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Hi! It seems to me that every conversation with Christians ultimately ends up being about hell. So in this thread, any discussion of hell is forbidden. We can discuss anything else. So what is everyone up to today?

I had made an appointment to go see an optometrist so I can get new glasses and was told there was a three week wait to get in. The day of the appointment, they called to cancel due to an emergency and it would be another three weeks before they could see me. I ended up scheduling an...

This thread is a followup to the poll found here. (I'm including @Caliban 's response since he replied before I could create this thread) For the question regarding non-Christians' outlook on Christianity in the last 3 years, 7% said their outlook improved. 36% said their outlook remained...

Just a quick poll intended for the non-Christians who might still be lurking in the World Religions forum. I'm curious if your attitudes toward Christianity as a religion and Christians in general have changed over the last 3 years. You can pick two options.

If you've been paying attention to the news at all lately, you've probably heard how President Donald Trump used Federal police to clear out peaceful protestors so he could walk across the street and get his picture taken holding up a Bible in front of a church that he's been to once in some...

There's been an extensive period of general inactivity 'round the World Religion forum. Just out of curiosity, here's a poll to find out what happened.

Hello everyone, I'd like to know if your religion makes any references to birds. Do they appear in scripture, mythology, songs, symbology, or anything like that?

It's October (though you might not believe it since it hit 90 degrees today), and that means it's the season for Halloween and Samhain. I'm sure you've all heard how "demonic" the holidays are supposed to be, but if you really stop to think about demons, it's hard to take such warnings...

For no good reason, I thought it would be fun to post one or two songs a day from various Broadway Musicals about/referencing God or religion. Some serious, some silly. Feel free to comment on the song, the show, or whatever. It's just for fun, so keep it light-hearted. I'm sure there will be...

Inspired by another thread, I thought it might be interesting to ask, "What qualities make a god good or evil?" (And if anyone says "loving", I'll ask you to explain exactly what that means in detail.)

I'm feeling nostalgic (again), so what's your favorite Christmas special (TV/movie) and why?

As we seem to be entrenching in the post-truth era and expediting our abandonment of general civility, I wanted to see if anyone would care to make predictions on how these trends will affect religion in general. Any guesses?

Just for conversation and curiosity, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share an interesting spiritual experience that you personally had within the last year.

This informal survey is open to anyone: What do you think are the most common reasons why other people join your religion? Do you think any of these, or other reasons are misguided? How important to your god(s) is one's motivation for joining your religion? What do you think are the most...

Hello there, Over in the Christianity & World Religions forum, I've often heard the expression that I can't understand scripture unless I "have the Holy Spirit", or that the "Holy Spirit must dwell within me" (or some variation of that). To be honest, I feel it's a cop out; a reason to dismiss...

So this is strange... I ordered two T-shirts from the online Disney store last week. One T had Webby Vanderquack on it and that one was for my daughter. The other T was for me and was supposed to be Donald Duck with the text, "Hey! What's the big idea!?". I just opened the package that was...

Warning: This thread will probably contain spoilers. Is anyone watching the R-rated Castlevania animated miniseries on Netflix based on the Nintendo video game from years ago? (I *REALLY* recommend it) For those who don't know, the games focused on members of the Belmont family, who were...

This C-3PO wannabe gives blessings. Just for fun, does anyone have any other ideas to incorporate robots into religion?

Saw Alien: Covenant last night and thought is was pretty good. Not nearly as good as Alien and Aliens, but way better than any of the others. There's a ton of Biblical themes about creators and creation, future attitudes toward religion, life and death. Thought it would be fun and different...

Just throwing this out here for anyone interested: From Vlog Brothers, John and Hank Green, there's going to a new weekly series about World Mythology running on youtube. (There are also courses on Astronomy, Physics, Biology, Philosophy, Chemistry, Games, History, Politics, Psychology...