Tag: religion
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December 20, 2009 12:48 PM EST --
That's right folks, there are no religions. But there is religion. To say that there is more then one religion is blasphemous, an oxymoron, if you will. Who said there were numerous . . .
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October 22, 2009 01:32 PM EDT --
Lately there has been much discussion on Gather about fundamental Christian religious beliefs. In my opinion, most of the Gather pro-Christian writers don’t write from a fundamental basis of . . .
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July 09, 2008 09:18 AM EDT --
The word religion means different things to different people. There are basically two differing views on what religion is. In this article I will outline some of the characteristics of each . . .
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December 22, 2009 01:28 AM EST --
It seems those who take the most offense
Are not of the Right or Left
Conservative or Liberal
Democrat or Republican
Rich or poor
Educated or illiterate
Black or white or any other colour . . .
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October 11, 2006 02:54 AM EDT --
A statement like the one above is usually received with a blank look almost everywhere outside India; in Europe and America. Zoroaster is the Anglicized name of the Prophet Zarathustra. Now a few more . . .
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December 30, 2007 05:57 PM EST --
Would that freak you out? Would you be okay with an agnostic or atheist child?
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September 09, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
Many religions first start off as cults. The U.S. has influenced Christianity a lot with its own odd cults over its history. The whole "Rapture" thing was thought up . . .
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June 22, 2008 10:39 PM EDT --
When most people ask "What is your religion?" they are referring to a denomination. But Gandhi had a different response. He said, "You must watch my life, how I live, eat, sit, talk, . . .
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November 22, 2008 07:15 PM EST --
The writer recognizing that “In God we trust” is on our U.S. currency is correct. (”Church, government have long-term ties,” Nov. 18.) However, this “God” should not be foisted on citizens of the United . . .
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December 17, 2008 05:55 PM EST --
My aunt whom we all just got close to again in the last 6 months or so sent my mother a check for a small monetary amount for Christmas.
My mother & I both know my aunt (her sister) is easily . . .
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October 20, 2009 10:22 AM EDT --
I am new to the whole idea of calling myself a Christian and just recently at the church I have been attending the Pastor said as christians we do not celebrate Halloween. Now I wasn't exactly sure what . . .
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December 20, 2009 10:46 PM EST --
If super stars of the world have taught me anything over the last 3 to 4 years it is this. With fame and fortune comes a life of public openness regardless of how private you think parts of it are. . . .
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July 11, 2008 06:17 AM EDT --
Over the centuries there has been, and still is to this day, considerable disagreement between the perspective of scientists and that of the practioners of most of the world's religions. Herewith . . .
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December 16, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
It seems that a lot people are paranoid when it comes to religion. Most subscribe to one or another of the world's religions, some follow no organized religion. Most people believe in . . .
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September 14, 2006 07:13 AM EDT --
In a hard hitting speech to German university students last Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI (he's German too) at long last told it like it is. He said that violence, embodied in the Muslim idea of jihad, . . .
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March 06, 2007 08:12 PM EST --
Yesterday I ran into a guy I used to know. Actually, I still knew him, but I'd sort of severed ties. He'd said something nasty about my mama and I'd cut his tie off.
I guess I severed tie. . . .
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September 09, 2007 12:29 PM EDT --
Something is fundamentally wrong! After two millennia of organized Christianity the world is not a better place. The same can be said for Islam and all organized religions. Faiths that . . .
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May 17, 2008 10:06 AM EDT --
Soren Kierkegaard, the father of existentialism, said: "Prayer does not change God, but it changes (the one) who prays."
Some people pray with the idea that if they petition God sincerely . . .
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July 11, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
A teacher was asked why evil existed and how to live with it.
He answered that evil was originally part of God. Then it became
separated and becomes . . .
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August 27, 2008 05:54 AM EDT --
Most of the religions around the world are practiced in America. Here are some interesting approximate statistics(2003) about Religion in America:
60% are Protestant
which includes
Baptists: . . .
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