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Hi all, Just read an article from back home in Australia titled "Hurricane is God's work: Christian extremists" http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/hurricane-is-gods-work-christian-extremists/2005/09/03/1125302770141.html I didnt realise that there is such support in this notion. What do...

Thanks I, Brian - hopefully it will encourage more interfaith dialogue.

Hi Ciel - I completely agree with you! Just to add that when I want to know the "How" questions in life I turn to science for the answers, when I want to know the "Why" questions in life I turn to God for the answer.

Faithfulservant - I suppose this comment then supports the initial thread. I take a liberal view on the intepretations of the bible, the validity isnt important but rather the message. It is difficult to discuss the bible with someone who will only accept that their interpretation is the correct...

Hi faithfulservant, I dont know what point you are trying to make? This line just makes the analogy that when jesus comes he will be visible to all just like lightning in the sky is visible from many different parts of the world

Sikhism should remain in this section as it is a religion that believes in One God and therefore should be grouped with the other Monotheistic religions. By moving Sikhism to Eastern Thought will create an element of mystery around the religion instead of making it approachable as the other...

Just wanted to say Hi to everyone....found the website last week.....and think it is fab. Any promotion of interfaith dialogue can only be a step towards a world living in harmony.

Is it just me or is a circle is 2 dimensional. ie in the context it was written you could interpret that the earth was 2 dimensional on a flat disk. It sounds to me you are very supportive of the idea of the bible "without error".

How do you know that jesus did say he is "I am"?. All of the original copies of the gospels have been lost. We must rely upon hand-written copies which are an unknown number of replications removed from the originals. The oldest known surviving part of a gospel dates from about 125 CE...

Faithful servant, Jesus rarely spoke of himself in the first person. The many "I am" statements that you make reference to from the Gospel of John originated from the Gospel author, not from Jesus. The Gospel of John represents a religious tradition that is independent from the Synoptic...

With regard to any documentation of history we need to classify what is primary evidence and secondary evidence. If those books were not written by the people concerned then we are reliant on the authors and their intepretations of the events. For me the creation and flood stories validity is...

We could spend a lot of time talking about the authorship of the Bible, but it may be beneficial to start a new thread if that is the case. Just to give a rebuttal to your first statement "Certainly wasnt Moses, who wrote Genesis". Nowhere in the Bible is it specifically stated that Moses...

Faithfulservant, This is where you and I may differ. I dont see the bible as "testimonies from God" but man's own experience with God. Maybe your title "My Letter to Mankind" by God would be better phrased "My experience with God" by Man.

Just to clarify that for catholic woman (not just nuns) that they must cover their heads before entering a church according to the 1917 Code of Canon Law, especially when they approach the holy table. Altoough it is noted that as the Code still stands there has been a relaxation (even an...