I Want to Talk About Religion Peacefully

It is nice to see a group like this. As a rogue theologian I find daily life often very discouraging. One of the few points that I agree with Sartre on is the fact that people choose what is of importance to themselves...

I ask everyone who posts in this group to please be courteous to others with different beliefs from your own, even if you don't understand them (or even if you do understand them). If you don't have anything nice to say, please don't...

Particularly online. I find most people can muster up a bit of respect in person (but then I can be a bit intimidating) but no one bothers online. Even folks who are normally nice can be severe a-holes in online debates or...

Thats what god probably is right? If he created the universe, would the universe not be an extension of her?

And if the universe is an extension of God, what does the universe imply about God?

For one I believe it implies a balance of...

Praise be to Allaah.
‘Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary – peace be upon him) was one of the noble Prophets of Allaah, and one of the Messengers of strong will, whom Allaah sent to the Children of Israel, and taught him the Torah...

On that day (Judgement day) people shall follow straight to the call of summoner, no one daring to show any haughtiness. There voice shall be hushed before the most compassionate lord, so that you will hear nothing but a whispering...

Today, I read about Unitarian Universalism. I've read about it before, but I decided to brush up on my knowledge of it because one of my friends made a comment about it today. Then, I was chatting on meebo with a new EP friend of mine...

I don't like to say out loud often but I have been suicidal quite a few times. Just shows I suck at that too (that's a joke). And maybe I haven't lived long enough to be able to say anything but I truly believe that god is a troll...

Many people believe that God can communicate through dreams.
Though I believe most dreams are just dreams, something has just
happened that seems to confirm something else.
I must have been in my early twenties when I first had the...

Why christians do all sort of immoral things on christmas specially when christ prohibit drinking adultery etc etc

I’ve often heard it said that’s it’s at the end of things, you realize your mistakes during the beginning. Humor me for a moment and imagine what your life will be like at the end of mortality. Hopefully full of accomplishments...

Title says it all, really. I'm an atheist, which means I don't believe in any gods. I'm also completely religiously unaffiliated. Finally, I'm an antitheist, which means that I hold as one of my moral imperatives the need to stamp out...

He can tell by the way you live your life if you are doing good;
I can tell by the look in your eyes you do not live like you should.
He can heal the pain that you hide in your heart; I can tell the way you speak that love is far apart...

Well, we all are actually from different religion n caste....over all this i totally agree that each religion preaches its own way of reaching our Lord...but then a person who is actually reading all would find it tough to conclude...

Better to live it than talk it is what I think. Talk is cheap and I've met plenty of holier-than-thou people who are horrible people on the inside. Don't preach to me about whatever - live it yourself. I'm working on doing the same...

Now there's something you don't usually see. Those two words side by side.
Yes...as a witch I am pagan. I do however have a belief system. I also have faith. Faith= a belief in things not seen.
I believe that the Gods and Goddesses...

I had gone to sleep at about the age of three, when I was awakened
by the presence of 2 angels I was told that they wanted me to see
something, I had to promise first, that I would be very good and do
what they told me without...

I want to talk about religion peacefully.
I want to share beliefs, ideas and opinions without mean words and anger.
We can learn from one another.
I'm tired of religious conversations turning into hateful mudslinging.

I'd really like to learn about Christianity and what Christians believe in, and who could help me understand the religion more than the believers themselves! So here i am asking some questions and hoping to get answers..

1. Is Jesus...

Before I go and say somehting that someone will take wrong and get pissed at, Let me state that I am a Wiccan, but through out my life I was agnostic and studied the religions with no affiliation, so my thoughts and "philosophys" (if...