Reply to: Even if I do say Jehovah

[Doggy Styles]

These old jokes come up periodically


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50...eature=related

I suppose it had the elements of a joke.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Now that - is what I call a classical education.

I have only met one contemporary of mine who could quote the Books of the Bible in Order - not the King James version - whichi ( for reasons I have never understood ) - omitted The Book of Tobias - a profound aspect of the Bible.

What about The Book of Cyril?

[Stolly]

I think these boards are populated with a load of ex/lapsed catholics. ( What is the collective noun for such? )

A Heresy.

[expat]

Bore-on...

These old jokes come up periodically


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50...eature=related

[expat]

Crikey - I went to a convent and even we didn't have to do that!!

No, we didn't officially have to, but I got one old spinster teacher who was shocked that we could not recite them, and made us learn while she tutted about the quality of RE teaching these days....

[Doggy Styles]

Oh, hang on, I can do that. er...

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IGMC

Bore-on...

[NotAllThere]

I went to one where RE was compulsory and it was Christian. I even had one RE teacher who thought it was important for everyone to know by heart the names of the books of the bible in order, and spent ages having us memorise them.

Oh, hang on, I can do that. er...

Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
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IGMC

[cailin maith]

I went to one where RE was compulsory and it was Christian. I even had one RE teacher who thought it was important for everyone to know by heart the names of the books of the bible in order, and spent ages having us memorise them.

Crikey - I went to a convent and even we didn't have to do that!!

[Zippy]

I think these boards are populated with a load of ex/lapsed catholics. ( What is the collective noun for such? )

A genuflection?

[Doggy Styles]

I went to one where RE was compulsory and it was Christian. I even had one RE teacher who thought it was important for everyone to know by heart the names of the books of the bible in order, and spent ages having us memorise them.

Blimey, RE was compulsory for us but we didn't have to remember that. It would have been handy in some quizzes I've been to though. I enjoyed the bible stories and parables.

I remember drawing a bloke sitting in a sycamore tree when I was eight, and getting house points for it.

I think it's still compulsory today but only for a few years. Kids now learn about several major religions*. I reckon it's a good part of my kids' education about different peoples.

*Not the giant alien lizard religion - what's it called? Kirkism is it?

[NotAllThere]

...parton saint ...

that'd be dolly.

...I happen to know the above as . many years ago . I had a vision and encounter with the ArchAngel Raphael in a disused chruch - but that was a long time ago when I was down and out in London.

And what was the result of this visitation?

[expat]

I'll hazard that most went to a C of E school with a Nativity play every Christmas (at primary level) and a hymn in the morning ?

I would think so. In my case it was non-denominational, which meant that "normal" was Church of Scotland. Hymns in the morning were normal, though they were woven into assembly announcements so that you couldn't opt out. A generation ago much of Britain, I'd guess, was effectively monocultural.

[NotAllThere]

My guess was wrong... I stand corrected.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Protestant Bibles don't have the Book of Tobias because it isn't considered to be scripture. The catholics, AIUI, also do not consider it scripture, but think it's ok to be one of the books included in the bible, useful for teaching, but not scripture.

Furthermore - as the Book of Tobias was part of the old testament it was also considered a Jewish Wisdom Book.

Noteworthy in this context is the appearance of the Archangel Raphael who manifests as Tobin's companion - and is actually his protector.

The ArchAngel Raphael is considered to be the Archangel closest to human beings - also noted as being a Healer (his name is from Hebrew - he whom hath healed) and is the parton saint of Travelers and Europa.

I happen to know the above as . many years ago . I had a vision and encounter with the ArchAngel Raphael in a disused chruch - but that was a long time ago when I was down and out in London.

[Platypus]

Whereas Oracleslave and Expat may have gone to religiously conservative dogmatic schools, I'd hazard a guess that the majority of us didn't

I'll hazard that most went to a C of E school with a Nativity play every Christmas (at primary level) and a hymn in the morning ?