Confucians don't worship their ancestors

May 27, 2016
9:15:55pm

bluebloodedcoug All-American

You're talking about Chinese folk religions. And there are lots of reasons they pray to their ancestors; belief in an eternal family isn't a common reason. Mostly it is so the ancestors won't haunt them.

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So Ty believed in eternal marriage growing up

ChinoCoug

5/27/16 8:56am

Don't a majority of christians believe in families continuing after death?

Dillinger

5/27/16 8:57am

It's my experience everyone who believes in life after death believes in it.

RdF3

5/27/16 8:59am

Ive heard thst before.

ChinoCoug

5/27/16 8:59am

Most Christians believe that there is no marriage in the resurrection

HighHorse

5/27/16 9:09am

However, I get the feeling that many Christians hear things like that preached..

Tokolosh

5/27/16 9:17am

It is because they already know the truth in their souls

Carnac el Magnifico

5/27/16 9:19am

Yep, have you ever been to a funeral where they don't talk about being in the

Dillinger

5/27/16 9:23am

Whaaaat??? Jesus SAID that?!

mantis mutu

5/27/16 4:30pm

Nearly every religious denomination on earth believes that they will be reunited

BearsandBulls

5/27/16 9:25am

What???

ChinoCoug

5/27/16 10:00am

What, specifically, didn't make sense to you?

BearsandBulls

5/27/16 1:18pm

Aside from Confucianism what religions teach that families will perpetuate

ChinoCoug

5/27/16 1:53pm

RE: Aside from Confucianism what religions teach that families will perpetuate

bluebloodedcoug

5/27/16 2:03pm

And us, of course. Im on my phone so didnt want tk type out the obvious

ChinoCoug

5/27/16 5:12pm

Confucians don't believe in eternal marriage or eternal families or anything

bluebloodedcoug

5/27/16 8:45pm

Ok dude, they don't. They worship their ancestors for the heck of it.

ChinoCoug

5/27/16 9:07pm

Confucians don't worship their ancestors

bluebloodedcoug

5/27/16 9:15pm

Chinese folk religion is a mixture of Conficianism, Buddhism and Taoism and the

ChinoCoug

5/28/16 6:54am

Confucious musta been a newly wed when he came up with that.

mantis mutu

5/27/16 4:33pm

Marriage is "till death do you part" though

Y4LYFE

5/27/16 8:59am

My FIL's story

Carnac el Magnifico

5/27/16 9:10am

That is how my Mom describes her conversion.

BigEasyCougar

5/27/16 9:14am

I believe a lot of people feel the principles of the gospel are correct but don't realize it's contrary to

soupie

5/27/16 9:21am

Most Christian faiths don't believe in Eternal Marriage, but many christian peop

jbonita

5/27/16 9:33am

While on my mission in Mexico we were invited by an investigator couple to

El Pasco

5/27/16 9:40am

This is one of those concepts most everyone believes but the doctrine of their

Pretorian

5/27/16 9:56am

RE: So Ty believed in eternal marriage growing up

jsjohnson1278

5/27/16 10:37am

While serving in Guatemala, My comp and I were teaching a woman and her son. I

ImuaKahuku

5/27/16 11:23am

You going to leave us hanging there???

Tokolosh

5/27/16 11:44am

Sorry, didn't mean to. I hit return and it posted so I had to edit.

ImuaKahuku

5/27/16 3:42pm

Interesting thing is, most religions don't believe but talk like it's true

Coug Dude

5/27/16 3:14pm

I'm amazed how many are saying mainstream Christians believe eternal marriage

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