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  1. J

    Should Sharia Law be forbidden in Non-Muslim (Western) countries?

    Continuing with your example of smoking, is smoking not a right of the individual? If we stop people from having the right to smoke, where does this slippery slope stop? Can we ethically stop people from practicing their faith? Isn't that a right that is afforded to all people, no matter...
  2. J

    Should Sharia Law be forbidden in Non-Muslim (Western) countries?

    I agree totally but I also strongly disagree with you and Luis on this argument. Islam is where Christianity was 200 to 300 years ago. Pagans were routinely murdered. And let's not forget the Crusades where Christianity tried to eliminate Muslims back then. I would say that 90% of the...
  3. J

    Should Sharia Law be forbidden in Non-Muslim (Western) countries?

    Well, I feel the same way about Christianity but I don't see that going anywhere soon. Radical Christians scare me just as much as those who are with ISIS or so on.
  4. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    You state that you respect gay people but in the same breath, say you don't 'socialize' with them. You do realize that that is openly prejudiced, no? And that kind of bias is not allowed here on this forum, nor is your repeatedly posting verse after verse. So I reported you for that violation...
  5. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    That is merely your belief. Until you can prove that with hard evidence, it will remain simply your belief. There are many others who find God in other religions. You seem to want to keep God in a box that only you and your type can access. IMO, how little you know of God. God has the...
  6. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    I completely agree and have many sacred texts myself, including some of the more obscure like the Key of Solomon. And I further agree that all have great things and truths that lead to God. I love your statement about truth and ego. Is that not so true? That other poster does not reflect...
  7. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    Amen to that!
  8. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    This is exactly the kind of answer I was just referring to. How rude of you to sit in judgment of someone who achieved something that important. I, too, have a doctorate in theology. How in the world does that make another 'sad'? Have you ever truly studied the Bible or any other faith at...
  9. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    Completely untrue. For you, the answers come from the Bible. For another, they may come from the Tanahk, or the Qu'ran, or the Vedas, or any of the other sacred texts that are part of that religion. Its hubris to think that only you have all the answers to spiritual questions. And it smacks...
  10. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    Regarding this sentence I highlighted, I would say the answer is that repeatedly posting verse after verse is against the rules of the forum. One can form opinions and express those opinions without the need to proselytize. And repeatedly posting verse after verse IS against the rules. As for...
  11. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    Unfair question IMO. He just said its his belief. Belief meaning that for him, its in the nature of a personal understanding. It would seem to me that you or anyone else for that matter, do not get to decide what another person believes. Can you prove your beliefs? And do that without a...
  12. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    OK..fair enough. Its in the nature of a belief then. Similar to my beliefs in reincarnation and enlightenment.
  13. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    You seem pretty specific on what you consider the inspired word of God. Do you consider the Talmud inspired by God? What of the Upanishads or the Vedas or the Qu'ran or The Teachings of The Buddha or any of the hundreds of other sacred texts? Many religions do consider them to be the word of...
  14. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    Do you ever have an opinion of your own that is not based on a book? You have clearly shown yourself to be Paulian in nature and not truly Christian and you have to back any one sentence you make with several verses, which, IMO, is proselytizing and against the rules here. What would happen if...
  15. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    I am going to have to side with Penguin on this one Metis. For me, the two statements don't jive either. Believing God created the universe has nothing to do with whether the dead can pray for us and vice versa. I understand that the two statements are based on faith and cannot be...
  16. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    I do think the living can pray for the dead as I've seen it countless times in the ICU when a person passes and their loved ones pray for them, or the pastor/priest does. As for the dead praying for the living, I think, as a Buddhist, that higher souls can send guidance to lower ones but I...
  17. J

    Can the Living Pray for the Dead & Vice Versa?

    How would you 'know' they are in heaven? Have you found some way to prove that?
  18. J

    Scientists finally prove there IS life after death

    Women were considered as less than men so the reasons for those passages had more to do with keeping women in their station than anything else. Its very similar, IMO, to the way Muslim extremists treat their women...less than. As something they own. But I suspect you knew that so what exactly...
  19. J

    Scientists finally prove there IS life after death

    I see them quite regularly here in Maine. I would assume that we have a large Catholic populace owing to the large Franco-American population we also have. And these nuns dress just as in the photo that FearGod posted.
  20. J

    Scientists finally prove there IS life after death

    God doesn't do anything of the sort, the Bible does and men wrote that. Men who wanted to keep women in a certain way, such as head coverings in church and not speaking. That kind of thinking has been discarded by all but the most literal of Bible adherents. Did you ever ask yourself why only...
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