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  1. Sundance

    Christians are polytheists?

    I really don’t think you understand their creeds if this is your interpretation, dear sir. They are explicitly monotheistic. To attempt to distort the meaning in justifying any claim of polytheism is absurd, it makes no sense.
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    Christians are polytheists?

    The New Testament (the standard of Christian belief and practice) is crystal clear on this matter: while other cultures and religions have their own beliefs, for the Christians, there is but only one God.
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    Christians are polytheists?

    Regarding the divinity and resurrection of Jesus, they can be gleaned from the text of the New Testament, but outside of this, they are conjecture. The crucifixion, however, is independently verified through the few available historical sources (see Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews, the Annals...
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    What Judaism means to me as a Roman Pagan

    I fear that he may have had my head for expressing this sort of sentiment. Either this or I would be publicly shamed for it.
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    What Judaism means to me as a Roman Pagan

    Lately, I’ve been reflecting upon my limited understanding of Judaism and from the little that I do, I must confess that I’m quite enamored with the laws in their Torah. The concept of a comprehensive collection of moral and ethical injunctions is something quite admirable. (Indeed, we Roman...
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    Hi, re! I hope you’re feeling okay today. *hugs you tightly*

    Hi, re! I hope you’re feeling okay today. *hugs you tightly*
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    “…For you are not alone, but God is within, and your Guardian Spirit, and what light do they...

    “…For you are not alone, but God is within, and your Guardian Spirit, and what light do they need to behold what you do?”
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    The youthful poet, guided by his inner Divine Spirit, slowly awakens from his stupor of vice.

    The youthful poet, guided by his inner Divine Spirit, slowly awakens from his stupor of vice.
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    Drop what you're listening to

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    What are your thoughts on Christianity?

    As for me, uhhhh...as with @Rival, it’s a bit of a mixed feeling, but I feel mostly positive! On the one hand, speaking historically, Christians in particular have quite a checkered background. On the other hand – from a teachings perspective – I think Jesus of Nazareth was onto something...
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    Folks from Other Religions

    Among Imperial Romans, religion was pretty much a matter of correct performance of ritual, not belief or conviction. In addition, it was inextricably tied to the well-being of the state, supporting the leadership. If the god or gods you worshipped or your religious practices didn’t stand in the...
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    Scripture sharing from Your Sacred Text

    This portion of a fourth passage – which is my absolute favorite – comes from Seneca the Younger’s Moral Letters to Lucilius: “You are doing an excellent thing, one which will be wholesome for you, if, as you write me, you are persisting in your effort to attain sound understanding; it is...
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    Scripture sharing from Your Sacred Text

    Hmmmmm...my favorite passages from the Stoic Writings? I’ve got a couple: “Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee. There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains...
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    Poll: is God worthy of worship?

    From my perspective, (in general) because of the simple fact that gods are such, they are worthy of worship. Just like with musicians, or sculptors, or teachers, or one’s parents, or one’s superiors at work, or politicians, it’s important to honor and respect these figures by virtue of their...
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    US food standards vs the rest of the world

    San Jose, food-wise, sounds similar to here in Baltimore. Places here sell food from all over.
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    My Stoic Practice and the label ‘Pagan’

    No, dear friend. The traditional gods for Stoics were not at all archetypes. Rather, they were seen as aspects of the immanent Supreme Divinity: Logos, Universal Reason.
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    If you put your religious book away for a moment.

    We Stoics do have a few surviving texts from major figures (e.g. Cleanthes’s Hymn To Zeus, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, The Enchiridion of Epictetus, and Seneca’s Moral Letters), but they’re sort of more akin to high school or college course textbooks or instruction manuals than holy texts...
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    Jesus and Krishna--Two Peas In A Pod

    In my opinion, there are certain similarities: both are worshipped in groups devoted to them and both are believed to be God incarnate, but past that, I think the similarities are kind of overblown.
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    Jesus and Krishna--Two Peas In A Pod

    I think you might want to check the information against the original sources.
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    Jesus and Krishna--Two Peas In A Pod

    @SeekingAllTruth I hate to be another “bubble-burster”, but most of these are not true, my friend.
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