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I first saw this story in today's (1/1/10) San Francisco Chronicle. I especially loved these quotes from one of his followers... "Evidently he was wrong [about his previous prediction that the world end] but this time it is going to happen. There was some doubt last time, but we didn't have...

I've had a few posts that have touched on the issue of Genesis, and in an effort not to derail threads that didn't initially address this story, I thought it best to begin a new thread. I also placed it under the category of Mythology as that is exactly what I think this story is, and I didn't...

A popular radio program, Coast to Coast AM, recently had a program, UFOs & Demonic Activity where... Traditional Catholic Benedictine Monk for over 15 years, Brother Michael Dimond discussed his belief that UFOs/aliens are demonic spiritual entities. UFOs are reported to appear and disappear...

My voice is beginning to echo around here. Hello?! Hello?! Hello?! Hello?! Is there anybody out there? out there? out there? out there? See? This is the problem with banning. Sure they may have been crazy , but they helped to keep the forum popping.

Who Is Ida? "Ida is a 47 million year old, perfectly preserved primate recovered from the Messel Pit in Germany. Ida is the most complete early primate fossil ever found, and scientists believe that she could be one of our earliest ancestors. She is a remarkable link between the first...

Just curious. I'm PST. (Behind the Redwood Curtain) What about you?

I'm going to be honest here. I am a Buddhist and a non-theist (if that's even a word). I make plenty of mistakes every day. I often choose to follow a course of action that is not wholesome. I am prone to selfishness, laziness and arrogance. All of these things I see as my shortcomings, my...

I've just been part of a thread in the Christianity section where I heard several opinions that took me totally by surprise. I'd like to open that discussion up to a larger group. I grew up under the notion that Christianity was a monotheistic religion. Not only did that mean to me that there...

I'll bet if I walked into your average Christian church and asked for a show of hands to the following question... "Do you believe in the same God Muslims do?" I'd see relatively few hands raised in the air. So I'd like to ask the members of interfaith the same question. Same God? Different...

As you can see by my title, I'm no stranger to forums. But I actually try to be nice... most of the time. Nobody wins the argument by "losing it". My forum philosophy: keep it short. You always get another chance. My religious philosophy: Old-school zen. The kind that doesn't mind whacking...