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Reason or blind following - which is more arrogant?
I have now read chapter 5 on Islam, and chapter 6 on the philosophers. Next up is a chapter on the mystics which I am looking forward to but my brain has packed up and gone home for today Towards the … more →
Wrestling With Religion
Review: Terryl Givens, "When Souls Had Wings"
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wrote 3 days ago: I mentioned Terryl Givens’ new book last year and wrote that I would have more to say about it … more →
Reason or blind following - which is more arrogant?
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wrote 4 days ago: I have now read chapter 5 on Islam, and chapter 6 on the philosophers. Next up is a chapter on the m … more →
Religion a Hot Topic with US Historians
wrote 5 days ago: Religion has become the sexiest topic of study for U. S. historians, overtaking the previous favouri … more →
Lady Ann Conway and Her Questions
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wrote 1 week ago: The most prolific of the Cambridge Platonists, Henry More, put his views on preexistence into poetry … more →
Idolatry is the best we can do...
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wrote 1 week ago: … and we ought to just be honest about it. I have read the first two chapters of Karen Armstro … more →
Christmas 2009
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wrote 1 week ago: Just a brief note wishing all of my readers a fine Christmas and New Year season! In the spirit of … more →
Sex and morality
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wrote 2 weeks ago: What do you consider to be moral and immoral regarding human sexual relationships? Committed marriag … more →
The unbelievers are the enemy
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Firstly let me say I am all for fighting in self-defense or in the defense of others, but of course … more →
Christian Ideas About Men and Women
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wrote 1 month ago: Talleyrand had an interesting post today about Christian morality, and his perception, which is in a … more →
The Immortal Soul - Gordon B. Hinckley and King Follett
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wrote 1 month ago: At a meeting in Nauvoo, to accept the loan from the state of Illinois of an original “sun ston … more →
Prayer times
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wrote 1 month ago: The calculation of prayer and fasting times based on the movement of the sun does not work universal … more →
Where has biology left off, and where do we begin?
wrote 1 month ago: We as a species are only half-baked. We’re mostly animal, and only partly rational, only part … more →
Jesus in the Quran
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wrote 1 month ago: My intention in this post is to give some Quranic verses and commentary from Muhammad Asad about Jes … more →
One World Religion
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wrote 1 month ago: I recently came across the latest entry in the mostly useless attempt by contemporary “spiritu … more →
Cotton Mather - and Scripture
wrote 2 months ago: A new edition of Cotton Mather’s Biblical Commentary (Biblia Americana) is beginning publicati … more →
Why is it not in the Quran?
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wrote 2 months ago: I am still hiccupping over the issue of menstruation and worship. I know I’ve been through it … more →
Lorenzo Snow and Oberlin College, part II
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wrote 2 months ago: The second part of Lorenzo Snow’s letter (March 1836) to his sister Eliza Roxy Snow shows a th … more →
Learning China: Religion
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wrote 2 months ago: This Blog was originally posted on Open Salon.com (June 28, 2009), and was moved to “Learning … more →
Idolatry
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wrote 3 months ago: I have been wanting to write about monotheism (tawheed) and idolatry for a long time, but didn … more →
