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| Inter religious Courting; Should we restrain ourselves to our own? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 23 Apr 2009, 10:56 PM (4,433 Views) | |
| Concolor | 9 Apr 2010, 02:37 PM Post #61 |
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Well, if I assume (which I did in the case of the sauce) that "evil" is exactly the same as "really bad", and I certainly both saw and smelled the rotten sauce, then I have clearly sensed the presence of evil. I have of course seen really bad things as well (mostly on TV), and I've most certainly heard, and read about really bad things but I guess only sensing it directly counts. I guess "sensing" could also mean "having an emotion" not just "detecting something external with the senses". And I have also felt really bad a number of times, horror, panic, sorrow, disgust, sinking feeling of helplessness etc. So if sensing can be feeling and really bad is the same as evil, then I have also sensed evil in that respect. |
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| Deleted User | 9 Apr 2010, 06:53 PM Post #62 |
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not guessing- whatever you have used to decipher evil you either acknowledge it exsists or you dont. eg- the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon" (courtesy of online dictionary) Now I didnt ask you if that meant it was good,bad,true,correct i asked simply if you acknowledged the presense of evil. In the typical Concolor blessed and unqiue way you gave the example of rotten fruit. Yep, tell me, those experiences of yours with were they mostly when you were cleaning out your kitchen cupboards OR do you or one of your mates (Bill ?) have some further experiances you feel worth sharing and discussing ? |
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| Concolor | 10 Apr 2010, 04:44 AM Post #63 |
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Well, it's hard to assess the existence of something if I don't know what it is. But I will assume that "evil" is identical to "something really bad". I most certainly acknowledge the existence of really bad things. Cigarettes, plane crashes, war and torture are all really bad and I'm pretty confident these things do exist. Now when it comes to the emotions, that is a completely different subject. You used the example "he tested for the presence of radon" which is related to something existing outside of my mind. But emotions exist only in my mind, and even though others can certainly test me to see if I really have these emotions, my specific emotions are not necessarily caused by anything external. I can feel sad because something bad happened, or I can feel sad because I thought something bad happened. I can feel that something is sad even if there is nothing sad in the world at all. Example: I overhear someone saying that "Frank has died", I may thing they are talking about my best friend Frank and I can be really sad. However they may have been talking about one of the characters they are playing in "The Sims", and so there is not really anything for me to be sad about. |
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| Deleted User | 10 Apr 2010, 08:18 AM Post #64 |
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well hhhmmm cigarettes arent really bad things- unless you put it in ur mouth light it and suck the poison into your lungs its not like going to walk right up and pop into your mouth by itself but i would call addiction evil plane crashes if its done with crash test dummies - are actually good learning experiencesbut i would say tragic accidents are evil war- spiritual war againest good and evil eternal damnation -pretty evil and torture - thats what my masseuse seems to speacilise in -however what is pleasure without a little pain? and all the health benefits Child Trafficking is evil |
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| Concolor | 10 Apr 2010, 02:33 PM Post #65 |
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OK, so evil simply means "really bad". |
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| Junior | 11 Apr 2010, 11:07 AM Post #66 |
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There's got to be a good thing to cancel out the bad thing, right? Is that what your trying to get at ARZY? |
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| Deleted User | 12 Apr 2010, 06:31 AM Post #67 |
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nope but what goes up usually comes down i was just trying to ask Concolor a simple question but its an epic fail EPIC |
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| Concolor | 12 Apr 2010, 11:32 AM Post #68 |
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I think that is because what seems simple in your eyes looks complex in mine and vice versa. And don't worry, I don't have the faintest clue as to what Junior is talking about either
Edited by Concolor, 12 Apr 2010, 11:33 AM.
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| Deleted User | 13 Apr 2010, 05:49 AM Post #69 |
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*cough* nope doesnt cut it you my dear are what in these parts is called a bush lawyer am feeling so kind and thoughtfull so you can clicky here
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| Concolor | 13 Apr 2010, 11:00 PM Post #70 |
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Right back at you my friend . I dare say that in this field we're all bush lawyers, and those who claim not to are merely bush lawyers in fancy suits
Edited by Concolor, 13 Apr 2010, 11:02 PM.
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| Deleted User | 16 Apr 2010, 04:57 AM Post #71 |
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i like måte .......impressive huh ? well anyway back to the topic- ? ? |
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| Afalstein | 20 Apr 2010, 10:13 PM Post #72 |
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I think I'll revive this topic, as I seem to be spending a lot of time around here anyway, and I should spend it doing something constructive. Didn't read the OP's statement, so my opinion here is largely based off the title. Unfortunately, Inter-religious courting is a very vague statement and rather difficult to decipher so I'll break it up. I'm assuming, by the way, that this courting is being done with serious intent to marry. Inter-religous courting as BETWEEN RELIGIONS LIKE HINDUISM AND CHRISTIANITY: Bad idea, generally speaking. You and your intended will inavoidably have rather sharply differing views on the life, the universe, and everything. You may not even be able to agree if the answer is 42. Even supposing it doesn't make a big difference between you that you pray to different gods (or conceivably, don't pray to any at all), it probably should, because if it doesn't, than one or both of you aren't taking your religion very seriously. This problem becomes especially worse if children enter the picture. Are you going to baptize your children? Circumcise them? Both? Where will they go to church/mosque/synagogue/collective mind-melding? How will they be raised? What will you say when you ask them who made the sky? Inter-religious courting as BETWEEN RELIGIONS LIKE CATHOLICISM AND PROTESTANTS: Dangerous, for same reasons as above, but somewhat lessened here. At least on this level, you can agree on a lot of the essentials--like who made the universe, where salvation comes from, what must man do to be saved. You may experience some awkwardness with things like reading the Bible and Praying, but things are closer here. Again, though, you have a problem when children appear on the scene (is this old-fashioned of me, to assume children just 'appear' after marriage?) Again, where will they go to church, who will teach them, etc. A lot of times, things that seem unimportant in courtship can pop up to be really important issues at this point. Even if your intended didn't think it was important before, they may very well change their mind. Inter-religious courting as BETWEEN DENOMINATIONS LIKE EVANGELICALISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM Much less dangerous. I have my private opinions on both of these movements, but the problem seems to be largely one of mindset. There IS potential for conflict with one considering the other too "Judgmental" or alternatively too "liberal;" but depending on the people involved this may not be such an issue. Children, of course, are still something to keep in mind, though. Inter-religious courting as BETWEEN DENOMINATIONS LIKE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN AND PRESBYTERIAN REFORMED: Go for it. |
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| Deleted User | 21 Apr 2010, 10:41 AM Post #73 |
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still getting over the star trek reference and thinking if you may have been referring to my denomination which could be described as PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL CHARISMATIC BORN-AGAIN MONEY HUNGRY UNIVERSAL OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS Boy i sure am glad to be married.... woah wouldnt want to yolk with the wrong person thats why i am glad i married a Christian ! and we found each other at a nightclub of all places ! boy is GOD GOOD nah GODS better than Good he is MIRACULOUS
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Wait what? The Hindu's don't believe the answer is 42? What do they believe the answer is, 24? |
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| conradw | 23 Apr 2010, 06:30 AM Post #75 |
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Afalstein: I'm going to venture perilously close to flaming and say that I don't think you know what you're talking about. Just because there might be questions doesn't mean you shouldn't marry. Saying that there are questions makes for a convenient excuse to dress up what really amounts to xenophobia as something respectable. You suggest that it is 'dangerous' to court someone of a different denomination or religion. What at all is dangerous about it? Is their religion a threat to your faith? Is it a threat to your health? Is it a threat to a marriage that hasn't even occurred yet? Or could it simply be that we are often so ignorant of people of other religions and denominations that we don't realise that there is just as much diversity of opinion and understanding in their religion as your own. And if compromise is something you're so dead set against, then you really should be getting married at all |
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if its done with crash test dummies - are actually good learning experiences

still getting over the star trek reference and thinking if you may have been referring to my denomination which could be described as PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL CHARISMATIC BORN-AGAIN MONEY HUNGRY UNIVERSAL OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS
woah wouldnt want to yolk with the wrong person thats why i am glad i married a Christian ! 
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6:43 PM Jul 10