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How do you hold this paradox, that only belief is correct, and yet love, which is part of that one correct faith, believes "all things"?

If you want to vent, we have a sub-forum for that. Perfectly legit there. But why make it about someone else's beliefs, if this is really about your own family? I read recently how your wife had surgery. I hope it was successful and wish her a speedy recovery. Health is a precious good.

I think Western culture tends to idealize romantic love ("being/having fallen in love", the brain awash with serotonine, oxytocin, dopamine, endorphins) to such an extent that it often eclipses other modes of love. Being in love is a feeling, but commitment, which is an indispensible part of...

I think I read it as intended, though. You were quite clear in what you said. You were saying how you want to help people spiritually, to get them so see the truth, for their own best interest. I get that! Here's what I was replying to, for easy reference: In the very next sentence, you made...

I struggle with the urge to "mansplain", too.

But this forum is not a self-help group for abusive relationships. Such places exist, and they serve an important role, but this is not such a place. And to say someone else's spirituality or religion is similar to an abusive relationship, can you see how that comes across as very inappropriate?

I think Buber and Eliot both expressed this admirably. I like modernist poetry a lot.

"To love God truly, one must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love his fellow-man, you will know that he is lying." ~ Martin Buber

In many of your posts, I see what the psychologists call "projection".

To me, the purpose is to increase religious tolerance. Also, companionship. The people around here are good company. But mainly, for me, the purpose is to encourage each other to become more tolerant of other world views. I admit it is not always easy for me here, to be confronted with beliefs...

(donning my official robes) Moving this thread to the "Science" sub-forum. (off with this stuffy cap)

Persecuted religious groups - to get back on topic: Regarding the persecution of Christians, here's a Catholic site with some stats: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2022-01/persecution-against-christians-on-the-rise-worldwide.html Afghanistan under the Taliban, North Korea, and...

Sure, I get angry. I'm at peace with my family, at least as far as the Christians are concerned. However, right now, I'm increasingly irritated by you, in fact, because you don't seem to want to grasp the concept of Interfaith Dialogue. I have to ask again, did you read our Code of Conduct? It...

Believe me, I really know your type of Christian. One branch of my family sounds exactly like you, down to individual phrases and sentiments, including this inexplicable thing for feeling persecuted. Needless to say, Christians, of any kind, are not persecuted in my country. The Branch...

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Words fail me. I am glad you have friends. Oh, I've met the type. I did imply that your equating the atrocities of a genocide with the situation of US American Christians feeling persecuted by granola eating do-gooders was in poor taste.

Oh my. Your metaphoric fly is open. Want to zipper up? It's kind of gross like that.

Well, even if this entire discussion so far can be read in that sense, it doesn't chang the answer you already gave yourself, namely that it is due to God's will that people believe what they do. It seems you are not satisfied with either your own answer, or you are but are questioning God's...

Yes. This is an interfaith dialogue forum. People who believe different things co.e here to discuss, compare, contrast, post recipes and cat pictures, and hopefully have a good time while realizing tbat for all our different beliefs, we're all able to get along and learn from each other...

But you keep saying that God is the reason, that God decides, that it's not up to people, including you. And yet you keep wondering why, out loud, as it were. What's up with that?