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The religious system founded by Zoroaster was set down in the Avesta. It taught the worship of Ahura Mazda in the context of a universal struggle between the forces of light and of darkness. It was influential in promoting a monotheistic concept. As such it is generally considered to have...

Hi Postmaster, Please forgive me. I was brought to this thread by the request in the title for advice, but from your first explanation about Cyprus, to the later posts, I do not quite see what the spiritual problem is. This may be my ignorance, but is your 'person' a 'Greek Cypriot' or a...

I have here to simply disagree with you SacredStar in your personal interpretation of Valerie Hunt's work. There is nothing in her paper that describes anything other that what they found... energy field fluctuations - that centre upon the brain. Every cell in the human body is...

Indeed, but the same can be applied to other non-quantitative concepts. For example, we cannot say that there is such thing as "love" - just a bunch of people who can only affirm what they personally validate. ==== You are absolutely right, Brian. ===== Quahom: I must deny the tenor of...

Blame me - indeed! All I said was: "I personally have no objection to that term as you use it, because it reflects how you conceive of it. As you said at the outset: "Something that applies to me..." But while all that you say has a truly humanistic, personal and factual context, that...

======= I agree, Basstian. PNG said previously: "The Quran is an exception." Why is that PNG? An exception to what? The Bible?

What an honest and brave post, Postmaster! I was with you all the way, until you introduced the term 'divine' towards the end. I personally have no objection to that term as you use it, because it reflects how you conceive of it. As you said at the outset: "Something that applies to me..."...

Drew, I have to agree with you: "In practice, my beliefs are: 1.) that anyone who has 'faith' has created an internal mental projection of an ultimate deity, and 2.) that any god which may exist has nothing to do with that. Further, it is clear to me that those who follow religious...

Postmaster says: "The problem with that is, if I went and killed someone, it would bare no scars on any moral level. It would be simply my DNA driving me to commit such a crime and part of nature and all humans are ran on the chemical processes in the brain. Surely there has to be more then...

An interesting piece, DT Strain. Bluntly, we begin at conception, and end with our death, seems to be the fact. There is certainly no firm evidence for our existence before conception, and there is similarly no further material evidence we exist on some different level after our physical...

DrewJMore said: It is true that man created "god," but "God" is a concept beyond understanding and therefore purely a matter of faith. =========== Any 'God' concept is a matter of personal faith, and cannot be demonstrated to be otherwise. It arises, in my opinion, from the affective nature...

With due respect, Quahom, I do not understand this statement: "if the scholars can pull off the stunt of making people think Jesus doesn't exist, then what do we have left? Nothing but today, and no reason to live well, " You seem to be saying no one can be altruistic, or kind, or have...

A personal opinion on this thread: Firstly, War has been waged in the name of many religions. Secondly,even the latest conflict in Iraq consisted of soldiers being sent into war in 'God's name'. This also happens and has happened for hundreds/thousands of years. That religion can be used...

I have to agree with Brian, Postmaster, and do not see how what you have stated in your last post has any bearing on it? Prophets surely set themselves up as 'superior', because they claim to 'know' something, just through personal feelings, others don't know. They then consider it their duty...

We were meant to live forever. ============= In all honesty, my personal reaction to that is, how can you declare that as some kind of an universal truth, Faithful Servant? Surely such a statement demands physical and empirical background/evidence? On its own, it is just a subjective...

WELCOME, 'hajas', Your posting I thought was delightful for its clarity and sincerity. I really enjoyed what you wrote and can go no further in commenting at the moment... "my experiencing God through Nature" What better way to experience the spiritual! Thanks for the thoughts.

Simplifying somewhat, I think it is worth considering the following, because I think it is relevant: 1) "The world is all that is the case" Most importantly, Wittgenstein, is saying that everything anyone can think is due to things and their relations in the world. 2.) "How things...

Many thanks for your considered reply. ........................... "This is what I was trying to say: scientific method is incremental. It is a closed loop. It can never define anything that lies outside of itself. If it were an express train it would never get to America. The examples I gave...

health - mine and my PC's - permitting ========= I do hope sincerely that things improve soon, VC. Best wishes, and Happy New Year.

it is happen to tell us that this is not Eternity life it is Just a stage of 4 stages .also may be it is a sign for the world people to wake up and stop killing each other ====== How can this be, Friend? What has it to do with wars and people killing people? The tragedy of the Tsunami...