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  1. Wombat

    Stages of Faith/Spiritual Development

    What follows are two depictions of the developmental Stages of Faith, the first from M Scott Peck The second from James Fowler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler's_stages_of_faith_development Wondering do these stages resonate with anyone? Do you see yourself as at any identifiable stage? Or...
  2. Wombat

    21st century enlightenment

    Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today.... AC7ANGMy0yo YouTube - ‪RSA Animate - 21st century enlightenment‬‏ Any thoughts on a 21st century enlightenment?
  3. Wombat

    Religious fervour/ mental illness, apology to non theists.

    I met one today. One of those people who in (almost) every respect is sane and normal. He has a profession/career (Opera singer), makes a good living, has a nice partner, dresses well, doesn’t smell, seemingly articulate/well versed if not well educated, smokes but does not drink/take drugs...
  4. Wombat

    Iranian Presidential aids charged with ‘Witchcraft’

    “Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being “magicians” and invoking djinns (spirits). Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as “a man...
  5. Wombat

    Diverse Spirituality, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

    Some of my favourite religious people...because they have such a great accepting Spirit, beautiful sense of humour, don’t take themselves too seriously and get out there and do good in the world. "The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence (OPI) in...
  6. Wombat

    Religious persecution. Ahmadiyah community Indonesia

    (Please move to appropriate forum if deemed inappropriate to General Religious Debates) First up...I’m going to lay claim to a track record of being a longstanding supporter and advocate of the historical role of Islam, the legitimacy of Islam as a revealed religion and a friend and supporter...
  7. Wombat

    Blessed are the poor in frubal...

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Oh yes....I see you....preaching and pontificating your pseudo spiritual platitudes or wallowing in your smug secular humanist moral superiority... Yes....and all the while hoarding and making grand display of obscene and excessive frubal wealth...
  8. Wombat

    Are Atheist parents ‘Mini Gods’?

    Considering the number of complaints/concerns that “God is 'evil'” because of the state of the world and/or God could not exist because of suffering and the state of the world, and/or that the world is not a safe, kind or just place, and/or that the universe is hostile/indifferent etc etc...
  9. Wombat

    Morality, low end of scale , ‘manners’.

    It’s a disembodied Virtual Realm, you visit my home via the Net, I cannot display hospitality, I cannot offer you a chair or a beverage. There are no big end moral/ethical considerations here, no physicality...if you're drowning I can’t ponder wether or not to jump in to save you...if I offend...
  10. Wombat

    Baha’i. Reality Check.

    (Thread hopefully open to all, especially those with interest in/experience of Baha’i) In the context of a discussion regarding wether Baha’is envisaged a Global Baha’i Theocracy in the future it has just been put to me by a Baha’i that- “The basic idea is that someday when everybody has...
  11. Wombat

    Would anyone care to prove that 'love' exists?

    Perhaps beginning with a definition that is historically consistent, acceptable to all and followed by empirical data that proves ‘love’ exists? ;) (Please....No ‘experiential’ or ‘faith’ statements...just the scientific >facts<) (PS...Brain Scans showing people 'experiencing love'?....they have...
  12. Wombat

    Editing Abdul Baha?

    Here is a quote from Abdul Baha on the conditions and requisites of true consultation. It is a very common quote often found in compilations on consultation- “...The first condition is absolute love and harmony amongst the members of the assembly. They must be wholly free from estrangement and...
  13. Wombat

    Greetings and questions from Oz

    Hi all, I’m Rod (or Wombat) and new to the board/s. My first question (if I may) is to enquire about protocol. Does Welcome to Country and acknowledgement of traditional owners and Elders apply on the Net? (It is the custom here in Australia among the Indigenous community to pay respect to...
  14. Wombat

    My problem with religion.

    My suspicion is that the first and formative religious inculcation is that which occurs in the family- absorbing the families values, principles, morals and narratives/beliefs. Our family was non practicing, non denominational Christian with strong left leaning political beliefs...social justice...
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