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    A Western Orthodoxy?

    Good Evening! This is largely targeted at followers of Orthodox Christianity, but any Christians who are knowledgeable in the area are quite welcome to answer. For background, I'm a Germanic Pagan who grew up in a principally Catholic neighbourhood and attended Catholic School for the...
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    Wicca

    It's safe in that you can't get into trouble if you can't do anything remotely questionable. =) In regards to the OP, the only Wiccans or Neopagans [[Spell-check suggests: Propagandist, hahaha]] I've met who actually think their religion is centuries old have been via the internet. As far as...
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    the quran has been changed

    This is how it works, obviously.
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    Question for Neopagans of all stripes

    Like awitch, I see it mostly as "tipping the scales" and "opening windows" rather than directly effecting it [I didn't want to write it because it looks asinine in writing, but "affecting, not effecting"]. My gods are not all-powerful and I assume they have other things to do besides helping...
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    Evidence for the other guy

    Well no, it obviously takes a whole cluster of Body Thetans to make us un-clear enough to commit wrongs. Care of the Old Testament Satan appears to exist primarily to find the wrong-doers, rather than elicit us to do wrong. He seems to only test those who appear devout to make sure it isn't...
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    Evidence for the other guy

    Every call for proof of Satan just makes me think of that "The Mysterious Stranger" adaptation to claymation.... *shudders* YouTube - "The Mysterious Stranger" a very creepy children's cartoon that should not be banned... The god I worship will eventually bring about the end of the world as...
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    Shattering the Christ Myth

    Lovely! Sorry if the post rang a little too strong -- whether or not economists are cold-blooded robots, I didn't want you thinking that we were also fools. ;-)
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    Shattering the Christ Myth

    The internet has failed again. I don't blame you, but I do hold your links to Wikipedia against you. = P Sustainability is a fundamental concept of everything -- if it isn't sustainable, it is not tenable in the remotest sense beyond our own noses. Economics revolves around this -- at the...
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    Shattering the Christ Myth

    "Peter Joseph" [his two middle names are used to protect his family from threats] is behind the movement. I'm not going to watch it, but there's a documentary about him, apparently. Who is Peter Joseph? A Film by Charles Robinson <<[...] the Zeitgeist Film Series as a whole has a dedicated...
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    Why do Gods

    If you want a specific "Church" within Heathenism, Asatru is pretty close to my metaphysical beliefs, if not my religious practice. You've heard the "Brain in a vat" arguments, yes? Personally I don't give them much weight, but the point that our knowledge is only because of experience is...
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    Why do Gods

    But we can't KNOW that this isn't just a glitch in our brain, or a wave of chemicals. Personally, I like to think that G*d operates through such methods but that is opinionated. I don't disagree with you on this, but I do think your use of "Know" is a little too strong for something that is...
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    Jesus Loves You

    Jesus loves you anyways. It's true, but it sounds kind of accusatory. ;-) Otherwise He'd be going against his teachings of "loving all", and He really hated people that didn't walk the talk from what I understand. I'm pretty sure He still loves some of us more than others [sure I'm...
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    Why do Gods

    Maybe I'm extending my Theistic definition too far -- for me that would include any sentient Force outside of the material realm which may still interact with it. G*d, Gods, the Earth Mother, Angels, Demons, Spirits; Hell, the "Machine Spirits" if that's your thing ;-). Maybe this is too far and...
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    Why do Gods

    I'm a Heathen [Norse Paganism], but I like most of Christian philosophy; I enjoy defending it as an exercise. I don't dislike the idea of the one YHWH God that loves us all, I just don't "feel it", which I'm sure you can understand. Personally, I believe the virtuous end up in a good place...
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    Why do Gods

    Replace "God" with "Girl/Boyfriend" and it all still rather holds. Humanity starts with irrationality and works in the other direction. Everything can be taken to an extreme like you're suggesting, but rather like salt which in great quantity would prove our undoing, the addition of Faith in...
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