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Guy (Robin Williams) and Girl (some chick- can't remember her name) are married. Their kids die. She becomes depressed and suicidal. Then he dies in an accident. Then she kills herself. The afterlife is different for all of them and is an illusory world of their own creation, but they are...

So, say someone dies as a 2-year-old child. And they qualify (how do they qualify- just curious?). But obviously the kid didn't marry before s/he died. So then that person gets hooked up with a holy match-maker right before they enter the pearly gates? In the spirit world? The gates of...

[/SIZE] I entirely agree. I'm quite interested in where religion meets spirituality- which is an intersection that is similar to where culture meets personality. [I] I don't think they taught the same thing, at least based on the records we have of their teachings. But I think the...

The problem is that when you consider how the human brain works, it's nearly impossible to distinguish what we think about the world from the world we live in. Reality as-it-is is more or less behind one of those frosted glass shower doors for us. We see shapes and colors, but no detail. We...

So if you need to be married to get into Heaven, but you can get married after death in the spirit world, what is the incentive to marry now? We can just wait until after we die. Also, what is the spirit world as opposed to heaven? You can get married there- what else? Have kids? Work? Is...

Sort of like the film "What Dreams May Come," eh?

Well, yeah, there's the whole 'thing' and 'no-thing' problem. I guess it's sort of a nothing does not exist and things do not exist? :) The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao? :) And yeah, not Buddhist. Though I've found many nuts and bolts from Buddhism that have helped me a lot.

[/SIZE] I suppose it is more that I think all religions make mistakes. I don't think there is one right and perfect way... they all have flaws. It has to do with finite incarnate entities contemplating the Infinite and the limitations thereof. Each religion brings a piece of the human...

Or smart, but mischevious. I imagine dead people getting their kicks from feeding us live people lines of BS... This is partly why I'm not very interested in talking to dead people. Out of all the disincarnate entities there are, dead people rank high on my list of do-not-call. :) That...

Hm... am I a Christian. It seems that question is answered more by how others perceive me than how I perceive myself. I consider myself a follower of Christ's teachings. I believe the Bible is an account of one people's experiences and conceptualizations of God, humanity, and so on. I don't...

I'd agree with your line of thinking. But it's not the predominant one I've heard in Christianity. There seems to be a lot of grumbling about having to work now and looking forward to the endless vacation. I don't think such a position is theologically sound, but it is awfully common. I think...

Some of my favorites: From St. Francis of Assissi- Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O...

Reincarnation makes sense for me given my own experience as it currently stands. That is, to make sense of my life right now, it is most helpful and useful to accept that I've reincarnated in the past. However, I maintain I have no idea what happens after I die, and I certainly have even less...

I've been reading a day-by-day summary of one of my teacher's experiences at the Parliament. Quite interesting and seems like it'd be a lot to absorb in a week. The minority religions are apparently well represented but largely were not invited to the big panels on such things as the global...

Thanks, Wil! Merry Christmas and Happy Solstice! And may God's Light be renewed in us all. :)

I am not sure that the two must be separate. I am not well-versed in liberation theology but it seems that a reworking of Catholicism into something that blends with spirit-worship and possession, and is practiced not only by trained clergy but also by laity (who can receive and give messages...

Netti, I think the issue of whether or not Vodun is a syncretic religion is one that is debated within the circles of religious studies and anthropology. As the traditional African beliefs of a single creator god who delegated various work to spirits (loa) is effectively mirrored in the...

Make sense to whom? Who gets to decide what makes sense and why? Some Catholic saints were originally taken from Pagan gods and goddesses... so is it really that odd that they then are substituted for spirits? Do you have any evidence for your assertions that: (1) Vodun as a syncretic...