At the time when they were on the border of Egypt and when they crossed the Red Sea, the Hebrews were already in Israel. Or weren't they? For according to the Bible, Israel is much larger than the Israel of today. From the Nile River of Egypt to the Euphrates River is the territory of Israel. That means that the whole edge of Egypt and the half part of saudi Arabia is actually the land of Israel. If this is so, why did it take them 40 years, or in other words, why did they migrated at all,...

What factors differentiate theistic and atheistic worldviews?

What factors differentiate perspective within these worldviews?

This can include natural philosophy, fundamental, existential, and normative postulates, themes, values, emotions, and ethics.

One of the ways that I see people excusing their prejudices, animosities and hostilities is with what they think they know from science or from religious scriptures, some safe ground that they think they’re standing on. Just now I was wondering what ground I think I’m standing on, and it might be that I don’t have any illusion any more of knowing anything or having any safe ground to stand on. Then I was wondering, where does my assurance or confidence come from, to do anything that I’m...

I took some days away from forums, and internet because it started to feel tiresome to keep speaking in discussions, and the days I been away was so good. only spoke when spoken to. no need to explaining and no need to discuss.

What now? I do not know, but my voice is no longer a tool for longer discussion with people from all kinds of religions or other spiritual paths. I found the peace of not speaking, of not being obligated to defend or explain my spiritual path or why I say what I do....

Can Authenticity of the Quran be proven logically and scientifically? Can it be proved it is all what Muhammad had said, and it was written as Muhammmad had said, and remained unchanged? Or is this just a belief held by those who believe in the Quran?
Note: As a Bahai, I believe the Quran is Authentic and a revelation from God, because Bahai Scriptures confirms this.

However In our modern day, to prove authenticity of a document, it has to be signed by the Author, or the handwriting of...

If Jesus did not have a physical body before He was born from Mary, and He was still happy without it, and still had all the powers, what was the need to be resurrected to go to heaven with a physical body?

If having a physical body is important, why God the Father does not have one for Himself?
I am looking for logical answers. I am not debating whether or not Jesus was really physically resurrected!

Most religions, and specially Abrahamics teach that there is an after life.
In Christianity, it is believed that after death, the spirit lives on. Same with Islam.
If spirit can live on, what is the need that, later the physical body be resurrected?

Did Jesus have a physical body before He was born from womb of Mary?
Does the God Father have a physical body?
If from a Christian point of view, the answer is no, to both of these questions, that tells us, there is no need or advantage to...

1. If God were our Father in Heaven, would we call God fully Man and God?

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1a.
Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

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1b.
Num 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that...

Reincarnation among modern followers of Jesus (sorry, thread title got cut off and I can't fix it).

Please spare me the biblical lessons proving this is a heresy. I do not acknowledged such a concept among free thinkers. Thank you.

I know there were early Christians who believes in reincarnation who were silenced by the Orthodox thinkers over time. I know Jews both now and in the Christian Scriptures show a belief in reincarnation. (They wondered if John the Baptist was Elijah come back...

Do you meditate, dance, pray, read scripture, use a rosary, pull cards, throw lots, lucid dream, use entheogens, walk labyrinths, fast, chant, perform rituals, etc etc?

What are your practices?