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    which denominations are the most 'New Testament'?

    hmm. what was behind your choice of primitive baptists?
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    ethical tests?

    how well developed would you say the concept is? I figure a concept is always well developed if it is mentioned often, like in Zoroastrianism you find the constant refrain 'good thoughts, good words, good deeds' - since it is repeated so often, it is well developed, drilled into the believers...
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    non-caste denomination hinduism?

    hello, I was wondering if there was a subsect of Smartas, Shaktis, Vashnaivites or Shaivites that is anti caste, opposed to the caste system?
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    which denominations are the most 'New Testament'?

    I'm trying to figure, which ones place the most emphasis on the New Testament, and the least emphasis on the Old... I figure the way that usually would happen would be by Covenant, so which people/denominations/theologians believe that the old covenant was the 'most cancelled' by the New, by...
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    sikh afterlife?

    agaion much thanks! you are extremely knowledgeable!
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    Sikhism and kama?

    much thanks!
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    Sikhism and kama?

    much thanks!
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    reinarnation in the HOGD?

    hello, I was wondering if the old 19th century golden dawn followed hermeticism in suggesting reincarnation?
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    Sikhism and kama?

    I am a bit confused on Sikhism's take on the material world, pleasure, gaining wealth, working, vs. asceticism and antimaterialism... As it is not Ascetic, promotes marriage as a desirable end, allows involvement in a military, to me it seems almost like Hinduism, which states that kama/pleasure...
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    Svarga

    hello, I had a question someone might be able to answer, does reincarnation lead to becoming a Deva or something like that in Svarga - Hindu heaven? Or would I be like a human there?
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    eternally transmigrating souls outside Dvaita?

    hello, I was wondering, do Nitya -samsarin souls, the ones that never reunite with God but stay in samsara eternally, exist in Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaidadvaita, etc., ? or anything similar? do nyaya and samkhya recognize anything like this? I know that I'll not find too many...
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    sikh afterlife?

    many kinds of Buddhism say, all souls are destined to be saved. Do you think this is true in Sikh? or will some souls always wander in samsara?
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    A recent decision I made about my spirituality

    do the minor Devas then exist, really, in Sikh? or is it, that they are considered stories or metaphors? Not really real?
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    does christian asceticism apply to mormons?

    hello, I am trying to figure out if the ascetic streak in Paul, in the New Testament, is carried over very much into the Latter Day Saints? how do they feel about wealth, about owning a business, fasting, sex? enjoying life? I think I know the answer already... less ascetic than your typical...
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    time spent in the monastery??

    I am trying to figure out how much time your typical buddhist monk might spend in the monastery vs. outside the monastery, doing anything whatsoever (in town) the reason I am asking this question is that I am trying to decipher how ethics promoting Buddhism is in adherents and as a monastic...
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    some questions about set?

    do you believe in more than one supernatural entity than Set? could I hold a seance whatever like in the Golden Dawn, and contact other spirits, than him, according to you ? and check me if I am wrong but it much sounds from what I have read, that MOST people do not reincarnate, only if one...
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    devil exists in Quakers

    thanks!
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    devil exists in Quakers

    hello, I was wondering if satan exists as an actual creature to tempt people according to the friends general conference?
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    hell accd. friends united meeting

    hello I was wondering if Quakers - friends united meeting - believe that unbaptised polytheists, say, who are of other religions but still manage to avoid stealing lying killing etc., go to heaven? not a troll, actually trying to compare to the other Quaker subsects on this issue
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    karma due to infractions of legal code?

    hello all, I had a quick question about karma in buddhism and was only wondering if perhaps one accrues negative karma by violating the local laws of the area, like hinduism does -the Laws of Manu - this idea seems mundane and unBuddhist to me but it could be my mistake
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