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What is your denomination?

Roman Catholic
268
36%
Eastern Orthodox
66
9%
Non-Chalcedonian (Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, etc.)
4
1%
Anglican/Episcopalian
36
5%
Lutheran or Reformed (including Calvinist, Presbyterian, etc.)
93
12%
Methodist
33
4%
Baptist
67
9%
Other Evangelical Protestant (Pentecostal, Charismatic, etc.)
55
7%
Restorationist (LDS Movement, Jehovah's Witness, etc.)
22
3%
Other Christian
101
14%
 
Total votes : 745
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:48 pm

The Smith Protectorate wrote:
The Princes of the Universe wrote:Would you ask a friend to pray for you?

Yes.

Asking a saint to pray for you is much the same concept. This particular friend has attained eternal life is all.
Pro dolorosa Eius passione, miserere nobis et totius mundi.

In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.
Domine Iesu Christe, Fili Dei, miserere mei, peccatoris.

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Postby Jamzmania » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:52 pm

The Princes of the Universe wrote:
The Smith Protectorate wrote:Yes.

Asking a saint to pray for you is much the same concept. This particular friend has attained eternal life is all.

Do you know what the Biblical basis for praying to a saint for intercession is, though?
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Postby United Marxist Nations » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:53 pm

Jamzmania wrote:
The Princes of the Universe wrote:Asking a saint to pray for you is much the same concept. This particular friend has attained eternal life is all.

Do you know what the Biblical basis for praying to a saint for intercession is, though?

That the Bible says that death can't separate the Church of God. Therefore, you can ask the saint to pray for you just as you would ask the living. The only difference is that the Saints are with God in paradise.
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Postby Jamzmania » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:55 pm

United Marxist Nations wrote:
Jamzmania wrote:Do you know what the Biblical basis for praying to a saint for intercession is, though?

That the Bible says that death can't separate the Church of God. Therefore, you can ask the saint to pray for you just as you would ask the living. The only difference is that the Saints are with God in paradise.

Could I get some references for the underlined, please?
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Postby The Smith Protectorate » Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:20 pm

Jamzmania wrote:
United Marxist Nations wrote:That the Bible says that death can't separate the Church of God. Therefore, you can ask the saint to pray for you just as you would ask the living. The only difference is that the Saints are with God in paradise.

Could I get some references for the underlined, please?


Matthew 22:32, John 4:14, Romans 6:1-14 and Corinthians 15:54-55.
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Postby United Marxist Nations » Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:23 pm

Jamzmania wrote:
United Marxist Nations wrote:That the Bible says that death can't separate the Church of God. Therefore, you can ask the saint to pray for you just as you would ask the living. The only difference is that the Saints are with God in paradise.

Could I get some references for the underlined, please?

Hebrews 12:1-12:1

12Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

The 'cloud of witnesses', being the Saints who lie asleep in the Lord.
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Postby Salus Maior » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:20 pm

United Marxist Nations wrote:
In other news, I'm officially a catechumen in the Orthodox Church.


I meant to reply to this but I guess it slipped my mind. Too distracted with abortion heresy I guess :P

Congratulations, man. :clap: What does it mean exactly to be a catechumen?
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Postby United Marxist Nations » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:20 pm

Salus Maior wrote:
United Marxist Nations wrote:
In other news, I'm officially a catechumen in the Orthodox Church.


I meant to reply to this but I guess it slipped my mind. Too distracted with abortion heresy I guess :P

Congratulations, man. :clap: What does it mean exactly to be a catechumen?

It means I'm a partial member. It's like being the RCIA(?), but for the Orthodox.
The Kievan People wrote: United Marxist Nations: A prayer for every soul, a plan for every economy and a waifu for every man. Solid.

Eastern Orthodox Catechumen. Religious communitarian with Sorelian, Marxist, and Traditionalist influences. Sympathies toward Sunni Islam. All flags/avatars are chosen for aesthetic or humor purposes only
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
St. John Chrysostom wrote:A comprehended God is no God.
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:23 pm

United Marxist Nations wrote:
Salus Maior wrote:
I meant to reply to this but I guess it slipped my mind. Too distracted with abortion heresy I guess :P

Congratulations, man. :clap: What does it mean exactly to be a catechumen?

It means I'm a partial member. It's like being the RCIA(?), but for the Orthodox.


Catechumen? I'm surprised you haven't received confirmation.
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Postby Ormata » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:23 pm

Question.

What led you to religion, in general?
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:24 pm

Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?


Born into it, however, I'm extremely interested in the stories of the bible.
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Postby United Marxist Nations » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:24 pm

FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
United Marxist Nations wrote:It means I'm a partial member. It's like being the RCIA(?), but for the Orthodox.


Catechumen? I'm surprised you haven't received confirmation.

I've been going for a while. I just wanted to get immersed in it before I officially committed myself.
The Kievan People wrote: United Marxist Nations: A prayer for every soul, a plan for every economy and a waifu for every man. Solid.

Eastern Orthodox Catechumen. Religious communitarian with Sorelian, Marxist, and Traditionalist influences. Sympathies toward Sunni Islam. All flags/avatars are chosen for aesthetic or humor purposes only
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
St. John Chrysostom wrote:A comprehended God is no God.
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Postby United Marxist Nations » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:25 pm

Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?

I don't really know, to be honest.
The Kievan People wrote: United Marxist Nations: A prayer for every soul, a plan for every economy and a waifu for every man. Solid.

Eastern Orthodox Catechumen. Religious communitarian with Sorelian, Marxist, and Traditionalist influences. Sympathies toward Sunni Islam. All flags/avatars are chosen for aesthetic or humor purposes only
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
St. John Chrysostom wrote:A comprehended God is no God.
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:25 pm

United Marxist Nations wrote:
FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Catechumen? I'm surprised you haven't received confirmation.

I've been going for a while. I just wanted to get immersed in it before I officially committed myself.


Reasonable.
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Postby Ormata » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:25 pm

FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?


Born into it, however, I'm extremely interested in the stories of the bible.


Would this be specifically the Bible, or are you interested in religious texts in general?
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:27 pm

Ormata wrote:
FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Born into it, however, I'm extremely interested in the stories of the bible.


Would this be specifically the Bible, or are you interested in religious texts in general?


Specifically the Bible, preferably the New Testament. Religious texts are interesting to.
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:27 pm

Ormata wrote:
FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Born into it, however, I'm extremely interested in the stories of the bible.


Would this be specifically the Bible, or are you interested in religious texts in general?


Specifically the Bible, preferably the New Testament. Religious texts are interesting to.
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Postby Ormata » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:28 pm

FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Ormata wrote:
Would this be specifically the Bible, or are you interested in religious texts in general?


Specifically the Bible, preferably the New Testament. Religious texts are interesting to.


Ah. Cool.

Might I ask why you are interested in religious texts?
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:28 pm

Ormata wrote:
FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Born into it, however, I'm extremely interested in the stories of the bible.


Would this be specifically the Bible, or are you interested in religious texts in general?


Double post.
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Postby Salus Maior » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:28 pm

United Marxist Nations wrote:
Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?

I don't really know, to be honest.


God?
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"In any case we clearly see....That some opportune remedy must be found quickly for the misery and wretchedness pressing so unjustly on the majority of the working class...it has come to pass that working men have been surrendered, isolated and helpless, to the hardheartedness of employers and the greed of unchecked competition." -Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum
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Postby Salus Maior » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:30 pm

Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?


I was born and raised in it which helped, but I did drift away from it for a while and I've since come back. Albeit with a different view of it from what I was raised with.
Traditionalist Catholic, Constitutional Monarchist, Habsburg Nostalgic, Distributist, Disillusioned Millennial.

"In any case we clearly see....That some opportune remedy must be found quickly for the misery and wretchedness pressing so unjustly on the majority of the working class...it has come to pass that working men have been surrendered, isolated and helpless, to the hardheartedness of employers and the greed of unchecked competition." -Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum
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Postby FelrikTheDeleted » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:32 pm

Ormata wrote:
FelrikTheDeleted wrote:
Specifically the Bible, preferably the New Testament. Religious texts are interesting to.


Ah. Cool.

Might I ask why you are interested in religious texts?


It stemmed from stories such as the Good Samaritan, it's also a lesson book in my view, I don't take the bible as the actual word of God, I simply see it as a way to learn how I can extend my compassion and kindness.
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Postby United Marxist Nations » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:34 pm

Salus Maior wrote:
United Marxist Nations wrote:I don't really know, to be honest.


God?

Perhaps.
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Postby Camaalbakrius » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:34 pm

Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?

*led :p
In all seriousness, i was led to religion a: because of my wonderful parents, and b: because the idea that the world as beautiful as ours not be intelligently created seemed preposterous to me. I couldn't believe in life without purpose
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Postby Ormata » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:36 pm

Camaalbakrius wrote:
Ormata wrote:Question.

What lead you to religion, in general?

*led :p
In all seriousness, i was led to religion a: because of my wonderful parents, and b: because the idea that the world as beautiful as ours not be intelligently created seemed preposterous to me. I couldn't believe in life without purpose


Um...

So you believe that this world is beautiful? Um...

Might I ask as to why?
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