Why is Jesus so important? To clarify my point further how did Jesus get much importance when he was just one of many Messiahs, prophets, and healers wandering around Palestine at the time? The more I read about Jewish history of the time in the area as well as Roman accounts the harder it gets...
So I have been trying to collect my thoughts on Divinity, Spirituality, and religion and figured I keep putting off putting any attempt into this at all. So I finally decided to get off my duff and put some effort into categorizing my beliefs if for nothing else then be able to look at it...
History of Philosophy
Here is an interesting podcast that follows the development of Western Philosophy and Islamic Philosophy. It is pretty interesting and I am quite enjoying the pre-Socratic philosopher podcasts. Figured I would share it with everyone.:D
I have been kicking around the idea for a bit and even discussed it in the super secret Theist forum but I think I am going to take that vacation I talked about. Far too many threads of late are starting to grate on my nerves and I have far too many questions with very limited answers. Being on...
I am wondering if anyone has some books especially on the First Four Caliphs and especially any books that deal specifically with the Sunni-Shia split. Various different perspectives are quite welcome and would be extremely helpful. Well that is just my inner-historian speaking but any...
Well no thanks to this idiot. Almost took out my vehicle and my family by a few feet. I think I have had a enough fun for tonight. What is everyone else doing?:D
How does one tell if a sign is from God and not just random happenstance? I ask because on three separate occasions I have prayed and asked for guidance from the Lord and each time something happened that indicated the same thing I was asking about. While I feel inner peace with the idea this...
Hello everyone Tarheeler suggested I bring my questions here and I figured I would ask about clarification of the story of Lot. I do not consider myself a complete dullard but I feel like I am missing something in regard to the narrative of Lot.
For example I do not understand the reasoning...
I've been searching dedicatedly for almost 6 months now and I feel like I am chasing my own tail. I left my original faith due to damning evidence of fabrication, unsatisfied spiritual satisfaction, and growing tired of a xenophobic, homophobic membership that at times sucked at understanding...
I have had a passive interest in Islam since reading about the Ottoman Empire and I read parts of the Quran shortly after 9/11 to dissolve incorrect rumors going around at the time. I have never taken a serious study of it though and I am looking at correcting it.
Is Homosexuality really...
Hello it is good to find this community as it can hopefully help me on my search. To provide a little background I was born and raised Mormon(LDS) and had a rather rigid you with meetings and the like every Sunday. I have always had an eager and questioning mind and incessantly asked my parents...