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    Afterlife for Non-Members of your Faith?

    I believe that the creator of the material world and our physical bodies is indeed evil, yes. But I believe in a higher God than the creator of the material world; this higher God is the Creator of our souls/spirits and the spiritual heaven.
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    Why do you looking to find faults in other peoples belief?

    Why are homosexual relations immoral?
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    Afterlife for Non-Members of your Faith?

    Of sorts. But it is the creator of the material world who trapped us in physical bodies in the material world in the first place who will do so again if he gets half a chance.
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    Nothing lasts forever in this life

    So no possibility that you could be wrong/your beliefs could be false? I get that you are committed to your beliefs, but can you not see that there is a possibility, however remote, that you could be wrong?
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    Afterlife for Non-Members of your Faith?

    I believe that all people will eventually attain to an Otherworldly, spiritual heaven that is distinct from the material world, once they have freed themselves from attachment to the material world. Those who don't do so by the end of this life will be trapped again in a physical body in the...
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    Nothing lasts forever in this life

    Okay, so are you saying that you are open to the possibility that your beliefs are false?
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    Nothing lasts forever in this life

    Do you not think it possible that one can believe something to be true but still be open to the possibility that one could be wrong? I myself hold a number of beliefs (about things, which I believe to be true), but I am still open to the possibility that I am wrong in holding those things to be...
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    Life is eternal

    I believe that the life of the soul/spirit is eternal, but not the life of the physical body which dies. The soul/spirit I believe to eventually make it to a spiritual heaven, which is distinct from earth and the broader material world. In fact, I think that earth is the true hell.
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    Mixing different beliefs

    I thought I would just come in to say that I identify as a Gnostic but I reject Jesus (like the Mandaeans who are an influence for me).
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    Overcoming desire.

    I believe the trick is to fully immerse yourself in the world and indulge those of your sensual desires not injurious to yourself or other persons whilst at the same time freeing yourself from attachment to them such that whatever happens it doesn't phase you one way or the other. Is this easy...
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    When you die...

    Buried in the ground. I'd like to think I'll have fully freed myself from attachment to my physical body by the time it dies, such that it won't matter how it is disposed of, but I can't be sure. I believe burying the dead body in the ground gives the soul/spirit still attached to it some time...
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    Iran sentences LGBTQ woman to death for spreading corruption on earth.

    Thanks. @Link when you are next on here and have some time to go through this thread, would be good to get your perspective on the story.
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    Iran sentences LGBTQ woman to death for spreading corruption on earth.

    It would indeed be good to know the specifics of how the Iranian regime are using the phrase. Do you know if we have any Persian speakers on RF who might be able to peruse the Mizan News agency website for the story? That might help us to move forward in our analysis of this whole affair.
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    Iran sentences LGBTQ woman to death for spreading corruption on earth.

    You know I can't do that but when the phrases look the same, I'm inclined to think they are the same. If it looks like a spade..
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    Iran sentences LGBTQ woman to death for spreading corruption on earth.

    Even if it is not in keeping with exegetes in history or elsewhere today, the Iranian regime's mobilisation of the phrase sure looks like interpretation of the Quran to me. I don't think they have just made this phrase up. After all it bears a striking resemblance to the Quranic phrase. And that...
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    Be good to all, no matter faith or no faith

    Words do come with pre-existing meanings, though. Sure, meanings can and do change with usage and time, but the way they are typically used does have some significance, I think.
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    Be good to all, no matter faith or no faith

    Okay, I guess my immediate reaction would be why use the term 'spiritual' to refer to these things, rather than, say, 'emotional' or 'psychological' or some other word? Spiritual to me is quite a loaded term which it seems to me brings all sorts of baggage associated with the notion of...
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    Iran sentences LGBTQ woman to death for spreading corruption on earth.

    I understand what you are saying. And I can't comment on the OP's intentions in creating this thread. But it does seem as if the Iranian regime are using this phrase from the Quran in this much looser way and that is a problem. Whether it is in keeping with historical exegesis or not may well...
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    Be good to all, no matter faith or no faith

    Out of interest, how do you as an avowed secular humanist define the spirituality that is also important to you?
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    Iran sentences LGBTQ woman to death for spreading corruption on earth.

    There's also a story on the BBC News website entitled 'I want to see the rainbow flag raised in Iran' which references the Mizan News agency, apparently linked to Iran's judiciary, as having said that these two women had been found guilty of human trafficking and 'corruption on earth'. According...
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