Hello everyone! This is my first account on here. Previously I was involved with other online religious/theology/philosophy discussion websites and groups but have been on a hiatus from the forum format for a few years and decided to try this one.
Brief:
I was raised by a Protestant mother and...
Pew research surveyed educational attainment among religions and non-affiliated. Jews wereounf toe the most highly educated group.
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2016/12/12150541/Religion-Education-ONLINE-FINAL.pdf
I live very close to an area in the UK where the Jewish community wish to create a large eruv.
What are people's thoughts on this?
For those who do not know what an eruv is, it is basically a way of creating an artificial 'walled city' using posts and wire that allows the most orthodox of Jews...
In Judaism the is a movement called Mussar. It uses self character improvement ethical living as the vehicles for spiritual growth. I am not familiar with Hinduism but would like input from those that are. More specifically how would Hinduism's Dharma paths compare with Judaism's Mussar?
For...
My name is Shaul and I am Jewish. I was born Jewish in an interfaith (Christian/Jewish) home and raised in a Christian home. In my youth and early adulthood I was a sincere and dedicated Christian. After a divorce I questioned many things, including whether Christianity was right. I concluded...
India is the country of 3 Dharmic faiths and philosophies that often strictly promotes a vegetarian diet. The concept of AHIMSA, That predates modern Hinduism and Buddhism, against animals often made it impure for one to consume meat or eggs (Except Kshatriya clans and a few others)
Many Hindus...
Hey everyone, so here's my question. The local synagogue is basically in apartment since in the time of fascism the synagogue was destroyed and the territory for rebuilding a new one hasn't been returned to the Jewish community since then. So basically the conversion is not possible since it...
Antichrist is a Christian term based on interpretation of passages in the New Testament, in which the term "antichrist" occurs five times in 1 John and 2 John. Once in plural form and four times in the singular. In some Christian eschatologies, Jesus the Christ or Christian Messiah will appear...