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  1. wil

    Belief, faith and evidence.

    I have been accused and just might be wimpy spiritually....definitely religiously wimpy. I dont follow anyone's rules, dogma or tradition. I follow whatever portions resonate of everyone's tradition but dance to no particular drummer or beat. I light or blow out a candle based on needs or...
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    Interfaithbook

    So I met her in a local comedy writers group. During pandemic we resorted to facebook. This funny insightful orthodoz Jewish woman showed up and wrote some great material with us. She began doing open mics then paid standup gigs, then started booking shows with comics of various beliefs doing...
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    Flow

    Coherence, flow, bliss, get into the groove and stay there! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18g8QP6CHe/ I still believe we are all looking for the same thing...and have already found it.
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    LE(A)NT

    An aspect of my belief is if their is a Divine there is an eachmess of the allness. That I am in it, that it is in I am and we are all one. Lent today came to me as an understanding that Life, has been Lent to me, that this Body, this Planet, this Existence has all been Lent to me. I...
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    3I Atlas

    Anyone following the third interstellar object flying through our solar system? It will get as close as 1.5x the distance from the sun...no danger but so rare that all the telescopes are going to be taking a look to see what we can discover about this time capsule and its 10 million year trip...
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    Rel-ai-gion

    Alternative thought is a concept used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to describe a more balanced or helpful way of thinking in response to an unhelpful or negative automatic thought. It's about finding a plausible, different perspective rather than a strictly positive one...
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    Religious organizational change

    The ebb and flow Over the last five years, several major religious organizations have undergone significant changes. The United Methodist Church split, with over 7,600 congregations leaving due to disagreements over LGBTQ+ issues to form the more conservative Global Methodist Church. The...
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    8 human species?

    We do not have a definitive list of all human species, as new discoveries are still being made. However, at least eight species, including Homo sapiens, are believed to have existed around 300,000 years ago. These include Homo neanderthalensis, Denisovans, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis...
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    We revived a worm...

    In cryptobiosis for 46,000 years...so we never knew about it, dound it frozen, so not extinct, yet a new species. So what the heck, thaw it out...z The Panagrolaimus kolymaensis worm was discovered in 2002 in Siberian permafrost near the Kolyma River. Scientists revived it in 2018, and its...
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    What if your children choose another belief?

    When I had kids I so wanted them to tell me about the world. I didn't want to tell them the sky was blue, I wanted them to tell me what they saw. I feel our whole life we are told how to think, how to talk, what to say and then we spend a life trying to find out what we think, what we want to...
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    The second coming = WWJD

    Most folks don't see me as a Christian, and in their view I think they are correct. My view of Jesus saves is not to or from a heaven or hell in the afterlife but a heaven or hell on earth. Sure I still have unemployment, sorrow, my aorta blow up, strokes etc lol. But my understanding...
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    Brain synchronization

    A Declassified CIA report discussed. https://mix.com/!957121003694067712?via=wilallyn&utm_source=share&utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=androidapp
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    One God, Many Paths

    Dang it, that weekend is Mothers Day and I will be taking mom out to a ball game! MLK Jr Library Washington DC Is it possible that all the world’s great spiritual and religious traditions originated from the same source, even if we refer to or understand that Source in many different ways...
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    An unfair fight - Atheists vs Believers

    My reason is single. Atheists have nothing to lose.... and agnostics in this case are worse in that respect. Prove a believer wrong, pull the rug out from under them and you have taken their G!d, their community, maybe initiated ostracization from their family. Prove an atheist wrong and...
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    Oh my, ai

    Oops I did it again! Here's a comparison of the benefits of adhering to one religion versus interspersing interfaith beliefs and practices: Benefits of dhering to one religion? Stronger Community & Social Support: Provides a sense of belonging and connection within a community sharing similar...
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    Shiva vs Shiva

    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...
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    Have you taught your children about other faiths?

    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...
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    What is it like where you live?

    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...
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    Honor thy Father and thy Mother

    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...
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    The wormhole.

    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...
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