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Sorry. I'm always late and all the good points are already used. Heh. Has anyone said anything about how in Judaism the male 'seed' is considered sacred, and how that might account for the condemnation of male homosexuality, whereas lesbianism is never mentioned--though women who are without...

I've had similar changes. Same thing with meat. When I was a kid, from birth to age twenty I ate nothing but meat and bread. Now I can't even stand to smell meat cooking. And I have no idea why. Similar deal with sex. I'd rather have a coversation over a salad than sex. I use to think prudes...

Huh, okay... that's weird. People get weird when they hit cyberspace, I guess.

The concept of messengers of God in Judaism always confused me. The Hebrew Bible totally glosses over them, leading the extra-biblical books, etc. Other than that I have no idea what to think of angels. Well, except that European artists were clearly all gay, what with the decidely nude...

Here's a good little synopsis: http://www.secularislam.org/research/origins.htm

I'm suddenly looking more hep. :D Also, I wanted to add that Tom Waits Bone Machine is a great album. One of few I listen to all the way through.

I was thinking today about Mohomet's vision of paradise being a place of young women, boy servants and cold drinks. Dude, that's totally Vegas. LOL He foresaw Vegas.

Me, too.

Re: Not quite exemplary examples I'd try to defend your post more if it were not for the fact you quote Edie Brickell in your signature.

Its that little tab of skin between the scrotum and the anus. But seriously, its life. Its the spark of the divine that gives everything breath. You die, it returns to God where it originated, and your body returns to earth, where it originated. Regardless of whether you were a good little...

There are religions that seem to have a doctrine of convert or die and burn in hell--Islam, Christianity. While others, like Hebrew Judaism has a provincial flavor (one could argue that Arab Moslems and American Christians share this to an extent) with God's favor often limited to a perceived...

Did prophecy end, or did people become less credulous as the world got smaller? Its been argued (surprise, surprise) that the accepted prophets in Judaism and elsewhere were wrong... often. Not just in foreseeing the furture--in spite of the clever usage of vague referencing--but morally...

No, no. I was just stuttering over myself. I guess scarves aren't compulsory if one ignores the side-effect of being at odds with the popular brand of the faith. Or that multiple wives is a good idea if the chicks in question like being counted as (some may see it) property... or just likes...

You elaborated for me. We were on the same line of thought. I just couldn't express myself properly.

LOL Its a choice until its not! Are you denying its in the holy writ and law?

Re: blasphemy Blasphemy is subjective, I guess. People speak of their respective faiths as being not only the one true path, but singular in itself--when in fact there are numerous sects that all think of the other as blasphemous. Does anyone know if blasphemy exists in Buddhism? Buddhists...

Again, if it were a choice, it wouldn't be of issue. Go read Sayyid Qutb. There can be no compulsion in virtue. And yet that's what the hijab represents.

Re: Not quite exemplary examples It was subjective defamation. The point he was trying to make was that Jesus was labelled a sinner by the pious. Or that was my interpretation of his post.

Well, that's all opinion. First of all, I couldn't disagree more with the idea that America was founded on Christianity. The most religious founding father of America, John Adams, would be branded as a heretic by the zealots who now use his namesake as a masthead. Moreover, establishment doesn't...

I read the English translation, and while I can't comment on how different it might be from the Russian, the grammar seemed fine.