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Hypothetical: whatever your own beliefs that you hold now, tomorrow a certain new theory comes out, receives universal acceptance, and clearly contradicts everything you believe in. Question: do you abandon your beliefs? If so, why? And what will you do instead? Reason: I have often see...

When is something actually regarded as Blasphemous? With so many expressed interpretations of the same material, where does interpretation, denominationalism, and sectarianism, cross the boundaries of Blasphemy in the eyes others within the same sphere of belief?

I remember as a child at school being taught the story of "Zaratha" (spelling?). I've always presumed it was a Jewish story, but I don't actually remember encountering it while reading the Bible (noting that in Britain, comprehensive schools are/were not famed for exploring anything but the...

My reading was always actually that it was not the Jews per se who were held responsible for the death of Jesus, as much as mob mentality itself. However, remaining with the New Testament accounts, how tenable is such an idea?

I remember when discussing the plight of the current Dalai Lama, it was pointed out that if he returned to China, he could die. However, this point of view puzzles myself - I was very strongly under the impression that Buddhism teaches liberation from material things - even to the point that...

When asked what "sprituality" means, likely answers will seek to define attributes of it. What I would like to ask is: "What is the source of spiritual feeling?" My key point here is that it could be argued from a neurological point of view that "spirituality" is nothing more than a...

I saw an interpretation, and thought I would throw it in here for discussion... Is the following a proper appraisal of the Trinity of Christianity?

Saw an interesting question posed elsewhere:

Was just checking through the site logs, when I came across a blog with a picture that just spoke so much to myself. It's little Skye's birthday today - she's 2 - and just at that stage when she can really appreciate something of the world around her. I don't know who the picture is of - but...

Check out the recommendations for his new album on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/music/B0000DJE9R/advice/002-2890669-7726429

I feel a bit odd in that I've never really had any particular heroes that I've looked up to. I just sort of get on with life as myself. Do people here tend to have "heroes" of some form or other (these can be religious as well as secular, of course)?

A general semi-serious question - what wuold you change most about the world, and why? Presume you have the power to do so. :) I'd love to see a change in the way that human civilisation is orientated - which at the moment is entirely directed towards short-term gains despite long-term losses...

Was just reading in British Archaeology (March 2003) an article on roman Burials - and it particularly covered the issue of infanticide. I do quite accept that infanticide happened. What I disagree with is the argument of the degree to which it was practiced. In simple terms, there are too...

On Thursday the UN blocked a motion to ban human cloning. The problem is entirely due to just one very important issue - whether a distinction needs to be made between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning. Reproductive cloning comes stright out of the pages of science fiction - the...

Something for the pagans this Hallowe'en - an important message:

Interesting character - I've linked to this elsewhere, but here you go anyway: http://www.seaox.com/thich.html Anyway, of particular interest was his list of precepts at the end of the page, which I'll take the liberty of reposting here, because they are precisely interesting:

Hello all, 'tis me! Brian! No, really - my name's Brian and so is... I've been made to go on a computing course - good for all day internet access, but it's shared PCs and I daren't risk user my admin permissions on these forums. Good job, too - I created this alias at home this...