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What is your spirit animal?

A spirit animal at least in this thread is an animal which you have a strong connection with. This may be symbolically or with repeated encounters or where there is a special meaningful interaction or any combination. The animal can by real or mythical. What matters is that animal has a special meaning or connection to you.
I am sure there are those who know their spirit animal but if you do...

According to a recent (2019) Pew poll. Pew is one of the most respected polls in America so there's no reason to doubt their finds. Other findings:

* 65% of American adults identified as Christians, DOWN 12% from 2009

* atheist, agnostic or “nones" now stands at 26%, UP from 17% in 2009.

In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace

Extrapolating outward at 12% per decade that means that in 2070 only 5% of Americans will identify as Protestant.

Truthfully, I was shocked by...

One problem I have with religious beliefs are that they can't be varified via third party accounts in a concrete way. They can't be isolated in a lab, or supernatural aspects of the religion (such as miracles) don't have repeatable results.

That said, there are things I believe that can't be varifed as well. One thing I believe is probably true is that life exists on other planets. There's no real concrete evidence that this is the case; I just think it makes sense, and that it's likely...

Atheists, it turns out, are a rather morally driven bunch. This is news to many, including Tomas Ståhl, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who this week published a fascinating study in Plos One comparing the deepest beliefs of theists and atheists.

By analyzing the beliefs of nearly 5,000 people in the United States and Sweden, he found that atheists and theists share a number of moral values: Both groups fervently believe in fairness, liberty...

Christian teaching?

When the Jewish people don't believe it? The Bible was written by Jewish people, for Jewish people. And when Jesus arrived on earth he went to the Jews first.

Mathew 15:22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”

23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

24 He...

Subject: Cosmology of the Electric Universe. Part 1-2

OBS: This OP deals with the factual observations and informations of electromagnetic influences everywhere.

Abstract:
Body of the Sun. Whether in geology, or biology, or planetary science, we find a consensus in the EU community that we all live in a connected Universe, a Universe of worlds within worlds. Hierarchy is a real idea: a cell within your body is not at the same level as your entire body; a star within a galaxy is not at the...

Being spiritual or religious is about being humble toward God, but also being humble toward our fellow human beings, isnt it?
To leave our ego behind and say to God, have mercy up on me, because i will do many wrongs before i begin to do many rights. But i trust you to guide me when i fall.

Spiritual growth is different from person to person we are not God but God is within us, even if we doubt. When we opens our heart to let Gods wisdom fill our body and mind.

Personally i know i have...

This country is being torn apart by people who believe in the Q Conspiracy Theories. More important to many on RF, Christianity is being torn apart by people who believe in the Q Conspiracy Theories.

QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church

QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church
Teaching susceptible Christians media literacy won’t counteract their sudden, widespread adherence to conspiracy theories because these Christians thrive on a narrative...

We see the Trinity already in the first three verses of the Bible. (Genesis 1:1-3)

1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. FATHER, Yahweh
2. And the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. HOLY SPIRIT, the Breath
3. And God spoke: Let there be light. And it was light. SON, the spoken Word

Psalms 33:6-9
Through the Word of Yahweh were the heavens made, and all their host through the breath of his mouth. For he spoke, and it was.

Isaiah 55:11
So shall my Word be that goes...

You know, I was going to write a different thread, but the more I wrote, the more I noticed that I was conflating superstion and faith. What, exactly, is the difference though?

If I ask god to help me, how is that different than asking my house elf to help me? Does it matter if I think angels are watching over my loved ones vs. if my ancestors watch over them? If I cast out demons from a suspected witch, how is it different if I do it in the name of jesus than if I do it using folk magic?...