I am very excited about this as I just discovered something which helped greatly in understanding the meaning of the term "gnosis". Gnosis of course translates to "knowledge" in English but I knew already it was not ordinary knowledge but rather inner knowledge of spiritual realities. I knew...
I hope this won't spark another debate over the use of the term "Islamophobia". FTR, I define Islamophobia as fear and hatred of Islam and Muslims based on ignorance.
So the Islamophobes tell us all Muslims are just like ISIS. They all want to kill us for not being Muslim. Even if they deny...
I'm throwing in the towel. I've been fighting Islamophobia since 2001 and I am about to give up. It's a steamroller that can't be stopped and it will plunge this world into a war in which even the moderates on both sides will slaughter one another. Have fun with that!
I'm seeing a repeating pattern. Non-Muslims posting verses from the Qur'an and Hadiths that they interpret literally as espousing hatred, violence, misogyny, etc. They throw these verses at Muslims and claim that this is Islam and if you don't follow this you are not really a Muslim. Since when...
Over the past few months I have joined some facebook gnostic groups. I even started one of my own after getting kicked out of one that had an anti-Christian bent. Something I have been noticing is that many people claiming to be gnostics espouse some rather fantastic beliefs (to put it mildly)...
Perhaps not so new but new to me.
Generally speaking socialism is usually contrasted with capitalism, that is to say it is defined primarily as an economic philosophy. While there is some truth to this it is not how or why the word was originally coined. When the term socialism came into use it...
I am always astounded when modern science confirms the teachings of the ancient gnostics. I watched a program on PBS last night where a scientist was discussing the first moments after the Big Bang. He stated that in the first nanoseconds there was perfect symmetry in the universe. Had things...
In another forum I have been told recently by two atheists that I am not a Christian. Now I am used to hearing such from Christian fundamentalists who do not recognize others as Christians unless they agree with them. But this is the first time I have ever heard this said by atheists. Admittedly...
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How do you explain this from a purely naturalistic perspective using the known mechanics of evolution? Specifically how does the botfly "know" to do this? Obviously it does have the intelligence to understand the meanings of...
The Real Reason Landrieu Lost
It was a foregone conclusion that Mary Landrieu would lose her bid for reelection yesterday but the question is why? Was it because the state has become overwhelmingly Republican in recent years? Was it because Cassidy was a slick politician who knew how to...
I'm thinking we need to be careful when referring to the demiurge as the creator of this world. Certainly the canonical Scriptures affirm that the Father through His Word is the Creator of all. While I don't feel bound to accept everything the Scriptures say I have to ask if they could present...
It's been suggested that if someone could produce the remains of the body of Jesus Christianity would cease to exist because the resurrection is a foundational core belief of the Christian faith. Of course how could someone do this 2000 years after the fact? I don't think this is necessary...
...that is the question!
I am talking about naming a religion to put in the religion category here and I am seeking advice from my fellow RF members.
Before the Great Change I had "Truth" posted as my religion. That sometimes caused confusion as if I was claiming my religion was the truth...
I would like to offer an alternative definition of God primarily as the Force for Good in the universe. I don't intend this to be an exhaustive definition but just the primary one on which I want to focus. If we utilize such a definition it has deep implications in how we view what happens in...
I've been debating some Christians in another forum about the problem of evil. I have stated it is not possible for a deity to be omnipotent, omnibenevolent, AND allow suffering. I think that is a given so I don't want to debate that. However there is one Christian who says he believes God is...
I am having a debate with a Jewish poster who claims that one should not distinguish between moral laws of Torah and other laws contained within it. My contention is that there are laws that pertain to what we would commonalty define as morality and other laws that would fall into other...