Sometimes I conclude from practice and life that wisdom in fact is a mystical river like fate, and that it is normally benevolent and a kinder force in life balancing out the difficult things we encounter in our fate. It is a white and pure stream and I believe Odysseus (I'm pagan) had much joy...
In Islam, Judaism and Christianity it is normally not allowed to create and worship images or statues of a god. I think this is a serious problem because images can teach us better than stories to seek the presence of God. When I look at an image of God I do not believe the image itself has...
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I wanted to ask you if you think it's possible to have a christian faith without accepting the bible as a foundation for it.
It is rather odd. I started out as an atheist but since I was 16 I had a fascination for Jesus and the gods. I never read the bible back then and simply...
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I used to be a more or less strict christian for around 12 years now but I have become very disillusioned about my religion and cannot trust the bible anymore. I still have some faith in Jesus but I do not even know how to formulate it and how to rely on it. My life is very difficult, I...
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I began my religious journey in christianity but lately I find that I cannot trust the bible so much anymore. Some of it is clearly false because science has disproven it, for example Noah's Flood. Other things are genuinely cruel and do not seem to reflect a loving Creator, such as the...
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from myself, I know a sexuality based on lust and I know a sexuality based on love. With my knowledge, lust sexuality does not help me grow. I can only embrace love sexuality - meaning sex belongs to two souls knowing each other and being in true love with each other. Love sexuality is...
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I'm currently deeply looking into hinduism and spend time trying to find a positive synthesis between it and my old christianity.
But I'm perplexed by the question of reincarnation viz wanting to be together with my family. I've loved my dad a lot but he died 7 years ago as an atheist...
I'm on the road of sincerely trying to mix christianity with other faiths. In my seeking, for example, I got close to Zeus too besides Jesus and don't want to deny this. I also embraced Durga, Odin, the Buddha and others. But I have no good education in this, ie I only know the names of the...
For me, universalism is still a matter of faith and love. I am a christian and I believe in Jesus, but I also believe in a salvation of all people, not just some. For me, God is just like that, an overflowing well of love and grace that changes us continually to the better, not just here and...
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I am a christopagan, that is I believe in Jesus but I also recognize, acknowledge and sometimes seek other gods. Recently I had a trouble with a bad spirit and read a book on Hinduism that mentioned Durga can help against bad spirits. So I prayed to Durga. She helped me and did...
Paul argues that Jesus fulfilled the entire old testament, which is also given as "The Law" in pauline scripture. Does that mean that now a christian can also look for other gods to get to know them? Because, if you peruse pagan life, they also have experiences of their gods. They get visions...
This is kind of the question of my life at this point. Having been very disappointed by the gods, especially in christianity, I am currently probing pantheism. So far I have found people speaking of near-death experiences, and I think there might be something to them. But there could also be...
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I know little about buddhism and come from a christian background. I would like to know more about what God means to buddhists. Are buddhists polytheists? Right now I am a christopagan and spend much time with every god I am learning about. Does tibetan buddhism also have gods?
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I am thinking that I have a demon or that a kind of dark angel distorts my mind with magic and voodoo. I am a universalist, I acknowledge all gods (coming from a christian background), and when I prayed to Jesus I got this flash that my problems have to do with voodoo. I checked...
I'm coming from a christian background but for some years now I'm not only going to Jesus with prayers but also to Odin and Zeus, sometimes Krishna, sometimes Allah. I find that all of these deities are good to me and I revere them. But I have issues with the assorted myths.
Yahweh is said to...
Much of modern religion for me has caused despair because it is one thing to preach the harsh things of God (and to remain untouched by the badness of these ideas), and to have to live after them. For example, in America there is still the belief that God can and will do evil things to those who...
I wanted to ask around what you think of salvation into an afterlife for all the creatures on Earth would be more of a cosmic than a religious matter. IE, there is no overlord God who would raise you into eternal life but instead it would be a matter of course - life is born, life evolves, life...
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originally I am a christian and I have been a member of the church (lutheran) and a believer in Jesus Christ for 11 years now. I did not always find religion easy but more or less went along with everything except for the doctrine of eternal punishment which is something I find appalling...