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No? ... dang! I was thinking of sending my nephew to Sunday school of a nearby Catholic church with a recording device. :D Thank you for sharing your background and how you've traveled spiritually ... It seems you've found answers on your own, not just followed your church or your pastors ...

I thought it's probably better to make a separate thread ... This question is more about a possible parallel between religion and science then how to read the old testament. Then may I ask about this Pope Francis v. Benedict XVI thing I read? The article below suggests Benedict XVI...

I'll start a new thread here, for my questions to you will be mostly about your religion - Islam. Do you apply the same view to the Quran too? Forgive my ignorance and super-basic questions as I have no knowledge of it ... I think the traditional belief says that the Quran was written by...

Thomas, thank you again for your replies with such substance. My! Is that what you get from a Catholic Sunday school? Instead of being read picture books about miracles?! hee-hee... Did you go to a divinity school or something? You gave me a fresh perspective that'd help me see the old...

You and I share about the same view on Genesis; that it's a collection of fables. My post you quoted is asking greentwiga about what he said in post#18. He seems to have a different interpretation of Genesis. Thomas also said Genesis is compatible with evolution theory in post#34, but he's...

I was glad when Thomas said God didn't say those things because it helps clearing my prejudice against believers that they're all brainwashed(for lack of a better word) to believe the bible's stories as they are. There are many believers who question their scriptures (their authority) quite a...

BigJoe, Thomas, I thank you both very much! A LOT to take in!! I have an early start tomorrow and gotta work over the weekend, I'll get back to you guys next week ... I hit a really good forum, a variety of perspectives, everybody seems to be well-mannered. I've tried a religion/spirituality...

Correct me if I'm wrong but I take it he's not a believer of an actual existence of God. Does this professor (and do you also) image God as the ideal state of human psyche ... ? If so then God exists only when we exist - God came from our psyche, not the other way around. Is that his and your...

Through scientific means? - No. Does it make a difference if I knew what really happened at Mt. Sinai (how the ten commandments were given) - Why, yes. If those were the authentic words of God - not what men figured out and crafted themselves - then they become absolute, word for word. But I'm...

Here's my next question to Jewish and Christian folks ... I most sincerely hope I don't offend people too much - I don't mean to be abrasive - when I say God may have not (I'm not deciding God didn't) given the ten commandments at Mt. Sinai. My assumption is that the ancient Israelis figured...

BigJoe, thank you very much for your thoughtful reply as someone who went through the similar questions as I'm going through now about the bible. You sure sound well-studied. It may take me ten years to get to your level! I know nothing about the Quran or what Islam teaches. If I understand it...

Wil, you're right. My bad. Thanks for the youtube link ... Is this professor analyzing human psychology from a secular point of view? Do you know if he is a believer? For now, I'm mostly interested in believers' perspectives; how they justify seemingly illogical or immoral beliefs of their...

Sorry I meant to quote this post. How is Genesis compatible with evolution theory ? Were we homo sapiens from the very beginning (Adam and Eve), or did we evolve from apes?

Christianity just happens to be the religion I'm most familiar with. I don't presuppose other religions are wrong. I don't know enough about either Judeo-Christianity or other religions to reach the conclusion that there is only one true religion. But I just don't get polytheism (It may be just...

How is Genesis compatible with evolution theory ? Were we homo sapiens from the very beginning (Adam and Eve), or did we evolve from apes?

Thanks Wil, this is interesting; something I've never heard of!

I should add ... I'm currently juggling a few jobs and may not have time to spend in front of a computer much, but please know that I appreciate everyone's input, though I may not respond to every reply, or it may take a few weeks to respond. Thanks. :)

Do you believe the stories in Genesis not as allegories, but as scientifically accurate?

Many thanks to everyone who gave me words of advice. Wil, definitely I agree that men have used God's name to carry out their own human agendas. They strictly prohibit blasphemy while they put their own words into God's mouth. The irony is rich... I've never known such a thing as the...

I'm a former disbeliever. I've realized my problem was not really with God, but with religionists. I didn't like what fundamentalists are saying (their anti-scientific notions and some moral issues), so I went against them and decided there was no God. Pretty simple-minded, I admit. I realized...