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Comment on Preaching the gospel to animals by Jerry Kelly

Jerry Kelly — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:04:52 +0000

A good point by Stacy Salles about Celtic Christians preaching to animals. In several early Christian tales like “The Hawk of Achill”, we see that the Celts firmly believed that animals have souls. St. Patrick is said to have preached to wolves which, in the Celtic worldview, are good and noble animals and not the evil creatures of Germanic folklore. According to his hagiography, Ciarán of Saighir’s first monks were animals.

Le gach dea-ghuí / Best,
Gearóid / Jerry

Comment on Preaching the gospel to animals by LoverofChrist

LoverofChrist — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:38:35 +0000

Please excuse my interjection, but we must look at context here. If we are merely reading and interpreting the Bible assuming that these words were used and meant the same way that they are used today, we would be fools.

With that being said, let’s look at the verse: “And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15).
There is a vital point that must be made: In this time period, many people were not considered humans. The blind, the lame, those disabled, the slaves, etc. The list goes on. When Jesus said, “every creature,” He used that word so that His disciples knew no human was excluded from hearing the good news.
Now, if you all would like to preach the gospel to your poodle I’m not going to stop you, but that just isn’t what Jesus is saying here. (Yes even as much as you all would like to imagine Christians preaching the gospel to their pet lizards) sorry, not exactly Biblical ;)

Comment on Preaching the gospel to animals by Stacy Salles

Stacy Salles — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:08:44 +0000

The Celtic Christians have lots of stories about their saints preaching to the animals and I believe there is a story of St. Francis did the same thing. The psalms talk about all of creation, the stars, the mountains, the seas, the animals, the angels, and humans – all nations. I think we understand that this doesn’t mean we try to teach a mountain how to sing “How Great thou Art”, but rather the works of creation praise the Creator just by being present in all its glory. A human standing in the midst of all that beauty praising God because they are struck by the Awesomeness of it all is preaching the Good News to all creatures. Yes, I have genetic Celt in my soul and flesh.

Comment on A Mormon No More by Eshu

Eshu — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:44:26 +0000

Also Christine, I don’t appreciate the veiled threat. What you said amounts to “You’re wrong and someday you’re gonna pay for it!”. Why do you take this attitude? We shouldn’t have to agree on everything and if we don’t, it would be more worthwhile to discuss why we disagree than to sling patronising threats.

Comment on A Mormon No More by Eshu

Eshu — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:40:10 +0000

Hi Christine,

Thanks for commenting. I prefer to say we’re being enigmatic. :-)

What do you hope your prayers will achieve? How do you think prayers achieve this?

Comment on A Mormon No More by christine moore

christine moore — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:26:02 +0000

i noticed no one has a face. Is that because you are hiding? Someday when you are gone and need to face our creator you will not be able to hide. My prayers are with you and your parents.

Comment on Regulation Of Herbal Medicine by Eshu

Eshu — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:17:52 +0000

chris,

Something doesn’t have to be perfect to be worth doing. It has to be better than the alternatives.

I’m suggesting that state regulation is better than no regulation.

What an alleged medicine contains or whether it is also a “food” is not relevant to how its safety and effectiveness is judged. I am curious why some people think certain medicine should have special exemption from certain kinds of testing.

Comment on Religion Causing Offence by My morning with the Pentecostals « Angry Flat Cap

My morning with the Pentecostals « Angry Flat Cap — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:58:28 +0000

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Comment on Regulation Of Herbal Medicine by chris

chris — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:28:58 +0000

The question you have to ask is whether State Regulation ensures safety? There are plenty of cases whereby a SR practitioner is found guilty of malpractise. The evidence for the lack of safety of herbal medicines cannot be based on a handful of cases, some of which are not conclusive, a number of which use non-traditional herbal medicines ie standardised extracts. If pharmaceutical drugs were judged the same they would have been illegal a long time ago.
Herbal medicines cannot be judged by the same rule as pharmaceutical drugs, many are also foods and we all know that foods can also contain ‘dangerous’ chemicals.

Comment on About by Eshu

Eshu — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:06:33 +0000

Jon,
I’ve emailed you at the address you gave me. I hope we can continue to discuss things there.