Isn't that essentially the basis of Catholicism?
I think that is essentially the basis of Protestantism. The Catholics thought that there was good and evil in everyone, and you could "earn" good by good works, confession. Eventually this led to corruption and selling of indulgences and all sorts of things.
The Protestant view (in the Reformation) was that everything was black and dark in all of our souls, but some people had a pre-determined "cloak of grace" that covered up all the nastiness. And since it was all pre-determined, you had no control over whether you were going to heaven or hell BUT you didn't know which was you were to go, so you needed to act good just in case. It never really made since to me, but I was taught this at a nominally Catholic college, so maybe I am wrong.
Hah! Leverage, the game: [link]
We played card games and Risk. Sometimes Monopoly but my brother always got caught embezzling when he was banker.
Predestination is not found in all branches of protestantism -- that's the Calvinists.
I think if we found a Masterpiece set and a Clue set, we could TOTALLY put together a Leverage game, Tom.
If I had only known. I saw a Masterpiece game at a rummage sale only 2 weeks ago.
Did Helen Thomas just wake up and say to herself, "Fuck it. I'm old and I'm gonna say some outrageous shit today."?
Apparently? I guess she's Lebanese-American, so maybe not super impartial, but...yeah. Weird. Disappointing, cause...crazy. Jews should go back to Germany and Poland? Yeah, that's a GREAT plan, Helen...
I am bummed because I've admired Helen Thomas for YEARS. She chose a crap way to retire.
Also, Triominos, which is still around I think, and really fun for both kids and adults, and good when kids are learning to work with numbers.
Predestination is not found in all branches of protestantism -- that's the Calvinists.
Do they still have the black soul covered by the cloak of grace thingie?
I have a question of a sensitive nature that I don't want to get trounced on for, so please keep in mind it's not a reflection of something I feel, but just a question.
Can a person who thinks that there should have been another solution/physical place for creating the state of Israel think that way without being an anti-semite?
I have no suggestions for where or other solutions whatsoever - I am very ignorant in the deeper happening of Israel, I only know the surface.
