RicOlie_2

TV's Frink said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Sluggo?

Ziggy?

 No.

Which Ziggy?

 The non-Ziggy Stardust?

Ziggy Stardust?

S*2a

I don't have a whole lot of musical experience, but I've been playing the clarinet for a couple years. Like Leonardo, my main musical talent is singing. I sang soprano in a school choir (which was actually very good) when I was in elementary school. I haven't been in any singing groups since, but I can still sing (though I'm a bass rather than a soprano now).

Yet another name suggestion: "The Ridiculously Ridiculous Ridiculousness."

Jetrell Fo said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Jetrell Fo said:

...Homo may also refer to:

...

• ?μο-, Greek prefix meaning "the same", opposite of "hetero-" (Greek ?τερο- )...

Heck, if you break the word down homo+sexual literally it simply says man sexual .... no inference to being gay at all. ... 

 There you go. In this context it has nothing to do with the word "man." It means "the same."

Exactly why I said the word has been given a perceived meaning "after" I posted all the references.  Thanks for pointing out the obvious though .... now at least others don't have to guess. 

 Hey, that's my job! ;)

The way you worded the bit about "man sexual" or whatever, implied that you were choosing that meaning of the word rather than doing whatever you were trying to do.

R-5d

R-8d

I get it now.

Well, good luck Frink, you only have 376 posts to go...not bad.

So I sort of guessed...sort of. I was more confused than amused though. :)

Well, we can eat that now, so that isn't a problem. The practical reason for disallowing certain kinds of meat under the Mosaic law was probably because they didn't know how to cook it properly, so God, instead of giving them a Mosaic cookbook, prohibited it, which also served as a discipline and to set the Israelites apart from other nations.

To which meat are you referring?

Jetrell Fo said:

...Homo may also refer to:

...

• ?μο-, Greek prefix meaning "the same", opposite of "hetero-" (Greek ?τερο- )...

Heck, if you break the word down homo+sexual literally it simply says man sexual .... no inference to being gay at all. ... 

 There you go. In this context it has nothing to do with the word "man." It means "the same."

S-3c

The reason given in the Bible is that humankind had gone bad, so God wanted a fresh start. He used a natural event to deliver his judgement, but allowed Noah and his family, who were good, to be saved. That's what it says in the Bible, but whether that is literal or not, I can't say. Maybe that was the reason, maybe it wasn't, but I think God had some hand in it.

I don't suppose this makes it to your "Classic LOL Moments" thread?

Well, I have to admit he had me fooled. I never thought I would debate my father on an internet forum, but now I have.

R-3d

P-8f

Bx2b

That was probably predictable, but oh well. :)

Carp. I see what you're doing now. Ah, well, I can deal with it.

S-3b

Leonardo said:

I do believe we have a revelation ova here.

 I do believe you're right...

Hold on a minute...wait, what!?

Possessed said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Possessed said:

darth_ender said:

celibacy

 Some churches say that,  but the bible NEVER in the new testament commands anyone to be celibate.  Never.  Not priests, not teachers, nobody.  The old testament might, but that's for judaism not christianity.  But anyways, that was off topic of me, but I felt it important...

 Celibacy in the Catholic Church is only a discipline that allows priests to focus all their attention on God and their parish. Also, in my Church, the Bible isn't considered the highest authority. Priests in other rites of the Roman Catholic Church can be married when they are ordained, and this is possible for converts to the Catholic Church as well. In my religion it doesn't matter if it doesn't say something in the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that everything must be based on Scripture so I don't believe that.

 My only problem with that idea is that if it's not in the bible, it's something a person made up.  Sure, many believe that the entire bible is made up by a person.  But I, and many don't believe that.  I'm sure you don't believe that either.  So my problem is that if it isn't from the bible, you're putting your trust in something somebody came up with, not in God.

(PS. The bible talks about a time when all continents on the earth were together as one.  the idea of pangea.  It's in the bible.  Also that the earth is round.  Well they didn't have globes back then, it's not like they could just look at the landforms and say "Hey, they fit together like a puzzle.  Teehee." So how did they know? Hmm...")

But anyway.  As long as things are taken as 'advice', I have no problem with that.  What I have problems with is when humans say something HAS to be that way.  Something MUST be that way, or it's wrong.  What is absolutely right or wrong we don't have the authority to dictate.  Advice on what we should do to better live our lives is different, of course.  But when you absolutely FORBID somebody to have a mate in order to fit into a (usually man-made) position with no basis in scripture, well I disagree.

 What Reegar said.

Also, I believe that God speaks through the Pope and the Magisterium, so it isn't just coming from humans. The scriptural basis for this is found most prominently in Matthew 16:15-17 (I think it ends at seventeen):

"Jesus said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter said in reply, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.' Jesus said to him in reply, 'Blessed are you Simon son of Jonah [or John]. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you alone, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld [or hell] will not prevail against it."

Please ask further questions on my Catholicism thread so we don't drag this one off topic.

Possessed said:

darth_ender said:

celibacy

 Some churches say that,  but the bible NEVER in the new testament commands anyone to be celibate.  Never.  Not priests, not teachers, nobody.  The old testament might, but that's for judaism not christianity.  But anyways, that was off topic of me, but I felt it important...

 Celibacy in the Catholic Church is only a discipline that allows priests to focus all their attention on God and their parish. Also, in my Church, the Bible isn't considered the highest authority. Priests in other rites of the Roman Catholic Church can be married when they are ordained, and this is possible for converts to the Catholic Church as well. In my religion it doesn't matter if it doesn't say something in the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that everything must be based on Scripture so I don't believe that.

Yes, it would, and I suppose I could easily find out about the other religions on the internet. I guess I haven't had a real interest in other religions until recently, which is why I haven't made many previous inquiries. Fairly recently I began reading the Book of Mormon and the Qur'an, but I have yet to read up on most other religions.

I had no idea I had mentioned my uncle's religion on this forum... :)