2007-11-08 04:55:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2007-11-08 04:54:56 · 27 answers · asked by Page 4 in Religion & Spirituality
2007-11-08 04:54:53 · 6 answers · asked by theresa 2 in Community Service
PLEASE NO INTERNET TRANLATIONS LIKE BABEL FISH I NEED NATIVES/ REAL GOOD EXPERTS!!
Annie is typing on the computer, she is looking for a friend online.
Sam is watching TV and exercising.
Sacha insists she can teach him better. She is Sam’s fitness trainer.
Annie checks her messages. One is from a “taxidermiste”
Sam eats jam on toast.
Sasha and Annie leave for the gym.
Sam and Nico dance.
Sam is doing the washing and waters the plant with the wrong spray.
The girls return to find a dead plant and ruined washing.
Sasha and Annie decide to have revenge.
Nico and Sam find one email. It is from two dancers called Misha and Lulu.
The dancers are Sasha and Annie in disguise.
2007-11-08 04:54:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages
What is your opinion?
What is your opinion on this news story?
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Health/story?id...
i think the parents played god and it made me sick
i leave it up to god it is will
2007-11-08 04:53:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
Great another thing for the anti-mormons to shred us on...
after all, they smell bad enough as it it -- can you imagine the festering after 2000+ years?
But wait - until we actually produce said shoes, we'll just all be considered part of a big con, right?
2007-11-08 04:53:46 · 10 answers · asked by strplng warrior mom 6 in Religion & Spirituality
Even if you don't believe in God, do you think this is okay?
Also, does anyone know if they are allowing the athletes to bring in the koran?
2007-11-08 04:53:32 · 15 answers · asked by gtahvfaith 5 in Religion & Spirituality
Today on the news I hear dof a Middle School Child who was sent to detention because she gave someone a hug?
Another High School voted the *Cutest Couples* in the yearbook as two lesbian girls
California Schools-Sigh :( say it is discriminating to say you have a
Mom and Dad have to recognize people who have a Mom and a Mom, a Dad and a Dad a Dad a Horse and 2 Moms..
Kids see teachers all over the country who want to make Bootie calls with students or School aged girls wanting plastic surgery implants, or post provocative pic's of themselves on my-space
What do you think today's schools are teaching Kids?
2007-11-08 04:53:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2007-11-08 04:52:56 · 4 answers · asked by MR TT, VT enthusiast 2 in Religion & Spirituality
As noted earlier, economy also refers to the Church's "handling" or "management" or "disposition" of various pastoral and disciplinary questions, problems, and issues. Here again, "economy" is used in several ways.
In one sense, it refers to the discretionary power given to the Church by Christ himself, in order to manage and govern the Church. Christ referred to this when he gave the apostles the authority to "bind and to loose" (Matthew 16:19, 18:18), and this authority in turn was transmitted to the bishops who came after the apostles.
In this sense "economy" means, as already noted, "handling", "management", "disposition". In general then, "economy" refers to pastoral handling or discretion or management in a neutral sense.
But it also can take two specific forms: it can be "exact" ("precise", "strict"), which means the usual or general rule is followed precisely; or it can be "lenient" (a loosening or modification of that usual or general rule). The former is called "economy according to strictness (exactness)" and the latter, "economy according to leniency." Economy according to leniency -- a modification in the application of the usual rule -- has always been done when, in the judgment of the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 15:28, "it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us") this would result in the wider salvation of souls through the extension of God's mercy.
In later usage of the terms, "economy" came to be used as a synonym for "economy according to leniency" -- that is, a deviation from the exactness of the usual rule -- often involving a practice that indeed appears more "lenient." At the same time, the newer terminology speaks simply of "exactness" (or "strictness") instead of "economy according to exactness (strictness)". Thus in this more recent use of terms, the dichotomy "economy according to leniency" vs. "economy according to exactness (strictness, preciseness)," is replaced by "economy" vs. "strictness" ("exactness", "preciseness").
It is important to observe that when economy is correctly used and applied (that is, as a modification in the application of the usual rule) such correct application of economy itself is one of the rules. Thus, if one speaks of "bending", "suspending", "dispensing with", "relaxing" the usual rule, one should bear in mind that such descriptions could be misleading, since the correct use of economy is always done in accordance with the rule of Christ, and never contrary to it. This brings up the general principle that in the Church all canons and laws exist in subjection to the rule of Christ -- that is to say, his commandments, teachings, and precepts.
An example in the New Testament of the application of lenient economy, or "economy according to leniency", is found in Acts chapter 15, where the Apostles decided to limit the number and degree of Jewish observances that would be required of Gentile converts. An example in the New Testament of the application of strict economy, or "economy according to exactness (or, strictness, preciseness) [akribeia]", may be seen in Acts 16:3, when St. Paul set aside the usual rule, just mentioned, and decided to circumcise Timothy, whose father was a gentile, in order to placate certain Jewish Christians. In both instances, economy was exercised in order to facilitate the salvation of some of the parties involved.
In Orthodox Church history, examples and instances of economy abound. Since ancient times, converts to the Church who were coming from certain heretical groups were not required to be baptized, even though the normal path of entrance to the Church is through baptism. Thus the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, decided that under specific conditions, the application of economy (i.e. according to leniency) would be the norm in this matter. But since the usual rule is baptism, such leniency can easily be, and sometimes has been, suspended (usually in periods when the heretical groups in question were actively opposing the Church). In these cases, the Church returned to her customary usual rule of "exactness," not applying economy (or not applying economy according to lenience). In calling for the reception of converts into Orthodoxy through means other than baptism in certain cases, the Ecumenical Councils made no determination regarding the existence of sacraments outside of Orthodoxy, but only addressed the situation of the convert to Orthodoxy.
Economy is, therefore, in one sense, a bishop's discretionary power to dispense with the ordinary church discipline, or the strict application of the ordinary rules or "canons", of the Church, as they are called.This is because, while the canons are laws (rules) that govern the Church, their provisions do not always precisely cover every situation that might come up; thus their application may at times need to be modified. Such dispensations are made with a view towards putting the spirit before the letter and helping the cause of the salvation of souls.
In many cases only bishops can decide that the use of economy is indicated. In other cases, a general authorization to apply economy in specific types of cases is delegated to the priests. For example, the usual rule is that Orthodox Christians can only marry other Orthodox Christians. For pastoral reasons, this rule has been relaxed in Western lands where many heterodox Christians live.
Another example of the common application of economy is with regard to the usual fasting rules of the Orthodox Church which are followed during Great Lent. Modifications to the usual rules apply to the sick, infirm, small children, pregnant or nursing mothers, etc. and for this church authorities are not consulted each time. Rather, the parish priest advises and guides the individual Christian or family in the proper application of fasting rules to their situation. Here again, "economy" in one sense is an exception to the rule, but in another sense economy is the rule.
According to one source, the canon law of the Orthodox Church economia is “the suspension of the absolute and strict applications of canon and church regulations in the governing and the life of the Church, without subsequently compromising the dogmatic limitations. The application of economia only takes place through the official church authorities and is only applicable for a particular case."
The Eastern Orthodox Church intends this concept to have the result that Love, Mercy, and Compassion remain more in control than absolute law.
The normal case is akribeia (precise, exact, or strict adherence to the standards). Economia means leniency. Akribeia means strictness, preciseness, exactness.
But there is not always agreement as to what is "strictness" (or "exactness") and what is "economy". As an example of this, there was, in the Orthodox Church, the practice of a married episcopate, from the beginnings of the Church up until 692 A.D. In that year, the Quinisext Council (also called the Penthekte, or "Fifth-Sixth" Council, or Council in Trullo) decided, and decreed in its 12th Canon, that henceforth there would be exclusively a celibate episcopate. It was generally thought that this canon was an exercise of "strictness" (or "exactness") since it tightened the apostolic rule of a married episcopate, seen in 1 Tim. 3:2 and Titus 1:5-7 and in the fifth Apostolic canon. Thus it was sometimes held that there was a conflict between the Scripture and the holy canons of the Church on this point. Panagiotes I. Boumes argued that there is no conflict. Quinisext Canon 12, he says, is not an instance of "exactness" but rather of "economy" in that the usual rule (the apostolic practice) was suspended because of pastoral need which existed at the time. Some argue that today, pastoral need requires a return to the original practice or the married episcopate. Boumes writes, "If it is possible for a local synod to deviate from exactness in accordance with economy [as was done by the Penthekte Council in this matter], how much more is it possible for it to abandon economy and return to exactness?" He adds that since the canons of Trullo received ecumenical authority, it would be preferable to reverse the decision (if indeed it should be reversed) by ecumenical agree among the members of the Church. Aside from the relative merits or demerits of such a change, Boumes's argument is an example of a case where there may be debate about which practice constitutes "strictness" ("exactness"), and which one "economy."
The same could be observed with regard to the case, mentioned above, if St. Paul's circumcising Timothy. From the viewpoint of the Jewish Christians, "exactness" ("strictness") would be to circumcise all gentile converts, while the Church's decision in Acts 15 was a decision to apply "leniency." But another analysis of the same situation would be that the apostolic decision and rule set forth in Acts 15 constitutes "exactness" and in fact became the usual rule, and that St. Paul in circumcising St. Timothy, relaxed the usual rule and in so doing, practiced "leniency" (that is, a less strict, less precise, hence more lenient, application of the usual rule). If Paul's decision does not seem "lenient," the "leniency" (or in more recent terms, "economy") was in the relaxation of strict application of the usual rule, but at the same time his action was an exercise of pastoral "lenience" shown to the Jewish Christians at that point.
2007-11-08 04:52:33 · 2 answers · asked by Jacob Dahlen 3 in Religion & Spirituality
"To think that some supernatural entity can hear one's thoughts, and act upon these thoughts to effect a favourable outcome in some future event, is no less superstitious than carrying a rabbit's foot in your pocket, in the hope that it will effect a favourable outcome in some future event for the owner."
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2007-11-08 04:52:12 · 14 answers · asked by Simmo 4 in Religion & Spirituality
I know that I have a mind, that is clear to me. But the content of your mind is kept pivate from me. All I can observe is your behavior. How can I tell that everyone else but me are not zombies, void of conscious? And how can you do the same? It may be absurd or arrogant to ask such a question, but given the fact that we cannot explain consciousnessin a physical world, it is a perfectly rational question. Perhaps everyone else is normal and I am a freak.
2007-11-08 04:51:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
On many occasions I have been informed that there is no connection between a belief and acceptance of a higher power and ones morals. That atheist are just as moral as anyone else is. Ok I can accept that. My question is this. What do you base your code of morals on? At what point do you say that you are crossing the line from what you say is moral and pushing your beliefs onto someone else? An example would be this. Many of you, not all but many of you are tend to lean on the side of pro abortion. We dealt with a young women who was told over and over and over that it was not a child. That what ever she wanted to do with the ‘mass’ in her was her ‘choice’. This by the councilors at school, (16) by her friends and her teachers. The issue came about when she delivered the ‘mass’ and decided to dispose of ‘it’ in the dumpster. She could not understand why the day before it was nothing more than a choice, but today they are saying it is a life. When the only thing that changed was the location from within her to out side of her. Where would your moral code fit in, in this situation? As a Christian I accept and believe that it is a child from the start. I realize you do not. I really would like to know how you decide what is moral and what is not.
2007-11-08 04:51:28 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2007-11-08 04:50:54 · 14 answers · asked by chmar11 6 in Religion & Spirituality
2007-11-08 04:50:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
......who came up with design for an foot lever -operated toilet seat?
He's due to be on the Ellen show on Friday!
The concept was so simple [like trash cans] one has to wonder why it has not been done in the past!
What will males and females under the same roof fight about now? lol
2007-11-08 04:48:41 · 17 answers · asked by sage seeker 7 in Senior Citizens
2007-11-08 04:46:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty
2007-11-08 04:45:59 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
In the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches and in the teaching of the Church Fathers which undergirds the theology of those Churches, economy or oeconomy (Greek: οικονόμια, economia ) has several meanings. The basic meaning of the word is "handling" or disposition" or "management" of a thing -- usually assuming or implying good or prudent handling (as opposed to poor handling) of the matter at hand.
As such, the word "economy", and the concept attaching to it, are utilized especially with regard to two types of "handling": (a) divine economy, that is, God's "handling" or "management" of the fallen state of the world and of mankind -- the arrangements he made in order to bring about man's salvation after the fall; and (b) what might be termed pastoral economy (or) ecclesiastical economy, that is, the Church's "handling" or "management" of various pastoral and disciplinary questions, problems, and issues that have arisen through the centuries of Church history.
2007-11-08 04:45:49 · 1 answers · asked by Jacob Dahlen 3 in Religion & Spirituality
Christians often say that God loves us. But what does love mean in that sense. Love is an abstract concept. Tell me what love is in the context of a supreme being?
Don't just say "God is love" because God encompasses many thing including wrath, which is evident throughout the Bible, and wrath and love are not synonymous, or are they?.
2007-11-08 04:43:28 · 25 answers · asked by neveroutnumbered 4 in Religion & Spirituality
assuming you believe of course...
2007-11-08 04:41:53 · 11 answers · asked by Elusive 5 in Religion & Spirituality
Why are people getting sex changes, saying they're the opposite sex in the wrong body? God knew exactly what He was doing when he made us, so why call Him a liar? To make it worse, why are they giving children these operations, especially since they don't really know too much about their own sex? The ones I've seen so far don't fool anybody, but now I don't know what to look at anymore. Damn, what is this creepy **** all about?
2007-11-08 04:40:38 · 15 answers · asked by Jerrius T 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I came to work with no money and im starving, lets face it all the heros are gone and i am hungry!!!!
2007-11-08 04:39:01 · 27 answers · asked by BRIAN D 1 in Other - Society & Culture
Or could it be spiritual Israel and acutally be the Church?
2007-11-08 04:38:49 · 21 answers · asked by Bride of Christ 6 in Religion & Spirituality
There's a story on Yahoo about an invention a 9-year-old made that raises and lowers the toilet seat because his mom would yell at him when he didn't put it down. Ladies, you should look before you sit and be glad we didn't piss where you're going to sit.
2007-11-08 04:38:34 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette
2007-11-08 04:37:05 · 34 answers · asked by stulisa42 4 in Religion & Spirituality
On every holiday, the women get stuck doing everything. All the cooking and cleaning...this year, should we ask the men to clean up? It's only fair, I think...though, I have a feeling only 1 or 2 of them will actually do it (if any at all).
2007-11-08 04:36:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette
2007-11-08 04:35:54 · 21 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Other - Society & Culture
I saw the british teenager who was murderd by friends she'd met on facebook described as fun loving. They showed the picture she had posted of herself holding a rather dangerous looking gun. A couple of things said made me think they were into violence, masacistic behaviour etc. It's believed she was murderd after she refused to get involved in a violent sex game. Her friend in the other room heard her screaming as she was being ....murdered and did nothing, not even called for help. Fun loving???
2007-11-08 04:35:43 · 7 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5 in Other - Society & Culture
I hear most Christians do not find favor with any of the candidates most backslide, lie and make promises they have no intention of keeping wether Democrat or Republican....
Do you pray for Jesus to come or the Rapture so the world will not have to endure the heretics of Politics?
2007-11-08 04:34:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
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