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Priest and minister and rabbi

 
 
Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 08:52 am

A priest = a Christian priest?
A minster = a Chatholic priest?
A rabbi = a Jewish priest?

Context:

A priest, a minister and a rabbi want to see who's best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it.
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djjd62
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 08:58 am
@oristarA,
priest usually refers to a catholic
minister is used more for a christian/non catholic
rabbi is jewish
Ticomaya
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 09:01 am
@oristarA,
Priest = Catholic priest
Minister = Christian/Protestant priest (ministers to the congregation)
Rabbi = Jewish
oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 09:02 am
The full context:


A priest, a minister and a rabbi want to see who's best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together. The priest begins:"When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his First Communion."
"I found a bear by the stream, " says the minister, "and preached God's Holy Word. The bear was so mesmerised that he let me baptise him."
They both look down at the rabbi, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast. "Looking back," he said, "maybe I shouldn't have started with the circumcision."
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 09:03 am
@Ticomaya,
Thanks
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 09:04 am
@djjd62,
Thank you
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 03:33 pm
@oristarA,
In UK English, a "minister" of religion can a religious worker of any faith, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, whatever. It is a specific immigration category.

Quote:
A role in the Minister of Religion category can include:

* preaching or performing pastoral duties;
* work as a missionary; or
* work in a religious order within a community which involves a permanent commitment, like a monastery or a convent.

Pastoral duties include:

* leading worship regularly and on special occasions;
* giving religious education to children and adults by preaching or teaching;
* officiating at marriages, funerals and other special services; and
* offering counselling and welfare support to members of the congregation; and
* recruiting, training and co-ordinating the work of any local volunteers and lay preachers.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 03:55 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:


A priest = a Christian priest?
A minster = a Chatholic priest?
A rabbi = a Jewish priest?

Context:

A priest, a minister and a rabbi want to see who's best at his job.
So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it.
Please note that it is a biological fact
that the bear must be either "he" or "she";
no mammal is neuter gender,
therefore it is illogical to refer to him as "it".





David
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 04:23 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
Bollocks. I know that it is occasionally appropriate to refer to non-human creatures as "him" or "her", but in any case, if the gender is unknown, referring to an animal as "it" is perfectly acceptable.

You do write some nonsense, David.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 09:02 pm
@contrex,
contrex wrote:

Bollocks. I know that it is occasionally appropriate to refer to non-human creatures as "him" or "her",
but in any case, if the gender is unknown, referring to an animal as "it" is perfectly acceptable.

You do write some nonsense, David.

No; your position is anti-logical, and contrary to known biological fact,
except as to a minority of some insects.

The same as with Man, we know that the only gender that he cannot be is neuter.
If someone makes that mistake, he shoud be called on it and shown up to be a fool.
Grammatical usage is to refer to animals as "he" or "him"
unless the animal is known to be a female.





David
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panzade
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 10:00 pm
hush up!

that was a funny joke ori. Very Happy
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Ceili
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 10:08 pm
Personally, I wouldn't want to get close enough to a bear to find out whether it be a he or she. They have really bad breath.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sun 25 Oct, 2009 11:07 pm

I saw some of them at the San Diego Zoo a few days ago.
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