Your thoughts on the idea that if religion is going to have any real effect it has to be treated as the science of inner transformation. Beliefs only have value to the degree that they either sustain beneficial qualities that a man is born with or encourages the awakening of what is asleep in him.
One thing that I've always found intriguing in the Christian faith is this idea that Solomon, said to be the wisest man who ever lived, somehow fell out of favor with God. Wisdom, which is synonymous with good judgment, is supposed to be the trait that leads one to a "godly" life. How can it...
I don't know if anyone has posted this topic in the past but I'm curious as to what you all think about this. Here is a link about the Jesus and the Saint Issa legend The Lost Years of Jesus: The Life of Saint Issa - Notovitch. So what do you all think? Did Jesus travel to India and become...
The first problem is that "God" is usually not defined by the individual. The second is the presupposition that everything in existence is not already proof of divinity. I use the word divinity for communication purposes only. To use it in the ordinary sense implies that something exists...
I was just looking to see some answers to this question. Please give an explanation as to why you think Heinz was right or wrong in this situation.
A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a...
I think America has gotten away from justice and has been primarily focusing on revenge. The death penalty is a primary example. What is actually being accomplished with it other than creating a method of revenge for the family's of violent crime? A positive change would be for America to...
Matthew 17:20 (New King James Version)
20 So Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief;[a] for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
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This question is for Christians and will require a great deal of objectivity and honesty. Why do you believe The Bible is the literal word of God? I am not talking about prophecies being fulfilled because they are all based on interpretation. Not to mention that you can find similar...
Many religions have a group within that shares a similar mystical belief system. Islam has the Sufi's, Christianity has the gnostic view, Buddhism has Zen and Judaism has Kabbalah. Do you think that it's coincidental that these groups all share similar characteristics or do you think that...
Under the Christian belief system total free will is not possible. Free will states that an individual has the ability to make a decision without being controlled or programmed in any way. First of all we have to identify what the term "self" or "individual" is referring to. For the most part...
I'm just trying to get some opinions as to how people feel on this topic. If you really look at Christian motivation as a whole I think that way too much emphasis is put on what will happen to you when you die. The fear of burning in Hell or the pleasure of getting into Heaven has become of so...