u/Pombalian3

Both David Starkey and Christopher Hitchens said they rather preferred Protestantism to Roman Catholicism, going as far as describing themselves as Protestant. The opposte view was takes by Diogo Mainardi who identifies as an Atheist Roman Catholic. How do you take such stance?

Tony Blair, Alistair Campbell, Helmut Schmidt or Peter Hitchens?

1- the skilled trades proletariat, once the most revolution prone and Revolutionary part of society tends to be the most right wing one

2- the Revolution not only did not happen in the most advanced economies, but in happened only in backward rural countries

3- all meaningfully ideological Internationals have collapsed

4-China and Vietnam abandoning the basic Socialist program in favor of state capitalism

5- the national bourgeoisie did not effect any political change in developing semi-industrialized countries that would have long term socialism viable

6- socialised modes of production have not shown higher degrees of output

For the context: I am a confessional Calvinist in a Presbyterian Church in Brazil. My church is solidly confessional in doctrine and preaching, but the liturgy is far removed from the traditional reformed services I have seen online. It is very hard to see a psalm or a biblical song being sung. It is a very contemporary service.

I am aware that most NAPARC churches outside the PCA are less evangelical-ish and more restrained, austere and solemn. Do you think the other Presbyterian bodies could be absorbed by the OPC and the conservative part of the PCA, while the traditional orthodox Dutch Reformed could unite in a single body as well?

I am really curious to know how and why you approach religion the way you do? you consider yourselves Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist, Episcopalian, UCC or Unitarian.

I mean I accept myself. I don’t think that being bisexual makes me less of a man or an evil person. Though my family certainly thinks so. I don’t feel pressure from myself towards becoming/ appearing fully straight. I just find myself having a hard time justifying why do I keep falling into the same lust patterns, that have created this huge gulf between me and my family, me and God.

Does this resonate with anyone?

I am asking if there is anyone here who not only affirms the 5 fundamentals ( inerrancy, bodily ressurection, miracles of Jesus, penal substitutionary atonement and virgin birth of Jesus) but takes the label willingly.

Did it escale to the point were you and the other guy basically were having sex, while she was touching herself.

I am sorry if that is too delicate of a question, but it is one of my greatest fetishes.

I know that in the Roman Catholic traditions last rites are variations of the annointing of the sick. I know that it is not a sacrament in the Reformed tradition, so I started wondering how is it when someone is very sick believes he/she is going to die within minutes and asks for a reformed minister to pray along with him or her.

Do you have your own canon inside the 218 episodes which you rewatch or when you revisit the show you go through every single episode?

I am asking, because I am curious to know if there is anyone here that comes from a church where adherence to the 39 articles and belonging to the Reformed tradition is placed above having communion with other Anglican bodies.

I am really curious, since the Targums have played such a role in Jewish exposition of the Tanakh, if there was anyone who was more keen on referring to them primarily in his/her/their personal readings. I know that Aramaic literacy isn’t as widespread as Hebrew is, but Aramaic is closely related to Hebrew and the Kaddish is in Aramaic.

Jansenism was a Calvinistic movement inside the Roman Catholic Church from the early 1600s up to synod of Pistoia. It was characterized by belief in double predestination and an austere moral outlook.

I am curious to know if Calvinism ( a low church thing) was ever coupled with high church or Anglo Catholic liturgy even in the Church of England or in other places of the communion.