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This question has amazingly not come out the closet for a while. Often, though not always, it is asked by the type who want a heathen free zone "GET OUT MY PATCH"...so I thought I would ask it in a friendly way. Personally I am here for quite a different number of reasons. However, for the...

As you may know, although I'm an agnostic atheistic my wife is an evangelical christian. She talks to our children about her faith, though not in anyway that I find pushy or out of order (and you know how touchy I can be). Anyway, I've just been saying good night to a 6 year old we foster and...

Thought it would be interesting to take a slow meandering critique through all the "101 Prophecies" that Norswede mentioned on the link below in another thread. 101 Last Days Prophecies 2Pe 2:1-2 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among...

I've enjoyed reading the other thread on this subject. I must admit I have some sympathy with those who claim that science is like a new religion. I can understand certain scientific explanations, but most of it goes over my head...or else I only grasp it very tentatively. So it might be true...

I'm going to dive straight in with a continuation of a conversation that was getting off topic in another thread: I had said, among other things, that a parent has duties towards it's children, not rights. It is unlikely that if a child is treated with love and respect that it will be act...

There was a recent thread (I can't even remember it's name but I don't think it's still here) which got stopped for "moderators discussion" or some such. Now it's disappeared as far as I can tell. Does anyone (moderators perhaps?) have a clue what that was about? It would be helpful to know.

I'd like to recommend the blog of a friend of mine. He's a christian, but don't let that put you off ;) His blog is called Mikel Ocean Azure (A soul in shades of blue), and has the tag line: "Thinking on the run and chewing the practical fat with fellow travellers". Mikel Ocean Azure...

Ray said something on another thread that quite excited me, seeing that perhaps one of the main reasons I come here (I've come to realise) is to try and discover if bridges can be built between seemingly irreconcilable factions. This idea that struck me is mainly in regard to the way that...

This member of the forum is missing your input. If you're taking a break, enjoy. If you've left, all the best. If you've been banned, well...well, I sincerely hope the last one isn't the case. Anyway, I hope you're posting again soon. :thumbsup:

I had a dream last night. It was a very mundane dream in one sense, but it somehow touched a nerve that made me tearful, and caused me to reflect on stuff for a while. I like those times in the night, even if they're sometimes uncomfortable. Anyways...the details are irrelevant but I ended up...

I'm interested to hear you continue. You have made it clear that you have no desire to convert others to your viewpoint (so we can take that as read). How is it possible to have a spirituality that doesn't need to be promoted, proselytized, preached or dogmatized? Surely something that is Good...

It has been said that the person who wants to be in charge, is the very person who should be denied a position of authority. Do any religious groups out there take this idea seriously and only put people into power at the suggestion of other people, not the person themselves? A common...

Durangodawood said the following in another thread which prompted me to go off on a tangent. So I've started a new thread. I'm going to quibble with this conclusion Duran. If by A. you mean "not forced to do anything unless that involves forcing you to stop harming someone else" (Which of...

Not a lot of people knew that! ;)

To save the moderators a job, perhaps those involved in any discussions about Christian theology could move their talks to a more appropriate area. I'm speaking specifically to Twowitnesses and anyone getting all upset by his opinions. (If you can humble yourselves to take advice from a...

I must admit I get a little depressed on here when we start getting the Battle of the Books. For a little light hearted relief (but only for those "with ears to hear") I would love to know if there is a verse in your holy/special book that either makes you laugh or seems particularly irrelevant...

Thanks for these words and your attitude Tinker. Since coming to this site I've started to notice a blind spot I have. I left Christianity primarily because I felt that there was a whole world out there that I was prevented relating to in any normal sort of way. I reacted against the claims of...

Another post bumped some thoughts to the front of my mind on the subject of purity. Some faiths promote the idea of purity of action and attitude as a desirable end goal (perhaps among other end goals), or as a way of achieving the end goal (i.e. you won't find God until you seek God alone)...

To all those whose new year is starting sometime today (mine started an hour ago) ...have a peaceful, healthy and prosperous one. And may you agree with me on all the important issues...they being the ones I construe as being important... during the coming year :amen: ;) ps Just kidding...

I watched this through and was moved. It took me back to a time when I was a christian and saw people, and was a person, who felt genuinely touched at times by a sense of love. I see my old self differently now. I know how vulnerable I was, and though I sometimes found a salve in the idea that...