Question

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Tribes.
Tribal.
Tribalism.

"Tribalism replacing truth," indeed, "making large waves," indeed.

Some identifiers utilized and employed and readily acknowledged as identifying oneself as part of a tribe (and in no particular order):

Race. Ethnicity. Language, including but not limited to, contemporary vernacular inventions and special uses; code words; inflection; word choice preferences.

Hair: color; texture; arrangement; absence; as self-expression. Paints and colors applied to skin.

Gestures/gesticulating.

Body parts, including lip size and decoration and mutilations; ear & other misc. piercings; tattoos; genital mutilations and alterations, including removal of foreskin or its retention, and clitorectomies, and the customary or required methods for such circumcisions; neck alterations; adornment; skull shaping; acknowledged size preferences for various body parts.

Apparel: hats; clothing choices; styles; designs; taboos; requirements; use of animal parts/products as coverings and/or adornment; uniforms.

Religion: symbols; edifices; clothing; hats; things deemed to be sacred; music; songs; language employed to express devotion and dogma; dogma; prayers; movement; use of violence to effect obedience and/or conversion.

Vehicles: some personages get to ride in "sedia gestatoria"; vehicle choices can readily identify a person as part of an economic tribe or social milieu; dwelling size and design; location, location, location.

Food: methods of preparation, preservation, and flavoring; taboos, such as prohibitions against certain meats; unique edibles.

Music; songs; anthems; chants; vocalizations.

Gender rules, regarding acceptable behavior and apparel for both genders; rights; prerogatives; conduct; physical placement in group activities.

Sexual practices.

Oaths. Flags and other symbols marking territory and belief boundaries.

Use of the body and body parts to express recognition, inclusion, and/or acceptance.

Education, formal or otherwise: acceptable standards, with symbols, documentation, and practices for proclaiming such; titles added to names.

Artistic expression (or the lack of it.)

Weapons (or the lack of.)

Shared ethics and mores.

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These were just off the top of my head. Have I missed some?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

These were just off the top of my head. Have I missed some?

The gathering at and participation in on-line forums and social media,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

These were just off the top of my head. Have I missed some?

The gathering at and participation in on-line forums and social media,

Very good point!
Maybe we need T-shirts and hats. And Skyping!
(BUt no special boxcar!)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

These were just off the top of my head. Have I missed some?

The gathering at and participation in on-line forums and social media,

Very good point!
Maybe we need T-shirts and hats. And Skyping!
(BUt no special boxcar!)

Group hug!

Campfire!

S'mores!

Kumbaya!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Excellent attitude, dude!

[HONDO74]

KUMBAYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlGyu7l3KcU

Kumbaya my lord, Kumbaya
Kumbaya my lord, Kumbaya
Kumbaya my lord, Kumbaya
O Lord Kumbaya

For the sun that rises in the sky
For the rhythm of the falling rain
For all life, great or small
For all that's true, for all you do

For one second on this world you made
For the love that will never fade
For a heart beating with joy
For all that's real, for all we feel

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Everybody sing!

[webenda]

Does anyone know what "kumbaya" means?
It is Gullah for "Come by here" (kum by (h)yuh.)
https://www.alphadictionary.com/article ... mbaya.html

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Does anyone know what "kumbaya" means?
It is Gullah for "Come by here" (kum by (h)yuh.)
https://www.alphadictionary.com/article ... mbaya.html

So, in effect, when we sing or say it, we are asking/inviting The Lord to come by us, to visit us; perhaps, hang around a bit (?) How nice. Thank you, Wayne. I'll hear that expression in a different way, now. Nice.

[webenda]

Does anyone know what "kumbaya" means?
It is Gullah for "Come by here" (kum by (h)yuh.)
https://www.alphadictionary.com/article ... mbaya.html

So, in effect, when we sing or say it, we are asking/inviting The Lord to come by us, to visit us; perhaps, hang around a bit (?) How nice. Thank you, Wayne. I'll hear that expression in a different way, now. Nice.

It is typical of religion today. People just do and say things without understanding.

Does anyone know the meaning behind this part of The Lord's Prayer:

Matthew 6:10 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

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Does anyone know the meaning behind this part of The Lord's Prayer:

Matthew 6:10 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

I would not presume to state that I KNOW the meaning behind this part of the Lord's Prayer. Through my Faith, my interpretation, here, and every time I say it at Mass each Sunday, would be as follows, taking into consideration its context, before, after, and throughout:

When the end of the world (Universe, included) comes to be, I would hope to be part of You in Heaven, so I have followed your Commandments to the best of my ability, while alive, here on Earth. And I pray that everyone alive, here on Earth, will continue to obey Your Commandments, while they are alive, just as Your Will is followed in Heaven...Heaven is being with You.

The Lord's Prayer goes on, then, to say - to ask - that as reward for behaving (following The Commandments) may we be blessed with a good life, thanks to You ("...give us this day our daily bread.."), one of nourishment and happiness. Also, "...forgive us our trespasses"... and sins, please, just like we forgive folks who injure us (trespass against us.)

Since God gave us Free Will, in the Garden of Eden, able to decide whether to eat temptation or to resist it (who told you that you were naked?) we pray - hope - not to be drawn into temptation....

Since I believe The Lord's Prayer was composed by The Lord Himself, Jesus, I only hope (and pray) to get it right," as I interpret it during my head-down, interior prayerful moments.
Murph

Just as a footnote to your asking such a question in the first place:
Here is what I would like to hear if I make it to the Gates of Heaven (three things):
"Welcome. Come in."
"Say Hello to my Son; here He is...."
"Say Hello to all your family and friends, right over here..."

[webenda]

We agree on "Your kingdom come" refers to the end of this system of things.

What are we praying for? It is not about going to heaven. We pray for, "Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Some people pray, "Let your Kingdom come."

While on Earth, Jesus demonstrated how that prayer will be answered. He fed the hungry, healed the sick, and restored life to the dead. As the future Ruler of God's Kingdom, Jesus provided a beautiful preview of what that Kindom will do for its subjects.

Need more than just my words? Revelation 11:15 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,
and he will reign forever and ever.”

Daniel 2:44 (NRSVCE) gives a clue about what we are praying for when he interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream...
44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever;

More? Revelation 21:3-4 (NRSVCE)
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

“See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.”

Reading the above from any bible (it is not just in the NRSVCE) gives new meaning to, Matthew 5:5 (NRSVCE)
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."

The message about the meek is repeated in other sections of the bible.

Psalm 10:17
Psalm 37:11
Isaiah 11:4
Isaiah 29:19
James 1:21

Isaiah 11:4 (NRSVCE)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

Armageddon

The word Armageddon is not in the bible but I have an insight (from me, not the bible) about the promised end to the kings (governments) of the earth. When the rulers of the world's governments are being crushed they will probably blame Christians because we have been praying for "Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." ever since Jesus taught us to pray for it. It is not going to be an easy time for us to hold on to our faith in God.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Question:
August 1969
Where were you? What were you doing?
Woodstock?
Vietnam?
Kindergarten? Eighth Grade? High School? Med School?
Playing with trains?
Somewhere , doing something else?

[rogruth]

8/69. Grad school.

[Mitch]

U.S.S. Cabildo, LSD 16, Long Beach, Calif.