religious

Borrowing from David's blending thread but also to speak of my own leanings, anyone ever have particular leanings towards some aspect of other religions yet not entirely on board with all of it? I personally think I lean in some ways toward Catholicism. My dad was raised Catholic but moved...

Has anyone else noticed that Religious traditions in America are really ambiguous? I'm not talking about Universalism but rather distinct religions picking up tenets of other faiths without anyone seeming to notice. This is most obvious with Christians as they are the dominant religion. Even the...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/19/religious-schools-claim-major-victory-after-ruling-on-contraception-mandate/ It is a victory for them. If they oppose a set of ideals or views they should not be forced to partake in those views or ideals. It makes me wonder how the Administration...

Christian college Liberty University is heading the battle against Obamacare and its funding for contraception and abortions. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/26/us-usa-court-healthcare-idUSBRE8AP0NX20121126

We cannot turn a ‘Blind Eye’ to the hastily increasing religious extremism and intolerance in our society. Sectarian violence and religious extremism is an unpredictable menace. History is sated with incidents of such sorts in various countries. The chauvinists and the evil minded...

In recent decades post-structuralist and deconstructionist thinkers have made a critical case against what they call ?binaries?, against thinking in terms of various dichotomies and opposing principles. And of course most ?New Agers? seem to prefer a thoroughly ?non-dualistic? philosophy of...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/terror.fatwa.analysis/index.html?hpt=C2 This fatwa categorically condemns all acts of terrorism in the name of Islam and for any cause to be haraam (sinful) and that anyone who partakes in such action is a kafir, the worst possible fate for anyone in...

Just came across this recently, curious what the people here think. http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=16536

Just wondering how many of you read books about religion in general. Not necessarily the bible, but other books. I myself have read parts of the bible, a good chunk of "god is not Great" which I'm still working on and "the Portable Atheist" which I've flipped through and will likely read over...