Matthew, Mark, Luke, JohnSt. Mark was the one who started the Coptic branch several decades after the Resurrection. He was an Apostle and also a Gospel Author. Are Coptic Christian... moreMatthew, Mark, Luke, JohnSt. Mark was the one who started the Coptic branch several decades after the Resurrection. He was an Apostle and also a Gospel Author. Are Coptic Christians the REAL Christians because of it?
So pardon me for splitting hairs but did he die of cancer, old age, get run over by a chariot? Where did he go the second time? People also talk about the second coming. If ... moreSo pardon me for splitting hairs but did he die of cancer, old age, get run over by a chariot? Where did he go the second time? People also talk about the second coming. If he was born, died, and was resurrected...that would be the second coming. Wouldn't anything after that be a 3d, 4th, 5th, and so on?
In an emergency would you accept rites performed by a cleric from another religion or even a non ordained individual? Example, if you are Catholic would you consider it efficacious... moreIn an emergency would you accept rites performed by a cleric from another religion or even a non ordained individual? Example, if you are Catholic would you consider it efficacious for a rabbi to read the rite of extreme unction? Would you speak your last confession to a bystander?
Very few things annoy me more than a dirty neutral.This is The guy that takes no position but sits by the sidelines and waits for the fight to be over before he takes sides.To me t... moreVery few things annoy me more than a dirty neutral.This is The guy that takes no position but sits by the sidelines and waits for the fight to be over before he takes sides.To me this guy is nothing but an opportunist lazy bum who doesn't want to be disliked by none.I have considered myself an agnostic for a long time. I mean, there's no way of knowing if there's a God. So, in a way, Ive come to realize, im kind of sitting on this fence, waiting for someone to bring me proof. Until then im not saying God exist, but I can't say it doesn't either. I call it my own brand of "healthy skepticism". But I got called out on it the other day. How is that not being a dirty neutral? I was asked by someone more smater than I. I was stumped for a second. . .but. . . . ..you know. . Well.. .because it's me . . . Can't be a neutral.. .everybody knows that.So when I say, "Well, I have no strong feelings one way or the other, if you show me proof, I'll believe. But if there's no proof, im still not going to... less
Are Jehovah's Witnesses really extremist? google searchRussia Religion Newshttps://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/