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    Tea Thread

    I'm more of a coffee drinker these days. That wasn't always the case. When I do drink tea, it is usually green tea. Other teas that I drink include Irish breakfast tea and a few herbal teas from Yogi. Nothing is ever added.
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    Siddhartha, the gods, and death

    I know that it's claimed that it was Brahma who got Siddhartha to preach his message to others, but was it also Brahma that gave him enlightenment or some other god (who?)? And when Siddhartha (Buddha) died, where did he go? Nirvana is just enlightenment, and something that can be achieved...
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    Muhammad & Dowry

    Yeah, but do you know who Muhammad got to pay for the dowry? I don't think it would be Abu Bak (or was it)? Edit: Oh, it looks like it was him! Okay, thanks much!
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    Muhammad & Dowry

    Does anyone know the nature of Mohammad's dowry to consummate his marriage to Aisha? Who paid for it? According to some research (if correct), it actually wasn't Mohammad. Thanks for your help!
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    Gods of Hinduism

    Oh, I'm still here. I thank everybody for their replies! :) (I'm too busy to reply to everyone individually.) All of the replies are being read, even those which don't specially address me at the moment. It's all appreciated, though. All of this does give me a greater appreciation for the...
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    Political theorists and philosophers

    Many come to mind: G.A. Cohen (a Marxist, author of Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality); John Rawls (liberal, A Theory of Justice); Thomas Nagel (Equality and Partiality); Ronald Dworkin (Justice for Hedgehogs); David Gauthier (Morals by Agreement); T.M. Scanlon (What We Owe to Each Other)...
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    Gods of Hinduism

    Yeah, that does make a lot of sense. I'll keep that in mind! I'm going to order those two books previously mentioned. I hope they will be good intros. I'll see soon... But for one of my purposes, my research project actually does need to know the primary gods of Rig Veda. Which three are...
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    Gods of Hinduism

    Well, basically, I'm just studying major religions and trying to figure them out. I'm agnostic (at this point), genuinely want to learn, and also have a large school report I'm working on. But in regards to the question of gods in the Rig Veda, I am looking at it from a more historical point of...
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    Gods of Hinduism

    Okay, that's probably good advice. Thank you. I'll try to start more particular. Do you know the answers to the question on the primary gods? I'm having trouble figuring it out.
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    Gods of Hinduism

    The amount of gods in Hinduism causes me a lot of confusion. :shrug: I'm having a lot of troubles making out who is more important versus not. Searching Google hasn't entirely helped. Would someone tell me which are the three primary gods of the Rig Veda? Aren't half of the hymns about Indra...
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    Does Modern Technology Make Us Less Intelligent?

    There is scarcity, especially of time. Even if technology makes up less intelligent in some ways, it can sometimes allow other areas of our intelligence to develop that couldn't otherwise develop with what has been "freed up" or "released." I might be less good at arithmetic because of the...
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    Germans & the Reformation

    roger1440: Well, I've seen the 2003 version. It wasn't bad. Which one do you think is better (if you've seen both)? Do you (or anyone else) know of any good book references? Also, what about the use of political power after the Reformation? How much control did the different princes in Germany...
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    Germans & the Reformation

    I'm researching the Reformation, and have two basic questions. Do you know of any good sources on this historical event? It should particularly cover Germany and include the events right after the Reformation. Naturally, everyone has biases, but preferably it should try to give the basic...
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    Allegorical Interpretation of Scriptures

    I understand. Thank you!
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    Whatever happened to logic?

    The world has never been logical, alas. Basic Aristotelian logic should be taught at high school. It's ridiculous that it's not. Why not make it a requirement for graduation? When taking geometry in high school, at least there was a small section on proofs but the teacher never emphasized...
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    Allegorical Interpretation of Scriptures

    Yeah, that is what I thought. Thank you. :) There are different versions, naturally. But would you say that the allegorical method per se ignores the historical/literal? Is the latter optional? So that's my question: is the latter optional or not?
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    Allegorical Interpretation of Scriptures

    I have a basic question on the allegorical interpretation or method. I'm trying to understand it better. I'm a little confused. This method takes the scriptures to get their symbolic or spiritual meaning, right? But does it recognize the historical/literal meaning? Granted, we can combine...
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    The Torah in the Synagogue

    Hello, I have a very basic question that I'm wondering about. (Please forgive me.) Do all synagogues (orthodox, conservative, reform, and reconstructionist) tend to use a handwritten scroll of the Torah? Or do the more "liberal" (e.g., reconstructionist) synagogues tend not to? Thank you!
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