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    apologetics for five topics

    Hello, I am studying the bible and interested in finding the names of apologists who are concerned with explaining a few topics in the bible - I am not an opponent of Christianity, tho I used to be agnostic, so don't get mad, rather I am considering converting after studying the bible a...
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    tempting into sin?

    hello, I am new to religion forums and searching for the answer to a unique problem - I am trying to see if abrahamic religions are truly, provably, the originators of a concept of temptation in their Jehovah and Satan, or if it can be found in a religion which is older than they in the...
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    temptation in religions?

    hello, I am fairly new to religion forums and searching for the answer to a unique problem - I'm trying to find the concept of temptation into sin, the idea that God or a Djinn or something would test people, in primitive religions - and tracking down this 'concept' in literature is proving...
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    reconcile the prophets?

    hello, I am wondering if anyone on this forum knows of an author or authors who has attempted to reconcile in a systematic manner the major and minor prophets of Judaism, cross referencing those statements of each which line up in time, in form, in content to form a general picture of what the...
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    do hindus have a mara?

    hmmm... which asuras are you refering to, that hinder?
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    do hindus have a mara?

    Mara from the buddhist obstructs the path to enlightenment.... is there a complementary concept in hinduism for those pursuing moksha? ? much thanks!
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    temptation in zoroastrianism

    hello all, I am here to ask if anyone knows whether the concept of temptation into sin is a part of zoroastrianism... I know in the vendidad he himself is tempted by ahriman, but i think it is a special occasion... I am wondering, is that a part of the everyday believer's life, (not some...
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    does bhakti hinduism involve testing?

    Regards, that's exellent! tell me, where did you learn that , - are there cases of such in scripture? where is a good place, a good writing, to learn about karma theory more uin depth? -nathan
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    does bhakti hinduism involve testing?

    "Do you happen to still know where you came across the idea, please?" - I am actually not certain but I did read it somewhere fairly authoritative, it was more, God would test a bhakti devotee, his DEVOTION to God so i see that bhakti involves testing... would it involve ETHICAL testing, is what...
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    does bhakti hinduism involve testing?

    would you happen to know which stories, which scriptures? much thanks, btw
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    does bhakti hinduism involve testing?

    Hello, I am fairly new to this forum and I am learning about bhakti hinduism, so I had a few questions to ask the forum members... I know that God in some types of Bhakti will test an adherents devotion to him, when he starts down the bhakti path. my question is, in which types of bhakti is this...
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    when god tests you?

    hello, I am studying religion and attempting to answer a question I have had... It is about the hindu doctrine of karma... from my understanding in many hindu schemes, highest God dispenses karma and one of its functions is to make the universe almost like a university of ethics - you...
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