World Religions and Your Religion
This community has a broad membership, not just of Americans, but of people from around the world. Many may be aware that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the...
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From LincolnsSparrow How I went from a Christian upbringing to Buddhism. I'll boil it down to this: after about age 12, Christian doctrine stopped making sense to me, and it seemed not to conform to...
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From me Years ago, as part of a job as an editor of a small publishing company, I reviewed a manuscript written by a man who grew up in rural Thailand. At age 18 he went to Bangkok to become a...
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From PDQuest I attend a United Presbyterian Church. the basic belief is: There is only one God, eternal and self existing in three persons. Christ will return to Earth but only God knows when that...
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From Reuven6 Jews are exceptional in one way: Among us there is always the question "What is a Jew?" The reason being that we still have not agreed upon whether we get our Jewishness from religion or...
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From REDNECKCA I would not include either agnostic or atheist in the buddhist concept. My understanding of the original teaching of the founder is more like Don't know if there is a god Don't...
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From JustTheFacts I was raised a Catholic but converted to being a Protestant (first Congregationalist and then Presbyterian). First, I will state the beliefs common to both and then I can point out...
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From me Core Beliefs and Doctrines Godhead Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in God the Father, in his Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. The three make up the...
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From blackirish Thanks for the informative post Flattop. I do have one question concerning the following: The Church has no general salaried ministry. Thousands of Latter-day Saint bishops around the...
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From REDNECKCA Flattop - I have always been impressed by the missionaries. The dedication is incredible. The hardships and even dangers are borne without a complaint. In places like Europe it doesn't...
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Roman Catholic A qualification of the name Catholic commonly used in English-speaking countries by those unwilling to recognize the claims of the One True Church. Out of condescension for these...
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This seems like a good place for the following: King David once compared the tongue with a sharp sword (Ps 57:4). Now, you don't need to believe in the Bible to get the analogy. Much later someone...
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