The OP question: How has experiencing the mystic experience changed you?
I have been having a discussion with Windwalker in another topic and basically :) there are not any words to discribe what one experiences durring the mystic experience. So in order to discuss something relative to the...
Some folks are beginning to define Atheism a religion which then would make "religion" a belief in the existance or non existance of one or more non physical entities that can assist one with the physical or with that which comes after the physical. What is interesting is that the discussion of...
The book Revelation (6:1-8) in the Protestant New testament presents an interesting possibility, the four horses of the apocalypse (change). A white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse. And of course all of the folks that are interested in this idea have their own ideas on what...
Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons (children) of God"
Guys, I have been wrestling with this scripture for several years now and I would consider input from you all helpful, no matter what that input might be.
What does this scripture mean to you, if...
Quintessence (Staff), can I post this topic in the Theism forum?:
Guys there does not seem to be anything called "Neo(new)Theism. How can this be :) ? There is a "neo" everything else, but not Theism. Why? What would a person have to come up with to be considered a Neotheist? There is...
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I have been doing some research on the origin of the God of the Old Testament of the Protestant Christian Bible, and in the beginning was Canaanite Polytheism with the supreme God being named "El". El was the creator and...
I am a yogi mystic and Lord Shiva visited me about twenty years ago. From there we became very good friends. To me Lord Shiva is a living person who is an example of what a yogi can achieve. I am not Hindu, I am just a yogi with thousands of hours of meditation experience over a forty year time...
The OP question is: How do "you" tell the difference between an honest man/woman of religion and a gifted "spin doctor" man/woman of religion. "Gifted spin doctor" is defined as a person that is gifted at twisting facts, numbers, and words into saying what fits their agenda. Everyone knows that...
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The globle warming folks are going to have to go into hiding for a while. The high CO2 levels are going to save our "tushes" because the sun is in a cooling off cycle and the greenhouse effect is going to come...
After a lifetime of reading the Protestant Christian version of the Bible it has come to my mind that the Father that Lord Jesus was talking about is not the same God that most Christians are worshiping. Most Christians are worshiping the God of the Old Testament and not the Father of Lord...
For the purposes of this topic the term "Supernatural" is defined as: Of or relating to existence outside the natural world.
The one thing that all religions have in common from primative times to the present time is that they all contain ways to appeal to the "Supernatural" for some...
Historically speaking religion has always been a part of humankind in one form or another. Why? Is it possible that there is something going on that is real and that religion is the response to it?
Anybody?
Removing the chemical weapons from Syria will also remove Putin as a world player. Removing the chemical weapons from Syria will cause Assad to fall because no matter how it is done the balance of power in Syria will tip toward the rebels because of the disruptive presence of others that are not...
yin: The passive, female cosmic principle in Chinese dualistic philosophy.
yang: The active male principle in Chinese dualistic philosophy.
The yin (female) principle and the yang (male) principle working more or less together in harmony is traditionally considered the foundation of everything...
NBC news mentioned last week sometime that the US military launched two new spy satellites and showed them being launched. I wonder if they are aimed at Syria and launched for that purpose? I wonder what new observational and drone communication type technology they have in them? I think that...