The Philosophers Chair » Church http://thephilosopherschair.com ... Our views on philosophy Fri, 18 May 2012 14:40:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What was I supposed to receive on my first day of Catechism course in the Roman Catholic Church? http://thephilosopherschair.com/3133-what-was-i-supposed-to-receive-on-my-first-day-of-catechism-course-in-the-roman-catholic-church http://thephilosopherschair.com/3133-what-was-i-supposed-to-receive-on-my-first-day-of-catechism-course-in-the-roman-catholic-church#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:13:19 +0000 admin http://thephilosopherschair.com/3133-what-was-i-supposed-to-receive-on-my-first-day-of-catechism-course-in-the-roman-catholic-church Question by Twist Of Fate: What was I supposed to receive on my first day of Catechism course in the Roman Catholic Church?
Because the only thing that I received was a Sixth Revised Edition of Christ Among Us A Modern Presentation Of The Catholic Faith For Adults by Anthony Wilhelm and nothing else? Am I in trouble to start the course off? Also my Catechist said a couple of things which confused me and shocked me particularly that he believes that the fact that priests can’t get married is heresy. Also he said that Catholicism is a religion of rational thought and that the God of Nature can’t contradict the God Of Reason as they are both one and the same yet he said that the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke contradict themselves, and that he doesn’t believe in the concept of a soul and that was invented by Greek Philosophers or something like that and that we as the body or something like that are the soul or at least that’s what I thought I heard him say. Is he a heretic? What do I do?
I mean seriously the man has been a Catechist for that church for 36 years and I’m pretty sure they aren’t gonmna take my word over his word as it will ultimately be my word versus his word.

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Answer by Cdk uBeR
thank G0D a Catholic, cuz im tired of those crazy a55 christians who dance, sing and wave their arms around like stupid idiots swearing as if they can feel g0d

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]]> http://thephilosopherschair.com/1091-is-the-church-of-the-sub-genius-a-philosophy-or-religion/feed 4 Rituals and dress of faith and religion in 2009. http://thephilosopherschair.com/218-rituals-and-dress-of-faith-and-religion-in-2009 http://thephilosopherschair.com/218-rituals-and-dress-of-faith-and-religion-in-2009#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:18:52 +0000 DonaldSwarbrick http://thephilosopherschair.com/?p=218
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By Donald Swarbrick.

When you look at the rituals and dress code most religions have today, you have to wonder why they continue to do so as it has nothing to to with preaching God’s word.

When Jesus and his disciples spread the word of God, they dressed in the clothes of their time, that suited the climate they were in, with no need for fancy robes or headdresses, so why do most churches of today have rituals that involve heavy robes, and attire that serve no purpose in their quest of telling us God existed?

Clothes and possessions do not make us holy, or any more of a believer in God, it is how we live our lives down here that counts, after all we will all stand naked in front of God when the day of judgement comes.

Tall hats and different uniforms for your given rank, whether in church or work, will hold no favour when it comes to judging our characters.

The churches, and their leaders seem to think that carrying on the traditions and dress from medieval times makes them more holy, and by continuing these trends will encourage us to believe what they are preaching is the be all and end all of life and death.

WRONG!

The way the churches convey the word of God in this day and age, drives away the very people they want to encourage.

In medieval times the robes and rituals were part of life then, uniforms of the rich and head of state, to separate them from the common people, giving them power to extort money through fear, from the poor under the guise of religion.

They put the fear of God into the people from all walks of life, using God’s word to better themselves, and prevent them from suffering some of the torturous fates that befell those who disobeyed the crown, which in the end gave the churches the power and wealth they wanted.

Wealth and power was the be all and end all of the church leaders in these days, grabbing religion to feather their own nests, while keeping favour with whoever was reigning monarch at the time, which all added up to a better life for them.

The churches still want wealth and power which has become more important than spreading the word of God, and prove this by interfering in matters that should not concern them, like politics, or the laws of the country.

Their faith in God overseeing these matters should be enough for them without interfering, leaving them to concentrate on what they studied for, mainly preaching the gospel.

If they were doing the job they were supposed to be doing, giving it the attention God wished them to, then we would have more people listening to them instead of facing the empty churches we have today.

All the pomp and ceremony practised in most churches are a nonsense, having nothing to do with God, and the people carrying out these rituals should get back to the basics Jesus and his disciples preached by, with the only gain being the satisfaction of carrying out God’s wishes.

Some religions do dress in everyday clothes to spread the word of God but are frowned on by the heads of churches who still dress in their ridiculous garb, and are still closely connected to the head of state, but in each and every one of them, the leaders who might thing they are superior, and the ordinary folk who attend these churches are all equal in the eyes of God, and will be judged according to their deeds down here on earth.

They are all human, and ALL have the badness instilled in them from birth, and no matter what they chose to wear, be it fancy dress or not, they are just like us, and will have their sins to answer for too when we all stand at the gates of heaven naked.

As I have said before God originated out of the same energy in the universe as we did, and it is only because he has been around much longer than us that he rules the universe, owing to the knowledge he has accumulated in his time.

As we originated from energy, that energy will always be in the universe, we will always be in the universe, so it is up to each individual to make sure we conduct ourselves in a manner that will ensure a satisfactory lifestyle throughout that journey, whatever your faith.

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