Recent content by atypican

I am still being moderated. Are there moderators who check the forum daily? I posted one last night, it told me that I had to wait for a moderator to approve it but the next day...still my post is not there. I tried to post again today.. same thing. Yet strangely I can post right here with no...

How about convincing you to neither confirm nor deny such a belief? Perhaps I could convince you to profess your suspicions and doubts instead of beliefs. If you claim to have a belief you are admitting that you also have some doubt. Otherwise you would say that you are certain. So if you are...

"to me, religion is coming to an end, or rather, the religion of infalliable Gods and unchangeable tomes written in stone is ending, and instead, ppl are becoming more spiritual- they do not follow religion because they are supposed to, they follow religion because they want to... sure, they may...

Ok, that post went right through! When I tried to post under another topic I was unable to immediately respond...... Frustrating

Why was I able to post earlier without waiting to be moderated, and now my posts are subject to prior review?

So TealLeaf, you think some superstitions are necessary? Wow. You especially call to attention religious "afterlife" teachings, saying that people who believe them are more likely to be better behaved. Also that grief can be better managed by way of these "beneficial superstitions" I am...

"First, with an apology for not doing so first post, may I bid you warm welcome to this forum :)" Thanks. I am here to debate or otherwise contrast my ideas against other's. "This is at least the third time here I have seen this phrase used in this context." I am sorry for using that...

"Why?" In order to NOT throw the baby out with the bath water. "To what purpose?" To show how personally maintaining and overseeing the development of sacred texts is better than wholeheartedly accepting a ready made collection. "To who's benefit?" To the benefit of people involved. "Just...

Religion is old so I'm not sure about designing a new religion. A new religious group to suit my tastes would continue the tradition of having a collection of texts that is considered sacred or very valuable. The publication would be changeable/updatable by owner/users. Personalizing of the...

A prophet is someone whose writings or in some cases quoted speech appear in the sacred texts of a religious group.