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Oh When the Saints Go.........

 
 
View Profile Chumly
 
Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 09:54 am
Anyone believe in all this saint stuff and/or is willing to explain it?
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 09:55 am
Voodoo
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 09:57 am
Seems a bit proprietary.
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A saint is a particularly holy person, recognized by fellow believers as someone who lived a divine life and who is in the Divine presence after death. The term is used within Christianity, with definitions varying by denomination, but English-language publications will sometimes use saint to describe a revered person from another religion. The word itself means “holy” and is derived from the Latin sanctus. The concept originates in early Greek Christian literature with the use of the word hagios (Greek άγιος meaning “holy” or “holy one”) and in the New Testament, where it is used to describe the followers of Jesus of Nazareth. (In the Old Testament, the word cognate to "holy" is the Hebrew word qodesh, קדש)

Other religions also recognize certain individuals as having particular holiness or enlightenment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 10:00 am
I would have a supreme-perfect-being would have no need to play favorites.
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 10:00 am
They're a team of pretenders in NFL (National Football League) that resides in New Orleans, USA.
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 10:01 am
Of course how could I have not known?
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 10:04 am
Roger Moore is The Saint.
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 10:08 am
Let us not forget Eva Marie
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 11:48 pm
No
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Reply Sun 29 Jun, 2008 11:58 pm
Re: Oh When the Saints Go.........
Chumly wrote:
Anyone believe in all this saint stuff and/or is willing to explain it?


'Saint' is a New Testament term used to describe ordinary Christian believers.
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Reply Mon 30 Jun, 2008 12:48 am
saint= those Catholics who put up with the stench of mega-scandals of bad priests and still go to church.
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Reply Tue 1 Jul, 2008 12:13 am
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A saint is a particularly holy person, recognized by fellow believers as someone who lived a divine life and who is in the Divine presence after death.


Ohhhk, how do you objectively measure someone's holyness? It seems a bit of a strange system.
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