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Is any idea in the original Christianity?

The pre-Christian God Mithras - called the Son of God and light of the world - was born on December 25, died, was buried in a rock tomb and then resurrected in three days.   December 25 is also the birthday or Osiris, Adonis and Dionysus.   The newborn Krishna was presented with gold, frankincense and myrrh.   [...] Related posts:
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This is a good idea that the Catholic priest shortage?

Do you think Catholics have to go to large communities, where they all move around the center of the diocese? then there would be fewer parishes and the priests would not be from one parish to another. Related posts:
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Why is the Eastern Orthodox idea of "hell" differ from the Catholic-Protestant Teachigns the hell?

An Orthodox priest explained to me completely different Protestant / Catholic upbringing. Perhaps I misunderstood his ideas so I would like a clarification and more ideas. The following is right according to the orthodoxy:   - Latinos see hell as the rejection of Jesus and get punished by torture. Orthodox hell just as other ill unhealed [...] Related posts:
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Why can not Catholic priests marry? Good idea?

I know it was done in the name of a spiritual devotion to God.   But at the same time, while I know all the Hoopla about why priests can not marry, I wonder if   1) a good idea   2) if it makes the foreign priests who can not understand people at a time.   Nothing in [...] Related posts:
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Is there a biblical basis for the idea that 100% of "bad" people go to Purgatory Only?

Purgatory is, above all, just a theory based on certain interpretations. Is why only Catholics believe (but Jews have the same idea).   I am stretching the limit if I add another interpretation to the top of this interpretation, that hell is real, but in God's mercy, nobody will be sent to hell, where 100% of [...] Related posts:
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