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You might want to research the the Sikh religion as much ado is made about "the warrior saint". In fact, and I'm not 100% sure of this, I believe that all Sikhs are supposed to strive to be warrior saints. You also might want to look into the religion of the Gurkha and their founding warrior...

I still haven't had time to get a copy of the original scientific article on the JHU study but I have read fairly lengthy summaries of it and as I have said before the peer reviews of the study speak very well of it. Also as I have said before the results of this study jive well with other...

Don't look so shocked.

That's some mighty fine dodging you do there. Have you ever considered a career in politics?

Language, race and culture tend to divide us just as well. One might think that reason and science would be things that necessarily bring us together but they don't. When it comes write down to it from a rational scientific viewpoint we are all in competition with one another. It's dog eat dog...

No. In fact it is the other way around. Believe it or not creating a new religion is something that I actually have been asked to do. My interest in clarity in religion comes from an ethic to design one that is particularly sound. Transparency/Nirmaladtha

LOL. Well alright then how do you determine whether something that indicates transcendence is not a product of the mind? I didn't ask "What is mind?" I asked Anyhow this is getting silly. At this point I am prepared to just agree to disagree.

[/INDENT] Prophecy, faith, hope and love are in no way incompatible with the fact that the mind is a function of the brain in fact they are more or less sub-functions. How do you determine whether prophecy is a product of the mind or a product of transcendence? Also who or what is doing the...

Seattle Gal, You know that by referring to lengthy passages from the Bible to answer a simple question you are essentially copping out of answering it. As I have pointed out earlier you're not playing fair in this discussion. Most recently you've asked me for examples of how the products of...

I think the problem that I have with such long winded explanations is that most often they are used to hedge on a particular position. That is if Catholic doctrine states states that God is both anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic to cover both bases they can disguise this fact by burying it...

I think you need to elaborate more here perhaps with an example of an instance of you actually transcending something. The general definition that you have given could apply to any concrete or testable reality. I disagree that the products of transcendence are necessarily thrown out. For...

That's not true. A feeling of transcendence is a lot different than actual physical transcendence. Besides I am not sure that transcendence would be a universal characteristic of the mystical state. That being said how can you define actual transcendence as opposed to just the feeling of it...

I take it then that there is no such Christian denomination?

As I said before you could simply educate yourself by reading a book on the subject. If I were to recommend one I would suggest "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker. PS - To answer your question regarding whether my mystical experience is limited to psilocybin as I have already stated it is...

You know another interesting thing about the Jehovah's Witness guy who came to my door was that he essentially acknowledged that there was a reality and truth outside of the Bible but he said that I am only going to talk to you from what was written in the Bible. It was interesting in that he...

In the Theology subsection of the Comparative Religions section of this forum a person name Thomas who appears to be very knowledgeable on the subject presents the official Catholic view in which God is most definitely anthropomorphic. That is the fact that man has been created in God's image is...

Seattle Gal, You are stretching the word "faith" way beyond anything it was ever meant to define. You might as well say that I have faith in the scientific process or that I have faith in reason. Further your use of this characterization is one sided in that you are throwing it at me like a...

I'm not sure if the Kingdom of God is the same as the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth but in either case it seems that the Buddhist concept of Shambhala could be significantly analogous. Shambhala is supposed to be a society of peace, tranquility and happiness where all of its inhabitants are...

Can you give me an example of what it means to think outside of the box when it comes to interpreting the Guru Granth Sahib?

Are there any major denominations of Christianity that consider God to be non-anthropomorphic?