Search results

That's pretty interesting - I heard another study showed that an immense electrical discharge left the body upon death, and then just kind of drifted away. If that's true, and that the electrical discharge is the soul as we know it, I guess that emphasizes your point that the soul is actually...

That was a really humorous post...lightened up my morning... :D Anyways, I thought I'd add that circumcision wasn't just practiced in the Middle East , but also by various Native American tribes, as a part of their rite of passage (which is kind of ironic, really - getting your tallywanger...

Bah, adolescence is overrated...fights, peer pressure, drugs (ne'er did them - but they messed up the few close friends I had back in my early years of high school), fear, anger, depression, pointless competition, abusive adults (teachers, usually), abrasive teenagers, the wild hormonal...

I think I'll go this halloween as a vampire...I'll be sucking on my girlfriend's neck all evening...(whoa, that coulda been dirty) :D

Heh, I'm 17 years old, just barely out of my childhood...ask me again in 10 years ;)

Well, as a Christian, I naturally believe in the one life scenario ;) But, doesn't the one life scenario diminish the Buddhist faith? Buddha himself proclaimed he was the final, perfect reincarnation in a long series of reincarnations leading up to him. Buddha's teachings incorporate...

Bah, vampires are purely fictional work... Now werewolves, on the other hand...:D

Love, Honor, and the Courage to stand by your Ideals. Defend the meek, Stand for Righteousness, and Remain Strong in the Face of Adversity. And Just as it is the wave which wears down the stone, it is love which wears down hate. Heh, maybe these aren't...

Well, Sikhism *was* developed as a cross between Islam and Hinduism, so your observation is quite correct.

Ah, I see...well, so much for stereotyping...:D Thanks for clearing that up, ISFP...

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Mainline Liberal Christian Protestant (89%) 3. Mainline Conservative Christian Protestant (88%) Wow - aren't Quakers prudes? ...yeah, that's me awright :rolleyes::D

Ok, here are just some random points about the Sikh religion: God is all-pervasive, much like the Brahman of Hindu belief. So, while we can't see it, all souls, and all of existence, while somehow independant (the explaination for that tidbit takes to long, and I'm lazy :)), are a part of...

Heh, actually, that reminds me of a story my mother told me - she had been born at exactly the same time, in the same hospital, as another woman named Teresa Martin. Funny thing was, my mom's name is also Teresa Martin :) Heh, its funny how coincidental some things can be...

Heh, I was just looking at your little profile thinga-ma-bobber and saw your birthday was July 22...That's my birthday! :D Weird, I've never met anyone (in real life or on the internet) with the same birthday as me... Which makes me wonder...there are billions of people in the world, and...

Okay, this is a little weird, but I was reading for my college religion class a while ago a statement made concerning rituals. Rituals are described basically as special times in our life set aside for involvement with the Divine - whether as rituals as common as prayer before dinner or as...

That still isn't very convincing...who really says whether the soul has the *choice* not to move on? And a ghost finding Heaven in an earthly place? Heh, I dunno, all those descriptions of eternal bliss seem alot more appealing than remaining forever in a decrepit (sp?) old home... Anyways...

I've never really bought into the whole 'spooky ghost' thing. For one, I've never encountered a ghost. Whenever I've asked somebody who believes in hauntings why I, in all the time I've searched supposedly haunted areas, alone, and with an open mind, have never directly encountered a spirit, I...

This is a really "iffy" situation... On the one hand, I can see why gays feel so threatened, and I can see how they would argue their homosexuality doesn't affect God's view of them... But on the other hand, should the church really be endorsing ANY sin? Even just minor sins? I mean...

Here's another picture...this is a church in Wiesbaden, I believe (not too sure - the picture wasn't properly labeled :rolleyes:)

Ok, I don't know if this is really 'beautiful' or not...but it's pretty depressing :D Anyways, I took this picture of an ossuary (sp?) in Verdun...it's pretty tragic how many people died in WWI, and in the Battle of Verdun alone...