I didn't leave a goodbye message when I stopped coming here before, so here's one now.
Believe whatever makes you happy. Don't take to heart other's criticism, their opinions aren't important.
People don't like being told they're wrong or made to look foolish, so they rarely back down...
Are there any anymore?
Are there any people who worship a god or goddess but don't consider them all-powerful or as an aspect of an all-powerful deity?
I'm thinking of how in the past people would worship a goddess of the hearth, or pay homage to the nymph of a stream. Today it seems that...
Forum Note - Same-Faith Debates.
Is there such a thing as a reasonable theistic belief system? Are all forms of theism equally irrational, or do some have more merit than others?
I came across a post of Sonic247's in another thread which I found interesting;
I think many of the obvious things we consider wrong are easily acquired through experience - violence, murder, theft, we can see that when people are attacked or killed or have their property stolen it affects...
This is from the Islamic tradition, but I didn't want to limit discussion to just Muslims, so I put it in general debates.
Muslim tradition has it that Satan was cast out from God's presence because he refused to bow down before man.
Could it be that Satan was not being disobedient as such...
Did Bahá'u'lláh ever give any indication of who he thought he was, or did the Báb ever indicate who Bahá'u'lláh was prior to Bahá'u'lláh announcing himself? Or was the announcement entirely out of the blue?
Did Bahá'u'lláh have his own following after the Báb's execution, but before his...
Obviously we have several conservatives too, but why do you think that the majority of members appear to be more liberal in their politics and beliefs?
Is that simply the nature of inter-faith discussion forums in general?
There have been a few posts here and there mentioning this, but I'm curious as to the general opinion on how much the Bradley effect may actually affect the outcome of this election.
Will McCain sneak in due to a deep-seated yet unvoiced racism, or has America matured enough since the 1980's...
I didn't know whether to put this under religious debates or political, it seemed more political to me but if a people disagree then a mod can move it without complaint from me.
In case anyone is unaware, a theocracy is a form of government where religious officials and government officials...
He's got a son, a fiance, a mansion with many rooms, a nice garden with a couple of fruit trees, heck he's even haunted by his very own ghost - but what is the name of God's dog?
I love 'em, can't get enough, its such a strong flavour but that's the type of food I like. I also love green olives, anchovies, chillies, capers, pickled onions etc
Yum yum!
Any other food weirdos out there? We should start a club or something...
Just flicking through the NT and came across this verse from 1 Corinthians;
The bit I've highlighted would seem in contradiction to the judging God we often seen portrayed by street preachers and their ilk.
Can God be Love and a Judge at the same time?
Just to frame my question, I'm not a big music fan and I know next to nothing about, well, anything in the music world.
I don't own any Jazz music, but whenever I hear what I think of as Jazz on TV commercials, in films - I guess film noir would be the kind of music I'm thinking of - or in...
Is there anything in the Qur'an or Islamic traditions that parallels the stories in the Jewish Bible concerning the dangers of seeing God?
For example, when Moses is on Mount Sinai and God will not let the Prophet see His face.
Something I read on Cafe Philos got me thinking.
If a person chooses to sleep with another person who claims to be someone important within the business they wish to either get into or progress within, but later discover that the person they slept with had simply made it all up - does that...
I read a quote recently, although I can't recall where, that a [theistic] Satanist or Luciferian must first be a Christian.
Presumably because a belief in Satan and/or Lucifer goes hand in hand with a belief in God and probably Jesus too.
What are your thoughts on this idea?
Pretty random thought I'd like to express here for discussion.
What do you think of the possibility of an entity that was composed not of matter and energy - but of concept, thought, idea, emotion, will and art?
None of these things have any physical existence, is it beyond the reaches of...
What's going on with some of our Muslim members?
I keep getting confused 'cause y'all have the same avatars :o
Is it Hijab Awareness week or something?