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Hello. I encourage you to be non-committal about religions. You are fifteen, and that means you are not the person that you will be. The best preparation to choose your religion is a moral life. So I encourage you to be moderate in all areas of your life, be judicious about how you spend...

I think I 'Was taught' the same as AussieThoughts. There is something I can imagine that could develop out of Judaism into the idea of 'Original sin' through the Christian lineage. Cutting away pride is symbolized in sacrifices where fat is cut from meat and in circumcision, and it represents...

This I have heard, but I think earlier generations of Muslims had books with depictions of him in them. I don't think its as serious a stricture as people say. Probably it is just a lot of ado about nothing.

I visit, too. I was formerly called 'Dream'. Now I'm waggindraggin.

True, although the RCC did earn a lot of dislike from USA, particularly in the early 20th century.

I think I agree. Evolution requires many, many deaths, so its not like every mutation is good. Most of them are troublesome, like trying out new recipes without any prior experience often yields bad food.

So sorry to hear that, Juantoo3!

Spam is in Arabic now? No wonder there is so much anger with the West!

My oldest email accounts have very busy spam filters, but newer accounts don't seem to have any spam. I think web sites have gotten more responsible, and new email addresses are less prone to spam.

The Quakers might fit your description where no one denomination is promoted, although I don't know if they live in a community. They have meetings.

Different decisions mean different people. If I have an alternate self who makes a good decision, then they deserve the reward for it.

The different kinds of Buddhists seem to parallel some of the different kinds of Christians. Pure-land has an equivalent and very similar form in some branch of Christianity. I think Theravada has an equivalent form in a branch of Christianity, too. I cannot really explain why there are so...

Yes they do. I agree, but I do not believe that it comes naturally. Its a difficult position to take and for me requires time and experience. I think you can tell it to children (or to adults either), and they hear the words but may not incorporate them. The challenge of a lifetime is to see...

I read that it is thought originally that meditation was one of the last lessons taught to Buddhists, and compassion and discipline were taught first. So I read that later on mediation was taught simultaneously. I'm sorry I can't say for sure where I read this. I liked it, so I remembered it.

Hi Nowhere Man. We have met elsewhere. I'm still a brick here, but I'm called waggindraggin.

That makes sense. Visions could be considered signs or miracles, so there is not really any point in pursuing them unless they are part of some kind of improvement in the individual.

Biogenesis of cells is a whole different subject from natural selection with DNA. We can observe natural selection among cells, but we cannot observe cell biogenesis. There are some good ideas about what might have caused cells but no conclusions. Cells as we see them today are very complex...