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[overseer05-15]

Waitwaitwait. It doesn't? We were told that if we didn't go to x amount of classes, do x amount of hours of charity work in four different places (family, comunity, church, and something else), memorize 10+ bible verses, we wouldn't be able to be confirmed. We didn't even get food, you lucky bastard.

Different church, I suppose.  Yours sounds harsh.

Then again, mine's quite possibly pretty close to outright heretical sometimes.

Which flavor of church are we talking anyway?

Catholic Christian.

And you know how I said 'long story' earlier? All that stuff I talked about was lies. We were told we had to do it, but the total number of people who were confirmed at the ceremony was more than double the whole class had ever been and nobody seemed to see an issue with that.

Also the heresy sounds interesting. Expound?

The priest, naming no names, has said that they support gay marriage.  Much liberalism.

Also it may have been diocesan, I know mine was - had an entire cathedralfull of attendees.

The pope's said the same thing (that guy's great). And due to something I think about a new bishop, our church was allowed to be confirmed in a semi-distant cathedral with one other church, and we were kept separate at all times.

[TheBiggerFish]

Waitwaitwait. It doesn't? We were told that if we didn't go to x amount of classes, do x amount of hours of charity work in four different places (family, comunity, church, and something else), memorize 10+ bible verses, we wouldn't be able to be confirmed. We didn't even get food, you lucky bastard.

Different church, I suppose.  Yours sounds harsh.

Then again, mine's quite possibly pretty close to outright heretical sometimes.

Which flavor of church are we talking anyway?

Catholic Christian.

And you know how I said 'long story' earlier? All that stuff I talked about was lies. We were told we had to do it, but the total number of people who were confirmed at the ceremony was more than double the whole class had ever been and nobody seemed to see an issue with that.

Also the heresy sounds interesting. Expound?

The priest, naming no names, has said that they support gay marriage.  Much liberalism.

Also it may have been diocesan, I know mine was - had an entire cathedralfull of attendees.

The pope's said the same thing (that guy's great). And due to something I think about a new bishop, our church was allowed to be confirmed in a semi-distant cathedral with one other church, and we were kept separate at all times.

Uhhh, no, not to the same degree.  No.

(like, they actually want the Church to do it)

Huh.  Iunno.

[IcyTea31]

There was one thing or another where Bhudda sat under a tree, but I don't think any sort of fruit ever fell on his head.

I did a quick search about that. As it turns out, some people in Asia grow their pears to be shaped like Buddhas. So the reverse is kind of true.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Eric Blank]

Buddha's head hit a pear?

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Edit: Ooh wait. Just remembered a piece of gold that came up in youth group that proves we need to educate people about religions that aren't their own:

Budda, yeah. That's the one the Jews worship, right? The one where an apple dropped on his head.

God I about died when the kid said this.

lol

The apple dropping on his head part comes from a myth where an apple fell on Issac Newtons head and that inspired/insighted him to his laws of physics. So, how that one ended up getting mixed up with Bhudda and the Jews, I have absolutely no idea.

There was one thing or another where Bhudda sat under a tree, but I don't think any sort of fruit ever fell on his head.

No, where he sat under a tree he was tempted by a sort of devil or somesuch with a number of virgins. Who if I'm remembering properly were the devil's daughters.

Sounds a heck of a lot like the Garden of Eden situation. Still though, point still stands, pretty sure Buddha never had any fruit fall on his head.

How the thing with Issac Newton got in there, I have absolutely no idea.

Also, it's spelled Buddha.

editwhiletyping: I thought it was spelled Bhudda, my mistake.

That's not-

Okay, so the tldr version of the story is: Buddha was a prince, he decided that there was more to life than material things, decided to figure out what, traveled around in poverty to try to find what, almost died, got his ass rescued, sat underneath a tree for 49 days, gained Enlightenment.

No temptation, no devils, no fruit, just sitting there for a long ass time meditating.

Now Jesus went out in the wilderness to meditate and Satan tried many temptations, though I don't remember if that appears in all of the Gospels, or the Gospels at all.

[TheBiggerFish]

Edit: Ooh wait. Just remembered a piece of gold that came up in youth group that proves we need to educate people about religions that aren't their own:

Budda, yeah. That's the one the Jews worship, right? The one where an apple dropped on his head.

God I about died when the kid said this.

lol

The apple dropping on his head part comes from a myth where an apple fell on Issac Newtons head and that inspired/insighted him to his laws of physics. So, how that one ended up getting mixed up with Bhudda and the Jews, I have absolutely no idea.

There was one thing or another where Bhudda sat under a tree, but I don't think any sort of fruit ever fell on his head.

No, where he sat under a tree he was tempted by a sort of devil or somesuch with a number of virgins. Who if I'm remembering properly were the devil's daughters.

Sounds a heck of a lot like the Garden of Eden situation. Still though, point still stands, pretty sure Buddha never had any fruit fall on his head.

How the thing with Issac Newton got in there, I have absolutely no idea.

Also, it's spelled Buddha.

editwhiletyping: I thought it was spelled Bhudda, my mistake.

That's not-

Okay, so the tldr version of the story is: Buddha was a prince, he decided that there was more to life than material things, decided to figure out what, traveled around in poverty to try to find what, almost died, got his ass rescued, sat underneath a tree for 49 days, gained Enlightenment.

No temptation, no devils, no fruit, just sitting there for a long ass time meditating.

Now Jesus went out in the wilderness to meditate and Satan tried many temptations, though I don't remember if that appears in all of the Gospels, or the Gospels at all.

*no, there's a lot of Buddha stories that are very much not that.

[overseer05-15]

Edit: Ooh wait. Just remembered a piece of gold that came up in youth group that proves we need to educate people about religions that aren't their own:

Budda, yeah. That's the one the Jews worship, right? The one where an apple dropped on his head.

God I about died when the kid said this.

lol

The apple dropping on his head part comes from a myth where an apple fell on Issac Newtons head and that inspired/insighted him to his laws of physics. So, how that one ended up getting mixed up with Bhudda and the Jews, I have absolutely no idea.

There was one thing or another where Bhudda sat under a tree, but I don't think any sort of fruit ever fell on his head.

No, where he sat under a tree he was tempted by a sort of devil or somesuch with a number of virgins. Who if I'm remembering properly were the devil's daughters.

Sounds a heck of a lot like the Garden of Eden situation. Still though, point still stands, pretty sure Buddha never had any fruit fall on his head.

How the thing with Issac Newton got in there, I have absolutely no idea.

Also, it's spelled Buddha.

editwhiletyping: I thought it was spelled Bhudda, my mistake.

That's not-

Okay, so the tldr version of the story is: Buddha was a prince, he decided that there was more to life than material things, decided to figure out what, traveled around in poverty to try to find what, almost died, got his ass rescued, sat underneath a tree for 49 days, gained Enlightenment.

No temptation, no devils, no fruit, just sitting there for a long ass time meditating.

Now Jesus went out in the wilderness to meditate and Satan tried many temptations, though I don't remember if that appears in all of the Gospels, or the Gospels at all.

*no, there's a lot of Buddha stories that are very much not that.

As Siddhartha sat under the tree clarifying this realization, he was faced with the temptations of Mara, the personified spirit of obstructive delusion. Mara attempted to unseat Siddhartha with worldly power, with fierce intimidating demons, and then with enticing women. Through it all, the prince remained unshaken and unmoved, aware of the temptations but intent on his meditation, thus modeling the determination to awaken and dissolve the suffering of all beings. Siddhartha's unshaken resolution is emblematic of the dedication of all bodhisattvas.

Source: http://www.dharmanet.org/coursesM/31/bodhisattva2e.htm

[smjjames]

Either way, there was no fruit hitting his head involved.

[IcyTea31]

No temptation, no devils, no fruit, just sitting there for a long ass time meditating.

I think you missed the joke. Overseer05-15 mentioned an ignorant kid mixing up religions, then joked by making the same mistake with a different set of beliefs.

Either way, there was no fruit hitting his head involved.

But the fruit involving his head was a hit!

Also, dat quote pyramid.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

I conceed that there are many different takes on the tale.

No temptation, no devils, no fruit, just sitting there for a long ass time meditating.

I think you missed the joke. Overseer05-15 mentioned an ignorant kid mixing up religions, then joked by making the same mistake with a different set of beliefs.

That also makes sense.

[overseer05-15]

No temptation, no devils, no fruit, just sitting there for a long ass time meditating.

I think you missed the joke. Overseer05-15 mentioned an ignorant kid mixing up religions, then joked by making the same mistake with a different set of beliefs.

Either way, there was no fruit hitting his head involved.

But the fruit involving his head was a hit!

Also, dat quote pyramid.

Did I mix something up? I thought I had been doing well.

[smjjames]

He might have gotten mixed up with my observation of it sounding a lot like the Garden of Eden situation with demonic temptation, and also having a tree involved. Though the one Buddha sat under wasn't anything special.

I was just observing the common theme.

[IcyTea31]

Did I mix something up? I thought I had been doing well.

You weren't joking when you said this?

No, where he sat under a tree he was tempted by a sort of devil or somesuch with a number of virgins. Who if I'm remembering properly were the devil's daughters.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Did I mix something up? I thought I had been doing well.

You weren't joking when you said this?

No, where he sat under a tree he was tempted by a sort of devil or somesuch with a number of virgins. Who if I'm remembering properly were the devil's daughters.

Yeah, turns out there are a few different tellings of Buddha sitting under the tree.

[IcyTea31]

My apologies, then. The weakness of the written medium strikes again!