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Hi Catholics and assorted Christians. I want to check out the Young Pope and heard it has received some backlash from Catholics. Not unheard of of course. But I'd like to keep this criticism in mind while enjoying the show. So, do we have some opinions we would like to share?

@Old Faith It seems we have bogged you down with many political issues, but you're here to talk about your faith. What do you think is most important about the Old Faith, the first thing people should know. Are there many adherents? Do you have a relationship with the author of the book?

In a discussion on how to attract more active members to the site some questions popped up on whether people are less engaged in religious discussions now than before. Any discussion would be very biased since everyone here obviously has the interest. But a collection of experiences are...

So this is a video treating the concept of Human Rights through a couple of philosophical narratives. The content creator is clearly leaning toward the left, if not fully a Marxist. Just as a fair warning. But I was wondering if @Thomas could comment on his theological analysis early in the...

@Thomas I came across this concept [wiki] and was curious about your take on the concept, specifically in the context of religion. Have you read anything from these books? The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber, 1904-05 The Sacred Emergence of Nature by Ursula Goodenough...

I don't know how it is suppose to function but it's seems a little off on my end. The only clickable link is the title that directs me to the thread as normal.

This is a short video series that I was going to send Thomas, but he has some darn strict privacy settings so I'll just share it with the whole class. These guys, Extra Credits, are gaming nerds commenting on gaming community/production but have turned amateurs historians. The point of...

In this interview Reza Aslan put into words my understanding of the nature of humans and religion. Where do you think he is wrong?

In this YouTube clip >Link< Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault discuss human nature as its title describes, but it quickly goes into discuss 'science' and how it functions because it's practices by humans. This I touched on in my other topic on Faith and Science >Link<, but only lightly. They...

Here's a two hour long discussion on 'Nothing' by physicists and philosophers Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eva Silverstein, Lawrence Krauss, J. Richard Gott, Jim Holt and Charles Seife. I found it hard to follow at times but rewarding enough to spend two hours of my time. A lot of the discussion...

I'm writing an academic essay on the conflict between ethics and morality in Sophocles Antigone. I would like to give it a wider perspective then simply Greek by quoting ancient civilizations from different parts of the world. I have a very cursory understanding of Hinduism but I would like...

Scripture, lets take the Bible as an example since everyone has an opinion on it. a) Is it the exact word of God, word for word? Even the translations? Everyone of them? OR is it the inspired word of God? If so, does the individual person reading it read what the person needs to read...

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Since I just lectured donnann in another thread about sticking to the topic, I'll try and follow my own advice and move it all here. I have an idea of the difference of Knowledge and Understanding but I have never explored it enough to be able to put it in words for others to know or...

Salishan, please elaborate. I have read Marcus Aurelius Meditations, if you also have that would be a good place to meet. I have a little trouble with your format, but I will try extra hard to decipher you on this subject.

Following the reasoning of the theory of evolution, I think humans have been eating different things at different times for different reasons. Adaptation to the environment is the first rule of survival. Yes?

I have been away a little because a lot of the discussions annoy me quite a bit. I had a thought the other day I would like to run it past you guys. One of the never ending battles in religious discussion is the correct meaning of a text. It's a good thing to have a discussion about such...

I thought it would be a good thing to gather all past and future statements made by donnann about science so that they can be discussed here. They are currently spread all over the place and in several different threads. Things donnann claims (correct me of I'm wrong) * Bats are birds *...

I want to give people a different taste of Christianity than what they might be used to. Where I'm from, there's the Church of Sweden and it isn't as literal as some other Churches, and they have had a greater influence on my view of Christianity than the Catholic Church or witch burnings during...

Does anyone have experience with the wikipedia format? I'm making a personal wikipedia offline for books and notes I want to keep track of. I just started and I'm not sure what wikipedia is capable of. For instance, I want to add a few books and also add audio files with someone reading the...