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I saw the documentary. I liked the argument that somehow we have intuitively given the heart the attribute of handling emotions, in many cultures and even today it is a very powerful metaphor of passion, as opposed to a plain pump. For example ayurveda teaches that many mental faculties lie in...

That is exactly the bottom line, if you accept Mohammed's teachings you are clearly devaluing Jesus Christ, isn't that obvious? On the other hand, if Jesus was the final prophet and messiah, where does that leave Mohammed?:confused:

Lets reverse the question. Why is it hard for Muslims to accept Jesus Christ?

Well sorry, first I need to pay my mortgage before I go. Don't want to make this thread too depressing:D Seriously, to live life abundantly, whatever that means, I'm still wondering:confused:

From my evangelical background: church= religious building, or church= a group of believers. Think of all the christians that worship in unsual buildings like schools and community centres, and those that do church at home.

Very nice. I like Amber sky at night, Jesus wept and everywhere. I can see the light inside you.

Quahom, I know that this derails the conversation a bit: I understand perfectly well what you are saying here, I've heard it before, I've read about it in the lives of some missionaries, etc. The problem is that this kind of thinking still makes me cringe, I can understand leaving your parents...

It's a very interesting debate. I tend to agree with the concept that free will exists, but only in our concious self awareness, otherwise it is just plain illusion. In the scale of things, say within the square meter of my existence, yes I do have some form of free will, in the larger scale...

For me, the threshold before becoming a christian was full of existential emptiness, meaninglessness big time, I was desperate to find answers. Nowadays I am again seeking, but I have over the time learnt to deal with uncertainty better.

I see it differently, imo atheism is not a neutral stance regarding god. As soon as I claim that there are no pink hamsters in the moon, I am placing a belief and responsibility in that statement. If I don't claim anything either way, then there is nothing for me to prove or disprove.

Don't think so, the atheist MUST prove that god does not exist, whether it matches god as described by any of the world religions is another matter. I agree with Paladin, the only honest option is agnosticism if you really want to stand by the rules of logic and proof. Theism and atheism are...

Penguin, I found this article analysing the history of celibacy in christianity. Introduction, Celebacy Their conclusion is that either stating Jesus' celibacy or non celibacy is pure speculation. As far as I can tell this is not a christian organisation, so you would still need a response...

If I understood correctly, penguin is asking about the theological implications of such scenario, regardless of what really happened.

I was just reading the thread Do all Hindus agree with idol worship? and this theme caught my attention: I don't know how to phrase this accurately, but my question roughly is about how to see God (or whatever you want to call it) in everything. Rightly or wrongly I have this prejudice about...

I struggled a long time trying to understand what Te really means, until I came across Gia-Fu Feng's translation of the Tao-Te Ching, which includes a brief introduction to the basic concepts. According to the GFF, although Te is usually translated as Virtue, it has nothing to do with the...

I've read some of his "hell" series, and he seems to give very reasonable arguments to back his point. His ideas are interesting. His argument is like this: everybody dies, the difference is that only God's people will be resurrected when the time comes. Those who don't belong to God will...

1. Hinduism (100%) 2. Bahá'í Faith (98%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (96%) 4. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (95%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (82%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%) 7. Liberal Quakers (80%) 8. Unitarian Universalism (77%) 9. Taoism (71%) 10. Church of Jesus...

James, the veil predates Islam and Christianity. It was a cultural custom of modesty in several "pagan" cultures, in the Greek world and elsewhere. That's why Paul made reference to it, and that's why I see it as a relative custom, depending on the values of the times and culture. Have a look...

Yesterday I was finding out about the history of sufism in wiki, and I came across this little story about a woman called Rabia: One day, she was seen running through the streets of Basra carrying a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When asked what she was doing, she...

Hello Farham, thanks for that info. Are you a sufi? Any web link where I can learn a bit a about sufi history? Thanks