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    What are your favorite oils to cook with?

    I use grapeseed oil, because a) it's cheaper than olive oil, and b) it's quite healthful to have it. It's good for salads and salad dressings, cooking and frying! Otherwise, I just use butter or ghee! :/ I can't help it! :p Butter is just so delicious in foods!
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    A pre-emptive apology

    Odion, hun, I've seen your many facets, from irritableness to absolute kindness! And yet you still come out fine! :D
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    If Jesus could heal blind men, why didn't he just heal blindness?

    I am somewhat of a renegade in that I believe in a Jesus outside of the Bible. I think that it is silly to assume miraculous workings as literal in this world. Being that the Bible never even existed in its present-day compendium, we can isolate the books for a minute here. After Christ's...
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    Eastern religions in the west

    Yeah, that's what I meant! :facepalm: Methinks I need more coffee! :coffee: That said, I might relook into the Baha'i Long Obligatory Prayer. I do miss it, and maybe I could try it out again. It's a very beautiful prayer, and I highly recommend any Abrahamic to just try it out!
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    How to discern belief systems?

    I like this post! I will definitely chew on what you have given! I have never thought about it, but you are right when it comes to if said religion deals with questioning and controversy, its sense of ethics, and its way of evolving itself outside outdated ideas and concepts.
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    Eastern religions in the west

    I know many Baha'is, and have read most of the Baha'i Writings. In terms of religious lining, the Baha'i Faith (two words, one noun! XD) is Abrahamic in its entire core. Things like Progressive Revelation, Prophets and Messengers, the Oneness of God in a very Abrahamic monotheistic sense, etc...
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    How to discern belief systems?

    I absolutely agree! I think one thing I have with me is that I seek aesthetics. I love the utilising of the senses in worship, and I see God as both impersonal (force, universal sentiment of higher purpose), and yet available as personal.
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    Collects! Kontakion! :D

    It is the Fourth Week of Easter! Here is the Collect of the week from the Book of Alternative Services: O God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do your...
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    Conversion and name change

    I am one of the unluckier (or luckier) ones that have legally changed my given name to a religious one to reflect my religious practice of the time, and for more personal reasons. However by and large, I generally go with my middle name instead, which is a name my family prefers to call me by...
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    Eastern religions in the west

    I think that Westerners (me included) are generally open or attracted to the exotic, and learning about other belief systems. While Buddhism (albeit a very Westernised, sanitised one) was popular back then, with the rise of meditation, vegetarianism and the health food movement, and yoga, Hindu...
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    How to discern belief systems?

    So... what things help you discern a belief system? The rituals? Prayers? Beliefs themselves? what do you find most important that you seek in a religion or spiritual tradition?
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    Trying to find the right religion for me

    I think you'll know what works eventually. In this world of instantaneous information, many people are syncretic in their religious practice and belief. I feel that if you immerse yourself in the beauty of different religions, that could be of big help to you! Maybe all the religions offer...
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    difficulty in converting

    Sorry prabhu; I've been in thinking mode for a few weeks now. :o I think people should try to immerse themselves in whatever they're claiming... such as saying "I am Hindu!" but not actually knowing what going to temple is like, immersing one's self in the Scriptures, doing puja, japa, singing...
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    difficulty in converting

    I sometimes do not know. However, people who have similar experiences of trauma, hurt, and emotional abuse tend to try to get away from things that have formally hurt them. But I still believe that Krishna loves me, and I know that such a statement would be anathema for many people, if not...
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    Family Emergency

    I am very happy that you are getting the help and comfort you need. When it comes to times of trial and difficulty, it is always good to seek the solace and comfort of the presence of others. Keeping you in my thoughts!
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    I got hitched!

    YEY MARRIAGE!!! Congratulations and much happiness now and in the future!
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    Rejection of Pauline Epistles

    "Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist." (1 Corinthians 8:6) As someone with an Arian-Unitarian perspective, 'lord' is a title, not necessarily proof that Jesus...
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    BBC: Choral Evensong!

    BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong Come and listen to Choral Evensong (Evening Prayer), with the BBC! Okay, so it's less about prayer and worship than its about the choir. Still, it's so nice to listen to! :yes:
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    There's something about Saint Mary...

    The Magnificat, or the Canticle of Mary, as found in the Book of Common Prayer (and also in the Canadian Book of Alternative Services), from the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 1. This is her prayer, of which I have always found inspiration in, and is powerful because it has references to...
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    Church of the Brethren

    I remember one girl and I in high school... she was of the Brethren. All I could gather was that it was like an anabaptist-based Church where the women cover their heads and use the Darby Bible. XD I told her, as a Catholic, women used to cover their heads until the 60's, and now no one does...
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