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    Something I read earlier today that I don't know where to put

    They look more like dinner sausages to me, but I don't know from English sausages or so called "bangers" (?)
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    Something I read earlier today that I don't know where to put

    This looks pretty good, and reminds me of some version of an English country breakfast.
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    One God, Many Paths

    Which religions are RHP? Which are LHP? Which have both? Is there a source which explains this?
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    It sounds like you have more to tell! That is, if you wanted to share it. Sounds intense!
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    Something I remember as a teenager is being on an awful lot of mailing lists somehow. I got a lot of material from Masons and from Rosicrucians. I remember thinking they were interesting, but didn't want to send them any money. Maybe I would have if they were selling books but it wasn't clear...
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    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    If they don't serve scotch - only Irish whisky?
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    One God, Many Paths

    ??? What do you mean? Which RHP? All religions that are part of it?
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    One God, Many Paths

    Well, one thing at a time, right?
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    Scholarly discussion about changes in biblical texts

    Yes, sometimes even in the NT Gospels I have sometimes wondered how much of Christian doctrine or ideas would make more sense thought of they way people think of koans Even reading the NT Gospels I have always felt confused - maybe mixed messages but I was raised with mixed religious messages...
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    Scholarly discussion about changes in biblical texts

    Context always. One of the reasons I read commentary and scholarship and forum posts more than scripture itself is my long history of attempting to read Scripture but not understanding the context enough to get anything out of it. Finding the bible hard to read, not necessarily due to complexity...
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    Scholarly discussion about changes in biblical texts

    What were the criteria they used to make those assessments? Do you know?
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    Another thing I recall is my grandparents having some - concerns? for a time that my aunt was interested in "black magic" (they didn't spell out that I can recall what the concerns were, only some feelings of tension. I vaguely picked up from them and the culture around me that there might be...
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    Always, I just don't think I found it there I was raised to have an open mind and consider things, if nothing else Oh I could have gone all in with my grandfather if I wanted to. I sort-of knew that church goers wouldn't necessarily agree with other things i was taught, but I was under the...
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    Probably something like that. Or maybe she wanted me to get information besides my grandfather's rants about imminent armageddon, or maybe I asked questions she couldn't answer thoroughly. I think she was gobsmacked when I took some of the material seriously, is all.
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    Thanks, but sadness is misplaced in regards to this. There are lots of things about my upbringing I could complain about if I still wanted to, but being raised with the mixed spiritual ideas that I was, was a gift, I was lucky. 😇
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    Naturally, I didn't share that much of my beliefs with peers. Some of it was none of them seemed really analytical or philosophically inclined at all. And also, a few people were from really fundamentalist families, and almost ANYTHING you said that wasn't exactly in line with what they thought...
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    During my teens also, my mom was very into material like what is found here Jonathan Parker | Guided Meditation Retreats & Self Help Programs It was that teacher, some earlier incarnations of his catalog, but a lot of the same material. I listened to these materials along with my mom. I...
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    Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid

    When I was 12, (12½), for some reason, despite her disapproval of organized religion, my mom decided to send me to "Vacation Bible School" that summer -- kind of like a Bible day camp, at the Methodist church down the street. I don't know what her reasons were. They taught out of the Bible as...
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    Carl Sagan Responds To Christian Grad Student Question About God

    In case it won't play on the site or the link won't work, the channel is called "The Unrepentant Atheist" - Title is "Carl Sagan Responds To Christian Grad Student Question About God"
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    What music are you listening to?

    YouTube Mark Deck "I forcefully smushed these songs together and it worked"
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