Recent content by Tobael

Thanks for the info, stray bullet. I didn't know that.

Actually, we are encouraged to view the Schism from both viewpoints. I actually lost marks in an essay for not looking into the Orthodox view. I have since bought "Orthodox Theology, An Introduction" and "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church", both by Vladimir Lossky. I like the Eastern...

Orthodoxy, your post is long and deep. Can I just say that the filioque is taken from Scripture by Augustine? The Spirit's procession from the Son comes from His being the Spirit of Jesus: Who Jesus breathed on the face of the disciples, saying: ‘receive the Holy Spirit’...

Regarding the filioque, I think there is a misunderstanding as to what Catholics believe. St Augustine believed in it, saying that the Father is the Origin of the Godhead and that He gives the Son the capacity to bestow the Spirit in union with Him. It is not a double-source, but a double...

Orthodoxy, I am Catholic and I don't know that much about the Orthodox Church. My understanding is that there is a difference over primacy of leadership between Catholic and Orthodox churches and that the Schism in 1054 centred around the filioque additon to the Creed, which the Orthodox saw as...

Which shows that the most anyone can be, logically, is agnostic.

1COR 2:2 During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and only about him as the crucified Christ. It is Christ crucified Who redeems us, so it is only right that we keep reminding ourselves of the crucifixion.

RV 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, adorned with the sun, standing on the moon, and with the twelve stars on her head for a crown. 12:5 The woman brought a male child into the world, the son who was to rule all the nations with an iron sceptre, and the child was taken straight...

1COR 1:23 here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness,

Try reading "An Exorcist Tells His Story" by Gabriele Amorth if you don't believe in them. Here is a good site on Possession and Exorcism: http://www.fortea.us/english/index.htm In Jesus' time possession wasn't seen as something that occurred as a result of sin, so theoretically an innocent...

Just out: Americans in search of the spiritual: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024914/site/newsweek/

Not sure what you mean by "Your conclusion is your premise." My premise is that the imagination produces arbitrary results, whereas what is part of man's nature is universal to him. I also include in my premise that afterlife beliefs are universal in pre-scientific communities. My conclusion is...

But the innate sense I believe we have of an afterlife creates a common (largely) belief in it, whereas imagination is only a tool and creates arbitrary views.

Yes, Gendou Ikari, UR talk is banned. In fact UR really is wishful thinking, but enough said. :wink: