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While that may be true, it's no indication that they are not, indeed a cult.

I've heard that it only applies to people who live in the city. Ethnic minorities, such as the Tibetans, are also allowed to have more than one child, especially if they live in rural areas.

They use the same idea of "Tradition" as the Traditionalist School, which is unlike the modern sense with restricts Tradition merely to "nostalgia for the past" or mere "conservatism" (thus, Traditon is independent of customs or norms). With respect to religious studies, this specifically means...

About the documentary, I would have liked it if they had actually interviewed scientists or demographers rather than presenting it in the "mockumentary" format. Some people actually debate whether or not there will be an overpopulation crisis, as the overall birthrate in the world is starting...

Tradition, antitradition and countertradition | RidingTheTiger The notion of this a "counter-" or "anti-tradition" is something that one might associate, as the author suggests with the end times and many false teachers. But, it creates more than mere false religious teaching, and embodies...

I was watching this documentary earlier today, which deals with what would happen if the world population suddenly doubled. Granted, the world population won't "suddenly" double, but it is steadily and certainly increasing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf09POJ38C8 Even in this state...

As far as I know Sikhism is the only major monotheistic faith which explicitly defines reincarnation as being part of their religions. The Druze and some other minor Middle Eastern sects such as the Isma'ili Shiah also believe in reincarnation.

Arthra, is it true that the Baha'i are forbidden from converting people of the Jewish faith in Israel? If so, why did the leaders of the Baha'i faith make such a concession?

Of course I am not justifying repression. But, in my opinion they do not tell us everything about their religion, and are even attempting to use the fact that they are being repressed to give credibility to their freedom. What I do know is that on several occasions they've made...

It seemed they were Muslim in name only. At least the younger one was known to have drank beer, enjoyed marijuana, and been influenced in general by American pop culture. The older brother, I'm not so sure about, but it didn't seem particularly religious either. He seemed more motivated by...

Robert Spencer, Brigette Gabriel, Pamela Geller, just to name a few.

I believe it was al-Ghazali whose argument against polytheism or animism was that it constrained man to be bound by the forces of the "created" material world rather than the created world. Thus, it was those who had forgotten God, who had degenerated into worshipping the spirits, whilst those...

I have heard about the Chinese group known as Falun Gong for quite some time now, and there seems to be some controversy over their status as a "legitimate" religion. According to its supporters, Falun Gong is merely a meditation discipline that incorporates aspects of Qigong and moral...

Jokes aside, many such people have aligned themselves with the radical branch of the Zionist movement, or have been convenient pawns of the same.

You raise some good points. At the risk of delving into metahistory in a thread that is strictly supposed to be about religion, I recommend the works of ibn Khaldun, Arnold J. Toynbee, and Oswald Spengler (civilization, after all, is linked to matters of the religious whether we find it...

In my introduction thread, A Cup of Tea asks: I reply that in my opinion, there are two main schools of thought. I will briefly write on them here. The first, which is a more "modern" view, is that of "progressive revelation". According to such a doctrine, the process of revelation, is...

There are two ways of looking at this. One is a more modern way, which is expounded by the Baha'i in the form of the doctrine of "progressive revelation". The other, which is slightly more controversial, is that Shamanism and "primitive" beliefs are not those which have not yet evolved...

This makes sense. From what I know about the Quran, reincarnation does not fit into Islamic theology. I think that the verse 2:28 refers to Allah or God giving the initial "breath of life" to humans either in the womb as individuals, or to all human beings as a general creation. "Then He...

A little bit, I suppose. On matters religious, I more or less take St. Augustine's view: that "true religion" existed more or less in one form or another throughout the various ancient races and cultures: The very thing that is now called the Christian religion was not wanting among the...