"Protestant Thread, all others keep out"

[look3467]

Hey folks, talk to me about any religious thoughts or beliefs you have.
Perhaps, I may be persuaded, and then again, I may persuade you in the course of the discussion to a different point of view.
Which ever the case, lets talk.
Lets give it a starter question: Should society have some sort of religious guidance?
I mean is it ok for the president to be Catholic, protestant, Jew and or Muslim?
Should our rules and regulations be religiously based?

What say you?

Peace>>>AJ

 

[s_lone]

Lets give it a starter question: Should society have some sort of religious guidance?
I mean is it ok for the president to be Catholic, protestant, Jew and or Muslim?
Should our rules and regulations be religiously based?

What say you?

Peace>>>AJ

It's perfectly OK for religious groups to be vocal and say out loud what they think as long as they accept that they are only a voice among many others. Religion can definitely be a source of guidance, but so can many other forms of human associations such as Greenpeace, Unicef etc. ...


It's perfectly OK for a president to be Catholic, protestant, Jew or Muslim as long as he or she draws a crystal clear line between personal religious values and the interests of the people and state. I expect a country leader to fully embrace secularism.

Our rules and regulations should NOT be religiously based. They should be based on common sense.

 

[snfu73]

Okay...I'm going to show extreme ignorance here...but what is a protestant? How does this fit into the grand scheme of things? I hear all of the labels or the names...but don't know much about the differences.

 

[triedit]

Isn't a protestant just a non-catholic christian?

 

[look3467]

Okay...I'm going to show extreme ignorance here...but what is a protestant? How does this fit into the grand scheme of things? I hear all of the labels or the names...but don't know much about the differences.

Protestant by what I know is protesting against the Catholic church. Protesters they were, and so protestants.
Basically, all non-Catholics are protestants.

Peace>>>AJ

 

[snfu73]

Protestant by what I know is protesting against the Catholic church. Protesters they were, and so protestants.
Basically, all non-Catholics are protestants.

Peace>>>AJ

Ohhhhh...makes sense. So, everyone from Jehovah's Witnesses to members of the United Church...to members of the Salvation Army...to...I don't know...something else...fall under the general, broad category of protestant?

 

[look3467]

It's perfectly OK for religious groups to be vocal and say out loud what they think as long as they accept that they are only a voice among many others. Religion can definitely be a source of guidance, but so can many other forms of human associations such as Greenpeace, Unicef etc. ...


It's perfectly OK for a president to be Catholic, protestant, Jew or Muslim as long as he or she draws a crystal clear line between personal religious values and the interests of the people and state. I expect a country leader to fully embrace secularism.

Our rules and regulations should NOT be religiously based. They should be based on common sense.

Good answers s_lone, my goal was to open up a dialog on any religious issue.

Peace>>>AJ

 

[look3467]

Ohhhhh...makes sense. So, everyone from Jehovah's Witnesses to members of the United Church...to members of the Salvation Army...to...I don't know...something else...fall under the general, broad category of protestant?

To my knowledge yes!

Peace>>>AJ

 

[BitWhys]

the thead title is offensive

 

[look3467]

Isn't a protestant just a non-catholic Christian?

Non-catholic true, but Christian, well that depends on the catholic perception.

Peace>>>AJ

 

[look3467]

the thead title is offensive

It might be until you click on it and find out that you are loved!

Peace>>>AJ

 

[BitWhys]

It might be until you click on it and find out that you are loved!

Peace>>>AJ

I'm a practicing Anglican so it depends on who you talk to.

 

[Toro]

Okay...I'm going to show extreme ignorance here...but what is a protestant?

Its part of the male anatomy.

 

[triedit]

I don't think one can label a Jew as a protestant under any definition. Nor a Wiccan. Wiccans don't protest any other religions.

 

[RomSpaceKnight]

Gods are just manifestation of human characteristics. Wether they be good or bad. They are our inventions not visa versa. Rites and holy symbols are there to let us focus on such things as self-transmutation and meditation.

The christian god concept is as far fetched as Wodan and Thor. Crom on his mountain has about as much reality.

Mother Earth and Pan have more reality. You can step outside to see the miracle of life and creation. Nature worship or reverence have more basis in fact.

I sometimes call on the ancient Persian sun god Mithras. He is represented as the bull-slayer. A manifestation of the zodiacal progression as a result of the Earth's wobbly orbit. This was an early attempt to answer the question "Why does the sun seem to rise in a different sign on the spring equinox every 2000 years or so. And that what ever is causing it must be a power far far greater than mundane human stuff.

 

[look3467]

I don't think one can label a Jew as a protestant under any definition. Nor a Wiccan. Wiccans don't protest any other religions.

Only those who protested against the Catholic church were considered protestant, but that word today is outdated and hardly ever even considered to be mentioned unless it involves a discussion with a catholic Individual.

As for Wiccans, well I would say only if you go against what the Catholic church teaches, you might be labeled a protestant.

Peace>>>AJ

 

[Twila]

but that word today is outdated and hardly ever even considered to be mentioned unless it involves a discussion with a catholic Individual.

Or your in Ireland....

 

[look3467]

Gods are just manifestation of human characteristics. Wether they be good or bad. They are our inventions not visa versa. Rites and holy symbols are there to let us focus on such things as self-transmutation and meditation.

The christian god concept is as far fetched as Wodan and Thor. Crom on his mountain has about as much reality.

Mother Earth and Pan have more reality. You can step outside to see the miracle of life and creation. Nature worship or reverence have more basis in fact.

I sometimes call on the ancient Persian sun god Mithras. He is represented as the bull-slayer. A manifestation of the zodiacal progression as a result of the Earth's wobbly orbit. This was an early attempt to answer the question "Why does the sun seem to rise in a different sign on the spring equinox every 2000 years or so. And that what ever is causing it must be a power far far greater than mundane human stuff.

Well, RSK, you surely are free to worship whom you please at no protest from me.
But I can say with all honesty of belief, that my God, the Father of Jesus, is above all gods "The" God, and has made provisions for mankind's illusions of all other gods by correcting the issue of eternal separation for us all.

So between you and I, we are both covered, the difference being, I know it as a matter of faith, while you don't.
But at the end, we will both know who the real God is.

Peace>>>AJ

 

[look3467]

Or your in Ireland....

Granted.

Peace>>>AJ

 

[triedit]

Ok how is your faith "better" than anyone else's faith? Faith is just what you believe to be true. My truth and your truth may be different but neither is better...