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Truth is absolute and you can find truth in many different religions and ethical systems. The problem arises when one selectively disposes of inconvenient truth from one source because it does not fit the paradigm they were taught which may or may not have been incorrect.

Someone has made the argument that belief in God (theism) fulfills the requirement that gives us the motivation to perform good deeds by offering a way to achieve the good will . . . which means that people whose good will is not won over will not do those good deeds you speak of without belief...

Every ethnic groups has its special days. For Christians they are Christmas and Easter. In a multicultural world everyone should be allowed to have their own free moral agency to celebrate the special days of meaning for them. Christmas and Easter have been for Christians the dominant...

If a god cannot be understood in human terms, is he in fact the almighty God? Jesus said of himself that he was God. He further said, if you want to know what God is like, look at me. I find that idea intriguing because it denotes human personality to a being who transcended human thought yet...

Dr. Alfred P. Libbey invented a formula containing Vitamin B-12, Vitamin B-6 and Folic Acid which when taken under the tongue (sublingually) will ameliorate many problems with people suffering from anxiety, dementia, depression, and a few other maladies including blood vessel plaques caused by...

God has made of one blood all nations of mankind. This means that distinctions such as caste and race are artificial at best. My personal belief is that one should marry another person as close to himself culturally and religiously as he possibly can. The Bible says "be not unequally yoked...

Re: Of all religions, the best religion..... Dr. Robert Schuller, of the Garden Grove Cathedral said once, "believe in the God who believes in you." He qualified that by saying that God provided a means to have the life that now is and that which is to come. Christianity says that Jesus was...

The Democratic Party is so fraught with politically correct speech that these kinds of issues are lost to them. It wants to be the party of the big tent, encompassing many different beliefs and attitudes. But being all things to all people is very difficult at best and impossible for those...

Randip Singh: In the Christian paradigm, sin is the transgression of the law, i.e. the Ten Commandments . . . or God's revelation of his will. Shearwater

Fasting is only for those who can do so and under the advice of a medical doctor. People with diabetes should not fast food. There are other ways to fast such as deny yourself creature comforts such as television or entertainment.

Regarding fasting . . . Jesus is our example and he commanded, "fast and pray that you enter not into temptation." I am told by those who have fasted that fasting sharpens the mind when difficult and painful decisions must be made. It also confirms what Jesus said of himself, "I have meat to...

There is a passage in James 1 that indicates that sin comes first through the mind by enticing our curiosity, perhaps like the fabled snake in the Garden of Eden who asked Eve whether God really said the fruit was not "good" to eat. By lingering on that thought, Eve succumbed and sin first...

Guru Fateh. Thanks for the response. My question was very simple. I did not ask you the justifications of you voting for McCain and not voting for Obama but I am surprised you as a Christian who has some affection for Sikhi for whatever reasons would bring President Obama's color into the...

Voting for John McCain was the matter of voting for the lesser of two evils. Many people regarded him as a hero because of his internment in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. I regard socialism and communism fostered by Barrak Obama as a cruel evil that is beyond dispute because of his...

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