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    Do you cover your head in your spiritual tradition?

    Even when the context may not be clear in the Christian Scriptures, many of the older images of early Christian women depict them veiled during the Divine Liturgy. Mother Mary is always depicted veiled, as well as some of the earlier Christian women saints in history. Saints Pepetua and...
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    Something is itching

    Secular Humanism, or Atheism. Or if you want to try something spiritual, Unitarian Universalism will do the trick!
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    What are your favorite breakfast foods?

    Cottage cheese and fruit! Yogourt and fruit! Or upma! Yum! :D
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    Best and worst religion/philosophy books you've read?

    One of the many best books out there to read:
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    Do you cover your head in your spiritual tradition?

    I began covering my head with a mantilla while attending Anglican High Mass for the first time, and I loved it. Given though that the practice died out in the 60's, and that the Anglican tradition used hats instead of mantillas, I do stick out (but it's Anglo-Catholic, so I do not feel as bad!)...
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    Toddler With Cancer

    My condolences. :( I will say a Rosary for the family.
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    Changed religion so many times, reluctant to label myself..

    For me, that same bhakti that you had for God in the past, is the same devotion and love that you have for Allah. What is smaranam in one tradition, is dhikr in yours. I feel that Sufi spirituality within the Islamic paradigm is key to learning how to love Allah- it is a supreme science! From...
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    Changed religion so many times, reluctant to label myself..

    For me, I suppose that culture and religion are very much the same thing to me. How can you think of abandoning Jehovah or Allah and His Angels, and think that you are not adopting the same thing with Vishnu and His devatas, or Amitabha Buddha and the Bodhisattvas, or what have you? I am a...
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    How to deal with the bigotry?

    Thanks hun! I really appreciate your words, as I do always. "May Yahweh bless you and keep you. May Yahweh let his face shine on you and be gracious to you. May Yahweh show you his face and bring you peace." -- Numbers 6:24 (New Jerusalem Bible, NJB) God bless, hun!
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    How to deal with the bigotry?

    Could you elaborate a little more?
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    How to deal with the bigotry?

    Thanks, hun, for the suggestion. I am not as eloquent with intelligent debate or with clarification of points or arguments in a heated discussion. However, it gets to me sometimes that whenever I see conservative Christians step onto a pedestal and proclaim their exclusiveness to the world, it...
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    The What Are You Listening To? Thread - Part Three!

    Arsenio Rodríguez Scull - "Mi Corazón No Tiene Quien Lo Llore" Bailes conmigo!! :D
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    How to deal with the bigotry?

    In my study of Christianity, I am absolutely appalled by the amount of ignorant bigots, fundamentalists, and one-true-churchers out there, claiming the name 'Christian' and 'Jesus Christ' as their own. It slightly sickens me. How can one be so vehemently homophobic, gynophobic, xenophobic...
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    There's something about Saint Mary...

    Since it is still Eastertide, here is the Marian hymn, Regina Caeli. We sing this after Mass as one of the traditional hymns to Our Lady. Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli) Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom thou didst merit to bear, alleluia. Hath risen, as he said, alleluia...
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    So I Went To A Gay Wedding.....

    It's right beside the tender paschal lamb! ;)
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    So I Went To A Gay Wedding.....

    Okay, you beat me. You may now claim your prize! :rolleyes: *hands BSM1 a jar of Communion wafers*
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    So I Went To A Gay Wedding.....

    Episcopalian? That's awesome! XD Like one Episcopal church I went to... it featured a former-Wiccan-now-Episcopalian-black-lesbian-woman-priest. :D The coffee wasn't bad either!
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    Child free?

    I have no idea if I desire to have children or not. Frankly, I'm also terrible with children, but they always say it is different when you have your own child! My current significant other, however, does not want to have children. Even the thought of foster care or adoption would still be some...
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    Question..

    It's very normal, hun! And if your parish doesn't agree, just find a Lutheran church that accepts you for who YOU are! :D It's definitely a time of turmoil though! I hated puberty when I was your age!
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    Public displays of affection.

    I have trouble with this. I am more conservative about public displays of affection besides my man's arm around me and holding hands, but my boyfriend sees doing such things, as well as kissing (sometimes I think he even wants to make out for the thrill of it!) as completely acceptable. Part of...
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