gehadoski:
My name is Gehad and gehadoski is just a nickname it means nothing. I was diving with a guest and she was saying "oski" a lot at the end of many words. I liked the rythem. Thats why I called myself Gehadoski.
I am a muslim from Egypt. I am sending my condolences to christian people. I don't know the differance between Orthodox or Catholics. All what I know that they are all christians. I respect all religions, and I do respect Pope John Paul.
Hi Gehad--
Yes, I figure that was your first name from the e-mail address in your profile. And I thought the -oski part
might have come from something a foreign guest might have said... a North American, by any chance?
Anyway, yes... It may not look like it from where you are, but there are great differences between Christian faiths... Christianity is much more splintered, I think, than Islam (Sunni vs. Shi'a). The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church. His leadership is recognized by some other Catholic churches in the world, but not others. (That's why I asked about the Coptic Christians in Egypt).
And his authority is definitely
not recognized (as you might be realizing here!) by Protestants (themselves split many different ways) or by the various Orthodox Churches in Greece, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, etc.
In any case... thanks again for your condolences. We all need more of that way of thinking in the world...
You know, what you say is interesting... I wonder whether the three "Religions of The Book" -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- are also grouped together by those who believe more differently... Hindus, Buddhists, etc.
--Marek
