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    Do you believe in purgatory?

    I don`t believe in Purgatory, but I do not believe in a literal Hell and Heaven either. And to be honest, I'm probably more agnostic about any sort of Afterlife than anything! ;) I don't think it's necessarily anti-Biblical, but I do see the concept of Purgatory as either a) stemming from...
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    Do Lutherans Believe in Repentance?

    Meh. Laziness gets the best of us. Plus, I`m sure you have a lot of better and funner stuff to do as well, lol. Those stuffy old Lutherans! (no offense to any! ;) )
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    Aww, you too. I`m so glad that we can relate on some noospheric level! :) I love your heart. I...

    Aww, you too. I`m so glad that we can relate on some noospheric level! :) I love your heart. I wish I can run away with it!
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    How to choose a church or denomination?

    I grew up a Roman Catholic, so while exploring, I feel that it is important to look through and sift, because there are many fundamentalist groups out there as well as more accepting ones. Eastern Orthodoxy is beautiful, but very reserved. It's one of the few Christian groups left where women...
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    Considering Converting

    Looks like the parish I attend once in a while made a cute little video: S2Vsy4FxemY High Mass at St. James Anglican Church - YouTube St. James Anglican church. That's the choir in the background. It's so beautiful! :p It is an 'affirming Catholic' parish (i.e. I've never seen two grown...
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    How to choose a church or denomination?

    I am trying to learn more about Christian culture and history, and I would like to attend a local church group. However... there are so many of them! How did you find which denomination or church worked for you? Were you just born in that particular denomination and decided to stick with it, or...
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    Do Lutherans Believe in Repentance?

    If you consider yourself an atheist, perhaps a church where it is non-creedal might be better. The Unitarian Universalist religion is non-Christian and non-creedal, and you may feel more at home. Or if you live in a very Christian town or city, maybe something like the UCC (United Church of...
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    What is Jesus doing now?

    Albeit watching the hockey game. Everyone knows Jesus is Canadian! XD
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    Abrahamic history

    Just a disclaimer: I am just a student of Christianity for now, so my opinion may not count as much. However, if you are referring to the Abrahamic God as the existence of 'monotheism,' then Monotheism has existed long before 'Abraham', to the chagrin of others. Many Aboriginal religions...
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    Considering Converting

    Hey there xkatz! I'm also trying to learn more about Anglicanism. It seems like a good moderate spirituality: Catholic in theology, Reformed in character. It's like they take the best of both worlds! Once in a blue moon I'll pop up at the Anglo-Catholic High Church Mass in my locality...
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    Christians who reject the New Testament

    I also second classical Unitarian Christianity. Classical Unitarianism was Christian in character, rationalist in theology, and sceptic in methodology. People like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Parker, James Freeman, and William Ellery Channing would be proponents of classical...
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    Studying Christianity!

    I've read them many many years ago! It's been such a long time. I'm excited to read them again! I think I'll start with the Gospel of John.
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    Studying Christianity!

    Because of my familiarity with the Bible itself, my goal for this new year is actually to learn and read the New Testament Apocrypha, and study the words attributed to Christ outside Biblical tradition. The Jefferson Bible is great though; a definite product of his own time, and Jefferson...
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    How Can One Love Two Religions

    Just for the record, Christianity and Vaishnavism are both close to my heart. So to the OP, don't worry - you're not alone. :)
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    Studying Christianity!

    Thank you so much! :) Satnam!
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    Changed religion so many times, reluctant to label myself..

    I have no idea. A complex mixture of belief, circumstances, and karma certainly has put myself back in square one. I am studying religion again. :/ I have struggled between Vaishnavism and Christianity, but at the moment, I am studying three: Vaishnavism, Christianity, and Unitarian...
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    God in One Sentence

    Beauty. :)
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    Studying Christianity!

    I think I am going to begin studying about Christianity. Since Easter, I have been journeying into Christianity. For some more private reasons, I can no longer go into the areas of worship of my old religion, and I need to have a fresh start. (Certainly, trigger-moments of sadness is just not...
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    Interested in learning more about Sant Nirankari

    Sant Nirankari Mission (SNM) is basically a new religion that does follow a guru, and is somewhat of an off-shoot of Sikh philosophy. They do not follow icon-worship, and believe in the oneness of God, but necessitate a guru to show that faith must be a living one. As far as I know, their...
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    Rejection of Hell

    A few denominations do reject Hell as a place, and see it rather as a state of the soul, or even to go farther, a state of the mind. Catholics see Heaven and Hell as states of the soul's existence, and not places. Anglicans certainly do not adhere to rigid beliefs about Hell either. Certainly...
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