Religion 411 - Know Your Religions!

[kairigirl]

O-o What verse?

Yet Catholocism and Judaism have very major different beliefs. Mainly of which Catholics believe the Messiah's come and the Jews believe the Messiah hasn't come. o-o

[Square Ninja]

Originally Posted by kairigirl

o-o Purgatory is Catholicism, not Judaism. Or, at least I don't think Judaism has a belief of Purgatory. I know Catholocism does, but I don't know about Judaism, in all honesty I don't think I understand exactly what it is they believe about the afterlife even after reading their link. x-x

Nice find, btw, monkey.

I'm pretty sure Zoroastrianism influenced both Judaism and Catholicism. You know the whole concept of God being good, and Satan being evil? Zoroastrianism.

Originally Posted by kairigirl

Yet Catholocism and Judaism have very major different beliefs. Mainly of which Catholics believe the Messiah's come and the Jews believe the Messiah hasn't come. o-o

Other than that and those Jewish laws, the faith of both are very similar. They even share the same god and values.

[Eclipse]

http://www.churchofsatan.com/

omfg, that has got to be the creepiest website i have ever seen in my life. i read all the stuff and that is just plain scary.

"if somene annoys you, treat him cruelly"

wow...that's just scary. in my opinion of course

[Square Ninja]

Originally Posted by Silver Silence

omfg, that has got to be the creepiest website i have ever seen in my life. i read all the stuff and that is just plain scary.

Can someone tell me exactly why their little logo has Baphomet in it, and not Satan?

[Eclipse]

^ maybe.....the thing (whatever it was) represents satan? after all....it looks like a goat........and satan has been portrayed as a satyr before (half human half goat...) o_O

[Tobuoi]

Whoo...I'm Agnostic, but that doesn't mean that I'm not interested in religion...>_> *clicks on various links*

[Square Ninja]

Originally Posted by Silver Silence

^ maybe.....the thing (whatever it was) represents satan? after all....it looks like a goat........and satan has been portrayed as a satyr before (half human half goat...) o_O

That was done in the Middle Ages when Catholics were trying to discourage Pagan beliefs. Demonizing the supernatural aspects of their beliefs was part of the strategy to get people to convert. This is also where that stupid notion that Lucifer and Satan are the same being came from.

That's definitely Baphoment in the logo. I didn't realize Satanists were Templar Knights.[/sarcasm]

[Flaming Axel]

where is your website on the mormon religion

[Square Ninja]

Why not contribute a link to a Mormon website yourself, if one is missing? It would more than likely be a welcome addition.

[constipatedcat]

um p3ned, that was the biggest load of crap.

"They do, seeing as catholocism almost mirrors judism in both there faith(both, majorities, are extremely devoted to there religion, to the point that outsiders are seen as evil) and strictness(by that i mean in both ancient, catholics and jew, governments had a death sentance for not following the text correctly)."

where the heck did you pull that from, your butt? dude, omgosh lol, hilarious. Catholics and Jews DON:T see outsiders as evil. In fact most american Catholics aren't devoted to there religion at all, because they aren't willing to learn about their religion. Those that are devoted, absolutely love outsiders, they just aren't as good about evangalization as other denominations. The Catholic faith doens't see others as evil at all, you might want to make an apology to the catholics. As for the Jewish faith, it doesn't see others as evil either. its sees others as the catholics do, that others are God's children, but they have strayed from worshipping him. You also owe the Jewish community an apology.

Kairigirl is right, purgatory is a Catholic doctrine, but i believe it is also a Jewish belief. the Jewish people pray for souls, therefore, i'm fairly certain, they believe in purgatory (maybe by another name(

Here's some different links

Catholic - http://www.catholic.com http://www.newadvent.com (pretty cool religous dictionary site)

Jew - this is actually kinda cool, lotsa links, http://www.jewishsites.org/

Confucianism - another linkage site http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/aca...onfucius2.html

Originally Posted by Square Ninja

That was done in the Middle Ages when Catholics were trying to discourage Pagan beliefs. Demonizing the supernatural aspects of their beliefs was part of the strategy to get people to convert. This is also where that stupid notion that Lucifer and Satan are the same being came from.

That's definitely Baphoment in the logo. I didn't realize Satanists were Templar Knights.[/sarcasm]

*rolls eyes* more crap.

Lucifer was an angel that led a rebellion against God, and as such, was thrown down from heaven to hell. Satan is Lucifer, but with a new name (lucifer means something to do with "the light bearer") and satan ain't gonna keep that name.

Not a strategy to get people to convert. the peasantry was naturally superstitious.

templar knights aren't satanists either. from what i know, they were what was left from the crusades. They were the proctetors of Jerusalem from the invading muslims. Templar knights were extremely devoted men, giving their lives to protect all the inhabitants of jerusalem and the holy land from slaughter.

http://www.lds.org/

^Mormon Website^

[Hollow Bastion]

Do not triple post, cat. There's an edit feature for a reason.

[constipatedcat]

alright, sorry. you won't see me doing it again.

[Legato2471]

Nothing on atheism I noticed. It is still a valid form of belief. (fixed)

*edit* That website sucks, I dunno I'm sure good ol' wikipedia could explain it better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism

[constipatedcat]

No offense legato but Athiesm isn't a form of faith. It's actually the opposite, the lack of faith.

Main Entry: 1faith
Pronunciation: 'fAth
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural faiths /'fAths, sometimes 'fA[th]z/
Etymology: Middle English feith, from Old French feid, foi, from Latin fides; akin to Latin fidere to trust -- more at BIDE
1a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust


Main Entry: athe·ism
Pronunciation: 'A-thE-"i-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French athéisme, from athée atheist, from Greek atheos godless, from a- + theos god
1 archaic : UNGODLINESS, WICKEDNESS
2 a : a disbelief in the existence of deity b : the doctrine that there is no deity c : lack of faith in an immortal deity


sounds kind of like opposing views. did you mean to say that atheism is a valid form of belief?

[Legato2471]

Yeah, my fault for mixing that up a little. It's fixed now.

To me it's a faith based statement. I can't prove to you that there isn't a god anymore than you can prove to me that there is. I guess that's the best way of putting it.