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I just had a good friend die, pass on....a younger friend....40. FB is flooded with memories and pictures and comments. He and I have 350 mutual "friends" in common. More acquaintances than all friends...but I know them all, have conversed in person a d camped together or worked on projects...

My kids were about 3 when my wife decided they should go to Sunday School to get some religious education. Now we (neither of us) were religious, in the thirteen years we had been married we only stepped in church for weddings, funerals, baptisms and the occasional midnight mass when she wanted...

I live in a small college town with a big university. When the kids go on break town is noticbly different. Current Census Data.... racial/ethnic groups White (38.7%) followed by Black (23.8%), Hispanic (19.3%) and Asian (13.4%) The students at uni are 40% White, 19% Asian, 11.7% Black or...

Always eh? Really? My story ain't as horrific as many... I mean those that include incest and selling children into slavery or prostitution? Come on, you going to hell because your parents had sex? My story ain't close to as horrible as many but my dad had issues with parenting...well...

This might happen, it has left the idea stage and moved to the submission for funding stage. Comments may end up part of project as it evolves...

In the DC area? It is worth the visit. Started in 1907 it was completed in 1990 but the earthquake of 2011 repairs are still ongoing. (France is quicker at this stuff) The stone masons shop snd gargoyle carvers are amazing. Lots of events, quite the place. Them high ceilings always get...

I try to be a thermostat...but sometimes lack the energy...

Fire...do you use it in ceremony and how? I know some light a candle as they focus to meditate. Others light a candle prior to prayer or for a departed loved one. Of.course there is the menorah, yule, and Kwanzaa candles. In Unity we have an annual burning bowl service where folks either...

I would saybinterfaith exploration is for me somewhat of a "bored" game due to the fact I am interested in the belief systems and those that believe them and how they believe. Some are aggressive believers, others much more passive, some I would classify as almost holy and others 'holier than...

I started here...but seems to be a heckuva resource. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1qjwVwdNFtijA0HRjkmsBx5Duh3jzCGDrhpGsRwCS2CErhWazXje4nYN4_aem_vC57fR7jbg_MAZUs7AUNDg

So monotheism already existed or would have come around..but let's say no Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohamed... Now the devil came along with those guys...so we have none of that. This thread is to speculate as to what the world would be like. What calendar would we use? What year would this be...

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/4/419 I caught hell comparing some of St Thomas Aquinas visions to psychedelic hallucinations in the 70s. My professor gave my paper a B but his notes indicated that he did not approve of my investigation methods and suggested I not continue. Well that...

Its going on your permanent record. I recall this threat a lot in school. (And also in church but that is another story). We mover a lot, 4 elementary schools, 2 junior highs and 2 senior highs...so with the questions they asked and the holes in their stories I learned early on there was no...

Just got out of theater, not being Catholic I am a member of the world who has casually watched the news during papal elections. We.watched the smoke on the news and when the announcement came awaited speeches to proclaim the changing of the guard and hints at direction of church. There has...

Book of faces video https://www.facebook.com/share/r/PYg3zVaCkK2CA4oD/

Pretty much across the board. What I don't see is stats of online attendance since the great pause (pandemic quarantine) Prior to the revolution in the US church attendance was required in many colonies, citizens had to come into town once a month to attend services. In the early20th...

Anyone read about this challenge to Darwin?

Would love to read more info on this trip. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-09/pope-francis-indonesia-interview-fr-marcus-solo-interreligious.html Seems to me since John Paul we have seen more interfaith action from the Catholic church. I don't know is others see it as a...

1) despite being around other people a lot, we are feeling increasingly isolated. Clowning brings us into a state of deep connection with the human and non-human all around. 2) we are aware much communication in the world is based on lies, generalizations and exaggerations. Clowning demands we...