth once they had it. I doubt they had a particular idea- well, maybe Sauron did. Power or the lust for...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:10 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
Painful memories of the strained relations between the two religions were raised earlier in Benedict's papacy, when he favored a revival of the pre-Vatican Council version of the Tridentine Mass, which includes a prayer for the conversion of Jews. And even that is inaccurate- why can't reporters ge...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:48 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:30 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
As an outsider (or a once-insider), I have often wondered whether the Church's view of the fixed-nature of doctrine is something like our secular notion of stare decisis, which as you know provides that our legal decisions are final/precedential/binding ... unless they are not. No, they're more lik...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:21 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
Whatever Jesus might or might not think about the wealth, power, gilt and purple trappings of the RCC, he would surely be appalled to hear that any man professing to follow his teachings would harm a child. I don't think you're seriously trying to imply that the Church teaches that child molestatio...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:33 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
vison, you seem to misunderstand the fundamental nature of Catholicism: doctrine isn't subject to change . It's not a question of getting in tune with popular opinion, or 'welcoming new ideas' where it comes to matters of faith and morals. Sure, the outward trappings can and do change, like Mass in ...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope's Apology. Does it go far enough?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 128344
What if, instead of defrocking those priests, he had welcomed their ideas? Welcome the ideas of priests who preach violent Marxist revolution? Not. Gonna. Happen. Married clergy is a possibility. Women priests? Not so likely; it would require a change in dogma, which is (theoretically) unchangeable...