Good day every one. As requested by the moderators, for whom I am thankful, know that I am muslim. This is the fourth lesson in this series. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments. The Habits Given a premise, we have an implied. Given the same premise, we have the same implied. Given that the first implied and the second implied are two things, and given that no two things are exactly the same, the Creator has a habit. In easier terms, think of truth under the context of fact. Given an object, and given said object later, if the two are the same, it is a contradiction, otherw ..read more

Are you aged 18 or older and interested in completing a psychology survey on religion? Please consider participating in this 10-minute survey! All are welcome to participate. If you are not religious that is OKAY! All are welcome to participate. All that is required is to complete a quick survey where you will fill out a survey consisting of questions regarding religion, spirituality, and connection to community. This will take approximately 10 minutes, and consists mainly of multiple-choice questions, with some short response questions as well. You will not receive compensation for completin ..read more

Hi everyone, I’m an undergrad religious studies major and currently considering options for graduate programs since the upcoming fall semester will be my second to last in undergrad. Initially, choosing my major, I was more so interested in focusing on eastern religions. After taking a some bible classes and personally becoming more interested in Christian theological (?) studies, I’m considering focusing on that instead. I have a few questions and I’m hoping that anyone who has academic experience with theology or religious studies in general can help me out. Looking at different grad school ..read more

In relation to salvation. What of those people and the ancient past that were alive prior to Jesus? Did they get the opportunity for salvation? Also, what about the people today that live in far-flung regions of the world where this isn’t there parental religion, how do they obtain salvation. Some countries demand or heavily insinuate a national religion, where if the person wants to change their beliefs, they can’t. How is this fair? submitted by /u/BAC05 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I really admire their conviction because I really don't know though like maybe they do believe it and maybe believing it is what makes it real so maybe I should believe it too but every single sense of reason I have is screaming in my head no this is ridiculous you know better than that but maybe that's the devil But then it all comes down to if it is true then I'm not supposed to even question this or that means go directly to hell for an eternity of horrific torture and I do believe in some sort of good God and no good God could condemn any soul or consciousness to a hopeless eternity of to ..read more

Good day every one. As requested by the moderators, for whom I am thankful, know that I am muslim. This is the third lesson in this series. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments. The Boundary Intuitively, you can carry it. If you can not, you can sense it. If you can not, you can trace it. If you can not, you can define it. If you can not, you can imagine it. If you can not, you can scribble it, simply call it 'x'. If you can not, you hit the boundary. Mathematically, you can count it. If you can not, you can order it. If you can not, you can pick it. If you can not, you hit ..read more

I’m trying to come back to the faith after being out for a while. In trying to return to my faith in run into some of the same stumbling blocks that led to my doubt which initially pulled me away. I’ve listed to apologist like NT Wright and others and it hurts my head how things can be interpreted. Such as: - [ ] Between whether to follow Paul or the Gospels? Can we / should we follow both? - [ ] Are we promised heaven? Resurrection? Both? Soul Sleep? Abrahams Bosom? - [ ] Did Jesus preach about heaven or was he an apocalyptic preacher pushing for the end of the current world and the rise of ..read more

Ephesians 6:10-13 talks about how we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities and spirits. We understand that there is a spiritual battle alongside the physical, and we need the armor of God to protect us. My question is how much is too much when it comes to spiritualizing life. I know Christian’s believe that if they pray hard enough, God will take their sickness away, they believe that sickness is a spiritual attack. I’m saying they I don’t believe that. my mindset is on being careful what I spiritualize because there are a lot of things in life that do not need to ..read more

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Consider a carpenter making a table. Only if he intended to make a table can it be a good table. If he intended it to be a chair it would be terrible if it took the form of a table. In fact if we have no idea at all what he intended to make we can really not say if what he made is a good chair or a terrible table. It is only because we assume we know the intention that we normallly speak of artifacts being good and bad chairs, tables etc. Thus for a thing to be x, it has to have the form of x and also be intended to be an x. In other words, both idea and will are needed for things to be. It i ..read more