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    Is marijuana prohibition sinful?

    In light of the following: Is it a sin to prohibit another person from using one of the seed-yielding plants such as cannabis? It seems to contradict God's agreement with his people that all seed bearing plants are given by God for humans to use.
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    Does Buddhism prohibit drugs?

    I have always thought that the answer to this is 'no', Buddhism does not prohibit drugs with the sole exception of alcoholic drinks that "cause heedlessness" (this is what it clearly says in the ancient scriptures, specifically and unambiguously). But i read on a recent thread here that many...
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    Did Mohammed exist?

    To add to the growing tide of people who are starting to raise the question of the existence of the historical Jesus, there now comes a Muslim scholar and theologian, Muhammad Sven Kalisch, claiming that Mohammed too is a mythic, ahistorical character: Muhammad: The Prophet Who Never Was! |...
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    Esoteric unity of religion

    Any religion can be interpreted on 2 separate levels, the exoteric (outer, surface) level, and the esoteric (inner, deep) level. On the exoteric level, religions appear as separate entities (christianity over here, islam over there, Buddhism over there etc etc), but on the esoteric level, all...
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    Jesus - historical or mythic?

    Do the stories about 'Jesus' refer to a single, real historical individual (like Julius Caesar), or are they mythic-religious tales (like Dionysos, Krishna, Adam and Eve etc.)? I always used to think that Jesus was a real person, but since i looked closely at the issue, i now think it is...
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