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Hi all, I'm a Buddhist in the Tibetan tradition, so I'm quite used to using mantra. There seems to be a similar tradition in Christianity with the Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me, A sinner. It seems like a good way to keep the mind on spiritual matters and to keep...

I heard a story about a Sufi saint, her name was Rabia of Basra. She would walk down the street carrying a container of water in one hand and container of fire in the other. People wondered why? She said that the water was to put out the flames of hell, and the fire was to burn down heaven! The...

Sorry for this simple question, I could Google but I have some other questions too.... * What is the Sabath? *What day of the week is it and why? *What are you allowed/not allowed to do on the Sabath? *How do you follow these rules? *Why or why not do you follow these rules? *Thank you.

(Sorry, it's that pesky heathen again with all his questions!) It seems to me that so much of what happened in the NT was there to fulfill the prophesies of the OT. When Jesus was on the cross, he was reciting Psalm 22, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?...." etc. This shows that his...

Hi, I've watched some videos about this guy. He seems to have had a very interesting life and some interesting religious experiences. 3 questions... -What do you think of his approach to Christian life? -Have you had any religious experiences that were 'supernatural'? -What doing you think of...

The NT has instructions from Jesus around how to behave around fasting. I.e. Don't look like you are fasting, don't go round making a big thing of it. etc. But, I don't hear much about fasting from Christians that I know. Are they being really good by not telling anybody, or are they just not...

Hi folks, I'm a Buddhist, but I'm interested in understanding other faiths. I was reading the Quran today and have also looked a little at the Unitarians and the Christadelphians? (Hope I spelt that correctly.) It seems to me that the non-trinitarians are not far from the view of The oneness of...

The books that go into the New testament are considered to be authentic scripture and in accordance with the Truth according to Christians. However, there are other scriptures, letters, gospels etc. Some of these are considered false. My question is, are the scriptures in the Bible the only...

Howdy folks, A Christian friend said to me that Evil is the absence of good. Is that a biblical understanding of evil? It seems to me that Evil beings in the Bible seem more tangible and solid than that. Surely Christians must believe in evil as an actual force? What definition of evil...

Hi, I'm a psychotherapist and part of my work involves working with dreams. There seem to be different types of dreams: some are a playing through and processing of the days events; some dreams are symbolic and may solve problems, reveal unconscious processes etc.; some dreams offer guidance and...

Hi, I'm not a Christian, but I've been reading the Bible, an ESV New Testament, and straight off, chapter 1 of Matthew I'm stuck! It seems important to put down Jesus's genealogy.. A) why is it important to know why Jesus is descended from Abraham, David etc. B) why is it important that it is...

Hi folks, It's nice to be a member on this site, I hope I can learn some things here. I am a Buddhist for about 20 years and I am happy with my religion. I took refuge with a Tibetan Buddhist group. I'm also a trained psychotherapist. I trained at a place called CCPE in London. This form of...