Do you address Clergy by their titles?
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Grand-Moff-Gav
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Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
I.e.
Would you call a Cardinal, Your Eminence or Cardinal "name" even though your not Catholic?
Or would you call the Dali Lama or Pope Your Holiness even though you dont belong to those religions?
Or even, would you address a priest as Father or Reverend even if your aren't religious?
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Apr 10th, 2008 03:44 AM
Quiero Mota
Gender: Male Location: The 623
No.
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Apr 10th, 2008 04:11 AM
dadudemon
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Yes.
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Apr 10th, 2008 04:12 AM
Shakyamunison
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Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
I.e.
Would you call a Cardinal, Your Eminence or Cardinal "name" even though your not Catholic?
Or would you call the Dali Lama or Pope Your Holiness even though you dont belong to those religions?
Or even, would you address a priest as Father or Reverend even if your aren't religious?
It all depends on the circumstances. If I was in a place where their authority was, like a church, I would call them by their title. This really has nothing to do with religion, however. If I was talking to a senator or congressman, I would call them by their title, in a formal setting. That is just proper educate. But if they were in my house on a social evening, most people would want to be called by their names.
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Apr 10th, 2008 04:16 AM
Digi
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What shakya said. It's a societal convention and common courtesy more so than religious adherence. I might not if I was adamantly opposed to them or their religious sect (I don't know if, say, Scientology has priests....but I wouldn't call them by a title, for example). But in most cases there's no problem.
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Apr 10th, 2008 08:15 PM
Devil King
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Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
I.e.
Would you call a Cardinal, Your Eminence or Cardinal "name" even though you're not Catholic?
Or would you call the Dali Lama or Pope Your Holiness even though you don't belong to those religions?
Or even, would you address a priest as Father or Reverend even if you aren't religious?
I would. I don't have to believe the bat-shit crazy things they do, but they are the focal points of a lot of human faith, so I have respect for the beliefs of my fellow man, just not specifically what they are.
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Apr 10th, 2008 08:19 PM
AngryManatee
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Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
I.e.
Would you call a Cardinal, Your Eminence or Cardinal "name" even though your not Catholic?
Or would you call the Dali Lama or Pope Your Holiness even though you dont belong to those religions?
Or even, would you address a priest as Father or Reverend even if your aren't religious?
As long as they refer to me by my titles of either Galaxy Commander or IlKahn.
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Apr 10th, 2008 09:09 PM
Da Pittman
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Shakyamunison
It all depends on the circumstances. If I was in a place where their authority was, like a church, I would call them by their title. This really has nothing to do with religion, however. If I was talking to a senator or congressman, I would call them by their title, in a formal setting. That is just proper educate. But if they were in my house on a social evening, most people would want to be called by their names.
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Apr 10th, 2008 09:30 PM
Evil Dead
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Gender: Male Location: U.S. F'N A
yes I would.
I'm anti-religion of any sort but I do have respect for others. Although I do not believe in their specific religion nor the very idea of an organized religion at all, these men do and have practiced it their whole life. They have attained their titles through dedication and life-long service. Just because you do not agree with another's beliefs does not mean you should be a shithead and refuse to acknowledge the accomplishments others have attained by devoting their entire life.
If you are a pacifist and do not agree with armed forces, are you going to refuse to address military officers as general, major, etc? Your beliefs have nothing to do with what these men have earned through the dedication of their own beliefs.
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Apr 13th, 2008 06:43 PM
chickenlover98
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by DigiMark007
What shakya said. It's a societal convention and common courtesy more so than religious adherence. I might not if I was adamantly opposed to them or their religious sect (I don't know if, say, Scientology has priests....but I wouldn't call them by a title, for example). But in most cases there's no problem.
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Scientology
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Apr 13th, 2008 08:06 PM
chickenlover98
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Re: Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by AngryManatee
As long as they refer to me by my titles of either Galaxy Commander or IlKahn.
theyd have to call me son of chuck
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Apr 13th, 2008 08:08 PM
Shakyamunison
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Re: Re: Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by chickenlover98
theyd have to call me son of chuck
We first have to nail Chuck to a cross, and then wait 2000 years for his return.
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Apr 13th, 2008 08:17 PM
chickenlover98
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Shakyamunison
We first have to nail Chuck to a cross, and then wait 2000 years for his return.
impossible no nails can pierce his skin
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Apr 13th, 2008 09:01 PM
Bardock42
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
I.e.
Would you call a Cardinal, Your Eminence or Cardinal "name" even though your not Catholic?
Or would you call the Dali Lama or Pope Your Holiness even though you dont belong to those religions?
Or even, would you address a priest as Father or Reverend even if your aren't religious?
Depends, due to common courtesy usually yes.
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Apr 13th, 2008 09:18 PM
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Formally, yes.
Informally, no.
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Apr 13th, 2008 10:49 PM
Shakyamunison
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by chickenlover98
impossible no nails can pierce his skin
Then you are condemned to hell.
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Apr 14th, 2008 02:16 AM
Deja~vu
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Lackies...........People of the church.
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Apr 14th, 2008 03:05 AM
Neo_Version 7
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Formally, yes.
But hell, I don't know if I will ever get to eat dinner with the Dalai Lama but even then, I'd address him accordingly. I'm respectful like that.
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Apr 14th, 2008 03:10 AM
WanderingDroid
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Gender: Male Location: Welfare Kingdom of California
Re: Would You Call Religious Officials By Their Titles?
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
I.e.
Would you call a Cardinal, Your Eminence or Cardinal "name" even though your not Catholic?
Or would you call the Dali Lama or Pope Your Holiness even though you dont belong to those religions?
Or even, would you address a priest as Father or Reverend even if your aren't religious?
I would really like to see a Communist answer these questions.
Would I? Sure...I did once for the honorable elijah muhammad (of course when I was speaking with a muslim)
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Last edited by WanderingDroid on Apr 14th, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Apr 14th, 2008 04:47 PM
Strangelove
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Shakyamunison
It all depends on the circumstances. If I was in a place where their authority was, like a church, I would call them by their title. This really has nothing to do with religion, however. If I was talking to a senator or congressman, I would call them by their title, in a formal setting. That is just proper educate. But if they were in my house on a social evening, most people would want to be called by their names.
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Apr 14th, 2008 05:10 PM
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