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Why Believe? Those of you who've heard this theory 1000 times before please forgive me for posting it. I'm sure some have not and I'm going to add a twist! The most well known philosophical religious argument is probably the Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Wager Theory. It mathematically...

If we have no free will but are guided strictly by divine will, well to use some paraphrased words of an old British musical group, “nothing really matters at all”. However, I think people ultimately choose what they believe and choose how they behave. That is the epitome of free will. I’m...

In Christianity, Judaism and apparently Islam, a perfect God is believed to have created the universe and created humans “In His image.” This implies that humans were created perfect. Yet humans spoiled the original perfection by choosing to disobey God. How can imperfection come from...

Brian - Someone once said, "all politics are local". I think the same could have been said about religion. However it is ironic that ALL major religions teach essentially the same fundamentals. Generally there is a Supreme Being who has made His will known to men. He expects ritual...

According to World Christian Encyclopedia: “[In] a comparative survey of churches and religions, Christianity coexists with 18 other major religions. The 19 religions are subdivided into a total of 270 large religious groups, and many tens of thousands of smaller ones. The editors have...

Thanks for the welcome Brian. [A quick point, though - wouldn't you also suggest that imagination is the foundation of science? After all, were people like Einstein and Boyle not imaginative in their thinking - simply in a particularly way?" imagination plays a large role in all that is creative...

these comments are made with respect! people only experience emotion based upon new knowledge, nothing else. imagination is more likely the foundation of religion and faith is without a doubt the choice to believe. plato said, "true things are ideas" but i believe the contents of those ideas...