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do you believe in "god"
#75re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/15/05 at 3:03pm
Yes, I believe in God (Jesus, Holy Spirit and Heavenly Father).
I'm experiencing faith for the 1st time as an adult.
#76re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/15/05 at 4:21pm
Is it just me or are a majority of the people who no longer believe in God, ex-students at Catholic schools?
To answer the question, I do believe in God, Jesus, and the rest of the Good Book.
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#77re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/15/05 at 5:11pmI believe in Jesus. Although I sometimes question my faith, but ultimatly I believe in him.
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/24/05
#79re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:09pm
Bythesword, you did a beautiful job explaining what Catholics believe and trying to dispel some of the many misconceptions.
To answer your question, Guido, yes, it is just your imagination. Catholics love God and find spiritual fulfillment in their faith as much as people of other faiths do in theirs.
I do believe in God. I know there is great suffering in this world, and I've seen some of it and seen people I love suffer. One thing I see almost all the time is that the people who suffer most have the deepest faith.
Salmon leap from the womb of the white sea you look on; they are calves, they are lambs of good color, in peace without slaughter.
Updated On: 6/15/05 at 10:09 PM
#80re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/17/05 at 9:48pm
You know how us Catholic Girls can be
We make up for so much time a little too late
I never forgot it, confusing as it was
No fun with no guilt feelings
The sinners, the saviors, the loverless priests
I'll see you next Sunday
We all had our reasons to be there
We all had a thing or two to learn
We all needed something to cling to
So we did
I sang Alleluia in the choir
I confessed my darkest deeds to an envious man
My brothers, they never went blind for what they did
but I may as well have
in the name of the Father, the Skeptic and the Son
I had one more stupid question
What I learned I rejected but I believe again
I will suffer the consequence of this inquisition
If I jump in this fountain will I be forgiven?
We all had delusions in our head
We all had our minds made up for us
We had to believe in something
So we did.
Thank you Alanis Morissette for being true to yourself!
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"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
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#81re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:35pmAh, yes, Justice. And thank you for quoting the great Alanis Morissette. :)
#82re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:52pmnope
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#83re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:05amOf course I do. But I would never try to put my beliefs on someone else, thats your choice, whatever floats your boat.
#84re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:23am
Thank you to all of you guys who commented on my posts, I appreciate your support. 
And Guido, it all really is a personality thing. I went to Catholic school my whole life and I adored every second of it.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#85re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:55am
I absolutely do. There's just too many things in this world that happen that make me unable to deny His existance. I need only be sitting still outside on a sunny day with a gentle breeze, taking in the sights and "feel" of all around me, and I know He's there.
NOW, I put my faith in that, and NOT man made religions. I think people put TOO much stock in what DOCTRINE they are following, when I think that makes you miss the point. For me, religion is just an organized way of getting like minded people who like to worship the same way together. It's not the END all of everything, and as we are human and fallable, none of these religions are perfect or THE right one....
Vid of me singing "Think of Me" POTO
Vid of me singing "Wishing You Were Somehow..." POTO
"Hard to see the light now. Just don't let it go. Things will come out right now. We can make it so. Someone is on your side... NO ONE is alone!"
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#86re: do you believe in
Posted: 6/18/05 at 4:32am
This poem was written by Fear Dorcha Ó Mealláin, a priest and one of the thousands of Catholics dispossessed by the 1652 Act of Parliament following Cromwell's campaign in Ireland. All Catholics were to remove themselves and their families from the three most fertile provinces in Ireland and be settled in small parcels of land on the barren region of Connacht on the west coast. Any Catholics found east of the Shannon after May 1, 1654, might be killed by whoever met them. The move had to be made mostly in winter. The season was very severe, and the roads almost impassable. Hundreds died along the way.
The first verse of the poem is a traditional Irish prayer said before undertaking a journey. A translation follows:
An Díbirt go Connachta
In ainm an Athar go mbuaidh,
in ainm an Mhic fuair an phian,
in ainm an Spioraid Naoimh le neart,
Muire ‘s a Mac linn ag triall.
Mícheál feartach ár gcuid stóir,
Muire Ógh ‘s an dá aspal déag,
Brighid, Pádraig agus Eoin—
is maith an lón creideamh Dé.
Colm Cille feartach caomh,
‘s Colmán mhac Aoidh, ceann na gcliar,
beid linn uile ar aon tslí
‘s ná bígí ag caoi fá dhul siar.
Nach dtuigeann sibh, a bhráithre gaoil
cúrsaí an tsaoil le fada buan?
gé mór atá nár seilbh,
beag bheas linn ag dul san uaigh.
Uirscéal as sin tuightear libh:
clann Israel a bhean le Dia,
san Éigipt cé bhí I mbroid,
furtach go grod a fuair siad.
Do-chuadar tríd an mhuir mhóir,
go ndearnadh dhóibh ród ná ghann,
gur éirigh an fhairrge ghlas
mar charraig ‘mach os a gceann.
Iar ndul dhóibhsin fó thír
fuair siad cóir ó Rí na rann,
furtacht, cabhair agus biadh,
ón Dia bhí riamh is tá ann.
Fuaradar ó neamh mar lón
cruithneachta mhór—stór nár bheag—
mil dá chur mar cheo,
uisce go leor ag teacht as creig.
Amhlaidh sin do-ghéanfar libh:
do-ghéabhaidh sibh gach maith ar dtús;
atá bhur ndúithche ar neamh,
‘s ná bígí leamh in bhur gcúis.
A chlann chroí, déanaidh seasamh,
‘s ná bígí ag ceasnamh le hanró;
Maoise a fuair ar agaill—
cead a chreidimh ó Pharó.
Ionann Dia dhúinn agus dhóibh,
aon Dia fós do bhí ‘gus tá;
ionann Dia abhus agus thiar,
aon Dia riamh is bheas go bráth.
Má ghoirthear dhaoibhse Páipis,
cuiridh fáilte re bhur ngairm;
tugaidh foighead don Ardrí—
Deo gratias, maith an t-ainm.
A Dhia atá fial. a thriath na mbeannachta,
féach na Gaeil go léir gan bharanta;
má táimid ag triall siar go Connachta,
fágmaid ‘nár ndiaidh fó chian ar seanchairde.
translation:
Exile To Connacht
In the name of the Father full of virtue,
in the name of the Son who suffered pain,
in the name of the Holy Spirit in power,
Mary and her Son be with us.
Our sole possessions: Michael of miracles,
the virgin Mary, the twelve apostles,
Brigid, Patrick and Saint John;
and our fine rations: faith in God.
Sweet Colm Cille of miracles too,
and Colmán Mac Aoidh, poets’ patron,
will all be with us on our way.
Do not bewail our journey west.
Brothers mine, do you not see
the ways of the world a while now?
However much we may possess
we’ll go with little into the grave.
Consider a parable of this:
Israel, God’s own people,
although they were in bonds in Egypt,
found in time a prompt release.
Through the mighty sea they passed,
an ample road was made for them,
then the grey-green ocean rose
out there above them like a rock.
When they came to dry land
the King of Heaven minded them
--relief, succour and nourishment
from the God Who ever was and is.
Food from Heaven they received:
great wheat in no small measure,
honey settling like a mist,
abundant water out of rock.
Likewise it shall be done to you:
all good things shall first be yours.
Heaven is your inheritance.
Be not faint-hearted in your faith.
People of my heart, stand steady,
don’t complain of your distress,
Moses got what he requested,
religious freedom—and from Pharaoh.
Identical their God and ours.
One God there was and still remains.
Here or Westward God is one,
one God ever and shall be.
If they condemn and call you “Papists”
accept it gladly for a title.
Be patient for the High King’s sake.
By God’s grace, it is a good name!
God Who art generous, O Prince of Blessings,
behold the Gael, stripped of authority.
Now as we journey west into Connacht
we’ll leave behind us in grief our old friends.
Salmon leap from the womb of the white sea you look on; they are calves, they are lambs of good color, in peace without slaughter.
Updated On: 6/18/05 at 04:32 AM
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