Comments on: The seventh day http://www.chanlilian.net/2008/06/07/the-seventh-day/ Life, Lies, Sex, Humor, Politics of a Malaysian blogger Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lilian http://www.chanlilian.net/2008/06/07/the-seventh-day/comment-page-1/#comment-94362 Lilian Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:12:48 +0000 http://www.chanlilian.net/?p=3368#comment-94362 cindy - Actually, Christians are forbidden to worship any other gods other than God. So, some may feel that by holding joss-sticks, it is seen as worshipping. the other reason is probably they are not familiar with the Taoist way so they are not exactly sure what they can and cannot do. Catholics (which is Roman Catholics) is the 'original' from Rome. Until today, you can still find our very macho priests wearing lace robes :mrgreen: with lacey sleeves because they are adopting the 'fashion' of the Roman empire, I think. So, most of what we do are steeped in culture and tradition as well. Therefore, even during our special event mass, we also use a lot of incense and lots of smoke. However, when the Catholic faiths spread to USA and other continents, these countries adopted their own culture. You may be interested to see Mother Mary with Baby Jesus, looking like Japanese in Japan, Chinese in China, African in Africa... In fact, right now, there is a Our Lady of She-shan in Shanghai which is Mother Mary with Baby Jesus which many of us are asking (not to be confused as praying) to protect China and its earthquake victims. cindy – Actually, Christians are forbidden to worship any other gods other than God. So, some may feel that by holding joss-sticks, it is seen as worshipping. the other reason is probably they are not familiar with the Taoist way so they are not exactly sure what they can and cannot do.

Catholics (which is Roman Catholics) is the ‘original’ from Rome. Until today, you can still find our very macho priests wearing lace robes :mrgreen: with lacey sleeves because they are adopting the ‘fashion’ of the Roman empire, I think. So, most of what we do are steeped in culture and tradition as well. Therefore, even during our special event mass, we also use a lot of incense and lots of smoke.

However, when the Catholic faiths spread to USA and other continents, these countries adopted their own culture.

You may be interested to see Mother Mary with Baby Jesus, looking like Japanese in Japan, Chinese in China, African in Africa… In fact, right now, there is a Our Lady of She-shan in Shanghai which is Mother Mary with Baby Jesus which many of us are asking (not to be confused as praying) to protect China and its earthquake victims.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.chanlilian.net/2008/06/07/the-seventh-day/comment-page-1/#comment-94347 Cindy Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:55:12 +0000 http://www.chanlilian.net/?p=3368#comment-94347 Lilian, one question, why other Christians do not hold joss stick as what you mentioned, the way of respect?? Why?? Cindys last blog post..<a href="http://lifeballade.blogspot.com/2008/06/prevention-better-than-cure.html" rel="nofollow">Prevention better than cure</a> Lilian, one question, why other Christians do not hold joss stick as what you mentioned, the way of respect?? Why??

Cindys last blog post..Prevention better than cure

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