24 Apr 07
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I thought it might be interesting to start a question and answer thread
to promote some basic religious awareness about major
religions from around the world. Please, anyone feel free to post,
just try to keep the questions reasonable, and try to make them
interesting. Remember, the point is to spark awareness. Also, don't
try to bend the questions to meet your own agendas... And finally, if
you want to look up the answers, fine, but try to answer without any
resource if possible. 🙂
I'll get us started.
Name the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by wittywonkaWhat are the Roman Catholic decision criteria for determining whether a candidate for sainthood has fulfilled the requirement of performing a posthumous miracle?
I thought it might be interesting to start a question and answer thread
to promote some [b]basic religious awareness about major
religions from around the world. Please, anyone feel free to post,
just try to keep the questions reasonable, and try to make them
interesting. Remember, the point is to spark awareness. Also, don't
try to bend the q ...[text shortened]... y
resource if possible. 🙂
I'll get us started.
Name the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.[/b]
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesYou didn't name the four noble truths of Buddhism. You don't get to go until you do. You're breaking the rules, you cheater.
What are the Roman Catholic decision criteria for determining whether a candidate for sainthood has fulfilled the requirement of performing a posthumous miracle?
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI think I got this one!
Forget it then. The answer to my question is probably nonsense anyway.
The four noble truths of Buddhism:
1. suffering
2. cause of suffering
3. cessation
4. path of cessation
something like that I think?
Thanks vistesd. 🙂
24 Apr 07
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Originally posted by Zander 88Close...it's something like this (you're more correct than wrong...)
I think I got this one!
The four noble truths of Buddhism:
1. suffering
2. cause of suffering
3. cessation
4. path of cessation
something like that I think?
Thanks vistesd. 🙂
1. Everyone suffers.
2. Human suffering is innate due to greed, selfishness, etc.
3. There is a way to alleviate suffering.
4. The way to alleviate suffering is to follow the Eightfold Path.
Again, you're more right than wrong...this is how I was taught, anyway.
Edit: From now on I'll ask the questions in a multiple choice format...
25 Apr 07
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI think they have to be dead for a certain period of time. I also think there has to be some verifiable healing that can be documented.
What are the Roman Catholic decision criteria for determining whether a candidate for sainthood has fulfilled the requirement of performing a posthumous miracle?
25 Apr 07
Originally posted by kirksey957The recipient of the miracle has to have documented proof of the illness or injury. They also need documented proof that the illness or injury no longer exists, and that medical intervention can't account for this. An example of this would be medically documented proof that someone had cancer but then no longer had the cancer without having first had the surgery. The person whose intercession they sought is the dead person.
I think they have to be dead for a certain period of time. I also think there has to be some verifiable healing that can be documented.
25 Apr 07
Originally posted by reader1107I'm curious about something. We all the time hear about priests having sexual "lapses." We know that they typically get moved to another parish. Are there any accounts of nuns screwing around? What happens to them?
The recipient of the miracle has to have documented proof of the illness or injury. They also need documented proof that the illness or injury no longer exists, and that medical intervention can't account for this. An example of this would be medically documented proof that someone had cancer but then no longer had the cancer without having first had the surgery. The person whose intercession they sought is the dead person.
25 Apr 07
Originally posted by kirksey957There are some (less common) instances of nuns molesting children (I think there was a boarding school scandal or two, in Ireland and Canada perhaps) and a recent case of a nun being arrested in Wisconsin for past abuse. Generally if a nun wants to have a relationship with a man, she tends to leave her community (especially if she gets pregnant). The community may move her first if they think she's having an affair, or they may advise her to begin the process of leaving. It is much more common for nuns to have "particular friendships" which are often ... much more than friendships. There are plenty of "couples" who don't have sexual relations but are couples in every other sense of the word. There are also lesbian couples. There are some lesbian nuns who firmly believe that since what they are doing does not involve certain activities it therefore doesn't count as sex and isn't a violation of the vow of celibacy.
I'm curious about something. We all the time hear about priests having sexual "lapses." We know that they typically get moved to another parish. Are there any accounts of nuns screwing around? What happens to them?