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This huge structure being constructed in Birmingham is due to open in 2023. A survey carried out by the group responsible found that one third of people believe that prayer helps their mental well-being. What do you think?
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Something to get your teeth into, nailit. ;o
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Something to get your teeth into, nailit. ;o
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Why not? It's privately funded, the land has been privately donated and I think it is an attractive piece of art.
Birmingham doesn't have a huge cathedral (St Philips is quite modest) and this is a modern symbol of Christianity.
I like the idea of being able to read each brick's prayer with a smartphone.
Birmingham doesn't have a huge cathedral (St Philips is quite modest) and this is a modern symbol of Christianity.
I like the idea of being able to read each brick's prayer with a smartphone.
why do I have to think? I am on Ab so someone will tell me - ter daah!
has been looked at as a medical study
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There is also a NEJM ( new England journal of medicine that is!) study on prayer that I cant find ( yup praying to St Anthony)
who said everyone prays for everyone else
nope
forbidden in Islam
I asked a poor muslim child to pray for my late farder 1978 - o god the arabic speaking christians had to sort that one out [ he is english and doesnt know .... phew ... talk about putting a foot in it and offending local sensibilites etc]
and you proddies, arent keen on intercessionary prayer innit?
Praying to saints - it is a no-no, one of Luthers theses yeah?
a lot here
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People wouldnt do it if it were harmful would they?
like oo-gee board or conjuring up the devil
or am I overestimmating AB - - ter daaah
has been looked at as a medical study
https:/
There is also a NEJM ( new England journal of medicine that is!) study on prayer that I cant find ( yup praying to St Anthony)
who said everyone prays for everyone else
nope
forbidden in Islam
I asked a poor muslim child to pray for my late farder 1978 - o god the arabic speaking christians had to sort that one out [ he is english and doesnt know .... phew ... talk about putting a foot in it and offending local sensibilites etc]
and you proddies, arent keen on intercessionary prayer innit?
Praying to saints - it is a no-no, one of Luthers theses yeah?
a lot here
https:/
People wouldnt do it if it were harmful would they?
like oo-gee board or conjuring up the devil
or am I overestimmating AB - - ter daaah
vulcan, //I thought prayer was personal contact between a person and their God, if they need something physical what's wrong with a church?//
It is, but this is symbolic of an offering of thanks along the lines of the oriental religions; Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto etc, who all place offerings before deities, it is a small gesture of something physical into the spiritual.
Those who are bereft of a spiritual side to their lives might find that hard to understand though.
It is, but this is symbolic of an offering of thanks along the lines of the oriental religions; Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto etc, who all place offerings before deities, it is a small gesture of something physical into the spiritual.
Those who are bereft of a spiritual side to their lives might find that hard to understand though.
Khandro, I fully understand the offering to deities, it's "on a small scale" I question. This is huge and will compare with the statues of Buddha, such as the spring Temple Buddha at 128 metres, the Myenmar Buddha, 115 metres, which, by the way, are now dwarfed by the Statue of Unity at 182 metres which isn't even dedicated to a God. All these seem, to me, to be a long way from a simple prayer offered up to a God.
// No it isn't.// ( intercessionary prayer) - erm yes it is....
[Accordingly, Shafa'ah is a form of prayer to request God - to God not the saint]
see bit where they fall over themselves over the mistake I made. No one said "o he means shafa'ah it is OK, Naomi says it is OK"
never mind, you'll say the opposite tomorrow - just wait
meanwhile
it all started with these two
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now feminist lit - in late Latin
at the time and around 1800y after it was taken as the main source of the power of intercessionary prayer - she dreams of her dead brother now miraculously cured in heaven.
actually the account ( of her martyrdom ) is so powerful that they think she wrote a lot of it herself. worffa read - in Latin of course
[Accordingly, Shafa'ah is a form of prayer to request God - to God not the saint]
see bit where they fall over themselves over the mistake I made. No one said "o he means shafa'ah it is OK, Naomi says it is OK"
never mind, you'll say the opposite tomorrow - just wait
meanwhile
it all started with these two
https:/
now feminist lit - in late Latin
at the time and around 1800y after it was taken as the main source of the power of intercessionary prayer - she dreams of her dead brother now miraculously cured in heaven.
actually the account ( of her martyrdom ) is so powerful that they think she wrote a lot of it herself. worffa read - in Latin of course
vulcan : The statues you mention are not 'offerings', they are, if you like, aides-mémoires; like monuments, to remind people of someone or something on a daily basis. The Buddhist stupas are to commemorate a holy or enlightened person who once walked this Earth, who in the West we might call a Saint.
The offerings (in this case, individual bricks) are the grains of rice, flowers & simply water, which is placed by the devout in front of them.
The offerings (in this case, individual bricks) are the grains of rice, flowers & simply water, which is placed by the devout in front of them.
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