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    Public Evangelization

    When I was in college, I was approached randomly by a girl who asked me a few confusing questions. I remember one of them was about who I thought "the lamb" was in the Bible. She then told me about who she called "God the Mother", and asked for my number so she could invite me to her Bible...
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    Video Essay on Mormonism

    I have an academic interest in Mormonism (and Jehovah's Witnesses and other American-born religious movements). This mini documentary is excellent imo, even if the title is a bit clickbaity.
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    What are you currently reading?

    I'm reading Horror: A Very Short Introduction and Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies. I'm starting to get into the autumn/spooky season mood, so I'm going to be starting on my Halloween reading list soon. How about y'all?
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    Your religious/spiritual journey

    Hey all. One thing I like about this forum is how incredibly diverse the religious opinions/beliefs are here. I'm curious to know how you would describe your religious journey, or how you came to believe the things you do now? What do you believe and why? Have your beliefs changed often, or...
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    Oppenheimer

    I just saw Oppenheimer today. It was in my opinion an outstanding movie, and it struck me as ripe for religious/theological analysis and discussion. I was a bit disappointed by the lack of representation of Oppenheimer's spiritual interests (there was a little, but not much) but I loved the...
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    Absolute Truth

    I've been pondering the concept of absolute truth in regards to religion recently and I'm curious about other people's understanding of this. Namely, whether you believe it exists or not or if its something your religious tradition teaches. For example, my past religious affiliation was...
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    30 as a significant age in religion

    Hey everyone! Recently I was reading an interesting text by Lewis M. Hopfe, called Religions of the World. I noticed something peculiar about several religious founders/figures he mentioned; he states that the Buddha was around 35 when he was 'enlightened' (127). Apparently, Zoroaster also went...
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    Hi there!

    Hi everybody, my name is Modesty and I'm excited to be a new member here! I've always been interested in religion, and I was in the process of converting to Catholicism but I halted that because of some doctrinal issues. I consider myself a general monotheist now until I figure out which...
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