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Hi Wil, I agree. I think people do bad things because of the normal human tendency towards selfishness and self-centeredness, rather than because some cosmic negative force is compelling them to do bad things. The idea of "the Devil made me do it" is just a way for people to not take...

Here is an earlier thread on the question of the existence of an eternal vs. temporary Hell, including my quotes from the Bible which I say support the idea of a temporary Hell. https://www.interfaith.org/community/threads/14560/page-4

Hi Irfan, You are right. Hell is not eternal. Phrases such as "Return of everthing to Allah( literaly everthing)" show that Hell is not eternal. You are on the right track. Keep up the good work.

Hi Amica, Yes, you can believe in both. There is no reason why one idea negates the other.

Hi Star, You have the right idea! But I take issue with part of your quote. I think that even good people who do not have "faith in God", for example Buddhists, will also enter Heaven. What do you think?

Hi Star, I believe all good people -- good Muslims, good Buddhists, good Christians, good Hindus, etc. -- will enter Heaven. What do you think?

Prophecies were made during Biblical times. Is there any reason to think prophecies can't still be made in modern times?

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Here is a link to a person's visit to the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/05/i-visited-the-church-of-scientology-here-is-what-happened/

I once watched a video documentary on a real voodoo church in New York City. It was not at all what I expected. It was fascinating.

Masail, I see that the Japanese Shinto religion is not on your list. I also see that the American Indian religions are not on your list.

Wil, You said, "obviously by someone who has never seen shepards tending their flocks." --> It has been said that the Gospels were finally written down by Christian monks living in a monastery, centuries after the dates of the holy lands, and indeed probably had never sheen shepherds or even...

Dec 22 is with us once again, this time in 2016. It's time to bump this thread for another year.

Hi TS, Since you asked, I thought I’d give you the Theosophical interpretation of the Trinity. (I am a Theosophist.) The “First Person” of the Trinity is Spirit and the “Second Person” of the Trinity is matter, although this is a type of matter that is at a higher level than the physical...

Hi Sherry, and welcome to the Forum. What kind of religious ideas/traditions resonate with you?

Ahanu, You are right, the fact that Jesus taught in parables disproves the point you are asking about.

Hi Wil, In Theosophy, fire refers to one particular state of matter that is much higher than either physical matter or astral matter.

Hi Noumen, Our personalities are composed of both higher aspects and lower aspects. Only our higher aspects are taken into heaven. The lower aspects are cast out during the process known as Purgatory. Only when the lower aspects are cast out can we enter heaven. We do not need physical...

Gaven, Among all eastern religions, only Buddhism has a 'reasonable' number of followers among westerners. Sikhism is just like all of the other eastern religions that have a very small number of followers who are westerners. I suppose part of this is because Buddhism had a lot of...

Hey Max, did you have a chance to look at Universal Unitarians?