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Miguelito Loveless

(4,438 posts)
8. So, you're default setting
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:25 AM
Sep 2020

when addressing someone as a newbie on this site is to assume people who post are liars because you disagree with their view?

Also, I literally quoted the Old Testament "Thou art dust, and to dust thou shall return" from Genesis 3:19 as the source of what is said when ashes are applied, and somehow you view this as unsatisfactory.

The you repeat your insinuation that I am lying about having been raised Catholic.

My, aren't you the charmer.

Thou art but dust, and to dust you shall return Miguelito Loveless Feb 2020 #1
Protestant and Orthodox churches celebrate Ash Wednesday too, you know. shrike3 Sep 2020 #2
It started with the Roman church Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #4
If you are indeed an ex-Catholic, your comment demonstrates an astonishing ignorance shrike3 Sep 2020 #5
"If" Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #6
Hey, I don't know you. We all can be anyone we want on the Internets shrike3 Sep 2020 #7
So, you're default setting Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #8
I'm not a newbie. I've probably been on the site longer than you have. shrike3 Sep 2020 #9
Some think Ash Wednesday has its roots in the Jewish tradition of penance and fasting shrike3 Sep 2020 #3
I just came across this thread wnylib Dec 2020 #10
There's also a fasting tradition in buddhism shrike3 Dec 2020 #11
I agree that studies of religion would wnylib Dec 2020 #12
I am told religion is taught as an academic subject in Europe without any problems. shrike3 Dec 2020 #13
Sadly true about the culture wars. Zealots from all quarters, wnylib Dec 2020 #15
I'm glad to know someone else finds religion interesting, above and beyond the "faith" sense. It has shrike3 Dec 2020 #18
To the extent that Xtianity was used wnylib Dec 2020 #19
Thanks for your thoughts: very interesting. shrike3 Dec 2020 #20
On a personal level, I stay with wnylib Dec 2020 #21
Then again, I'm told the course is comparative religion, not any religion in particular. shrike3 Dec 2020 #14
Within Christianity, there are varying wnylib Dec 2020 #16
Sadly, you're right. Political power struggles with religion used as an excuse. shrike3 Dec 2020 #17
I had the best professor in college ('70's) for World Religions... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #22
Wow. Sounds like a great experience. Lucky you. shrike3 Dec 2021 #23
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