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I hear Avila has resigned as an adviser to the USCCB bishops now as well. Jolly good. Wonder how many more homophobes like this there are near the top of the Catholic Church...

I've been following some of the Vortex episodes produced by Catholic apologist Michael Vortis, and am finding him pretty disturbing. In one episode, he even says the vote should be restricted to "faithful Catholics". See: Catholic Government - YouTube Anyone familiar with this guy? What should...

Do the Old and New Testaments even "fit together" when you examine each one separately on its own? They are collections of texts written by a variety of different authors. We do not even know who most of them were. They are not all consistent with one another either. For example, the modern...

Welcome to the forum! I'm new here as well. :)

A friend of mine is getting involved with a group called the United Church of God. Does anyone know anything about them? Are they a cult?

The situation in Egypt is so fragile that I suspect nobody wants to rock the boat too much at the moment. If the existing government is undermined, what comes next?

Jews became influenced by the concept of Hell in the Zoroastrian religion which was popular all over Persia. That is why, at the time of Jesus, Jews were familiar with the idea. They did not all believe in it, though. The Sadduccee faction believed this life is all there is. Others believed Hell...

Not quite sure what you mean with the "Machine Gun Preacher" title, but I certainly believe criminals can be rehabilitated. The most wonderful changes can take place in a person. In the case of drug addicts, their addiction is often a powerful factor in motivating them to commit crimes, so once...

Sadly this is not untypical of the kind of religious persecution going on across the Middle East. The Copts are having similar troubles in Egypt.

The doctrine of Hell is the most evil idea ever invented. Extreme torment for all eternity? That is worse than all the burnings, crucifixions, disembowellings and other tortures practiced by humans over the centuries. Hell is based on a blasphemous misrepresentation of the true nature of God...

Great to find this place on the web, looks very interesting here! At one time I was under the influence of Christianity and had a particular interest in Catholicism, but now I have settled into Deism. This is a reason-based system which acknowledges God and natural law, but rejects the...