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jkwest · Post by **jkwest** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:12 pm

oh Dale....you are such a pooper.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:45 pm

To become Catholic later in life, you need to take the RCIA classes. Seeing as how I was baptized as a baby, I had no clue what RCIA stood for and had to look it up. Rite for Christian Initiation for Adults. Some of you folks better hurry up, you're running out of time.

I'm just teasing, I happen to feel comfortable worshiping God in the Catholic style and hope everyone else finds a comfortable way to worship God too.

I'm just back from a one day 400 mile round trip 3 hour statewide staff meeting and am hoping everyone lets me slide on how I didn't address atheism. I didn't have to drive and I did get to play my harmonica a bit.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:10 am

mutepointe wrote:To become Catholic later in life, you need to take the RCIA classes. Seeing as how I was baptized as a baby, I had no clue what RCIA stood for and had to look it up. Rite for Christian Initiation for Adults. Some of you folks better hurry up, you're running out of time.

I'm just teasing, I happen to feel comfortable worshiping God in the Catholic style and hope everyone else finds a comfortable way to worship God too.

I'm just back from a one day 400 mile round trip 3 hour statewide staff meeting and am hoping everyone lets me slide on how I didn't address atheism. I didn't have to drive and I did get to play my harmonica a bit.

I've been to RCIA classes. I got so far as the words of the Nicene Creed then I was ineligible because I don't believe everything they say, and to profess them I feel like I should believe them first and I just don't. I also feel like if I ever get baptized, I should at least believe I'm doing it for a reason more than "just because" and I don't believe that, either.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:39 am

Why, if the Nicene Creed was good enough for my Grand Pappy, it's good enough for me.

Back when I was a boy we had to recite the Nicene Creed every day, in the snow, walking uphill!

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:22 pm

I told you to check out the Episcopalians.

Here's their version from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

Book of Common Prayer -- 1662 wrote:I believe in one God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And of all things visible and invisible:
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God,
Begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
Very God of very God,
Begotten, not made,
Being of one substance with the Father,
By whom all things were made;
Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven,
And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
And was made man,
And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried,
And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
And ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead:
Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
The Lord and giver of life,
Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified,
Who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church.
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.
And I look for the Resurrection of the dead,
And the life of the world to come.

That is some damn stirring stuff; it almost makes me believe it. "All things visible and invisible"; "to judge both the quick and the dead"; "being of one substance with the father"; "spake by the prophets" -- great stuff.

Or you may prefer the more modern version from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer --

Book of Common Prayer -- 1979 wrote:We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Or something like that.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:30 pm

FlyingC wrote:Back when I was a boy we had to recite the Nicene Creed every day, in the snow, walking uphill!

For 5 miles, backwards, chewing bubblegum at the same time!

gonzo914 wrote:I believe ...

I believe I need a nap (with the Philistines).

djm

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:32 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:Back when I was a boy we had to recite the Nicene Creed every day, in the snow, walking uphill!

In Double-Dutch....with a mouthful of Saltines.....

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:01 pm

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:09 pm

ahem, wasn't that a frozen dead pike?

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:01 pm

The nuns who taught school beat us with yard sticks and pointers. What the heck kind of nun has access to a frozen pike? You folks are making this stuff up.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:33 pm

mutepointe wrote:What the heck kind of nun has access to a frozen pike?

A Minnesotan nun.

pastorkeith · Post by **pastorkeith** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:23 pm

That's why I am Lutheran. Growing up the pastors just gave us that severe German look and we just froze in our tracks. No beatings required. Mind control. Works every time.

Plus, Luther liked to go to the pub where I have it on firm authority that he never beat anyone with a frozen fish.

pastorkeith

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:23 pm

Denny wrote:ahem, wasn't that a frozen dead pike?

The really tough places used a live pike.

Tom

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:35 pm

pastorkeith wrote:Plus, Luther liked to go to the pub where I have it on firm authority that he never beat anyone with a frozen fish.

I understand that when Martin Luther had unclean thoughts,
he would beat himself with frozen fish...

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:35 pm

WyoBadger wrote:
Denny wrote:ahem, wasn't that a frozen dead pike?
The really tough places used a live pike.

Tom

yes....know for their sense of humor....