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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Immaculate Conception
This is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was/is free from original sin from the moment of her conception. It’s 1 of the 4 Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. The feast day of the Immaculate Conception is December 8.
It wasn’t defined as a dogma until 1854, by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. While the Immaculate Conception asserts Mary’s freedom from original sin, the Council of Trent (1545-1563) had previously affirmed her freedom from personal sin non-dogmatically.
Many Protestant churches reject this doctrine as unscriptural. Some Anglicans accept this as a pious devotion. The teaching of the Immaculate Conception among Oriental Orthodoxy varies. The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church & the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church accept it.
Anne (who eventually becomes a saint), the mom of the Virgin Mary & Jesus’ maternal grandma, shows up for the 1st time in the 2nd-century apocryphal Gospel of James. Anne & her husband Joachim (who also became a saint) were infertile. But God heard their prayers. Mary was then conceived.
Within the Gospel of James, Mary’s conception happens without physical sexual intercourse between Anne & Joachim. This is to demonstrate Mary’s purity. The Eastern Orthodox Church believes that Mary was conceived by her parents like we all were.
Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, & Cyrus of Jerusalem came up with the idea of Mary as the new Eve. While yet immaculate & incorrupt, she wasn’t subject to original sin. Ephraim the Syrian said she was as innocent as Eve before the Fall.
Ambrose asserted Mary’s incorruptibility, attributing her virginity to grace & immunity from sin. Severus, the Bishop of Antioch, agreed to affirm Mary’s purity & immaculateness. John of Damascus extended the supernatural influence of God to Mary’s parents. This suggests they were purified by the Holy Spirit during her generation. According to John of Damascus, even the material of Mary’s origin was deemed pure & holy.
By the 4th century, the idea of Mary being free from sin was more widespread. But her being free from original sin, passed down from the OGs Adam & Eve, raised questions. The question became more acute when the feast of Mary’s conception brought the objection that, as adult spicy time is sinful, & to celebrate Mary’s conception was to celebrate a sinful act. (Let’s get 1 thing straight: God doesn’t make married adult spicy time between 2 consenting MARRIED adults a sin! He (God) in fact encourages a healthy marital sex life. “Be fruitful & multiply,” ring any bells! And how exactly do we multiply? This is the conclusion of our TED talk.)
The feast of Mary’s conception came from the Eastern Church in the 7th century. It reached England in the 11th century. From there, it spread out to Europe. It was given official approval in 1477 & extended to the whole church in 1693. The word “immaculate” wasn’t used until 1854.
This doctrine caused a “civil war” between the Franciscans & the Dominicans during the Middle Ages. The Franciscan “Scotists” were in favor & the Dominican “Thomists” against it.
The English ecclesiastic & scholar Eadmer (circa 1060-circa 1126) reasoned that Mary might have been conceived without original sin because of God’s omnipotence. It was also appropriate for her role as Mother of God. Potuit, decuit, fecit: “it was possible, it was fitting, therefore it was done.”
Others, like St. Bernard of Clairvaux (of the St. Bernard dog breed fame, 1090-1153) & Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) objected because if Mary were free of original sin at her superfluous conception. Then she would have no need of redemption. Thus making Christ’s saving redemption unneeded.
In 1439, the Council of Basel, in schism with Pope Eugene IV (who lived at the Council of Florence), declared the Immaculate Conception a “pious opinion” consistent with faith & Scripture. The Council of Trent made no explicit declaration on the topic. But did exempt her from the universality of original sin.
They also affirmed that she remained free from all stains of sin during her life, even the venial ones. By 1571, the revised Roman Breviary set out an elaborate celebration of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.
Some devotees go so far as to hold that Anne had conceived Mary just by kissing her husband. They also believe that (St.) Anne’s dad & grandma had likewise been conceived without spicy adult time. However, (St.) Bridget of Sweden (circa 1303-1373) told how Mary herself had revealed to her that Anne & Joachim conceived their daughter through a spicy adult time, which was sinless because it was pure & free of sexual lust.
In the 16th & 17th centuries, Spain exploded with Immaculatist devotion. This led the Habsburg monarchs to demand the Holy See elevate this belief to the status of dogma.
In France in 1830, Catherine Laboure (May 2, 1806-December 31, 1876) saw a vision of Mary standing on a globe while a voice commanded her to have a medal made in imitation of what she saw. The medal said, “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee,” which was a confirmation from Mary herself that she was conceived without sin. Laboure’s vision marked the beginning of a great 19th-century Marian revival.
In 1849, Pope Pius IX issued the encyclical Ubi primum, soliciting the bishops of the church for their views on whether the doctrine should be defined as dogma. 90% of those who responded were supportive. Although the Archbishop of Paris, Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour, warned that the Immaculate Conception “could be proved neither from the Scriptures nor from tradition.”
In 1854, the Immaculate Conception dogma was proclaimed with the bull Ineffabilis Deus. Ineffabilis Deus found the Immaculate Conception in the Ark of Salvation (Noah’s Ark), Jacob’s Ladder, the Burning Bush at Sinai, the Enclosed Garden from the Song of Song/Song of Solomon, & many more passages.
The pope’s advisors singled out 2 Bible passages: Genesis 3:15 – “I’ll put enmity between you & the woman.” This is a prophecy which reached fulfillment in the figure of the Woman in Revelation, crowned with stars & trampling the Dragon underfoot. Luke 1:28 – Specifically the phrase “full of grace” by which Gabriel greeted Mary was another reference to her Immaculate Conception: “she was never subject to the curse & was, together with her Son, the only partaker of perpetual benediction.”
Four years after the proclamation of the dogma, in 1858, the young Bernadette Soubirous (of the Lourdes grotto fame) said that Mary appeared to her at Lourdes in southern France, to announce that she was the Immaculate Conception. The Catholic Church later endorsed the apparition as authentic. There are other “approved” Marian apparitions in which Mary identified herself as the Immaculate Conception. For example, Our Lady of Gietrzwald in 1877, Poland.
The feast day of the Immaculate Conception is December 8. The Roman Missal (which contains texts & rubrics (a set of rules)) & the Roman Rite Liturgy of the Hours (a set of Catholic prayers) include references to Mary’s Immaculate Conception in the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Its celebration seems to have begun in the Eastern church in the 7th century & may have spread to Ireland by the 8th century. The earliest well-attested record in the Western Church is from England early in the 11th century. It was suppressed there after the Norman Conquest (1066). The 1st thorough exposition of the doctrine was a response to this suppression. It continued to spread through the 15th century despite accusations of heresy from the Thomists & strong objections from several prominent theologians.
Beginning around 1140, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (Yes, like the dog breed. That’s where the dog breed got its name.), a Cistercian monk (This is a religious order of monks & nuns that branched off from the Benedictines.), wrote to Lyons Cathedral to express his surprise & dissatisfaction that it had recently begun to be observed there.
But in 1477, Pope Lixtus IV, who was a devoted Immaculist, put it on the Roman calendar via the papal bull called Cum praexcelsa. In 1481 & 1483, Pope Sixtus IV published 2 more bulls which prohibited anyone from preaching or teaching against the Immaculate Conception, or for either side to accuse the other of heresy, under threats of excommunication.
Pope Pius V kept the Feast on the Tridentine calendar. But suppressed the word “Immaculate.” Pope Gregory XV, in 1622, prohibited any public or private assertion that Mary was conceived in sin. In 1624, Pope Urban VIII allowed the Franciscans to establish a military order dedicated to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo & Eritrean Orthodox Tewahed Churches believe in the Immaculate Conception of the Theotokos. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on August 13 (Nehasie 7).
Eastern Orthodoxy does not exempt Mary from original sin. But they do affirm Mary’s purity & preservation from personal sin.
In the mid-1800s, some Catholics who were unable to accept the doctrine of papal infallibility left the Roman Church & formed the Old Catholic Church. They reject the Immaculate Conception.
Protestants overwhelmingly condemned the announcement of Ineffabilis Deus. Protestants teach that Mary was a sinner, saved through grace, like everyone else.
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#PopeLeo: "Creation bears the imprint of an #originalgoodness that our human outlook must preserve, cultivate & bring to fulfilment.” Hooray! Good to hear this in official words from an Augustinian pope (St. Augustine first wrote abt #originalsin, foreign to Jesus’ Jewish tradition). https://bit.ly/3PL602H
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#MechtildOfMagdeburg, in the tradition of #originalblessing rather than #originalsin: "From the very beginning God loved us. The Holy Trinity gave itself in the creation of all things and made us, body & soul, in #infinitelove. We were fashioned most nobly." https://bit.ly/453ossb
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We could imagine that #originalsin is a genetic condition, and that Mary just happened to be a one-in-100-billion mutant who didn't carry that gene. #Ancientaliens theorists believe this might be a good idea for a blasphemous #sciencefiction #story.
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We could imagine that #originalsin is a genetic condition, and that Mary just happened to be a one-in-100-billion mutant who didn't carry that gene. #Ancientaliens theorists believe this might be a good idea for a blasphemous #sciencefiction #story.
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Original Sin(2001) 🎬 Deep Impact(1998) 🎬 Chef(2014) 🎬 Poison Ivy(1992) © TMDB #OriginalSin #DeepImpact #Chef #PoisonIvy #Action #Comedy #Drama #Mystery #Romance #ScienceFiction #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay #TMDB
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Let There Bass & Party Ard presents: Original Sin @ Stereo Northampton - 03 May feat. Original Sin
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Well, that doesn't look like cider, does it? It doesn't smell like it, either. The color is plum red, but I mentioned the smell because it emanates with a ferocity hitherto unknown.
#Cider #HardCider #Reivew #OriginalSin
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#JulianofNorwich: "I saw God never began to love us...We have always been in God's foreknowledge, known & loved from w/o beginning...We were made for love." Julian breaks from #Augustine et al's preaching re: #OriginalSin, siding w/ those who know we have been loved fr the beginning. https://bit.ly/453ossb
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Is there a catholic priest in the building? Or possibly a theologian?
I have a few very specific questions about the catholic view on ensoulment, original sin and baptism. I would love to get answers from an _actual expert_, if anyone here is willing? Thanks!
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Is there a catholic priest in the building? Or possibly a theologian?
I have a few very specific questions about the catholic view on ensoulment, original sin and baptism. I would love to get answers from an _actual expert_, if anyone here is willing? Thanks!
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#CreationSpirituality resists preaching of #cheapguilt that disempowers ppl & reinforces #shame & pessimism & fails to honor/unleash the power of #creativity. Whether this teaching comes thru ideologies of #OriginalSin in religion or consumer #capitalism, it is equally pernicious.
#OrderOfTheSacredEarth
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#MechtildOfMagdeburg: "From the very beginning, God loved us. The Holy Trinity...made us, body & soul, in #infinitelove. We were fashioned most nobly." Some teach at the beginning humans were...full of #originalsin. Jesus does not. Nor does Mechtild. We were loved from the beginning. https://bit.ly/453ossb
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CW: This has a mention of LBGTQ+ un-inclusion. If you aren't comfortable with this, please check out 1 of our other posts.
Two By Twos
Also known as 2x2s, The Truth, & The Way.
This is an international home-based Christian religious movement that was founded in 1897 by William Irvine in Ireland. Mr. Irvine was an evangelist with the interdominational Faith Mission. He began preaching independently that the intinerant ministry outlined in Matthew, chapter 10 (“The Little Commission”) was the only real way of evangelism.
This church grew quickly. It eventually spread outside Ireland. Eventually Irvine began preaching a new order in which the hierarchy developed within the Church would have no placement. This teaching became controversial within the church. This led to his expulsion by the church’s most prominent evangelists. Edward Cooney was expelled 10 years later after Irvine. The church then became much less visible to outsiders for the next 50 years.
Some in the church state it’s a direct continuation of the 1st century Christian church. Others in the church believe that a restoration occurred in the late 19th century. Ministers are itinerant & work in pairs. Hence the name of Two by Twos. Members hold regular twice weekly worship gatherings in local homes on Sunday & midweek. (Like on Wednesday or Thursday. There are other Christian denominations that also have twice a week services.)
The Church also holds annual regional conventions for members & public Gospel meetings. Baptism by immersion, as performed by 1 of the church’s workers, is required to partake in the emblems of bread & wine (or Communion) at the fellowship gathering(s).
The orthodox Christian Trinitarian doctrine is rejected. Doctrine of the church teaches that salvation is reached by attending the group’s home meetings, accepting the preaching of its itinerant, unsalaried ministry workers, & “professing.”
The church teaches that salvation isn’t achieved through faith alone but only through a combination of faith & “works.” Works are considered acts of self-denial such as wearing modest clothes & wearing long hair in a bun (if you’re a woman) or attending all meetings regardless how far away they are. The church doesn’t do any outreach programs or encourage its members to participate in charities.
The church doesn’t have an official HQ or publications. It doesn’t explicitly publish any doctrinal statements, insisting that such tenets may only be directly imparted orally by its ministers, referred to as “workers.” Its hymnbook & various other material for internal use are produced by outside publishers & printing firms. Printed invitations & advertisements for its open gospel services are the only written materials that those outside the church are likely to encounter.
Among members, the church is usually referred to as “The Truth,” “Meetings,” or “the workers & friends.” But members deny an official church/denomination name (like Baptist, United Brethern, etc.).
Those outside the group refer to it as: “Two by Twos,” “The Black Stockings,” “No-Name Church,” “Cooneyites,” “Workers & Friends,” or “Christians Anonymous,” & journalists call it: “2×2” for short. The church has a variety of registered names: “Christian Conventions” (US); “Assemblies of Christians” & “The Alberta Society of Christian Assemblies” (Canada); “The Testimony of Jesus” (UK); “Kristna i Sverige” (Sweden); & “United Christian Conventions” (Australia).
These registered names are used only for specific purposes (like to register for conscientious objection during wartime or taxes) & aren’t routinely used by members.
In 1896, William Irvine was sent from Scotland to southern Ireland as a missionary by John George Govan’s Faith Mission. Because his mission was successful, he was promoted to superintendent of Faith Mission in southern Ireland. Within a few months of his arrival in Ireland, Irvine became disillusioned with the Faith Mission.
Irvine was increasingly intolerant of the Faith Mission’s cooperation with other churches & clergy in various communities of southern Ireland. In 1897, he started independently preaching, saying that true/real ministries must have no home & take no salary. He also held that the manner in which the disciples had been sent out in chapter 10 of Matthew’s Gospel was a permanent commandment which must still be observed.
Irvine’s preaching during his latest mission influenced others who began to leave their respective churches & join Irvine to form an initial core of followers. The church founded by Irvine is the only religion known to have had its origin, & early development, in Ireland.
All the church’s teachings are conveyed orally. The church doesn’t publish doctrine or statements of faith. “Workers” hold that all church teachings are based solely on the Bible. Church members & “workers” will publicly declare that the church doesn’t own any buildings. However, members own rural, or semi-rural, properties dedicated to worship, housing workers, & church gatherings. Its ministers don’t own homes or take salaries.
The King James Version Bible is the only scripture used in English-language services. The Bible itself is held as insufficient for salvation unless its words are “made alive” through the preaching of church ministers. The offhand preaching of the ministry is considered to be guided by God & must be heard directly. Great weight is given to the thoughts of workers, especially more senior workers.
Salvation is achieved through willingness to uphold the church’s standards, by faithfully following in “the way,” & by personal worthiness. Doctrines such as predestination, original sin, justification by faith alone, & redemption as the sole basis of salvation are rejected. The church is exclusivist & salvation is only through the Two by Two ministry & meetings.
Other standards include modest dress, not wearing jewelry, long hair for women & short hair for me, not getting piercing, not dying hair, not getting tattoos, & avoinding activities deemed to be worldly or frivolous (like smoking, drinking alcohol, watching TV & watching movies). The church has actively condemned pre-marital relations & don’t care for LGBTQ+ persons/identities.
The church has rejected the doctrine of the Trinity since its inception. Though the members believe in the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit, the have a Unitarian view of Jesus. Jesus is God’s son, a fully human figure who came to Earth to establish a way of ministry & salvation, but not God’s Himself.
Baptism by 1 of the church’s ministers is considered a necessary step for salvation & full participation, including re-baptism of people by other churches. Candidates are approved by the local workers & are baptized by immersion. Baptisms are often scheduled for 1 morning during a Convention & are typically performed in small ponds on the property.
Members state that the church doesn’t have a formal organization. Members don’t participate in, & many are unaware of, the church’s governance. Both expenditures & funds collected remain secret from the membership & no accounting is made public. Funds are handled through stewardships, trusts, & cash transactions.
The church is controlled by a small group of senior male overseers with each having oversight of a specific geographic region. These head workers handle the 2-by-2 pairing & field assignments with the workers for that area.
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·CW: This has a mention of LBGTQ+ un-inclusion. If you aren't comfortable with this, please check out 1 of our other posts.
Two By Twos
Also known as 2x2s, The Truth, & The Way.
This is an international home-based Christian religious movement that was founded in 1897 by William Irvine in Ireland. Mr. Irvine was an evangelist with the interdominational Faith Mission. He began preaching independently that the intinerant ministry outlined in Matthew, chapter 10 (“The Little Commission”) was the only real way of evangelism.
This church grew quickly. It eventually spread outside Ireland. Eventually Irvine began preaching a new order in which the hierarchy developed within the Church would have no placement. This teaching became controversial within the church. This led to his expulsion by the church’s most prominent evangelists. Edward Cooney was expelled 10 years later after Irvine. The church then became much less visible to outsiders for the next 50 years.
Some in the church state it’s a direct continuation of the 1st century Christian church. Others in the church believe that a restoration occurred in the late 19th century. Ministers are itinerant & work in pairs. Hence the name of Two by Twos. Members hold regular twice weekly worship gatherings in local homes on Sunday & midweek. (Like on Wednesday or Thursday. There are other Christian denominations that also have twice a week services.)
The Church also holds annual regional conventions for members & public Gospel meetings. Baptism by immersion, as performed by 1 of the church’s workers, is required to partake in the emblems of bread & wine (or Communion) at the fellowship gathering(s).
The orthodox Christian Trinitarian doctrine is rejected. Doctrine of the church teaches that salvation is reached by attending the group’s home meetings, accepting the preaching of its itinerant, unsalaried ministry workers, & “professing.”
The church teaches that salvation isn’t achieved through faith alone but only through a combination of faith & “works.” Works are considered acts of self-denial such as wearing modest clothes & wearing long hair in a bun (if you’re a woman) or attending all meetings regardless how far away they are. The church doesn’t do any outreach programs or encourage its members to participate in charities.
The church doesn’t have an official HQ or publications. It doesn’t explicitly publish any doctrinal statements, insisting that such tenets may only be directly imparted orally by its ministers, referred to as “workers.” Its hymnbook & various other material for internal use are produced by outside publishers & printing firms. Printed invitations & advertisements for its open gospel services are the only written materials that those outside the church are likely to encounter.
Among members, the church is usually referred to as “The Truth,” “Meetings,” or “the workers & friends.” But members deny an official church/denomination name (like Baptist, United Brethern, etc.).
Those outside the group refer to it as: “Two by Twos,” “The Black Stockings,” “No-Name Church,” “Cooneyites,” “Workers & Friends,” or “Christians Anonymous,” & journalists call it: “2×2” for short. The church has a variety of registered names: “Christian Conventions” (US); “Assemblies of Christians” & “The Alberta Society of Christian Assemblies” (Canada); “The Testimony of Jesus” (UK); “Kristna i Sverige” (Sweden); & “United Christian Conventions” (Australia).
These registered names are used only for specific purposes (like to register for conscientious objection during wartime or taxes) & aren’t routinely used by members.
In 1896, William Irvine was sent from Scotland to southern Ireland as a missionary by John George Govan’s Faith Mission. Because his mission was successful, he was promoted to superintendent of Faith Mission in southern Ireland. Within a few months of his arrival in Ireland, Irvine became disillusioned with the Faith Mission.
Irvine was increasingly intolerant of the Faith Mission’s cooperation with other churches & clergy in various communities of southern Ireland. In 1897, he started independently preaching, saying that true/real ministries must have no home & take no salary. He also held that the manner in which the disciples had been sent out in chapter 10 of Matthew’s Gospel was a permanent commandment which must still be observed.
Irvine’s preaching during his latest mission influenced others who began to leave their respective churches & join Irvine to form an initial core of followers. The church founded by Irvine is the only religion known to have had its origin, & early development, in Ireland.
All the church’s teachings are conveyed orally. The church doesn’t publish doctrine or statements of faith. “Workers” hold that all church teachings are based solely on the Bible. Church members & “workers” will publicly declare that the church doesn’t own any buildings. However, members own rural, or semi-rural, properties dedicated to worship, housing workers, & church gatherings. Its ministers don’t own homes or take salaries.
The King James Version Bible is the only scripture used in English-language services. The Bible itself is held as insufficient for salvation unless its words are “made alive” through the preaching of church ministers. The offhand preaching of the ministry is considered to be guided by God & must be heard directly. Great weight is given to the thoughts of workers, especially more senior workers.
Salvation is achieved through willingness to uphold the church’s standards, by faithfully following in “the way,” & by personal worthiness. Doctrines such as predestination, original sin, justification by faith alone, & redemption as the sole basis of salvation are rejected. The church is exclusivist & salvation is only through the Two by Two ministry & meetings.
Other standards include modest dress, not wearing jewelry, long hair for women & short hair for me, not getting piercing, not dying hair, not getting tattoos, & avoinding activities deemed to be worldly or frivolous (like smoking, drinking alcohol, watching TV & watching movies). The church has actively condemned pre-marital relations & don’t care for LGBTQ+ persons/identities.
The church has rejected the doctrine of the Trinity since its inception. Though the members believe in the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit, the have a Unitarian view of Jesus. Jesus is God’s son, a fully human figure who came to Earth to establish a way of ministry & salvation, but not God’s Himself.
Baptism by 1 of the church’s ministers is considered a necessary step for salvation & full participation, including re-baptism of people by other churches. Candidates are approved by the local workers & are baptized by immersion. Baptisms are often scheduled for 1 morning during a Convention & are typically performed in small ponds on the property.
Members state that the church doesn’t have a formal organization. Members don’t participate in, & many are unaware of, the church’s governance. Both expenditures & funds collected remain secret from the membership & no accounting is made public. Funds are handled through stewardships, trusts, & cash transactions.
The church is controlled by a small group of senior male overseers with each having oversight of a specific geographic region. These head workers handle the 2-by-2 pairing & field assignments with the workers for that area.
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Well done, glad you've got that out here.
Bet you love being graded.
But it's 9/10.Then the Appendix adds another two marks.
#LandmarkEducation #AlexanderTechnique #FeldenkraisMethod #Atheism #OriginalSin #Skepticism #RandomControlledTrial #RCT
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Well done, glad you've got that out here.
Bet you love being graded.
But it's 9/10.Then the Appendix adds another two marks.
#LandmarkEducation #AlexanderTechnique #FeldenkraisMethod #Atheism #OriginalSin #Skepticism #RandomControlledTrial #RCT
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#LínguaInglesa #AdamandEve #cainandabel #descendantsofcain #disobedience #expulsionfromeden #faith #genesis4 #jealousy #judgment #markofcain #mercy #obedience #offeringtogod #originalsin #punishment #redemption #sacrifice #thefirstmurder #wrath #wrathofgod Jeferson Santos https://canaldefrasesbiblicas.com.br/genesis-chapter-4/ Unveiling Life Lessons in Genesis Chapter 4
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The beverage is quite clear. I have tried many ciders, and they all have variations on looking like apple juice.
#Cider #HardCider #Review #OriginalSin
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Subliminal Recordings @ Volks - 20 Feb feat. Original Sin
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
In his infinite goodness, God invented rheumatism and gout and dyspepsia, cancers and neuralgia, and is still inventing new diseases. Not only this, but he decreed the pangs of mothers, and that by the gates of love and life should crouch the dragons of death and pain. Fearing that some might, by accident, live too long, he planted poisonous vines and herbs that looked like food. He caught the serpents he had made and gave them fangs and curious organs, ingeniously devised to distill and deposit the deadly drop. He changed the nature of the beasts, that they might feed on human flesh. He cursed a world, and tainted every spring and source of joy. He poisoned every breath of air; corrupted even light, that it might bear disease on every ray; tainted every drop of blood in human veins; touched every nerve, that it might bear the double fruit of pain and joy; decreed all accidents and mistakes that maim and hurt and kill, and set the snares of life-long grief, baited with present pleasure, — with a moment’s joy. Then and there he foreknew and foreordained all human tears. And yet all this is but the prelude, the introduction, to the infinite revenge of the good God. Increase and multiply all human griefs until the mind has reached imagination’s farthest verge, then add eternity to time, and you may faintly tell, but never can conceive, the infinite horrors of this doctrine called “The Fall of Man.”
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1884-01-20), “Orthodoxy,” Tabor Opera House, Denver, ColoradoMore about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
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The priority is cleaning the "Early Sin." We are all trapped in the Forbidden Toy Paradigm. In psychology, the restriction creates the fixation; in the spirit, it creates the Fall. We didn't want the fruit; we wanted the transgression because Papa said "No." We broke the geometry of the world for a toy. #Psychology #ForbiddenToy #OriginalSin #GardenOfEden
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#CreationSpirituality begins not with #OriginalSin but w/ #OriginalBlessing: i.e., #life & #existence are #good & indeed "very good" (Gen.1:31). This makes a big difference psychologically & sociologically: OS=self-doubt, despair, dependence vs OB=empowerment & responsibility. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
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Instead of #originalsin, #OttoRank wrote of “original wound.” Instead of God & me theology, he wrote of Marx's appeal of hope for the hopeless; & how women must set aside Freud's “masc. ideology” & create their own psychology; & creativity was the key to our neuroses & our salvation. bit.ly/3LolcQV
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Heute ist schon Weihnachten! #divinity #originalSin nun in einer #Switch2Edition. Stark! 😃
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Heute ist schon Weihnachten! #divinity #originalSin nun in einer #Switch2Edition. Stark! 😃
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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist
Essay (1891-02), “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 49More info about this quote: wist.info/wilde-oscar/79626/
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#DexterResurrection was fantastic.
What a fantastic continuation of the #DexterMorgan story.
Got to say though, while I thorougly enjoyed it honestly I think I enjoyed #DexterOriginalSin more.
Still, great series.
I hope there's more.
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#Christianity and the #Fear of #OriginalSin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icTcflr9ac
This video explores the Christian #doctrine of original #sin and the fear it has inspired throughout history. From #Augustine’s teachings to modern reinterpretations, we’ll examine how the idea of inherited sin has shaped Christian life, #theology, and culture. Is original sin a truth about human nature, a source of #guilt and fear, or a path to understanding #God’s #grace?
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#Christianity and the #Fear of #OriginalSin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icTcflr9ac
This video explores the Christian #doctrine of original #sin and the fear it has inspired throughout history. From #Augustine’s teachings to modern reinterpretations, we’ll examine how the idea of inherited sin has shaped Christian life, #theology, and culture. Is original sin a truth about human nature, a source of #guilt and fear, or a path to understanding #God’s #grace?
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I’ve been reading the book “Original Sin” and…god damn it. Biden’s entire camp deserves blame for the mess we’re in now.
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170 - Original Sin #4 (6/18/2014)
The crossover which gave us Silk, Angela as Thor's sister, and wrote out the classic, less MCU-synergy-friendly Nick Fury.
Cover by Julian Tedesco. Interiors by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato Jr.
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Despite everything that happened in Washington DC and in the world last week, #WashingtonWeek on PBS devoted its entire half hour to this news report: the Jake Tapper book #OriginalSin about Joe Biden's unfitness to be president and how Biden's insisting to seek re-election helped to re-elect Trump. They also showed some of Biden's miserably bad answers to debate questions, when Biden and Trump were on stage together, to let voters compare each candidate to his opponent. Biden fell apart.
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Despite everything that happened in Washington DC and in the world last week, #WashingtonWeek on PBS devoted its entire half hour to this news report: the Jake Tapper book #OriginalSin about Joe Biden's unfitness to be president and how Biden's insisting to seek re-election helped to re-elect Trump. They also showed some of Biden's miserably bad answers to debate questions, when Biden and Trump were on stage together, to let voters compare each candidate to his opponent. Biden fell apart.
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White House Was ‘Lying’ About Joe Biden’s Health and Investigating It Post-Cancer Diagnosis Is Fair, ‘Original Sin’ Author Says
#Variety #News #AlexThompson #JoeBiden #OriginalSinhttps://variety.com/2025/politics/news/joe-biden-white-house-lied-health-original-sin-1236405385/
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White House Was ‘Lying’ About Joe Biden’s Health and Investigating It Post-Cancer Diagnosis Is Fair, ‘Original Sin’ Author Says
#Variety #News #AlexThompson #JoeBiden #OriginalSinhttps://variety.com/2025/politics/news/joe-biden-white-house-lied-health-original-sin-1236405385/
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According to Jake Tapper and other observers, Biden's staff kept him hidden from people who were outside his inner circle as much as possible. People who saw Biden only at Biden's Christmas parties in 2023 and 2024 were shocked at Biden's deterioration during that year.
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According to Jake Tapper and other observers, Biden's staff kept him hidden from people who were outside his inner circle as much as possible. People who saw Biden only at Biden's Christmas parties in 2023 and 2024 were shocked at Biden's deterioration during that year.
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"Recent disclosures of a cover-up by former Pres. Joe Biden’s closest advisors about the severity of his mental and physical limitations are now affecting California’s 2026 governor’s race ... This cover up directly led to a second Donald Trump term — and as a result, all Californians are paying the price":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/harris-accused-hiding-biden-s-frailties-decision-20337931.php
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"Recent disclosures of a cover-up by former Pres. Joe Biden’s closest advisors about the severity of his mental and physical limitations are now affecting California’s 2026 governor’s race ... This cover up directly led to a second Donald Trump term — and as a result, all Californians are paying the price":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/harris-accused-hiding-biden-s-frailties-decision-20337931.php
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Jake Tapper was interviewed by Terry Gross about his new book about Joe Biden. Tapper correctly said that the two main jobs of a president are to make decisions and to communicate those decisions (to persuade people). In 2024 Biden was increasingly unable to adequately communicate his decisions.
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Jake Tapper was interviewed by Terry Gross about his new book about Joe Biden. Tapper correctly said that the two main jobs of a president are to make decisions and to communicate those decisions (to persuade people). In 2024 Biden was increasingly unable to adequately communicate his decisions.
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“The original sin of Election 2024 was Biden’s decision to run for re-election — followed by aggressive efforts to hide his cognitive diminishment,” Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson write in their new book about Biden's disastrous presidential campaign:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/books/review/originial-sin-jake-tapper-alex-thompson.html
One conclusion about Biden: “He stole an election from the Democratic Party; he stole it from the American people*.”
* By running someone incapable of surviving a political debate.
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Ganja White Night and Boogie T have teamed up once again for their new single, Original Sin, a track that dives deep into the universal human struggle between temptation and virtue.
https://retroworldnews.com/ganja-white-night-boogie-t-unleash-electrifying-new-single-original-sin/#GanjaWhiteNight #BoogieT #OriginalSin #NewMusicRelease #ElectrifyingBeats #MusicCollaboration #BassMusic #DanceMusic #EDMCommunity #MusicLovers #FestivalVibes #SoundCloud #MusicProduction #LiveDJ #PartyAnthem #VibeCheck #MusicIsLife #FreshTracks #ListenNow #SupportArtists #music #musicvideo
