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Recent content by Zeroa

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    Why seek? What is to be sought after?

    I don't see anything wrong with experience by immersion. Sometimes people mature through the experience itself, and they won't mature until they have the eye-opening that comes with being fully immersed in one thing and then another, getting ever closer to finding themselves in the process. I...
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    Why seek? What is to be sought after?

    That depends on what you're seeking and what you hope to get from religion. Spirituality is a personal pursuit, but religion is a community pursuit. I don't expect anything spiritual from religion-- I do expect it to be a supportive community of people going in the same general direction that I...
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    Hindu Resources

    On the Saiva Siddhanta Church end of things, they have a bunch of their books up online: Online Books
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    Seeking the other side!

    Good luck! Do let us know if you see anything interesting in the river while you're rowing. :)
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    Help?

    Lj1221, I am sorry to hear about your friend. Suicide always leaves everyone around with a lot of questions, and I think that asking the kinds of questions you've posed is a good thing. For what it is worth, I don't believe in hell, except possibly as a state of mind. I do believe in an...
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    Translations of the Quran question.

    Thank you for the links and also for the warm welcomes. :)
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    Translations of the Quran question.

    First, I tried searching, and I am sure this has been asked and answered before, but I didn't find it, but which translations of the Qur'an are closest to the meaning of the original Arabic? (That is, what translations would you recommend?)
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    You are very welcome. :)

    You are very welcome. :)
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    Hindu Gods: A problem

    Could it be that these particular gods just don't work from within your cultural frame of reference? Other gods have left their fingerprints all over Western culture-- long after Christianity came along, people were still painting Greek and Roman gods (as an example)-- but the Hindu gods and...
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    How to Become a Muslim?

    'Witness' has two meanings-- it means both to testify to something, and to see it for oneself. You can testify to something you believe to be true, whether you observed it personally or not, particularly in a case where the purpose of the statement is to say that you believe those things are true.
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    Hello Religious Forums

    Welcome! It was my curiosity about Jainism that ended up bringing me to these forums in the first place, so I am particularly glad you're here. :)
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    Haepi

    Welcome!
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    New to the site.

    Hello! :) Pleased to meet you! I'm not an atheist, but I don't believe that being an atheist is damaging to you or your soul, in this life or after, so I hope you won't find me the annoying sort. ;) My husband was from Michigan, and we lived there (in Oscoda, a speck along the road between...
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    Whats going on with me??(severely boring )

    I read this whole thread, and between my mother calling me to vent because of drama with my 32-year-old brother (who basically acts like a snotty 14 year old) and my stepfather (who is basically an ok guy, but not very emotionally available) and the delight of having three kids over 18 and three...
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    The Value of Seeking

    Seeking itself has some value. I have learned some things I am not sure I would have learned if I hadn't been exploring. For one thing, I think that it helps to have something to compare things to. All these experiences I've had enrich my understanding of other experiences, both old and new...
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