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  1. Treks

    The shingles vaccine; yes or no?

    Yeah I thought you gotta have chicken pox before you can get shingles? Maybe the vaccine prevents the virus from being re-activated. I wonder if they can use such a vaccine on other forms of herpes virus then?
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    Just In

    You're hired! :D Welcome.
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    Thanks for exploring monotheism and panentheism with me - I've expanded my mental definition of...

    Thanks for exploring monotheism and panentheism with me - I've expanded my mental definition of monotheism and am reminded of the limitations of language. :)
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    Brahman's Name

    Ooohh, I see. You weren't using the expression "take the Lord's name in vain" with the usual meaning. Well, if you go around calling yourself God I think you might end up in the funny farm!
  5. Treks

    Were you stupid in high school?

    In high school I was passionate, opinionated, and naiive. One of my teachers described me as "pig headed", which didn't help at all at the time.
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    Brahman's Name

    Ah, I see I miread your earlier post explaining the difference between Nirguna Brahman and Saguna Brahman. Sorry about that! You were explaining how Nirguna Brahman has no qualities. None. Zip, zero, nada. It actually takes an extra moment to process exactly what that means.
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    Brahman's Name

    I am myself a panentheist and I don't separate God from the universe (and for clarity, I believe God extends beyond the universe, timelessly and infinitely, putting the 'en' in 'panENtheism'). Here is some Gurbani that describes my beliefs. Does this fit your "monotheism/panentheism"...
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    Brahman's Name

    It's a question that's been asked on RF before. You can browse those threads. My own understanding is similar to nazz's here: Monotheistic PanENtheism?
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    Brahman's Name

    The grace element of Ik Onkar is a bit of a mystery to me and I'm still mulling it over it will probably remain so for my whole life. I think also that some people want God to be more personal and active in their lives, and others want God to be more abstract and philosophical. Regarding the...
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    Brahman's Name

    I said "I am fairly certain monotheism and panentheism are not the same." Commonly (although I'm aware there are broader definitions), monotheism is understood to be belief in one god which is not equatable with creation, as distinct from pantheism which posits that God and the...
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    Brahman's Name

    I am interested to see such articles because in all my time as a Sikh I did not encounter such teaching. And in all my reading of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji I have never understood that God is anything but the essential reality, the providential universal creative force, and definitely not a...
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    Brahman's Name

    I am fairly certain monotheism and panentheism are not the same. Edit, as I see you are a Shai Muslim: Can you tell me more about what Islam teaches in this regard, then? Is Islam not monotheistic according to the ordinary meaning of the term? Does Islam teach that God and the creation are...
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    Exhibitionism in Women, whose fault?

    Exhibitionism is a mental disorder characterized by a compulsion to display one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger. :eek:
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    Brahman's Name

    Ah okay, that's interesting. So you're saying there's three layers to the Brahma/n pie? Nirguna Brahman, Sarguna Brahman, and then personal deities? And no, in Sikhi Waheguru is not a personal god. The Ik Onkar is impersonal creative force. Sikhi is panentheistic and not monotheistic and...
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    Brahman's Name

    I have always been of the understanding that "Brahman" is the nirguna spirit more or less equatable with Ik Onkar in Sikhi, and that the form with qualities that you call "saguma Brahman" is usually written as "Brahma" (without the 'n' sound at the end) and is the creator aspect of the triple...
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    how EXACTLY the future Baha'i government would be set up and how it will function.

    I am simply responding to the thread topic about how a future Baha'i government might be set up and function. :) Obviously it's just my hope for the Baha'i religion. You know more about whether or not this is a possibility.
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    how EXACTLY the future Baha'i government would be set up and how it will function.

    Okay, according to your word. And yet, by virtue of their gender alone they are prohibited from participating in the UHJ. Clearly they are willing and able, so I hope future Baha'i government drops the drisciminaton.
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    how EXACTLY the future Baha'i government would be set up and how it will function.

    I hope the future is one of equal opportunity for men and women to serve in the Baha'i religion.
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    Digital age

    Do you think the others who profit from our enslavement are likewise enslaved? :eek:
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    how EXACTLY the future Baha'i government would be set up and how it will function.

    Will women be allowed to serve in a future Baha'i government?
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