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  1. satori8

    Why so many threads on homosexuality?

    Very true. Greeks and Romans did not condemn it. To me it seems that people sometimes use their religion to justify hate of homosexuals. IMO.
  2. satori8

    Why so many threads on homosexuality?

    There's like four long threads going on homosexuality. I wonder why this is such a hot topic. I mean, I guess its like this. There's a lot of things which could be construed as a sin in the Bible. Murder obviously is. Lying is breaking a commandment. But people lie all the time. You don't see...
  3. satori8

    Isaiah 45:7 does God really create evil?

    That's an interesting premise because I have wondered if God is both light and darkness, and by choosing light we can be connected with the light aspect of God, and then choosing darkness deal with the darkness in God.
  4. satori8

    Ian Stevenson and his studies on reincarnation.

    For reincarnation to be valid, there must be some essence of a soul. I wrote a bit on this earlier in the buddhism section, but Buddhists believe in not self, whereas Hindus and others who believe in reincarnation or an afterlife believe in a self. My own opinion, if we go on, I do not believe...
  5. satori8

    Homosexuality and genetics

    Jesus did not speak out against homosexuality at all. He only spoke of men and women and divorce (the two will become one flesh). This does not mean it is ok by Christian standards. But I would not put words in Jesus's mouth that did not get said.
  6. satori8

    Isaiah 45:7 does God really create evil?

    Calamity is still bad though. If a tsunami hits and kills a lot of people, I would wonder why God would wish to kill so many. We're told to not kill, but he can kill numerous people? I see that madness.
  7. satori8

    When was hell created?

    Well I don't think it exists. Im just curious what Christians say. Apparently Jewish people believe in a place called Gehinom which seems like a purgatory or a place of cleansing. Like having dirty clothes and they get clean. Then they go to Gan Eden or a Garden of Eden like place. But then...
  8. satori8

    When was hell created?

    There's not much mention of a hell in the Old Testament. It seems Hell became a place after Jesus showed up. So when was hell created? Was it created in the beginning? Or was it created when Jesus arrived, to you?
  9. satori8

    Caring for your cards

    I dont cleanse the cards or keep them in anything special. I just keep them in the box they come in.
  10. satori8

    Was satan really a part of Jesus?

    Well they're both the same thing but used by different groups. Psychologists refer to it as unconscious, such as Jung and Freud, whereas some spiritual groups refer to it as the subconscious. Subconscious - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  11. satori8

    Changed religion so many times, reluctant to label myself..

    I started off Christian, but then later could not accept two premises: 1) God sends people to hell for being a part of another religion and 2) God sends people to hell because they are not believers, even if they are good people. I guess I will have to say it is just something inside of...
  12. satori8

    Can atheists be spiritual?

    Yes I would hope atheists could experience a sense of spiritualty in some form, because for myself, I consider myself more individualistic on the path, IOW I can find bits and pieces of truth in various ones, and just formulate my own way of leading my life. Sometimes it's the question which is...
  13. satori8

    Was satan really a part of Jesus?

    Yes it does make more sense than a separate being who is walking around trying to get them to go to hell. I think fallen angels and so forth are metaphorical. However there is a real aspect that human beings have darkness within. A part of ourselves which we are unaware of. Jesus, by fasting...
  14. satori8

    Buddhism and not self

    True I can see one ocean, many waves, but its all one ocean. But still Buddha did give the analogy of one flame, but many candlesticks. When we look at this analogy, it comes from one flame, but the one flame does become many flames in the process. If it could only remain one flame, what...
  15. satori8

    Was satan really a part of Jesus?

    I know it may sound radical but this is where I'm coming from. I believe we all have a light side, and a dark side. And one of the things on a spiritual path is to learn your darkness, and shed some light into it, so you can do what you must to clean house. So Jesus, before he starts his...
  16. satori8

    Who created Christianity?

    I believe Jesus's disciples were the first to start the movement. Then came Paul.
  17. satori8

    Nonduality vs Duality

    I found this awhile back and thought it very good. ~~ If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential...
  18. satori8

    Can atheists be spiritual?

    I was wondering for atheists if they can be spiritual? I know some are Buddhist, which coincides well because God is an irrelevant topic for Buddhists because they do not believe in a personal God. However, some atheists I have spoken to, felt being in awe with the universe was spiritual...
  19. satori8

    Hell-Believers

    It has always seemed wrong that God would send people to hell for not believing a certain way. The Jewish people hardly spoke on the afterlife. I wonder why the afterlife became important in the New Testament.
  20. satori8

    You Were Inside Heaven, Because Of Your Parents.. You Kicked Out

    If we took the story of the Garden of Eden literally it would be irrational. But when we take it metaphorically it makes sense, that man would devise a story to explain the problem of good and evil in the world. By eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve became...
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