This is a same faith debate -- Christians only:
Why is it always about “Salvation”? The idea that from the moment we are born, we are condemned by default to everlasting torment is so abhorrent to me. I find it so hard to accept the notion that to so many Christians, “salvation” means having...
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – For 28 years now, Utah’s Muslim and Jewish communities have served the community during the Christmas Holiday.
This year was no different as they gathered for their Christmas Project of Hope, Cheer and Peace.
Under the direction of the National Council of Jewish...
As a few of you know, my husband and I have had an LDS Church "calling" for the past year which takes us out to the Salt Lake Metropolitan Jail every Sunday. We teach a Sunday School class to inmates in minimum and medium security and then visit the inmates of maximum security cell by cell...
My LDS stake (our rough equivalent to a Catholic diocese) and the Catholic Parish in our area had a beautiful devotional this past Sunday. It was held in the Catholic Church. It was neither a Catholic Mass nor an LDS Sacrament Meeting, but was strictly an evening to unite our two religious...
Many theists believe in miracles but not in magic. Most atheists I've talked to dismiss both miracles and magic. It seems to be that there's a close relationship between the two. Magic is defined as "the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural...
The following are synonyms for the word "Benign": kindly, kind, warmhearted, good-natured, friendly, warm, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, good-humored, genial, congenial, cordial, approachable, tender, tenderhearted, softhearted, gentle, sympathetic, compassionate, caring, considerate...
Christians have some pretty strong beliefs concerning Adam and Eve and their role in getting mankind where we are today. How do you view Adam and Eve? As villains? Heros? Something in between? Did God know they were going to eat the forbidden fruit? What was His purpose in putting the tree...
I have heard many Roman Catholics say that theirs is the "original Church" established by Jesus Christ. I don't know anywhere near as many people of the Eastern Orthodox faith but I can't recall ever having heard them say that. I am vaguely aware of the reasons behind the split between these...
Wow. My husband and I were just asked to go over to the Stake President's office. Of course we were trying to figure out what in the world it was all about, and we pretty much concluded that we were going to be asked to head up the stake's Live Nativity activity this Christmas. Neither of us...
This past Saturday, I mentioned wanting to start a thread in the Comparative Religion subforum that would deal with commonalities between the various world religions and Christian denominations. I have hesitated to do this in the past because such threads always seem to ultimately turn nasty...
This thread is a take off of another one in which the question of God being able to feel sorrow, etc. was raised. Most Christians I've interacted with seem to think that God is "without body parts or passions." (For the purposes of this thread, I don't want to discuss the "body parts" phrase...
This thread was started to pick up where a 10-year-old thread currently stands. I wanted to start from scratch in discussing this topic, but will approach the subject from a slightly different perspective. The original OP asked the question, "Did the Christian Church ever fall away...
Is your religion concerned primarily with orthodoxy (correct beliefs) or with orthopraxy (correct conduct)? Which do you personally value the most and why?
This is so incredible! More than 2,000 Christians from around the world submitted digital files of themselves singing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah." Their voices are blended with the actual Tabernacle Choir and video boxes with their faces are seen surrounding the choir in the...
This is so incredible! More than 2,000 people submitted digital files of themselves singing the chorus from Handel's "Messiah." Their voices are blended with the actual Tabernacle Choir and video boxes with their faces are seen surrounding the choir in the video.
Virtual recording of Handel's...
This just came out, and I thought it was interesting: The Catholic Professor Who Championed Mormon Christianity Until His Death. I always see it as a positive thing when we can find the good in religions other than our own. This article is about a man who did just that.
This thread is specifically for the benefit of Thana, who asked some questions in a recently closed thread titled, "Odd Mormon Beliefs." Thana, I answered your first question before the thread was closed, but told you I'd get back to you this morning with answers to your other questions. When...
(This thread was started for Buttercup. It's a lesson I gave in the LDS women's auxiliary in my congregation. It contains a few references to people and stories in The Book of Mormon, but for the most part, it ought to be pretty understandable to anybody reading it, particularly if they have a...