Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Minor Prophet books of the Old Testament

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.

Hands jumble artists once jovial moving notes hide zealous hairy zesty men

Monday, April 25, 2011

Six models of the Catholic church

Since the mid-1970s, Catholics have been taught that there are different models of understanding the church. Originally five, there are now six models. Each one is important to the church, and should be kept in balance with the others. These were introduced by Cardinal Dulles in his 1974 book, Models of the Church.

Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald, Servant, Community of Disciples

Invisible medical staffs hush strange cows? You all know how I feel about religious mnemonics... you should probably just remember the terms! But I love writing about them because it gives me a chance to learn about another religion, these models can certainly be applied to any church or religious organization. I am not Catholic but there's a great deal of wisdom in that faith.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Seven Grandfather Teachings

The Anishinaabe people, made up of several indigenous tribes in what is now the northwest United States and Canada, teach seven basic principles about how we are to treat others:

Wisdom love respect bravery honesty humility truth

I think applying a mnemonic in our normal random funny way might be a little sacrilege, so why not make the words themselves into a sentence?

Wise loving rhythms birth honest humble truths

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sinners in Dante's Hell

I am not terribly familiar with the writings on Dante, but make sure you're not one of these people:

Panderers Flatterers Simoniacs Astrologers Barterers Hypocrites Thieves Fraudulent Scandal Falsifiers

The mnemonic:
puffy fat squishy amusing bubbles hump tingly flat sad figs
plush frigid squishy active babies hork toxic fat spiney footballs