I believe that we all have souls. I believe that there is one great power, a divine source.  Some people call him Yaweh, some God, some Allah, some Brahma, some cosmos, some the oversoul.  I believe that there are many paths to this deity, and that each of us takes the path that feels 'right' to us.  I believe in reincarnation, that we have been here before.  Some of us have old souls and are on our last tour of this reality.  Some are new souls and have ...

Here's a question for all the Christians in the house: How comfortable are you with the thought of sharing heaven with a mass murderer?  A pedophile?  A person who delighted in torturing little children before they beat them to death?  How comfortable are you with spending eternity with people who rob and rape and kill and pervert and abuse?  With people who were so vile in life that they had to be segregated from the general population and imprisoned for the rest of t...

Did you know that according to Gnostic and Jewish tradition, Eve was NOT Adam's first mate? According to Haggadah, a book of oral legend usually associated with the Talmud, Lilith was the first woman. She was created from dust, the same as Adam, but she only remained with him a short time.  Why? Because she insisted upon enjoying full equality with him, saying that she had a right to do so because she was created the same way as he was. Adam, apparently, didn't like it.  Ne...

What if the Bible isn't the end of the story? What if there's more to the nature of the divine and man's relationship with such?  What if the Council of Nicea only got it partially right - what if there are other teachings that are just as valid that expand upon the teachings of the Bible?  What if?  How would that affect your faith?  Your beliefs?  Your perceptions of what is real and what isn't? What if?  Would it change things for you?  ...

Forever serenity wrote an article earlier today asking why athiests do the things they do Link .  I wrote this article a while back and thought that this was a decent answer to her question. I'm different. I'm not like you.  I don't share your faith, your beliefs, your religion. And I am perfectly okay with that.  I'm not against your praying for me.  I'm not against your quoting the bible  to me.  I'm not even against your talking to...

I'm having a hard time with Buddhism lately.  I mean, the precepts are wonderful, but.....I'm a scrapper at heart *winks @ LW* and that just doesn't jive with Buddhism. I've been reading and thinking about Hinduism a lot lately.  I can dig the trinity they have - Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, creator, protector, destroyer.  It's a lot easier to swallow the concept of three separate deities, each representing a single facet than it is the Christian god who destroys cities, drown...

I'm having a crisis of faith. It's been an on-going crisis for months/possibly years now....and i can't quite seem to find a solution for it. Let me begin by laying a foundation for you. I was raised C of E (Church of England), a protestant faith. When i came to the States oh, 14 or so years ago, i went off on this journey to find a faith that i was comfortable with...and there were many of them! I went through Catholicism, Baptist (Southern and otherwise), Lutheran, Methodist...you nam...