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    Do you believe in extraterrestrial life?

    Pretty simple-do you believe in UFO's,aliens,whatever you want to call them? How does this mesh with your religous beliefs,or are your beliefs in ET's in any way influenced by your beliefs or scriptures? I find some passages in the bible to be pretty interesting and sounding very much like a...
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    Accuracy of biblical prophecy

    I have a good friend who recently became a Christian and is very vocal and opinionated about it. I'm fine with that, I'm glad he found something that works for him. However, in our discussions, he states something that I have an issue with. We were debating the validity of the Bible as the one...
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    Why don't Jews believe Jesus is the Messiah?

    I am really curious about this and have never really looked into it before. I had to take aroad trip for work today and got to listening to a christian ministry station on the radio. They where talking about how the whole Bible,old and new testament, pointed to and where about the coming of...
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    Oldest religions

    What are the verifiably oldest religions? I've heard people say their religion has been around since the beginning of the world but I don't think that's verifiable. I'm curious if it's ever been nailed down as to what came first? I'm sure there where hundreds of religions,each with small area's...
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    Things you can't explain

    I'm not sure how to put this,but have you ever encountered something you can't explain? I mean there's lots of things I can't explain,but I know there's a rational explanation for them. What I mean here is things that just don't make sense from a rational veiwpoint. Reason I ask is becasue today...
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    Intelligence and religion

    There's something that kind of puzzles me and it was brought up today on a radio program. In the debate of God vs No God,there are highly intelligent people on both sides of the argument. Some athiests like to mock believers as believing in fairy tales and having not a shred of evidence for...
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    Near Death experiences

    What do you make of near death or Pre-Death experiences? I've read a lot of different cases and find them intriguing to say the least. The similarities in many of the cases is striking. There hare a couple books written by a John Lerma,who is a physician at a hospice or end of life facility. The...
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    The End is near...or is it?

    On another forum that I frequent(non-religious) there was a discussion going on about the current events in the middle east,particularily regarding Israel. Anyway,quite a few of the posters believe this is end times prophecy manifesting itself. My question is this-Do the current events really...
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    Why do you believe what you do?

    Always been curious as to why people believe what they believe,so I thought I'd ask it here? Be honest, why do your really believe whatever you believe? I know that for me, even at 32, a lot of it has to do with what I was taught as a child. My family was very religious and attended church 2-3...
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    Did Jonah live inside a whale?

    From the other thread about Jesus dying, I saw the Jonah story being mentioned. This brought up a question for me. Is there now,or has there been a fish/whale that a person could be swallowed by and live for 3 days? For Christians, do you believe this story actually happened?
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    Origins of Satan/evil

    I have a question that's kinda been a puzzle to me for a while now. It is simply "How did the Devil come to be?" Now obviously this is from the Christian perspective,so you can just substitute "evil" for Satan if you want. As Christians we are told that evil thoughts and deeds come from...
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    The Exodus Decoded

    Watching a program on Discovery right now by that title. It presents some pretty good evidence that I've not seen before that lends credence to the Exodus story. Anyone else seen it,and if so what did you make of it? I thought it interesting that they found a large granite pillar with the...
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    To those to whom God speaks...

    There was a thread a few days ago asking if God speaks to people. Several responded in the affirmative, which lead me to this question. If God speaks to you, how do you know it's God. And, if your a Christian,and a Muslim for example claims God spoke to them and confirmed their beliefs to...
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    Cremation,any reasons against?

    Just wondering if anyone has any reason against cremation? I was lsitening to people discussing the exorbitant cost of a funeral,and most said they'd opt for cremation instead. Does anyone know of any religious reasons against this? Some of these people thought that some christians didn't...
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    Why believe the Bible?

    Obviously, this question is for those that do, or did. Why do you believe the Bible to be the unfallible and inspired word of God? I used to believe that, because growing up I was taught that it was so and not to question it. Years down the raod, and I decided to investigate it on my own. My...
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    How do you "believe"

    I have heard and read over and over again that in order to be "saved",as a Christian, you must believe. You must believe in Jesus as the resurrected saviour of the world,and in what the bible teaches. This is all well and good, but how exactly would you instruct someone to believe whio...
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    Why did Jesus die?

    This question has been plaguin me for some time now. I know the standard answer-So that we could be reconciled with God,and our sins be forgiven. Still, this seems illogical to me. First off, we are taught that God created all that is, and knows all things. So, in creating Lucifer he knew...
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    NDE's and religion

    To anyone who has studied Near Death Experiences, what do you make of the fact that the vast majority of these experiences conflict with the teachings of most organized religion? I know some have had NDE's that pretty much align with their religious beliefs before the experience, but from what...
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