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UK pensioner Karl Andree faces 360 lashes over Saudi wine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34513096 BBC News "Karl Andree, 74, has already spent more than a year in prison since being arrested by Saudi religious police. "His daughter Kirsten Piroth told the BBC her father - who has suffered from...

Aussie, I see the Fall of the Angels, and the disastrous events which befell the earliest individual human beings (the meaning behind the symbolic story of Adam and Eve) as two quite separate events. I see the term Original Sin as only pertaining to the events which are symbolized in the Adam...

In case anyone is wondering, there really was a St. Nicholas. I once visited his cathedral, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, in Amsterdam.

MW, What's it like living in Saudi? We hear horror stories about public beheadings and such.

Hi MW! Are you still living in Egypt?

Hi Nikki, Just to let you know, I speak Japanese and I am learning Chinese. I am also familiar with many of the different traditions within Buddhism.

By far, the most common form of religion in China is Pureland Buddhism -- a form of Buddhism that is very similar to Christianity. All you have to do is perform a particular religious ritual, and you are 'guaranteed' a place in Heaven. By the way, the fastest growing form of religion in China...

If you make a mistake, say you are sorry, promise never to do it again, then move on. And if you can, try to rectify your wrong and make it right (undo the damage you did, and help people through the unhappiness you have caused them).

"What Buddhism are you referring to? " --> All forms of Buddhism.

No one Buddhist speaks for all of Buddhism.

Hey NJ, you forgot the Nash Rambler!