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    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(April 1, 2022 at 1:41 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I doubt that the NDE stories had anything at all to do with whatever our new friend believes with respect to gods.  Duped or not.  Ghosts aren't god...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 April 1, 2022 at 4:14 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(April 1, 2022 at 10:48 am)Jehanne Wrote: (April 1, 2022 at 8:55 am)Angrboda Wrote: I haven't fully digested your prior post, but I will say that I am inclined to define the soul as that part of h...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 April 1, 2022 at 11:29 am
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 31, 2022 at 2:46 pm)Aegon Wrote: (March 31, 2022 at 2:31 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: I know you didn't mean it literally and I for one believe it is critically important how we live our lives.  So ho...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 April 1, 2022 at 12:51 am
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 31, 2022 at 2:23 pm)Aegon Wrote: (March 31, 2022 at 1:56 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: Sure have, I was taught to live on 90% of my income and invest 10%, I followed that advice for a future payoff, an...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 2:31 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 31, 2022 at 12:58 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (March 31, 2022 at 12:10 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: I came to these forms stating I have questions and I have failed to ask the questions I came with. As...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 2:07 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 31, 2022 at 12:46 pm)Aegon Wrote: (March 30, 2022 at 2:08 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: Good point. First of all I haven't seen any evidence that the resurrection didn't occur, so we can speculate all ...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 1:56 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
One of my favorites is https://near-death.com/science. This site really only covers the basics of the research that has been done. For someone wanting to study honest research I think it is a good pla...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 12:35 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
Here is a link for anyone inclined to do some honest research. https://near-death.com/an-analysis-of-th...-atheists/ It isn't conclusive by any means but should give one something to think about.
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 12:30 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 31, 2022 at 1:33 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (March 31, 2022 at 12:48 am)RBP3280 Wrote: You seem to answer your question in the last sentence. My research was based on almost four hundred NDE ex...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 12:10 pm
    Thread: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible as the one book with God's message?
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(March 30, 2022 at 6:59 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: That's part of the christian establishment legend, but not actually true.  The romans couldn't have told you the difference between a christian, a ...
 RBP3280 Christianity 143 44068 March 31, 2022 at 12:54 am
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 30, 2022 at 7:03 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: (March 30, 2022 at 2:08 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: As I stated elsewhere, my theist beliefs came about by the in-depth study of what is referred to as near de...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 31, 2022 at 12:48 am
    Thread: Theist with Questions
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(March 29, 2022 at 11:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Carl Sagan once posited the idea that NDEs are really just a sense-memory of the experience of being born.  Born Carl Sagan was wrong and he had...
 RBP3280 Religion 57 2614 March 30, 2022 at 7:04 pm
    Thread: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible as the one book with God's message?
Post: RE: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible...
(March 30, 2022 at 4:03 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: (March 30, 2022 at 3:46 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I'm not sure god-breathed is really all that difficult to quantify in a collection of stories abou...
 RBP3280 Christianity 143 44068 March 30, 2022 at 6:52 pm
    Thread: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
Post: RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamenta...
(March 29, 2022 at 10:18 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: (March 29, 2022 at 10:05 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: As someone who used to be much more fundamentalist as a child, who is now much more open to allego...
 RBP3280 Religion 147 7426 March 30, 2022 at 2:08 pm
    Thread: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible as the one book with God's message?
Post: RE: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible...
(March 29, 2022 at 12:19 am)Ahriman Wrote: Near death experiences are definitely not a reliable indicator of any kind of after-life, if such a thing should exist......the difference between a NDE an...
 RBP3280 Christianity 143 44068 March 29, 2022 at 6:18 pm
    Thread: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible as the one book with God's message?
Post: RE: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible...
(March 29, 2022 at 12:24 pm)Jehanne Wrote: (March 29, 2022 at 12:02 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: You are correct, physical death is natural. The question is there a spiritual death as well? Great question.  ...
 RBP3280 Christianity 143 44068 March 29, 2022 at 12:36 pm
    Thread: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible as the one book with God's message?
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(March 28, 2022 at 8:51 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I used to believe in NDEs, also; I am now convinced that they are a natural phenomenon: Intelligence Squared -- Death Is Not Final You are correct, physica...
 RBP3280 Christianity 143 44068 March 29, 2022 at 12:02 pm
    Thread: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible as the one book with God's message?
Post: RE: Without citing the bible, what marks the bible...
(January 2, 2013 at 10:16 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Oh come on!  Where are the god botherers when you want them?  Let me try to sleep in the daytime when I've worked graveyard and without fail, Witnesse...
 RBP3280 Christianity 143 44068 March 28, 2022 at 8:30 pm
    Thread: Theist with Questions
Post: RE: Theist with Questions
(March 28, 2022 at 6:38 pm)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: (March 27, 2022 at 10:21 pm)RBP3280 Wrote: I'm an ex agnostic, turned theist. I'm not a fundamentalist, actually fairly unorthodox.  My turning poin...
 RBP3280 Religion 57 2614 March 28, 2022 at 7:12 pm
    Thread: Theist with Questions
Post: RE: Theist with Questions
(March 28, 2022 at 1:36 pm)Angrboda Wrote: (March 28, 2022 at 1:33 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: We could but I went back and clarified my statement No, you simply deferred the problem.  The problem being p...
 RBP3280 Religion 57 2614 March 28, 2022 at 2:11 pm