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Post by kiwimac on Apr 13, 2009 13:57:21 GMT -5
Did my degrees in World Religions and Theology. Interesting stuff.
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Post by canadian mojo on Apr 13, 2009 20:17:25 GMT -5
I've got an idea, let's just ignore Sky's comment and carry on like it never happened. He has got a stack of questions and not enough time to answer them in another thread, we really don't need to add to the load and derail a thread in the process.
I never had the opportunity to take a world religions class myself. The closest I came was a Greek mythology module in grade seven or eight history. I read about the Norse and (N.A.) Indian myths on my own around the same time.
I refer to all three as myths because all of it was strictly the stories about the gods themselves. I never learned about any of the religious or cultural practices that surrounded these stories and the cultural influences they had. Looking back I realize that would have made an already interesting topic even more interesting. Considerably more complex too. It's analogous to reading the KJV bible and not knowing how people interpret it, the impact it has had on U.S. history or anything beyond the quirky story itself.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 13, 2009 21:43:54 GMT -5
I've got an idea, let's just ignore Sky's comment and carry on like it never happened. I've read enough of Sky's posts that this is pretty much my standard response to anything he says.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Apr 14, 2009 0:18:22 GMT -5
Who the fuck told Skyfire he could use my topic for Mormon apologetics?
Son of a bitch, I feel violated. I demand compensation, God damn it!
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Apr 14, 2009 0:45:02 GMT -5
I never took an actual class, but in my Psych of Diversity class, we did study some different religions. Thankfully, it wasn't about memorizing a bunch of terms. People just got up and spoke about their religions. I remember thinking highly of both Wicca and the Native American tradition (I can't remember what my classmate called it), while I couldn't stop laughing at the Mormon's beliefs. I'm sorry, but hearing, "When you die, if you follow the doctrine and you are male, you will become god of your own planet. If you're a woman, you'll become his wife." Thank you for confirming my assessment that non-Mormon text authors don't always do their research. The bit mentioned in your book is actually a fringe element of the theology, one which gets little play owing to the fact that little has been established about what happens after death. No, that one's a pretty big part of the "Plan of Salvation". Or do you want to call me a liar? I used to be a practicing Mormon before I figured out it didn't add up, so I was kind taught these things by people actually called to teach. Unless callings are things that people just pull from their asses?
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