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| | | (...) Sounds dumb, but that escaped my mind when I wrote that. (...) In Catholicism. People generally lump Catholicism and Christianity together. They have the same basic history, the same God and hence the same Jesus, but believe other things like (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | (...) together. (...) but (...) Evangelical (...) the (...) Hey friends, do you ever think about this?..All of the religions has their own types of ceromonies (I can't find a better word) and beliefs, which are not respected (generally) by the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this (ain't it though? :) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | (...) I would say that's true. IMO, I need to believe "this" _and_ disbelieve "that" to have a better defined path. Perhaps analogous: Lego bricks only fit in certain ways, though we must explore and use all the ways they do and don't fit and why. I (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this (ain't it though? :) —Matt Hanson
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| | | | | | (...) I consider myself to be a Christian, but I have a hard time believing that anybody who does not believe just as I do is bound for hell... I don't think that a God, knowing the confused nature of mankind, would allow this to happen... The idea (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this (ain't it though? :) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | (...) I'm not quite like that either. At the same time, I don't believe that every person becomes saved either. <snipped middle of thought out response> (...) Yeah, I can't answer them all either, as I didn't invent the mechanism of salvation - (...) (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | (...) People lump them together because Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. If you believe that Christ is the son of god (and the rest of the Bible), you are a Christian. Most Branches of Christianity formed after the Reformation. Jeff P.S. I (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | (...) Evangelical (...) Good point. I was pointing out that it was lumped, and it is confusing to some non-believers. And I agree, I will un-involve myself now. -Tim <>< (URL) - Coming Soon! (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I apologise for not being sufficiently precise. Catholicism is a kind of Christianity. But there are offshoots that feel that they are christian that most christians would not feel actually are. The one that springs to mind the quickest is the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | (...) No, you are pretty much right on target. Larry, thank you for that. You have no idea how much that snippet of understanding means to me. It is because of misunderatndings on this premise that I quit debating general religion with anyone. I (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <367EE16C.C3BE1B7E@c...AM.com>... ...<snip>... (...) It is partially true. Islam accepts both Jesus (Isa) and Moses (Musa) as prophets, but believes that the Islam is much more completed, and fills the gaps that (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | (...) On a historical note, Christianity and (I believe) Islam are offshoots of Judaism, which itself is an offshoot of the Polytheistic Babylonian Religion. Jeff (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | (canceled) —Matt Hanson
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Matt Hanson
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Religion. (...) While the first statement is true, the last is garbage.... (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | | | (...) Religion. (...) I do believe there are also slight similarities to Zoroastrianism, which I believe was the first monotheistic religion from that region... (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Christian == Catholic? (Was Geez... —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | (...) The Islamic faith recognises Christ as a prophet, though not a saviour. Not quite as highly revered as Mohammed, but quite high up there....... (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this —Jim Baker
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| | | | | Also sprach Tim Courtney: : They have the same basic history, the same God and hence the same Jesus, but : believe other things like worship of Mary, the Pope, etc. I am an Evangelical : Christian (Pentacostal/Charismatic to be precise) who does not (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | SF Story (was Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this) —Chad Smith
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| | | | (...) check my back issues of Science Fiction Age for the author and title. The action took place on a lunar colony, IIRC. I forget who won the case, though. Chad (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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