Proverbs 23:19 "Listen, my son (and daughter) , and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path." I think a lot about the wordage in the Bible and am aware that people were inspired to write The Word by God. I am thinking that God does not specify between men and woman in the Bible but that people (because we are human) have designated the difference. Maybe it is the punishment we received for disobeying God in the first place. I think gender is not important to God, that God sees us as His/Her children and that all advice is given to both, as the above - "Listen and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path." What do you think?
Get Fit
I got nothing here today. I ate too much and swam in the pool yesterday. I also followed around my 19 month old nephew Hudson for quite a while to soak up every bit of wonder he could share from his activity. I'm looking forward to a relaxing, eating day today, because it is a holiday! Try to eat healthy today and hey! you get some exercise.
On this day
1978 Another Memorial Day Sunday on the boat. We picked up friends Charley and Robyn and headed out to Metro to meet up with Jim and Sharon. We all went to Pouliotte's for breakfast and then to Jack and Audry's for a party. After that we went to Brown's on Harson Island to eat and dance and then back to Metro. We left the boat at D'Andreas lot on the Black River and went home. This only makes sense to the people mentioned, but the joy of destination boating is to share with all my boater friends. To run back across the lake was a lot of gas, you could stay on the boat or if needed, go home and go back in the morning to carry on. Pete's boat only had the v bunks for sleeping and we probably had to take Charley and Robyn home.
1533 - England's Archbishop declared the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid. Seriously? I think they married him in hopes they would outlive him before he divorced, annulled, or killed them.
Sofia Bulgaria Religion
Religion in Bulgaria has been dominated by Christianity since its adoption as the state religion in 865. The dominant form of the religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity within the fold of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. During the Ottoman rule of the Balkans, Sunni Islam spread in the territories of Bulgaria, and it remains a significant minority today. The Catholic Church has roots in the country since the Middle Ages, and Protestantism arrived in the 19th century.
In the latest years, there has been a decline of both the historic religions of Bulgaria—Orthodox Christianity and Islam—, which shrank respectively from 86% in 1992 to 84% in 2001 to 61% in 2011 and from 13% in 1992 to 12% in 2001 to 8% in 2011. In the 2011 census, the question about the religious affiliation became optional, and thus 21.8% of the total population didn't answer.[1] Until the census of 1992, Bulgarians were obliged to declare the historic religious belonging of their parents and/or ancestors, while since 2001 people were allowed to declare personal belief in a religion or unbelief in any religion (irreligion and atheism).[2] After the end of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990), the revival of Islam was stronger than Orthodox Christianity.[2]With the international rise of Islamic terrorism in the 2000s, however, there was a growing disaffection for the Islamic religion among Bulgarians.[2] The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has seen the most serious decline from 2001 onwards.[2] The church's credibiliy has been undermined since the 1990s by its collaboration with the erstwhile Communist regime,[3] fully revealed with the opening of the state's secret archives in 2012, according to which eighty percent of the clergy were members of the secret police.[4]
The Constitution of Bulgaria designates Orthodox Christianity as the "traditional" religion of the country, but guarantees the free exercise of any religion.[5]Bulgaria has not experienced any significant ethnic or religious confrontation, unlike the case in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The religious communities in the country coexist peacefully. In fact, the capital Sofia is known for its so-called Square of Religious Tolerance; the St Nedelya Church, St Joseph Cathedral, Banya Bashi Mosque and Sofia Synagogue are located within metres of each other in the very centre of the city. Enough said. informative.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable!
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