RicOlie_2

I haven’t stopped! I hope everything works out for him in the end.

I’m glad things are going well! Let’s hope it continues (or at least that you will have more and more such respites in the future).

I started to write up an index thread similar to this a while back, but I never ended up posting it (and it’s lost now). I don’t think I got far enough to make it worth posting, because I got a life somewhere in the middle of creating it…

It’s nice to see that someone actually has the ambition (and the lack of a life) needed to make it happen.

Jetrell Fo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Jetrell Fo said:

yhwx said:

Jetrell Fo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Jetrell Fo said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

BrightestDayFan2814 said:

Hey Guys, BrightestDayFan2814 Here, I Have A Very Bad News, Team Negative1 Got Banned From OriginalTrilogy.com,

Looks like you win the distinction of “troll bump”. LOL

Looks like you win the distinction of “doesn’t know what a bump is.” LOL

Looks like you need to “fuck off”. LOL

A bump is typically when you post in a thread that’s old.

This thread was created yesterday.

You said six months … it happened sooner. I was having some fun.

“LOL”

And you can just zip it … your humor is still NOT the criteria for humor everywhere.

Indeed not, but to be qualified as humour, typically at least one other person must find your jokes funny.

All these digs at Frink are getting kind of annoying. Ideally, Frink would just ignore you and spare us the drama, but you make yourself such an appealing target.

“Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac

Huh. I find the arguments you use when criticizing the Church interesting, considering you don’t have much of a religious background.

Ah. I take it you were born into a Protestant family, then, but don’t have any strong personal (religious) beliefs?

moviefreakedmind said:

moviefreakedmind said:

RicOlie_2 said:

The etymological meaning of Lucifer is “bearer of light,” making Luciferians consequently the bearers of light and thus of the truth.

Also, last I checked, Protestantism has its origins in the 16th century, before which time, Christians were almost universally Catholic or Orthodox, and it is they who invented the rule that all true doctrine must come from the Bible (note that that rule isn’t anywhere in the Bible…). Talk about changing the rules, huh?

Before the Catholic church, there was no all-encompassing institution that governed the individual churches. 2 Timothy 3:16 also set the standard for living by the scriptures.

EDIT: Just so you know, I have no loyalty to the protestant churches. I don’t think that an individual church should be very big. The bigger, the more corrupt.

I can’t remember exactly what you’re religious beliefs are. Could you remind me?

moviefreakedmind said:

RicOlie_2 said:

The etymological meaning of Lucifer is “bearer of light,” making Luciferians consequently the bearers of light and thus of the truth.

Also, last I checked, Protestantism has its origins in the 16th century, before which time, Christians were almost universally Catholic or Orthodox, and it is they who invented the rule that all true doctrine must come from the Bible (note that that rule isn’t anywhere in the Bible…). Talk about changing the rules, huh?

Before the Catholic church, there was no all-encompassing institution that governed the individual churches. 2 Timothy 3:16 also set the standard for living by the scriptures.

Timothy 3:16 says: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness[…]”

It just says it’s God-breathed and useful, which is exactly the Catholic Church’s position, and in no way even implies that it is the only acceptable source of divine truth.

I don’t think there’s much historical evidence that there was a “before the Catholic Church,” once Christianity was established. From reading the Bible and the Church Fathers, I have come across numerous references to bishops and other clergy, and even popes (from the early second century). The sacraments of baptism and communion (and confession, etc.), as described by those writers, are all consistent with Catholic teaching, sometimes even surprisingly so.

The etymological meaning of Lucifer is “bearer of light,” making Luciferians consequently the bearers of light and thus of the truth.

Also, last I checked, Protestantism has its origins in the 16th century, before which time, Christians were almost universally Catholic or Orthodox, and it is they who invented the rule that all true doctrine must come from the Bible (note that that rule isn’t anywhere in the Bible…). Talk about changing the rules, huh?

moviefreakedmind said:

darth_ender said:

I’ve noticed a lot of criticism of the Catholic Church lately. I actually really love and respect that institution.

Why? Whenever someone is referring to how violent of a religion Christianity is, they almost universally are referring to the Catholic Church. Also, I’m pretty sure that their official stance, even though Pope’s of late have been incredibly ecumenical (something that simply does not go hand in hand with Christianity), would be that Joseph Smith and his successors were false prophets. Why would you respect an institution that claims that?

In the same way that I can deeply respect the Church of Latter Day Saints. Our churches have a lot in common, and both do a lot of good.

Sure, it utilizes more than the Bible as a source, but I assure you, so does Protestantism, even when they pretend not to.

I feel like this should be a red flag for Christians. At my most faithful I was always against Lutheranism and Calvinism too for the exact same reason.

So what did Christians do before the Bible was a thing? Before the biblical canon was established, some held The Shepherd of Hermas and other non-canonical books to be canonical, while other rejected Revelation or the Epistle of James. The books of the New Testament were not even completed until around 150, over a hundred years after Jesus’ crucifixion.

The Bible does not even declare itself to be the only source of true doctrine, so what authority decided that it was? 2 Thessalonians 2:15 says “So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.” That’s more or less what the Church has always done. It doesn’t introduce brand new doctrines. Almost invariably, they have their roots in the earliest days of the Church.

Hey, you said you felt good for a week or two. That sounds like fantastic progress to me! Of course you’re going to have relapses, and at first, they’re going to happen fairly often, but if you keep at it, they’ll get further and further apart. Don’t give up! You’ve made progress, and that’s the important part.

The best pizza I’ve ever had is made in my home village (it’s also the greasiest, which probably has something to do with it). There’s a place near where I live that makes really good deep dish pizza, too.

Upping the font size really makes a difference! And I agree that it wouldn’t be good to widen the text.

ray_afraid said:

Tyrphanax said:

My brother had that same problem earlier in the year, Ric. Like faucet-level torrents of blood. Turns out he’d broken vein up there somehow that wouldn’t heal properly and he had to go get it cauterized several times before they finally got it.

I had to do that when I was about 14! I had to get it cauterized four times in one night!

Yikes!

I hope your problem with it ends quick, Ric!

Yeah, me too. The worst of it seems to be past, but I’m still living in suspense, fearing that I’ll get a nosebleed at a really awkward time… 😛

yhwx said:

Tyrphanax said:

I have a humble request of this forum:

If you all wouldn’t mind helping me finish up grad school, go ahead and fill out this nifty little survey I’ve thrown together (it’ll probably only take about five minutes) as accurately and honestly as you can.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRT117Dbe6QJ00l7rkchyvzsc57ik1JPPzLno8YBZtqbTtHQ/viewform

I’ll be very grateful for any responses generated from OT.com! Love you guys.

I answered no to the ‘Do you play video games?’ question, so I only got to answer two questions. 😉

I said that I was less than 18, so I only got to answer one question, LOL. 😛

Tyrphanax said:

I’ve actually been thinking about asking Mike how he was. I’ve seen him in a couple other threads here and there lately…

Hopefully no news is good news…

I hope all is as well as it can be with things the way they are, Mike. It’s been a while since we’ve gotten an update from you. Have you heard about the (fairly recent) advancements in research on OCD? Let’s hope the findings turn into something concrete soon enough for you to benefit.

http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(16)32380-0/fulltext
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ocd-can-turned-switch-brain-8467009

Yeah, I’m curious how you would “learn” to speak in tongues. It’s not something you hear about much in Catholicism.

I might have spoken too soon about my nosebleeds… I had a couple today (really short ones though, thank goodness).

You have my sincere condolences and best wishes, Ray.

That’s great!

As for me, my daily nosebleeds seem to have stopped. I had one almost every day from June 7 to a few days ago, some of which lasted about an hour (and I’m talking about an intense hour-long nosebleed that didn’t even slow down until about 45 minutes into it). Hopefully I don’t have that problem again, because it was annoying. I had nosebleeds at church, at work, and during two separate fancy dinners, and I thought it was only a matter of time before it happened when I was driving or something and caused a real mess.

TV’s Frink said:

*wade

Geez, my typing has been sloppy lately.

I don’t know how I even managed to spell it like that in the first place.

You’d never be able to start any new relationships either.

On the other hand, if you choose the other option, almost all your relationships would end prematurely…

Yeah, it’s not bad at all.

The other day we had a huge rainstorm while I was at work. There was a heavy downpour for at least half an hour. When I went outside, I had to waid through two or three inches of water.