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| La religion aux États-Unis : La majorité des groupes religieux sont démocrates | | 2008-08-26 13:03:00 | | Je ne fais pas une farce ici, la majorité des groupes religieux aux États-Unis sont plus démocrates que Républicains et ce dans une vaste majorité. Les Républicains n'ont qu'une majorité écrasante chez les évangélistes(26.3%) et les mormons(1.7%), tous les autres groupes religieux ont une tendance démocrate plus forte. Les catholiques sont plus démocrates que républicains et forment un groupe religieux de presque aussi grande importance que les évangélistes(23.9%). Les églises ch... | | By: Vincent Geloso: 100% libéralisé | | |
| | Religion, Radicalization and the future of Terrorism | | 2008-08-21 16:26:09 | | The UK's Guardian today published details of a report produced by Britain's Security Service (MI5) entitled, ' Understanding radicalization and violent extremism in the UK '. The report is from MI5's internal behavioral analysis unit and contains within it some interesting and surprising conclusions. The Guardian report covers many of these in depth (so no need to go over here) but one point, which is worth highlighting is the claim made within the report that religion is and was not a contributory...(read more)... | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Karate And Religion: Can They Work Together? | | 2008-08-20 21:00:01 | | Karate And Religion: Can They Work Together? was written by Luciano PaparellaThere is a misconception among many that karate is some sort of religion and practicing it may conflict with ones faith. Parents hesitate to enroll their child into a karate school because they are afraid he or she will be converted. They see everyone dressed in white, barefoot, kneeling and bowing to a picture of a person. No one speaks unless spoken to.Karate teaches two very important concepts; respect, and disciplin... | | By: Boxing - Fighting Center | | |
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| WTF: Una supuesta doctora hablando de religion | | 2008-08-13 16:31:00 | | Navegando por aquí y por allá me encontré con "La Página Racionalista" que contiene material de índole "escéptico" y en la sección de humor me encontré con este articulo llamado "La carta a la Laura Shlessinger sobre la Homosexualidad". Carta muy interesante dado el contexto en el que inició todo.Sin duda una lectura agradable. Disfrutenlo.La Carta a Laura Schlessinger sobre la homosexualidad.Laura Schlessinger es una conocida locutora de radio de los Estados Unidos que tiene un programa en el que da consejos en directo a los oyentes que llaman por teléfono. Recientemente se encendió la polémica, cuando la presentadora descalificó a los homosexuales, tildando la homosexualidad como una abominación porque así lo indica la Biblia en el Levítico (Lev. 18:22) y que por tanto no puedía ser consentida bajo ninguna circunstancia.Lo que aparece a continuación es una carta abierta, hecha pública en Internet y dirigida a la Dra. Schlessinger. Fue escrita por un residente en ... | | By: Lord Cold :: Blog | | |
| | On Reason: Magic, Religion, Decency & Kindness... | | 2008-07-26 23:21:00 | | "He had, in fact, got everything from the church and Sunday School, except, perhaps, any longing whatever for decency and kindness and reason." -Sinclair Lewis ("Elmer Gantry", Novel: Chapter II-1, p. 34, 1927)."You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion.... Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat's meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough."-Aldous Huxley(1894–1963,“Amor Fati,” Texts and Pretexts, 1932. Image: Burt Lancaster from the Oscar winning film"Elmer Gantry", directed by Richard Brooks, 1960).
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| | Spirituality Vs Religion: Different Beliefs? | | 2008-07-25 21:51:33 | | By Catherine ZeebIn Vail Daily We hear and read the term “spirituality” or “spiritual” everywhere these days. What does this truly mean? Are those who call themselves “spiritual,” religious, and vice versa?Wikipedia defines spirituality as “concerns with matters of the spirit, a concept tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality. Spiritual matters are thus those matters regarding humankind’s ultimate nature and purpose, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with unique relationship to that which is perceived to be beyond both time and the material world.”Religion is defined as “a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience. The term ‘religion... | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
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| Religion & Today | | 2008-07-17 19:58:00 | | I really want to address this because when I see people arguing for or against religion, it really makes me sick.Neither one ends up being completely right or wrong.Starting this off with the Religious types:This goes all around, from Catholics, Muslims, Mormons,Christians, etc. whatever you follow, the biggest thing against them is very simple, they have those that tend to force feed others and even their own followers.When religion is force fed to people, whether it's teaching a non-believer or teaching something new to current believersm people tend to rebel. Never before has Atheism been at the forefront in todays society as it has today and I believe it has alot to do with how some go about teaching others.In the Monotheistic religions, it is crucial and a sin in itself to impose your will on others. When the prophets/teachers ( Catholicism, son of God ) did not impose their will on the people, where does it give the right for people today to do such things?From Televangelicals o... | | By: The Pissed Off Citizen | | |
| | San Fransisco Court to Decide Religion’s Rights on Gay Adoption | | 2008-07-16 22:05:37 | | Okay, let me start off by quoting part of the first amendment in the Bill of Rights; “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
I quote this because a San Fransisco court is in the middle of “prohibiting the free exercise thereof” part of the [...]... | | By: America's Watchtower | | |
| | Religion according to George Carlin | | 2008-07-03 00:28:17 | | I never really knew George Carlin other than I saw his name attached to the inspirational quotes I read entitled "The paradox of our time in history". That is what I can remember about him because I thought he wrote it, but then when I looked it up online I found out that Bob Morehead wrote it-he is the original author. Well, I don't really know who's who there since that is only what I read. It... | | By: Simply Me | | |
| | Religion & The Secular Conscience | | 2008-07-01 00:38:21 | | By Austin DaceyIn On Faith We often hear that some new scientific discovery has confirmed ancient religious teaching. It now appears that this hearkening back has gone full circle, and modern religion is coming around to ancient secular wisdom.At the recent "Seeds of Compassion" event in Seattle, the Dalai Lama spoke of three paths to compassion and moral development in children: the theistic path of the Abrahamic faiths, the non-theistic religious path of Buddhism, and the "secular, scientific" approach. Surrounded by brain researchers and empirical psychologists, he recommended this secular way as the most promising. For some time he has held that if any tenet of Buddhism contradicts contemporary science, science must trump.Meanwhile, during his first papal visit to the United States, Benedict XVI stressed the coequal roles of reason and faith in the religious life, and urged Catholics to translate their contributions to public life into a "public theology" accessible to all. At the... | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
| | Spirituality Vs Religion | | 2008-06-26 07:43:49 | | By Robert W. ChellIn The Lutheran There is a Difference! A flurry of e-mails and much posturing and positioning occurred as the faculty of the university I serve debated the merits of including spirituality in its Wellness 100 course. Some advocated inclusion of spirituality as integral to a healthy lifestyle. Others believed its inclusion crossed the line of separation between church and state—and was only the latest veiled attempt to sneak religion into the curriculum, a wolf in sheep’s clothing.They needn’t have worried. Spirituality isn’t a wolf in sheep’s clothing—but a sheep in wolves’ clothing.Spirituality is private. Religion is public. Spirituality focuses on feelings. Religious faith demands action. The largest difference: We define our own spirituality; religion defines us. Both words come from Latin roots. Spirituality comes from a root word meaning to breathe, a subjective sense defining what empowers oneself. Religion derives from the root word meaning to bi... | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
| | Approach to an Unknown God: Religion collapses back into Mysticism | Sanctuary of no-thing-ness | | 2008-06-22 20:10:54 | | 1.Eli, Eli,lama sabachthani?- Jesus Christ at the Cross at ninth hour, Matthew 27:46My God, My God, why have You veiled YourSelf (from me)?- a mystical interpretation of mysticsaint2.In the end, religion collapses back into mysticism as it recognizes that after we have said all we can say about God, we are still surrounded by an imprenetrable silence. Thomas Aquinas devoted his most rigorous thinking to trying to establish how we could speak about God based on analogies taken from human experiences.But after our minds have erected the ladder of analogy as high as possible toward God, he concludes, "we remained joined to Him as to One Unknown." Augustine, after writing endless words trying to explain the Trinity, admitted in the end, "I only write in order not to be silent."Mysticism counsels us to follow the via negativa, to honor the infinite distance that separate the finite and the infinite, to live within "the clouds of the unknowing" (Jacob Boehme), to respect the silence of the G... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Barack Obama on Religion | | 2008-06-15 18:13:24 | | Atheists rejoice, Obama the multicultural man, finally a man in office who educates himself about OTHER religions other than his own. Obamas father was muslim, then became atheist when he married Obamas Mother, a white christian woman. You can certainly see that people and culture empower him, and its not all about religion.
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| | This post brought to you by: The Religion of Peace | | 2008-06-02 18:32:58 | | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy on Monday, killing at least six people just weeks after an al-Qaida leader urged attacks against Denmark for newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Source: 6 killed at Danish Embassy in Pakistan
LONDON (AP) - A British human rights organization claimed Monday that the United [...]... | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | On Religion, Politics, and Denouncements | | 2008-05-30 19:05:00 | | It seems that Barack Obama appeals to two types of people. The first type is traditional liberals and run-of-the-mill Democrats. They like his views on immigration, international relations, tax policy, and social issues. They are pro-choice. They are economic populists. They are more receptive to government intervention and regulation. They voted for Kerry. They voted for Gore. And they voted for Clinton. They were all left-leaning Democratic politicians whose political views largely matched their own. They might not have liked these candidates when they were at the polls, but the "D" after their names was more important than the name itself.The second type is voters who view Obama as a means of expressing their anger at everything related to politics as we know it today. They hate big money. They hate the idea of corporate lobbyists feeding at the political trough. They hate the 24-hour political news cycle. They hate the media's tendency to focus on stupid stuff. They ... | | By: The 7-10 | | |
| | | THE TRUE RELIGION | | 2008-05-28 06:12:02 | | THE TRUE RELIGION
Sheikh Bilal Philips discusses the true way of submission and path to God.
The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word "Islam" itself...
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| | | More & More People are Escaping Religion to Find Individual Spiritual Experience | | 2008-05-07 21:34:45 | | Keeping the faith? More people look inward to find peaceBy Amie Jo Schaenzer Organized religion throughout the nation, as well as locally, is on the decline, with nearly 16 percent of all men and women today not belonging to any particular affiliation."Hell doesn't seem to scare Americans as much anymore," Smith said.The extensive survey released in February shows more than one-quarter of American adults, 28 percent, have either left the church they were raised in or have chosen no religion at all, according to the PewUnited States Religious Landscape Survey.Smith said the sharp increase locally in contemporary, non-denominational Christian churches shows residents are opting for the more "upbeat services" over the traditional types of worship offered by mainstay Catholic and Protestant churches.Ken Nabi heads one of the largest evangelical churches in Fond du Lac, Community Church, and says his congregation has seen steady growth over the past 28 years, with a current weekend attendan... | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
| | Polygamy and Terrorism: The Religion Factor in Texas | | 2008-05-01 09:39:16 | | You might think that the raid on the dissident Mormon compound in Texas and its aftermath are not related to terrorism, but they actually are. The question is whether a state or federal government can define what constitutes a crime, and whether that crime can be enforced where the alleged conduct is religiously-inspired. In this sense, the Texas case involves a common issue in counterterrorism - the ability of the government to take action against religiously-inspired conduct. (More ominously, we...(read more)... | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Religion? Pfft | | 2008-04-30 22:09:39 | | The following was written by the good friend of the blog Eli, and thanks to my laziness and forgetfulness it's been languishing in some god forsaken folder on my computer. So here it is, in all it's glory. Thanks, Eli... I'm sorry this took so long.'There is a resolution in the House of Representatives currently that attempting to create an "American Religious History Week.” Specifically, the aim is to affirm "...the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as 'American Religious History Week' for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith." In this resolution is a list of ties between church (specifically the Christian church) and state over the history of this country and the forming thereof. This list seems to be provided as evidence that since in the past there have been ties between the Christian faith and government that this trend shou... | | By: Blast Shields Down | | |
| | Religion de paix!? | | 2008-04-10 13:44:00 | | Le comité Québec-Israël(qui organise chaque année des voyages en Israël pour jeune leaders et qui invite des Israëliens au Québec) organisait aujourd'hui une rencontre avec l'ambassadeur d'Israël au Canada Alan Baker. Lors de l'évenement, des sympathisants du Hezbollah sont entrés dans la salle et ont violentés un garde de sécurité. Venez me dire encore que l'Islam plaide pour la paix et l'amour...Mais on a bien sûr des vrais malotrus mal empaillés comme la députée Maria Mouran... | | By: Vincent Geloso: 100% libéralisé | | |
| | Religion de paix? | | 2008-04-06 11:07:00 | | L'inquisition a brûlée la moitié du sud de la France lors de sa croisade contre les Cathares et au travers de l'histoire chrétienne, des milliers de femmes ont été brûlées parce qu'elles étaient des «sorcières». Ainsi je me demande si on a jamais qualifié le Christianisme d'être une religion de paix? En tout cas, 200 coups de fouet pour avoir manqué de «respect» à une femme, c'est pas très pacifique. Normalement, quand tu manques de respect à une femme, elle se fâche, t'ins... | | By: Vincent Geloso: 100% libéralisé | | |
| | The Religion Of Peace: Site Highlight | | 2008-03-25 08:46:00 | | Thriving off of the current wave of "tolerance& diversity," (not to mention force) one shouldn't be shocked that islam is one of, if not THE most rapidly growing religion today. But most people have no realistic knowledge of islam. Nor the real history behind it. Hence, many myths and false ideals circulate.It's interesting that I should choose to start (on occasion,) to tap-out an article here and there about other blogs/sites. Blogs/sites that in some ways, perhaps many ways, share the same thoughts I have about the situations in the world today. And the site I chose to bring up in this article is The Religion Of Peace.com.Why did I pick this particular site? Well, most people (myself included) who have decent knowledge of the history and blood trail islam has left in its wake over its many centuries of existence, simply rant about what we do know. We then leave the remainder to the higher scholars to deal with the rest. And TROP is pretty accurate when checked against other sour... | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
| | Psychological Healing and the Religion | | 2008-02-11 14:02:51 | | The psychological study of religion in the United States illustrates confusions and similarities that exist between psychology and religion. It also focuses on different views provided by psychologists as they address areas of living that have personal implications.
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| | Freedom of Religion?? Yeah, we still do that… | | 2008-02-08 14:50:07 | | Have you ever had a day when you just couldn’t get excited about blogging politics?? Have you ever been so burned out on politics that you felt like one more political post would make you pull your hair out??
Today is that day for me, so I am going to address the hypocrisy, or perhaps it’s [...]... | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Dawkins denounces religion of its faulty logic in 'The God Dilusion' | | 2008-01-31 09:21:53 | | The God Dilusion, a scientific compilation by Richard Dawkins is a strong advocation against the the faulty logic of religion. Here he sputters at the inconsistencies and cruelties that riddle the Bible and makes a compelling case that beleiving in God is not just irrational ,but potentially deadlly.
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| | RELIGION YORUBA: PIEZA DE LA CULTURA CUBANA | | 2008-01-31 08:31:11 | | Tomado de DTCuba.comLa mayor de Las Antillas, importante plaza turÃstica de la región del Caribe, tiene en su riqueza natural, cultural e histórica elementos de peso para atraer el interés de los miles de vacacionistas que acuden cada año al paÃs desde las más diversas partes del mundo.Centenares de kilómetros de excelentes playas se combinan con elementos tan peculiares como la propia religión Yoruba – pieza clave en la cultura cubana – para integrar de esa forma un entorno único que recoge las tradiciones surgidas con el decursar del tiempo.La presencia en la isla de esclavos traÃdos por la fuerza desde Africa por los colonizadores españoles marcó además el inicio de tradiciones religiosas llegadas con aquellos representantes de la tribu de los Yorubas.De esa forma, los orishas – dioses de esa religión – son reconocidos en Cuba desde hace casi cinco siglos, reflejados con sus caracterÃsticas humanas y aquellos elementos que los distinguen, entre ellos los colo... | | By: Desde Cuba | | |
| | WARNING! Religion may cause… | | 2008-01-31 03:33:32 | |
Kelly O'Connor
Jan 30, 2008
...hypocrisy; cognitive dissonance; higher rates of STD infection, teen pregnancy, abortion, and poverty; mass societal dysfunction; early mortality; homicide; and, in rare cases, delusions and psychosis. Is Living Under the Influence (of religion) less dangerous than Driving Under the Influence?
In the news this week, we have the case of Eunice Spry, a British woman who systematically tortured her adopted and foster children because of her religious convictions. She did pleasant things like forcing the children to eat their own vomit for being greedy, and making a child with nighttime enuresis (bed-wetting) at the age of 4 wear a sign reminding everybody that she was an evil attention-seeker. It doesn't stop there, either. She also prevented a teenaged girl who was injured in a car accident and temporarily confined to a wheelchair from walking in order to collect more compensation money, despite the fact that the prognosis was she would regain ... | | By: The Atheist Response | | |
| | So...religion is harmless, huh? | | 2008-01-21 01:32:04 | |
Why don't we ask this young lady who was terrorized by the "loving Christians" at a crisis pregnancy center--placed inconspicuously right next door to a Planned Parenthood, which is where this woman had an appointment when she mistakenly entered the wrong place. I realize this story is a little bit old, but I just saw it today and wanted to alert others to the dangers of these "crisis pregnancy centers" and the fanatical beliefs that will be forced upon an unsuspecting woman who ventures through their doors looking for help.
I know because it actually happened to me. I got pregnant one month after getting married. I was 20, and my husband was leaving for Japan in three days. I was going a month later to stay for three years. I was petrified to have my first child in a foreign country with no family or friends. I went to one of the "crisis pregnancy centers" expecting sound advice and just somebody to talk to, but instead what I got was guilt and lies... | | By: The Atheist Response | | |
| | Armin van Buuren - Universal Religion 2008 | | 2008-01-18 16:12:26 | | 1. Sunlounger - Another Day at the Terrace2. Dash Berlin - Till the Sky Falls Down (dub)3. Jose Amnesia feat. Jennifer Rene - Invincible (Sied van Riel Remix)4. Dubfire - Roadkill (EDX’s Acapulco At Night Remix)5. David West - Welsh Morphology6. Markus Schulz vs Andy Moor – Daydream7. Terk Dawn - Barent Blue (Marninx pres. Monogato remix)8. Aly & Fila vs FKN feat. Jahala - How Long?9. Mungo - Summer Blush10.Forerunners - Life Cycle (Deep Blue)11.The Doppler Effect - Beauty Hides in the deep (John O Callaghan Remix)12.John O Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky (Agnelli & Nelson Remix)13.Thomas Bronzwaer - Resound14.Armin van Buuren feat. Susana - If you Should Go... | | By: ENHiTZone | | |
| | 30 Most influential religion blogs | TimesOnline | | 2008-01-17 20:57:38 | | "Bloggers about religion blog religiously"- Faith CentralFaith Central of Times Online has compiled a list of the most influential blogs that has religious theme. it was compiled during July, 2007. Here are the first 10 blogs.1. Informed Comment | Blog from the president of the Global Americana Institute, on religion and the Middle East.2. Austrolabe | Aussie Muslims discuss world events in a wide ranging and engaging blog.3. Jew School | Blog by Jews, about Jews, for Jews, interesting and compelling.4. Articles of Faith | Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times', fantastic blog offering expert comment and analysis of religious events. Incisive and prolific. 5. Spirit Daily | OK, not strictly a blog, but the closest thing we have to The Drudge Report. 6. Black Hat Lama | Life as one of the most senior and revered figures of Tibetan Buddhism.7. Freedom's Zone | Jews, Muslims and Christians blogging from around the USA, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, against religious extremism.8. Get Religion | A blog on religious affairs and based on the premise that the press just don't get religion. Based in Washington D.C. this is the blogchild of the Oxford Centre for Religion in Public Life.9. Progressive Islam | Plenty of warnings to weak souls who might get easily offended in this blog but it does have some quirky pieces on modern Islam.10. Soma Review | A humourous review of religion and culture.:: for full list of 30 most influential religion blogs, visit Faith Central @ Times Online.. cartoon by Chris Madden# Best Religious Blogs from the 2007 weblog awards# Spiritual Blog Review is an interesting Blog to check also# Best Spiritual Blogs from Beliefnet's picks for the coolest, most interesting faith-based weblogs# Blogger's Choice Award of Best Religion Blog (2007)# Get Religion.org | Review of media's religion coverage... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | | Religion is an obstacle on the road to peace… | | 2008-01-01 14:52:42 | | … and the world would be a much better place if that obstacle was removed, regardless of what a certain bozo in a funny hat says.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope says family promotes peace: “‘The family is the first and indispensable teacher of peace,’ the Pope told worshippers at St Peter’s Square in Rome.
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| | Bloody Religion | | 2007-12-18 07:57:30 | | clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Mother dies after refusing blood The 22-year-old's funeral took place at Telford Crematorium A young Jehovah's Witness has died after giving birth to twins, amid claims that she had refused a blood transfusion because of her faith.Emma Gough, 22, of Telford, Shropshire, gave birth on 25 October. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital said an internal review into the case would take place.The twins, a boy and a girl, are healthy and are being cared for by their father, Anthony Gough, 24.A friend said the family was going through "immense... turmoil and grief"."We follow the Bible and abstain from blood and I've got no reason to believe that Emma didn't share those views," the friend Terry Lovejoy added. I've heard about Jehovah's Witness but I don't think that the (shall I call it) religion exists in Indonesia (does it?) so I'm not familiar with it. I'm not even a Christian or Catholic, even though I went to all-girls-Catholic school from kindergarten to high school and was taught about bible, Jesus, mass, and some singings. But my school really respected the pupils' religion they let us studying Qur'an and we had discussion about the difference between Qur'an and Bible in a very constructive way.After reading on what happened to the poor mother, I did some minor searching and this is what I've found from Jehovah's Witness Official Website: Belief Scriptural Reason Bible is God's Word and is truth 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21; John 17:17 Bible is more reliable than tradition Matt. 15:3; Col. 2:8 God's name is Jehovah Ps. 83:18; Isa. 26:4; 42:8, AS; Ex. 6:3 Christ is God's Son and is inferior to Him Matt. 3:17; John 8:42; 14:28; 20:17; 1 Cor. 11:3; 15:28 Christ was first of God's creations Col. 1:15; Rev. 3:14 Christ died on a stake, not a cross Gal. 3:13; Acts 5:30 Christ's human life was paid as a ransom for obedient humans Matt. 20:28; 1 Tim. 2:5, 6; 1 Pet. 2:24 Christ's one sacrifice... | | By: Finally Woken | | |
| | | The Polar Bear Threat to Organized Religion | | 2007-12-13 16:39:07 | | It’s about power, not about God. Photo by MJ Mac. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)Last night, I went with my family to see The Golden Compass. Even if you are not a fan of the fantasy genre, you have probably heard about this film by now due to the efforts of some Christian [...]... | | By: Celestiniosity | | |
| | | Religion by proxy | | 2007-11-26 11:12:51 | | A guy was recently interviewed on the Family Guy and said you would surely cancel that show if you ever returned to earth. Is that true? I would be sad if you did.
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| | Why Is Islam the Most Rapidly Spreading Religion in the United States? | | 2007-11-07 03:42:00 | | Why Is Islam the Most Rapidly Spreading Religion in the United States?Today, the fact that Islam is the most rapidly spreading religion in the United States, as well as in the rest of the world, has attracted the attention of Muslim and non-Muslim observers. However, although this is of great importance, this issue has not been thoroughly discussed. New births, immigration, and conversion are three sources for this increase. There is no sign suggesting that it will stop in the near future. The negative images shown to the public by media organizations prejudicial to Islam may slow down this increase, but cannot stop it.The most interesting sociological aspect of this increase is that it affects all levels of society. Although in different ratios, people from all parts of society, women and men, rich and poor, conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, Jews and Christians, educated and uneducated, black and white, young and old have all become Muslims via conversion. The ratio of conversion to Islam is especially high among university students and prisoners. If just a certain section of society were choosing to embrace Islam, it could be easier to understand this trend. The fact that sections of the society which normally adopt different mentalities and life styles are making the same religious choice makes the conversion issue of Islam quite an interesting sociological question in American society.In view of his study on seventy famous converts, Larry Poston, who studies conversion sociology, states that Westerners become interested in Islam for five reasons: 1 - Simplicity (20%), 2 - Rationalism (21%), 3 - The universal fellowship of people (19%), 4 - The due importance given to this world (19%), 5 - Non-existence of clergy class (10%). Poston assert that conversion to Islam generally occurs in a person's life in their late 20s and early 30s. It is reported that converts do not abandon their former lives and families; instead, they become more active i... | | By: EN SEVGiLiYE | | |
| | Nameless Reality | Osho on Religionless Religion | | 2007-10-24 20:19:11 | | The true religion has no name, it cannot have any name. Buddha lived it, Jesus lived it - but remember, Jesus was not a Christian and Buddha was not a Buddhist, he had never heard of the word. The truly religious people have been simply religious, they have not been dogmatic. There are three hundred religions in the world — this is such an absurdity! If truth is one, how can there be three hundred religions? There is only one science, and three hundred religions?!If the science that is concerned with the objective truth is one, then religion is also one because it is concerned with the subjective truth, the other side of the truth.I teach only that religion. Hence if somebody asks you what my teaching is, in short, you will not be able to say — because I don't teach principles, ideologies, dogmas, doctrines. I teach you a religionless religion, I teach you the taste of it. I give you the method to become receptive to the divine. I don't say anything about the divine, I simply tell you "This is the window - open it and you will see the starry night."Now, that starry night is indefinable. Once you see it through the open window you will know it. Seeing is knowing - and seeing should be being, too. There should be no other belief.So my whole effort is existential, not intellectual at all. And the true religion is existential. It has always happened to only a few people and then it disappears from the earth because the intellectuals immediately grab it and they start making beautiful ideologies out of it - neat and clean, logical. In that very effort they destroy its beauty. They create philosophies, and religion disappears. The pundit, the scholar, the theologian, is the enemy of religion.Even the sky is not the limit, so open your wings without any fear. This whole existence belongs to us; this is our temple, this is our scripture. Less than that is manmade, manufactured by man. Where it is manufactured does not matter much - beware of manufactured religions so that you can know the true, which is not manmade. And it is available in the trees, in the mountains, in the rivers, in the stars - in you, in people that surround you - it is available everywhere.There is no need to (blindly) believe in anything - that is the fundamental of science. That is the scientific approach to reality: do not (just blindly) believe, inquire. The moment you believe (blindly), inquiry stops. Keep your mind open - neither believe nor disbelieve. Just remain alert and search and doubt everything until you come to a point which is indubitable - that's what truth is. You cannot doubt it. It is not a question of believing in it, it is a totally different phenomenon. It is so much a certainty, overwhelming you so much, that there is no way to doubt it.This is knowing. And this knowing transforms a man into a buddha, into an enlightened one. This is the goal of all human growth.- Religionless Religion by Osho (1931-1990), one of the most provocative spiritual teachers of the twentieth century.. excerpt from Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic by Osho. // . other books by Osho via google book. related posts.. Buddha Never Bowed Before a Statue, and Jesus Never Kneeled Before a Cross.. I'm a Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Taoist ..... Osho on Sufis of the New Age.. Sufis: People of the Path... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | The Sufi's Religion | Inayat Khan | | 2007-10-24 17:57:33 | | Religion in the ordinary sense of the word, as known by the world, is the creeds. There are not many religions in the world, but there are many creeds. And what does creed mean? Creed means a cover over the religion. There is one religion and there are many covers. Each of these covers is called 'Christianity,' 'Buddhism,' 'Judaism / Hebrew Religion,' 'Islam / Muslim Religion,' etc., and when you take off these covers, you will find that there is one religion, and it is that religion which is the religion of the Sufi (or you can keep it nameless if you dare or if you can comprehend what is nameless). And at the same time a Sufi does not condemn a church or creed or a certain form of worship. He says it is the world of variety.Everyone must have his choice of food, his choice of dress, his choice of expression. Why must the followers of one faith think that the others are heathens or pagans? The Sufi thinks that we all follow one religion, only in different names and different forms; but behind names and forms there is one and the same spirit and there is one and the same truth.And now coming to the idea of what religion consists of. The first thing in the religion is the idea of God. What is God? Some say that 'my idea of God is that He is in the highest Heaven, that He is the Creator, that He is the Judge of the Last Day, that He is the Forgiver.' And there is another one who says: 'My idea is that God is all, God is abstract, all is God, and if anyone believes in a personal God, I do not believe it.' Both are right and yet both are wrong. They are right if they see the other point of view and they are wrong if they see their own point of view. Both see the God-ideal with one eye. One sees it with the right eye and the other with the left eye. If they see with both eyes, then the vision is complete.It is indeed an error on the part of man to limit God in the idea of a Personal Being, and it is wrong in the person who believes in the Absolute God, to efface the Being of god from his conception of it. As they say: 'To explain God is to dethrone God.' To say that God is abstract is like saying: 'God is the space, God is the time.' Can you love the space? Can you love time? There is nothing there to love. A beautiful flower would attract you more than the space. And nice music will attract you more than time. Therefore the believer in the abstract God has only his belief, but he is not benefited by it. He may just as well believe in no God as in an abstract God. Yet he is not wrong. He is uselessly right.The most advisable thing for the believer of God is to first make his own conception of God. Naturally man cannot make a conception which he does not know, of something he does not know. For instance, if I told you to imagine a bird that you have never seen, which is unlike any bird you have ever seen, you will first attach the bird to wings, then you will see the head of the cow, and then perhaps you will imagine the feet of the horse, the peacock's tail. But you cannot imagine any form which you have not seen, which you have not known. You have to embody from your mind a form which you already know. You cannot make a conception which you have never seen or known before. Besides, it is the easiest thing and it is the most natural thing for man to conceive of any being in his own form. When man thinks of fairies or angels he sees them in human form, and therefore it a person conceives of the God-ideal, even the highest and best way of conceiving will be in the highest and best human personality. There is nothing wrong about it. That is all that man can do.God is greater than man's conception, but man cannot conceive Him higher than he can. Therefore any man's God is in his own conception. It is useless, therefore, to argue and to discuss and to urge one's own conception upon another. For the best way a person can think of God is in the way he is capable of thinking of God.And then the next aspect of religion is the ideal of the Teacher. One says that: 'My Teacher is the Savior of the world, the Savior of humanity. My Teacher is Divine, My teacher is God Himself.' And there is another who is ready to oppose it, saying that it is not true, no man can be called divine and now one can save the world, each one has to save himself. But if you look at it from the Sufi's point of view, the Sufi says: What does it matter if a man sees in someone he adores and worships and idealizes, God himself? After all, this whole manifestation is God's manifestation. If he says that in that particular Teacher he sees the Divine, there is nothing wrong about it. Let him call his Teacher Divinity. I am sorry for the one who does not call his Teacher the Savior.' Besides that, we each have an effect of our deeds on the whole cosmos and if a high soul was called by someone' the Savior of the World,' it is not an exaggeration. One wicked soul can cause such harm to the whole cosmos, and one holy soul by his life on earth can do so much good, directly and indirectly, to each being in the world, because each soul is connected with the whole cosmos. But for the Sufi there is no dispute about it.If a Buddhist says: 'Buddha is my Savior, if a Christian says 'Christ is divine,' if a Muslim says ' Muhammad was the seal of the Prophets,' if a Hindu says ' Krishna was the expression of God,' the Sufi says: 'You are all justified; you each have your name, individually or collectively. You are calling my Ideal. All these names are the name of my Ideal. You each have your own ideals. I have all these names as the name of my Ideal. I call my Beloved: Krishna, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad. Therefore all your ideals I love, because my ideal is one and the same.'And now comes the third idea in religion, and that is the idea of the form of worship. Perhaps in one religion there are candles lighted and there is a form of worship. And there is another religion, even a song is not allowed to be sung in the church. In another religion they call out the name of God and pray to the Lord with movements. In another religion they have put a statue of Buddha on the altar as the sign of peace. These are different expressions of devotion. Just as in the Western countries by nodding and in the Eastern countries by raising their hands, they salute one another. It is the same feeling, but the action is different. What does it matter if one greets in this way or in that way, is it not all a greeting? The Sufi says, so long as there is real devotion, it does not matter in what way it is expressed. For Him it is the same.. from Religious Gatheka #66, by Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882 - 1927), may God bless his noble soul. // text credit via wahiduddin.netAl-Haqqu min Rabbika; fala takoonanna mina almumtareena.The Truth is from thy Lord; so be not of the doubters.- The Quran 2:147 # Resources and Reading. The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Hazrat Inayat Khan. The Spiritual Message of Inayat Khan... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | CURRENT FEATURE ARTICLE ………… FREEDOM AND RELIGION | | 2007-10-14 20:12:00 | | This article was taken (with permission) from the "Infinite Being" free weekly newsletter. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter go to www.infinitebeing.com or click on it's link in the side bar on this page. Freedom and Religion by Owen Waters While religious organizations are filled with many leaders who are pure of heart and uplifting in spirit, there are also leaders whose agendas are more self-serving. People often give away personal power to large institutions, religion included, and this attracts unscrupulous leaders who wish to pursue their quest for power over people. In the pursuit of power through religion, the primary weapon of conquest is fear. When fear has driven love from the hearts of their followers, then hatred can be installed in its place. Once a person hates other groups of people, then they become trapped within an emotional prison from which there is no escape as long as they accept the original messages of fear. It then becomes essential that the creed being presented is a rigid set of rules and behavior, as flexibility could open a gateway to freedom. As people are drawn to religion by the deepest of all human drives, which is to consciously reconnect with God, their greatest fear is to be cut off from such a reconnection. That fear is exploited by self-serving leaders using threats of eternal hell and damnation for people who reject the attempts at control to which they are being subjected. Another ploy to drive the love out of people's hearts has been to tell them that they are miserable sinners. This allows self-hatred to creep in and makes it even more possible to instill hatred of other groups of people. These other groups include not only people of other religions, but often other sects within their own religion. Fundamentalist groups are famous for insisting that theirs is the one and only correct flavor of the truth and that all other variations on the same theme are wrong. They go on to claim that members of the othe... | | By: MORE OF THE SAME from The High Watch | | |
| | Know Religion, Know Nonsense | | 2007-10-04 16:58:35 | | Becky– “a stay at home mom who has been married 16 years to a wonderful, God fearing man. I homeschool my 2 children, 13 and 7. Jesus is coming back soon!!!”– of No Religion, Just Jesus published a couple of pieces that caught my eye. First, the light fair.
The Lord of the Rings star, Ian [...]... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | Chinese Religion | | 2007-09-24 13:00:20 | | There are over 1.4 billion Chinese, many of whom are Confucius, Taoists, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims or just “free thinkers”.
Early Chinese culture, around 5000 years ago, was a shamanistic culture with a strong religious stamp, at the centre of which stood the veneration of ancestors and rites. In addition, Heaven was regarded and worshipped as [...]... | | By: Peace Spiritual Inspiration | | |
| | Fundamental Beliefs Of The Wiccan Religion | | 2007-09-20 22:09:19 | | As the religion of Wicca becomes more popular, a greater portion of the population is more likely to encounter it in one form or another. There are books describing Wiccan practices even in mainstream bookstores, there are sites devoted to sharing the Wiccan religion (as well as tearing it down) all over the Internet, and [...]... | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | | | Environmentalism and the Global Warming Religion: An Agent of the Catholic Church | | 2007-08-30 22:34:15 | | I argued a while back that Global Warming is clearly a religion. The only difference is that they pay for their sins with carbon credits, buying hybrids, and using one strip of toilet paper. Now it appears that actual religions are relieving the guilt of environmental heathens too. Of all organizations, the Roman Catholic Church is at hand with a new line in “green confessions” to help eco-sinners find forgiveness.“Dom Anthony Sutch, the Benedictine monk who resigned as head of Downside School to become a parish priest in Suffolk, will be at the county’s Waveney Greenpeace festival this weekend to hear eco-confessions in what is thought to be the first dedicated confessional booth of its kind.” From what we are told, a new poll for Norwich Union found that, “Nine out of ten people tell little green lies about how much they recycle and how little they consume, according to a recent survey.” I predict that if they surveyed smug celebrities like Al Gore, John Edwards, L... | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | The Secret of the Totem: Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud | | 2007-08-24 06:42:00 | | Author: Robert Alun JonesPaperback: 360 pagesPublisher: Columbia University Press (August 16, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 023113438X(R)"For Frazer, Freud, Durkheim, and Malinowski, totemism was central in their efforts to describe the earliest stages of humanity's religious and social evolution. Jones's beautifully written study is easily the best analysis of this important chapter in the history of anthropology."Robert Ackerman, author of J. G. Frazer: His Life and Work Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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| | Story #19: "Losing my Religion" | | 2007-08-13 19:43:00 | | (Via angelsdepart)I was raised in church. I know that this statement is not profound. Roughly 80% of Americans are raised in church. Now don’t get me wrong, when I was young I believed in this stuff intensely, but some of the questions I had then were profound for a child. I remember being in Sunday school at about the age of 10. I was having difficulty taking the story of Jonah seriously. I remember saying to my teacher “the great thing about the Bible is that even the stories that are not true still have value because they teach us morals.” My teacher responded that my statement was true but that the Biblical stories had even more value because they were true.One time in youth group (a term for a church geared towards young teens) I was in charge of putting out a column for the church paper to represent our group. I wrote an article about how being drunk was wrong but drinking was not. I mean how could drinking alcohol be wrong if the foundation for our religion (Jesus) drank w... | | By: Coming Out Godless | | |
| | Tradition, Religion Of Christian Churches | | 2007-08-12 22:08:13 | | Christianity is the form of religion where people follow Christian denomination. To preach the Christian religion, people use to go for prayers in Christian church. Christian church are the worldwide traditions which represents the Christian faiths, preaches,worship, religion and saying of the god Jesus Christ. Christian church can be seen world wide and finds to [...]... | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | Alkalarian is a Not a Religion or a Planet | | 2007-08-08 22:03:18 | | One of my readers, Alan Who (I wanted to write "Dr.Who") tipped me off to a crazy diet I of which I was not aware-the Alkalarian diet.
Despite my 14 years in the pharmaceutical industry, I am by no means a scientist, so that said I'm going to explain this pretty plainly. I must note that when diets get all scientific on my ass I tend to shy away from them. All I want to do know is, am I going... | | By: Crazy Diets | | |
| | All in one Religion Church | | 2007-07-30 17:23:49 | |
And I thought religion is complicated.
This is yet another try to unify the people of different religions under one roof. Now in Russia, in Kazan city, the capital of Republic of Tatarstan, member of Russian Federation. It was build by a Russian architect and healer who according to his words once had a dream of Christ telling him to build this one. It unifies 16 different religions: different branches of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and some more.
Link: English Russia
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| | Religion may not get taxed, but it gets tax money | | 2007-07-08 15:44:21 | |
The list of faith-based earmarks is based on a New York Times analysis of the Congressional Record. The Times examined legislation enacted from 1989 to 2006, and all conference reports attached to appropriations legislation from 1997 to 2006, the span searchable at the Library of Congress’ web site. The examination employed more than 100 search terms associated with religion. The list may not include earmarks to religious groups and institutions whose names do not reflect their religious affiliations.
Religious Earmarks - New York Times... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | Buddhism not to be named as Thailand's national religion | | 2007-07-03 00:13:00 | | Thailand's constitution writers have rejected a plea to name Buddhism as the national religion. This has been despite protests and hunger strikes by campaigning monks.The Constitution Drafting Assembly appointed by the junta that seized power last year voted 66-19 not to include Buddhism in the new charter.
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| | The Religion of Love | | 2007-06-28 16:32:04 | | Some comments deserve special attention, don’t you think? Like this one, for example.
yeah go lesbians…STRAIGHT to hell you fucking dykes! fuck you max you queer lover!
The weird logic of Gay Hate | hell’s handmaiden
WordPress asks for an URL,but doesn’t require one, from from individuals posting comments. “Chris”, the author of the above example of God’s infinite and unconditional love, kindly provided one. It leads here, to Believe Mail.
The site’s tag-line reads, “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” [Ephesians 5:11]”. Well, Chris, you had a little bit o’ fellowship didn’t ya? Visiting me here in this den of iniquity and all? Didn’t it feel good though? I know it did for me.
By the way, I don’t know that spitting rabid venom really counts as “reproving”– to criticize, usu. mildly, for wrongdoing– but hey, one man’s &ldqu... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | الإسلام أسرع الأديان إنتشارا Islam is the Fastest Growing Religion | | 2007-06-27 19:31:14 | | مكتبة فيديو عن إنتشار الإسلام في العالم و المسلمين الجدد
عندما نقول أن الإسلام أسرع الأديان إنتشارا، فنحن لا نقول ذلك بناءا على أماني و تخيلات.
و لكنها الحقيقة التي اثبتتها جميع الدراسات حول العالم.
عندما نقول أن النصرانية تنقرض و تتراجع، فنحن لا نقول ذلك بناءا على كلام من تأليفنا.
و لكنها إعترافات البابوات و الكنيسة و رجال [...]... | | By: Islam and the World | | |
| | Buddhism, Australia's Fastest-growing Religion | | 2007-06-19 00:44:00 | | The Dalai Lama has just completed a tour of Australia, boosting what is the country's fastest-growing religion. Australia has more Buddhists per capita than anywhere else in the Western world. Buddhism has moved beyond Asian immigrant communities and into the mainstream.
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| | Global Warming: The New Religion | | 2007-06-08 00:10:00 | | The brilliant evolutionist, Richard Dawkins, articulated very clearly that Evolution is not a religion because he would be willing to renounce it in a split second if he found evidence of a better theory. Today, however, environmentalism has objectively become a religion after being taken over by the “Global Warming Hysteria” movement. It has become a religion because even as all the bricks supporting the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis are tumbling down, its followers still brand those who question the panic as heretics.According to the faithful, humans are causing the Earth’s climate to change by emitting CO2, using incandescent light bulbs, driving to work, and doing anything that improves our standard of living. We must ignore the fact that the Earth’s climate has always changed without any help from us. We must ignore the fact that CO2 has never driven climate changes in the past. We must ignore the fact that humans emit less CO2 than dying vegetation, volcanoes, o... | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Foreign Student Series: Studying Religion in the US | | 2007-06-06 04:52:00 | | DownloadThis is the VOA Special English Education Report.A Chinese woman studying business law in Japan has a question about studying a different kind of law. Wang Yuxian says she is a Christian and would like to know about theological seminary programs for foreign students in the United States.A ceremony at St. John's Seminary in BostonA theological seminary is a graduate school of religion and a professional school for training religious leaders.Foreign students who want to study at a seminary in the United States apply just as they would to any other graduate school. They have to meet the academic and English language requirements and prove they would be able to pay for their studies.Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, is one of the largest in North America. Today it has more than four thousand students from about seventy countries.Fuller is one of two hundred fifty-three schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. ... | | By: Giang Day Truc Tuyen - Teaching Online | | |
| | Mandaeands Sabians | Comparative Religion | | 2007-06-01 23:10:00 | | "Sabian" is a word derived from the Aramaic-Mandic verb "Saba" which means "baptised" or "dyed", "immersed in water". "Mandaeans" is derived from "menda" which means in the mandiac language "knowledge". Thus, "Mandaean Sabians" means those who are baptised and who know the religion of God.Aspects of the Mandaean ReligionMonotheism, Baptism, Praying, Fasting, Alms-givingBeliefs and prophetsMandaean Sabians believe in God and His Monotheism. God is called in their holy book and other religious sources, The Great Life or The Eternal Life. Also, they believe that Adam (God bless his name) was their first prophet and teacher. Their second prophet was sheet who is named "shetel" in Mandaiac; followed by Sam bin Noah and Yahya bin Zekaria (God bless their names)Location and their number Through historyThe Mandaeans have lived in many regions over a wide geographical setting. Yet, they live mainly in Iraq and Ahwaz (Iran). There are sabian communities in Europe, America, Australia and other co... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Religion without Spirituality | Spirituality without Religion | | 2007-05-20 02:30:00 | | It has become quite fashionable these days to call oneself 'spiritual'. Also there is a growing trend to discard anything religious. But this is nothing but spiritual extremism. Pretending or assuming oneself overly-spiritual has its flipside. Just like any form of extremism, it is dangerous.Religion without spirituality become only dry rituals, completely dogmatic, life-less 'follow this, follow that' and selfish actions. In our current world there is no short of example of what religiosity can become when spirituality is taken out of religion. One can become cold blooded murderer even in the name of religion, in the name of God and justifying unthinkable crime even holding a holy book of religion.What is interesting is that Spirituality without religiousness again becomes selfish, an escape route for something called 'personal enlightenment (!)' which can be extremely ego-centric and disguised selfish pursual. Religions, no matter what religion i name, offer a codified way to l... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Biologist Thinks Origin Of Religion Is In Our Heads | | 2007-05-16 15:44:00 | | Wolpert is an eminent developmental biologist at University College London. He thinks human brains evolved to become "belief engines." Toolmaking made us human, and similarly, early hominids felt compelled to find causes for life's great mysteries, including illness and death. They came to believe in unseen gods and spirits.read more | digg storyhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/naOQ... | | By: Genius of Love | | |
| | Freedom of Religion | | 2007-05-08 21:22:38 | | Meg is writing a paper for school on “freedom of religion.” This First Amendment right is one that I’ve always cherished for different reasons at different times of my life. I’m curious to see what Megan, who has had few religious influences in her life to date, will make of this topic.
Something I hope she will be able to see is that freedom of religion, if it is going to apply to everyone, also requires freedom from religion. I think this is something that is often forgotten in the U.S., but it terribly important. You can’t have freedom to practice your beliefs (religious or otherwise) if you are also required to adhere to any of the beliefs or rules of other religions.
For example, do Jews and Muslims have religious freedom if they are required to respect images of Jesus in the same way that Christians do? Do Christians and Muslims really have freedom of religion if they are required to wear yarmulkes? Would you say that Christians and Jews have fr... | | By: Smoochmonkey | | |
| | Random Thoughts On Religion | | 2006-09-26 01:27:04 | | It seems a lot of people think that when it comes to Christianity, open hearts and open minds are only supposed to go one way. While I’m supposed to keep an open mind about their religion, they have no duty to return the favor, let alone even consider that Jesus might possibly be only [...]... | | By: Indian Cowboy | | |
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