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Pegg At the last supper jesus hadn't died, been ressurected or ascended into Heaven, so there is some debate as to wether what the dsiciples recieved at the Last Supper was in fact his body and blood because his body had not yet been broken and his blood not yet spilled, however Jesus performed...

Transubstaciation is not caibalism because A; Christ instructed us to recieve it and B; because even though it is Christ's body and blood, it still retains the "accidents" or appearance of bread and wine because that is pallatable for us and that is a form in which we can recive it/

We do in it rememberane of what Jesus di for us, but what we recive is surely his real body and blood.

You have too broard a perspective. If we talk about Judo specifically I will explain exactly what it is. It is the sport form of Jujitsu. In Judo you learn how to throw an opponent to the floor and either hold them down or perform a choke or jointlock to attain a submission. It is a sport...

Martial arts are totally secular, you won't find any religious teaching there. I've practicsed karate for 16 years and am a 3rd Dan (rd Degree Black belt) so I should know. i basically elarn't to hit people very hard but to be responsible and respectful of other people and i can't see that...

I'm not a Papist but I am an Anglo-Catholci and Transubstanciation is omething I sahre with my Romish brethren (even thoug I can't commune with them). I've always believed that when Jeus said, this is my body (hoc est corpus meum) and this is my blood 9hic est sanguinus meus), that he was not...

Oh dear! I think we've gone off Judas now! Jerry: Predestination is a Calvinist theory that denies a person's ability to accept Jesus, working on the principle that before your born you could be headed for Hell and that is so against Jesus' teaching. That is why I'm no Calvinist. It is avain...

Those passages could explain pre-existance or predestination (but I'm not a fan of Calvinism) and they also remind us that God is all seeing and all knowing. They don't say anything about a first age of spiritual beings who would one day be clothed in flesh. Anyway, if souls aren't kept in a...

OK, just a minute! The first age heory sounds great because it explains things like Dinosours, ape creatures and other things like that. It's a good way of explaining how the world can be more than 6,000 years old without contradicting Genesis, so yes I'm in favour of the tehory. What I'm not...

They ahve a more straightforward view of death I think. It is normal it happens and that's that. Animals fear and retreat so they can preserve their lives per haps rather than a fear stepping out of one world into another. So when you look at it like that, they don't fear death.

The Catholic church has the Caechism which you can read if you want to see it's teaching. As for the Pope's sermons, homillies acutually, yes it would be good to be able to hear some of them. The Bishop of Rome (Episcopus Romanum) or Pope is a high and holy ofice because it claims to be the...

John Paul II was a good Pope, He was well respected and liked by Christians of all denominations but Benedict IVI seems to be a disastter. He's tring to undo so much of the good progress that was made in vatican II and his ecumenical policies are atrocious. Thoug not a Papist I respect Popes...

I was too busy thinking about what Judas did that I overlooked the other disciples and of course they were forgiven. The differene is that they went on to serve God and spread the word, where as Judas committed suicide. If Judas hadn't killed himself and had witnessed the resurrection as with...

I heard that the Pope has a special chair which when he sits in it everything he say's comes directly from God and cannot be questioned. That is what I have udnerstood Papal infalability to mean. I don't know if this wa exxaggereated or not , but when I was talking to a Roman Catholic friend...

Absolutely! it might not ahve been a sin agaisnt eh Holy Spirit but on the other hand it might have been. If Judas had realised exactly what he'd done and truly repented then and by that I mean full knowledge of what he'd done then far be it from us to condemn him. If I set up a thread asking...

Westbro Baptist think they ar the elect but they are so wrong. Hate groups like them who twist God's word have only a place in eternal hHell fire and damnation. Saying that I'm sure some of them are real Christians and not rotten all the way through like Fred and Shirley Phelps. I got the...

I know it isn't really for us to say wether this man is saved or dammed. He betrayed our lord for 30 pieces of silver and we know also that he was a thief but after our lord Jesus christ was cruficief Judas repented what he had done and gave the money back to the Temple Elders/ This man is...

Nakedness itself isn't a sin but modesty is of course improtant. Nakedness in a cool climate means we get cold and in a hot cimate means we get bunrt. When Adam and Eve realised they were naked they learn't a lot of things taht we now have as common knolwedge. Animals have fur, feathers or...

Animals arn't proud Have you ever seen a Rooster strut around Animals do not exercise power over others What about bees? Though they don't exercise power over other speciies. Animals do not fear death Of course they do, they keep away from what they think is too dangerouse. They like us have...

Actually theology is important because it is theology that prevents us from falling into heresy and error. Everyone ahs theology; Catholic of Protestant, Evangelical or Sacramental, Charismatic or Contemplative. We all have Theology. I'll admiot, I'm not a fan of Papal infalability being an...