Your Most Favorite "Untrue Myth" ?
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Vicki
Herbal Alchemist
It may not cause you to go blind, but.........:
I swear, I can find a Supernatual reference to almost any topic here!
This video is perfect for your post, and the entire thread!
grokit
well-worn member
Will Christianity ever get rid of hell?
Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx by Joachim Patinir, c. 1515–1524. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Photo courtesy Wikimedia
Kathryn Gin Lum teaches American religious history at Stanford University. She is the author of Damned Nation: Hell in America from the Revolution to Reconstruction (due in August 2014).
In December 2013, a hoax began circulating on the internet claiming that Pope Francis had called a Third Vatican Council that, among other things, purged a literal hell from Catholic doctrine. ‘This doctrine is incompatible with the infinite love of God,’ Francis purportedly said. ‘God seeks not to condemn but only to embrace… Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which like all souls ultimately will be united in love with God.’ The piece quickly went viral on Facebook and other social media platforms – minus the element of parody. The remarks did not seem too out of line with the new Pope’s own attitude of embrace over condemnation.
"That so many young people in the US identify as ‘spiritual but not religious’ at least partly results from their impression of organised religion – particularly the Protestantism that has long dominated the US religious landscape – as judgmental, exclusive, and punishing. This longing for a feel-good faith with a friendly deity might help to explain why so many fell for the Pope Francis parody and why they were so disappointed that it was untrue. But the longing for a hell-less faith cannot be attributed to a contemporary generational shift alone. Time and again in the history of western Christianity, this longing has surfaced, only to be subdued and hell reaffirmed as not just scripturally but also morally necessary."
Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx by Joachim Patinir, c. 1515–1524. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Photo courtesy Wikimedia
Kathryn Gin Lum teaches American religious history at Stanford University. She is the author of Damned Nation: Hell in America from the Revolution to Reconstruction (due in August 2014).
In December 2013, a hoax began circulating on the internet claiming that Pope Francis had called a Third Vatican Council that, among other things, purged a literal hell from Catholic doctrine. ‘This doctrine is incompatible with the infinite love of God,’ Francis purportedly said. ‘God seeks not to condemn but only to embrace… Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which like all souls ultimately will be united in love with God.’ The piece quickly went viral on Facebook and other social media platforms – minus the element of parody. The remarks did not seem too out of line with the new Pope’s own attitude of embrace over condemnation.
"That so many young people in the US identify as ‘spiritual but not religious’ at least partly results from their impression of organised religion – particularly the Protestantism that has long dominated the US religious landscape – as judgmental, exclusive, and punishing. This longing for a feel-good faith with a friendly deity might help to explain why so many fell for the Pope Francis parody and why they were so disappointed that it was untrue. But the longing for a hell-less faith cannot be attributed to a contemporary generational shift alone. Time and again in the history of western Christianity, this longing has surfaced, only to be subdued and hell reaffirmed as not just scripturally but also morally necessary."
So, if something is true, but a person with authority says is not, does that make it untrue?Will Christianity ever get rid of hell?
Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx by Joachim Patinir, c. 1515–1524. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Photo courtesy Wikimedia
Kathryn Gin Lum teaches American religious history at Stanford University. She is the author of Damned Nation: Hell in America from the Revolution to Reconstruction (due in August 2014).
In December 2013, a hoax began circulating on the internet claiming that Pope Francis had called a Third Vatican Council that, among other things, purged a literal hell from Catholic doctrine. ‘This doctrine is incompatible with the infinite love of God,’ Francis purportedly said. ‘God seeks not to condemn but only to embrace… Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which like all souls ultimately will be united in love with God.’ The piece quickly went viral on Facebook and other social media platforms – minus the element of parody. The remarks did not seem too out of line with the new Pope’s own attitude of embrace over condemnation.
"That so many young people in the US identify as ‘spiritual but not religious’ at least partly results from their impression of organised religion – particularly the Protestantism that has long dominated the US religious landscape – as judgmental, exclusive, and punishing. This longing for a feel-good faith with a friendly deity might help to explain why so many fell for the Pope Francis parody and why they were so disappointed that it was untrue. But the longing for a hell-less faith cannot be attributed to a contemporary generational shift alone. Time and again in the history of western Christianity, this longing has surfaced, only to be subdued and hell reaffirmed as not just scripturally but also morally necessary."
Or, if something is not true , but a person with authority says it is, does that make it so?
Isn't this the way myths get created?
EveryDayAmnesiac
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VaporsVaporizer
On the Stoop
Go for it, i'm sick and bored
Caligula
Maximus
Go for it, i'm sick and bored
You should go read through the News thread, lol. I've learned my lesson.
VaporsVaporizer
On the Stoop
I can't be arsed to argue about Israel and Palestine
EveryDayAmnesiac
Well-Known Member
Yeah, there might be one or two topics you'd want to stay away from...
But the rest is fair game! It sucks to find out you're wrong, but.... hey, gotta learn, right?
VaporsVaporizer
On the Stoop
They do until proven
EveryDayAmnesiac
Well-Known Member
As far as topics in this thread go...
Post away!I'm starting to get a raging clue what conspiracy theory you might be thinking of...
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EveryDayAmnesiac
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NITR0U5
Member
Thanks @EveryDayAmnesiac. I wonder sometimes though, with all the information from lab testing he was probably receiving showing how unharmful cannabis acutally is, maybe he wasn't as stupid as we thought he was. Politicians will do anything to gain votes
. Politicians will do anything to gain votes
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EveryDayAmnesiac
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Thanks @EveryDayAmnesiac. I wonder sometimes though, with all the information from lab testing he was probably receiving showing how unharmful cannabis acutally is, maybe he's not as stupid as we think he is
I bet he lied "for the good of the country."
In his mind, anyway.
EveryDayAmnesiac
Well-Known Member
True. But the Reagan lies and the George "dub-yah" lies.... they really bite my balls more than any other Presidential lies.
Not very objective, I suppose...
syrupy
Authorized Buyer
I sent this one to a co-worker on April 1, and still she believed it and forwarded it to everyone in the company. People were kind of laughing, and she was not too pleased with me.
I did not have sex with that woman.
Weapons of mass destruction everywhere.
The Falkland Islands are a major threat to the US.
On and on and on...
I did not have sex with that woman.
Weapons of mass destruction everywhere.
The Falkland Islands are a major threat to the US.
On and on and on...
Wizsteve
Well-Known Member
My grandmother used to ALWAYS tell me that one. As well as, "If you keep wearing that cap, it'll make you go bald!"
your grandmother is right on wearing caps and hats due in fact make you lose hair (but would depend on the type) the heat is what does it burns out the root .caps now have vent holes to keep this from happening .
however hats don't many are made from wool wear on a hot summer day you see a bunch of hair inside the hat . we don't see this very much now since it's not in fashion now