Your Religon

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Raaannddooommm.

Beatles, Lady Madonna, right?

that's a strech

.......and now that song is stuck in my head. Thanks for that.

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They do that in Texas. "I'll have a coke." "Will that be a Coke coke or a Pepsi coke?" "Forget it. I'll have an RC."

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I see how it is.... making fun of the Texans who says "coke" :grin:. Fine then.... *goes and sits in corner and pouts*

hands Katie a Mountain Dew

takes Mountain Dew and smiles Thanks ^_^ I was kind of getting rather lonely in the corner...

**Jumps out of dark corner shouts WHOOOOOOO - see you weren't alone in the corner sis..........i was just hiding LOL ** :grin:

Whatever happened to RC (Royal Crown) cola anyway?

Catholic and not afraid to stand up for it!

I don't know what happened to RC cola, but Faygo is still around.

oooh, anyone remember Fanta "the electric orange"?

hey whatever happend to citra!?

I don't think we got those pops here

In reply to: I don't know what happened to RC cola Good ole Royal Crown is still around...had a case not too long ago.

RC and a bunch of other sodapops were made here by "cott" which worked as a sub-contractor.

Yeah, "It's Cott to be good". Anyone remember White Rock soda? I don't know if I ever had it...but I remember the radio ads.

yeah i know Fanta! I love fanta, and you can still get it here - go to a russian/romanian/polish (or any eastern european) deli and they'll have it. Apparenlty it comes in more flavors than orange!

Grape and Orange, at leaset. Like Nehi. What happened to Nehi? I knew a guy from Nigeria who was named Nehi.

I'm a Noahide.Heres the 7 precepts and other info...RAINBOW LawsNoah's Seven Laws for Universal HumanityThe Rainbow CovenantAll humanity on the Earth--as well as the creatures of the land--were uprooted and destroyed by the waters of the Flood in Noah's time. Noah and his family alone--along with the selected animal species--remained afloat on the waters until G-D's fury subsided. The reason for the destruction was disregard for the first Six Laws which G-D gave to Adam and Eve and their descendants. People were unwilling to change their evil ways. Humanity had become so corrupt that no repair was possible. The waters subsided. After 365 days in the ark, Noah and his family--along with all the animals--made their way onto dry ground into a new, cleansed world. Noah sacrificed to G-D, and G-D caused a rainbow to appear and said that it would be an eternal sign of the covenant between G-D and Noah (and his descendants), and all the Earth. That rainbow covenant symbolized a vow that G-D would never again bring a flood into the world to destroy all flesh. The Almighty reaffirmed to Noah the original Six Laws given to Adam and Eve to regulate human societal behavior (the relationships between G-D and individuals, and person to person) and added the Seventh Law after the Flood, hence the Seven Laws of Noah. This was a fresh beginning for the world.G-D loves us and all His creation absolutely! He gave us the Seven Laws to protect us from destroying ourselves. The Seven Laws are the foundation for a G-dly human, earthly society. People are created in G-D's image. We are loved.It's said by rabbis and scholars of the Torah and Talmud that to actually see a rainbow is something negative. It means that there is the need for judgment, but there is restraint from on High. It is known that in the generation of the Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai) that a rainbow was never seen due to his extraordinary holiness - he protected the world. This was in the the mid second century CE.The Seven Laws of Noah are directly taken from the first of the five books of the Torah which is called Genesis (Bereishis). The Torah is the first and holiest section of the Bible. These Seven Laws are binding upon all humanity. The descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who are known as the Jewish people received the Torah from G-D directly with an additional set of laws that are binding upon them for a total of 613 laws. The Jewish people, the "Light Unto Nations", have the stewardship of teaching humanity the Seven Laws of Noah.RAINBOW Law .. 1One G-D (Creator of Time, Heaven and Earth)Acknowledgment of One Almighty Timeless Creator (G-D). As well as not giving credibility to any other natural or unnatural entity, idol or phenomena. Even if there is an illusion of creative, supernatural or magical powers. G-D stands alone, no partners.RAINBOW Law .. 2Blasphemy of G-D's name is forbidden (Innuendoes and insults of all types are included)Not to take any of G-D's various names in vain. Not to use one of G-D's names in any disrespectful fashion or out of context. Fear of G-D has a very close interrelationship with this law and concept.RAINBOW Law .. 3Do not murderMankind is G-d's most precious creation. Both body and soul are created in His image. The act of murder includes the intentional killing of a human being, suicide, and by most scholarly opinions, aborting a fetus after a 40 day period of gestation except to save the mother's life. The act of killing for self defense at any time or during times of war is not included in the prohibition against murder.RAINBOW Law .. 4Immoral sexual acts are forbiddenSexual relations are forbidden with certain relatives. This includes a son with a mother (even if his birth was a result of rape or seduction), a daughter with a father, a son with a father, a father with a daughter or a son with his father's sister or a mother's sister. Other totally forbidden relationships include a man with another man's wife, a man with another man (homosexual relations), any person whether male or female with an animal. Lesbianism is considered an immoral and unnatural relationship (though not stated as forbidden) that destroys the order of the world. Prostitution goes under the same category (not strictly forbidden according to the law) but is outside the realm of morality and violates the spirit of the Seven Universal Laws of Noah.RAINBOW Law .. 5Do not stealTheft is the broadest category with the most intricacy of all Seven Laws. The prohibition of theft is equally applicable to men and women in every aspect, detail and category. Theft is punishable regardless of whether the act was secretive or public. The courts will deal with revealed, known lawbreakers. Secretive theft will ultimately be punished by the Hand of Heaven. Stealing includes any amount of money or material goods, large or small, even the insignificant. Intellectual property such as music, books, formulas, programs and photographs is owned by the copyright, trademark or patent holder. Kidnapping is a form of theft as is rape or seduction. False weights and measures, overcharging, misrepresentation and lying are all forms of stealing. A dispute or the injuring of another person carries a liability that must be paid. Trespassing is a form of theft as well as the moving of landmarks on property. The withholding of wages that come due to a worker according to agreed upon terms is a form of theft as well as the failure to return a borrowed object. Dealing in stolen property falls into this category. An insidious form of theft is pollution and environmental destruction as well as quality of life issues. This includes the damaging of air, water, sight (offensive eyesores) and sound (decibel increases). Toxic chemical and/or radioactive level increases in the environment is a form of theft and may lead to the killing and/or damaging the health and well-being of the resident population.RAINBOW Law .. 6Creation of a judicial systemThe establishment of courts of law to institute justice, truth, righteousness and morality over society is an essential institution. The primary job of the court system is to uphold the Seven Laws of Noah as well as to establish a police force and army as needed. A judge in the Noahide court system should have as much of these seven qualities as possible given the society of the day: 1) wisdom, 2) humility, 3) fear of Heaven, 4) fear of sin, 5) contempt of ill-gotten money, property, or gain, 6) love of truth and 7) beloved by his fellow men as well as an excellent reputation. The judicial system of any country is a branch of the government. In a democratic society where judges are either elected by the people or appointed by elected government officials, each voting citizen needs to really consider, based on the Seven Laws of Noah, "who would G-d vote for?". An important quote to ponder upon: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: "The world endures on three things - justice, truth, and peace, as it is said: 'Truth and the verdict of peace are you to adjudicate in your gates.'" RAINBOW Law .. 7Do not eat the flesh of a living animal (added after the Flood)Most authorities agree that this commandment was given by G-D to Noah and all of his descendants after the Flood (Mabul). The reason for this is because human beings were vegetarians before the Flood and for the act of saving the land animals, G-D gave us the right to consume them as well as to give us nutritional strength. The law states that an animal must be completely dead before any of its flesh can be consumed. The above Laws are merely a very brief explanation of each of the Seven Laws of Noah. To learn more contact us for recommended reading materials and to find an authoritative and reliable teacher in your area.Failure of a society to recognize, enforce and uphold, on a personal and official level, these Seven Laws of Noah will lead to its eventual destruction. G-D has given the Seven Laws to humanity as instructions for living. Their observance will lead to personal fulfillment and Peace on Earth.Copyright © 2005 (5765 Hebrew year) ThirdTemple.com®.Copying and distribution encouraged (only with the original text and format).Contact .Further info...The Role of a Noachide vs. that of a Jewby Gretchen S.Note: This post was written for the Bnai-Noach listAs a female from the tribe of Judah, there are many things that are closed off to me. I cannot be a Kohen or a Levite. If the Temple stood, neither my father nor I could eat trumah (the Kohen's portion of sacrifices). Since I am not a Levite, nor are my male siblings, we could not sing in the Levitical choir if the Temple stood. We could not aid the Kohenim as the Leviim do. One could say that we are not able to fully participate in our own religion, even today. Today, should I (G-d forbid) divorce my husband, I would be unable to marry a Kohen. Kohenim have other restrictions that I do not have. They are forbidden to attend funerals of those not of their immediate family. They cannot be under the same roof as a corpse, even going so far as to avoid walking or driving under a tree that covers both the road and a funeral home. And there are yet other restrictions in marriage and with reguard to the dead that they cannot do. The Kohenim still get to deliver the priestly blessing, something I nor my father cannot do. They are called first to the Torah, the Leviim are called second. Only after they have been called, would my dad be called to read or say the blessing over the Torah. When the Temple stood, there were even more restrictions, duties, and privaleges the Kohenim and Leviim had that I or my father, being of Judah, would not have. Does that mean the Kohenim or Leviim are superior to me or that G-d loves them more than me? Does G-d love men more than me because they have more obligations than I (what is manditory to them, if not gender specific, is at most optional for me)? Is lighting of Shabbat candles, going to the mikvah after the period of nidah (time of separation of husband and wife due to menstruation), and the few other positive time bound mitvot enough for me as a woman? There are further questions of a similar nature which I can ask.I would answer that G-d loves me no less than a Kohen or Levi, that He loves me no less than He loves my dad, that He loves me no more than He loves my non-Jewish, Noachide neice (my sister, who was adopted, chose to renounce her Judaism in the face of the Jewhatred we encountered when we moved to the "wrong" side of our small city, thus her and her offspring are non-Jews). Nor is the Kohen or Levi superior to me, nor are Jewish males superior to me. Nor am I or any Jew superior to those who follow the Noachide laws. Different does not mean supperior, nor do different roles in HaShem's plan for the entire world mean any of our differing roles is superior or somehow less important. All the world's people are important. Following whatever G-d's will for us is, be it to be a Kohen, Levite, male or female Jew, or Noachide, is what is important. G-d commands, shall we not obey what He has commanded for us? Or perhaps it is our own will that is most important? I have a hard time thinking anyone on this list believes that it is our own will that should take precedence.Just as the Kohenim are restricted in whom they can marry within the Jewish people, the Jewish people are restricted in whom we can marry. We are permitted to marry a fellow Jew (divorced or never married is irrelivent for a non-Kohen), be that Jew a born Jew or a convert (Kohenim can marry the daughter of a convert, but not the convert herself). Just as the restrictions the Kohenim have does not make them superior, so to the restrictions above and beyond the forbidden marriages Jews must follow does not make us superior. The Jewish people need the Kohenim, and thus they remain somewhat separate. So to with Jews and Noachides. How could we possibly be a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation", how could we possibly be a "light unto the nations", if we cease to exist because all of our children are non-Jews due to intermarriage? The answer is, if we disappear in that way, we cannot fulfill our covenantal obligations, as we would not be. That does not make us superior any more than the Kohenim are superior. As I have said before, with the one religion G-d made, there are priests and lay people. The Jews are the priests, and even though I cannot become a Kohen, G-d in His infinite wisdom, made it possible for Noachides, the lay people, to become priests if they so wish by following Halachic processes.Now, about holidays and what a Noachide can do. In addition to following the very concrete 7 categories of laws, the Noachide can do many things. Let me mention, before I start, that many Christians only celebrate Christmas and Easter, as well as national non-religious holidays. Most Muslims only have Ramadan and national non-religious holidays. Are they therefore deprived? I do not think such Christians and Muslims would say so. Yes, you may say, but there is also their sabbath. True, but a Noachide too can celebrate Shabbat, provided he or she does not do so in the way Jews do. One can do most of it, but leave out on mitvah. For example, one can spend Shabbat in prayer and rest, but the rest should not be as Jews do. I know of no Christian who abstains from turning lights on and off on their sabbath. Does that make the sabbath any less meaningful as a day of rest to them? I think not. So, on Shabbat, study (I always study on Shabbat), read, say psalms, read the Genesis stories about creation and the day of rest, dig into them, learn from them, and thus commemorate the day of rest.Celebrate Sukkot (as R. Katz said, it is for everyone), repent every day and every new month (Jews are not confined to Yom Kippur in our repentance). Sing psalms and songs of praise to HaShem -- it is not necessary to sing these in Hebrew, nor are you restricted in what melody you can use. Some of my favorate Jewish songs of praise were written fairly recently. Praise of G-d is not restriced to the siddur, Jew and Noachide alike can pray spontaneously, and sing unto the L-RD a new song...just keep idolatry out of it, of course :-) Celebrate Independence Day, Thanksgiving, or other national secular holidays. Celebrate the history of your particular culture. But keep your mind and will on following G-d's will in all things. Noachism, like Judaism, demands that G-d's will be followed not only in worship, but in business, in public interatctions. Honor your parents, as Noachides have long ago accepted that mitvah upon themselves.The Noachide laws are, like the rules parents make for us, a demonstration that G-d loves you, that He wants you to do what is good and right. They are G-d's gift to the world. Let us praise Him with song and even dance (if you are a better dancer than me, that is ).I suggest a re-reading (or first reading?) of my post on Noachides and prayers. May we all rejoice in the very imporatant roles G-d has given us![ Return to my All Things Jewish page ] [ My Papers and Posts ] This page was made by Gretchen S., © copyright 1998-2002