Yes, of course you can. But you didn't SEE the meaning beyond the metaphor. Yes, of course they are real. But, only those things you can see...
That is not exactly true. There are intelligent believers (Albert Einstein, Mohandas K. Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) and...
I don't expect you to "buy into" anything. I am simply asking you to question what you know and/or believe. You seem to be very unhappily attached...
In other words, why should I believe any image of God that you deny? Peace and Love
It is an oddly disguised form of Fundamentalism itself to insist that an "Invisible Sky Daddy" (existent or not) is the only possibility anyone...
Oh yeah, and where did you find my picture?
When it comes to that which is beyond the scope of the intellect, it takes far more intelligence to come to some kind of understanding of all of...
I like this idea, it makes sense to me. It seems to say something new about what it means to become "fully human" in terms of the Judeo-Christian...
I believe it means to graciously allow the meaning of your life to be more real than your fear of death. In other words, no matter what happens,...
I believe wonder is the original religion. Peace and Love
Dear Mr. Stereotypical Christian: I am so glad we agree. Aren't you? I have hope that maybe, one day, an enlightened Portalguy will drink the...
Dear Mr. Stereotypical Christian: What makes YOU laugh? If God is Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omnibenevolent (and Omnitranscendant)...
Dear Mr. Stereotypical Christian: My people are ruled by political authorities who neglect the poor and the helpless and treat their neighbors...
Religion is the relationship between all living beings and the ultimate reality. Regardless of whether or not one is conscious of it (and...
Time exists. It has no physical substance of its own, it is not a physical phenomenon, and yet, it exists, in and of itself. Space also has no...
Dear Libertine, Wow! Sometimes you truly impress me. Thank You. "As you have done to the least of these, so have you done to me." Peace and Love
In Hinduism, there is this idea of God as Being/Consciousness/Bliss (SatChitAnanda). This idea is perfectly compatible with your statement that:...
There is no WHAT?
So, you and I agree that there is more than human logic, that there may be an order to things (which is what Hinduism/Buddhism refers to as...
The assumption seems to be that all existence depends upon strict adherence to those rules of logic that are accessable and known to the human...
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