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  1. Exaltist Ethan

    Shut Up a Proselytizer in Two Minutes

    You make a good case. In fact, I try my best now to never burn a bridge. The time I called the LDS church a cult I was just in a bad mood. But from now on I'm going to try my best to polite and not tell people off from having a discussion about religion, no matter how different their point of...
  2. Exaltist Ethan

    Shut Up a Proselytizer in Two Minutes

    Mormons have approached me about their religion. I just say their religion is a cult and that shuts them up pretty easily. Other religions have never approached me without me approaching them first. The funny thing is I actually don't believe that specific religion is a cult but when I don't...
  3. Exaltist Ethan

    Poll: Representing the Political Centrists

    This topic is broader than North American politics. Centrists exist in nearly every country. Just because I told you my experiences as an American it doesn't mean I have to put it specifically in North American politics. I covered ground in that, but the poll is directed towards RF, not America...
  4. Exaltist Ethan

    Poll: Representing the Political Centrists

    There doesn't seem to be a true voice who hold themselves in the middle between progressivism and conservativism, those who see a need for both equality and hierarchy, when it is appropriate. There is no section in RF for those who established themselves as centrists or political moderates. Yes...
  5. Exaltist Ethan

    Pain

    My mom has fibromyalgia and I have bipolar disorder. My mom is in pain constantly, everywhere throughout her body, but especially her back where it is the most painful. She is actually thinking about getting her spine replaced to avoid more pain, even though she takes pain pills they don't...
  6. Exaltist Ethan

    Religious Freedom, what does it really mean?

    To me religious freedom is synonymous with freedom of religion. And basically what this means is, I should have the right to believe in God in however way I want. As someone who blurs the line between believer and skeptic I often find others trying to lump me in their camp, not really realizing...
  7. Exaltist Ethan

    Your political identity?

    I'm one of the few people who when taking the political compass quiz doesn't get right-authoritarian or left-libertarian. I always get right-libertarian. However, over the years I've stopped worshiping Ayn Rand and anarcho-capitalists and have become much more closer to the center. The last two...
  8. Exaltist Ethan

    God is disproven by science? Really?

    Oh, I wasn't debating with those atheists, I was reading the debates they had with theists. Typically my Reddit is used to make polls when I do post and I hardly ever make comments on YouTube videos anymore. :)
  9. Exaltist Ethan

    God is disproven by science? Really?

    I just want to note however, that this belief isn't technically pantheism. Scientific pantheists believe that God has no consciousness, spiritual pantheists believe that God does. What I'm describing is not pantheism but process theology instead. My theology is both influenced by pantheism and...
  10. Exaltist Ethan

    God is disproven by science? Really?

    In the beginning there was no consciousness, but by having planets with consciousness, God is becoming conscious. Life in fact is proof of this. Stupid YouTube and Reddit posts. I understand that disproving something is different from disbelieving in the exact same thing. I think most atheists...
  11. Exaltist Ethan

    God is disproven by science? Really?

    I would argue that it's both of these things because before I do not place omniscience to God at that point. In fact, I still don't place omniscience to God at this point, although I would say with how fast humans and their technology are growing I wouldn't be surprised that in the next several...
  12. Exaltist Ethan

    God is disproven by science? Really?

    As I understand God there is no separation of It to reality, and science doesn't disprove this but rather science is the study of God. As far as the God most people understand, monotheism over pantheism, many monotheists will say that the conditions science lays out before the Big Bang is also...
  13. Exaltist Ethan

    2024 Presidential Candidates

    I always took Chris Christie to be a genuine person. I did not know he was 60, but if he survives until the Wisconsin primary I will be voting for him.
  14. Exaltist Ethan

    Unity within Religious Groups

    I find it a bit odd that Baha (the Baha'i God) created two people with The Bab and Baha'u'llah around the same time to carry His will, but I guess God knew that The Bab was going to he was going to be martyred and Baha'u'llah carried on his mission. I investigated The Bab's teachings...
  15. Exaltist Ethan

    Unity within Religious Groups

    Does the Baha'i Faith also have dates for religions that pre-date their religion too? I would be interested to see which religions were considered valid at what dates to them. So far I know that Baha'i is 1852-2852 AD. Islam started in 610 AD. Babism started in 1844 AD. So Islam was valid...
  16. Exaltist Ethan

    Unity within Religious Groups

    I think if you asked many Christians at least 75% of them would say all Christians are going to Heaven. Christianity is a large group and many religions are part of that. The question then comes down to what makes a true Christian, and if JW, LDS and other groups are truly considered Christian...
  17. Exaltist Ethan

    Unity within Religious Groups

    So let me ask you Trailblazer, if there was a new religion, even newer than the Baha'i Faith, and they said they were inspired by the Baha'i Faith, but didn't call themselves Baha'is and did not actively try to break the covenant of that religion, would they be considered covenant breakers at...
  18. Exaltist Ethan

    Unity within Religious Groups

    If you read the rest of my thread you'd know that in fact there were historical reasons that there were separations in the Baha'is. Some Baha'is didn't like Abdul Baha's leadership, or chose to follow some someone else other than the main group. I agree with you that had the religion truly been...
  19. Exaltist Ethan

    Unity within Religious Groups

    The Baha'i Faith is a very interesting religion. It allows its members to do virtually anything they want and remain a Baha'i. If you are gay and want to have a gay marriage, you cannot have a gay Baha'i marriage, but you can get married the secular way if your government permits it. There's a...
  20. Exaltist Ethan

    Is Christianity the easiest religion?

    This question doesn't really make any sense when you think about it. First, you need to define a Christian. Since the only universally accepted definition of a Christian is someone who believes in Christ, it would appear that it is really easy to be a Christian. However, there are so many lairs...
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