Originally posted by reinfeldBeing of Irish stock, I side with St Brendan the Navigator as discovering the new world. ( Just an ethnic loyalty thing )
nooooo....some poor wayfaring stranger from siberia discovered america...and then maybe some chinese sailors and then some south pacific islanders and then the vikings and then maybe the jews of the book of mormon and but never old chris...who found hispaniola.
Originally posted by reinfeld13 million is not a lot compared to the worldwide religions
and may i point out that the church has grown to 13 million since the 1830's ( with the fastest growth in mexico, central and south america ). that they have their own universtiy system in utah, idaho and hawaii. they are in haiti at the moment providing food and medical aid on day one. their members give 10 percent of their money to the church while mos ...[text shortened]... honestly. they play chess probably as well as anyone may ( but they don't play on sundays ).
1.57 billion are Muslim
1.15 billion are Catholic
800 million are Hindu
357 million are Buddhist
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyA very smart Muslim man once told me it was just the one God, but we all have different roads in getting there.
Could it possibly be a 180... with 'different gods' and therefore 'different 'roads'?
I don't have to tell you what holy book has remained the same over time without a word being changed in it.
Originally posted by reinfeldI wonder if a magical hat told that to him.
and may i also point out for you socialist progressives communists numbyheads"
Peter Drucker of the world renowed Drucker Business Managment School pointed out ....
'World-class organization and management guru Peter Drucker told me at a Harvard seminar on voluntarism in 1989 that "the Mormons are the only utopia that ever worked."
Drucker has bee ...[text shortened]... the most astute observers of organizational and managerial effectiveness of modern times.'