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I found this interesting. An updated NRSV seems to be his current bible of choice? Which is the bible Unity used... I'd be interested to hear what Dan thinks of the Lamsa, the Message, and the five gospels...but I can't find anything...yet.

The only folks I have met that see auras were chance encounters as they gasped when they saw mine. I all cases that was how they started but as they went on about how intense it was...they claimed it faded and disappeared. I have always taken that to mean whatever they saw didn't like to be...

I was negative on the expenditure and focus on the cathedral immediately after. But I have changed my mind watching the updates on 60 minutes news program over the years. From my distance it has helped rally spirit in the country. Looks like a billion well spent. If anyone knows of...

I made it thru life...it was mostly in boy scouts...during campouts Sunday morning one of the older scouts would read from "scouts own" a series of "sermons" basically providing reverence for the earth and things that live on it....the winged, the swimmers, the 2 legged 4 legged and more...to...

The only exposure I had to "other" religions was in boy scouts we had "scouts own" which was a religious program during camping which focused on native American spirituality...the great spirit, honoring nature and the earth. It were generic with hundreds of tribes there was no native American...

Welcome! There is definitely some of here....but with dozens of faiths and thousands of denominations we do more exploring and discussion of nuance. There are many here who ascribe tightly to one sect or belief. Our different forums should.help you find one that may help in your emdeavor.

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For US govt....Absolutely....what we were founded on and different from what was at the time. UU walks an interesting path...I attended a few, spoke at a couple. I liked the political activism, it is to me quite liberal nojproselytizing christianity which accepts other faiths...while similar...

I have attended a variety of humanist/secularist gatherings for folks that desired community of sorts to fill a gap they lost from church. There is something to be said by weekly or biweekly or more often meetings with members of a community. I get that from burners events or juggling/flow...

If history doesn't trouble you....you aren't reading history... Yes, woke is a pejorative for acting as Jesus prescribed....go figure who uses it in that manner the most, Christians

I agree, can't find it anywhere, if it IS a translation of one of his speeches it is loose and generous with modern phraseology....like the Manga bible...

They wanted to see if the colonies would last, give us some time for the new world population to mature.

They are referring to him as the second American Pope! Second one from the New World, our hemisphere. They waited for us to mature a little over here....see if these colonies would last.

Woke to me is beatitudes, turn the other cheek, see things from the view of the oppressed, empathy. To others it is a derogatory epithet, but I don't know what they would.say their definition is.

I can't verify this one anywhere...

Leo XIV earned a degree in mathematics from Villanova University in 1977 Which means he understands the sin and the cos!

Well, looks like we got another "woke" Pope! Big on beatitudes, forgiveness, concerned for poor in all nations and religions... if this keeps up will be better for our world!

I hope we won't have to apologize. I do see some friends posting old pix with the Cardinal and have good words to say about him.

Ya got an American! A Leo!

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