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Bewildered Believer

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Worthiness, Sin, and Unconditional Love

I'm new to Wonder Cafe as of today, so I apologize if there is already a discussion topic about these things.

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Halloween

Well, I wish our pal witch was around. I know he has all the history of this event at his fingertips.

Does your religion not talk about Halloween because you think it is a pagan religion?

Do you think celebrating Halloween is a sin?

Just wondering........

 

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Temptation

Lead  us not  into temptation

What is temptation? Having pie when you should have salad? Having a drink in excess? smoking?

On another thread there was a comment that in the afterlife, there would be no more temptation.

Are their tempters and temptresses? Who are they?

I want to know about temptation. So, what do you think?

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Addicted to being Sinful

I was going to post this in Rita's Repentence thread but as I wrote it I realized that it probably should be separated since it's kinda the opposite tack to her intent.

 

Here's part of a note from waterfall in that thread:

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Evil, hell, heaven,sin, death...

Have you ever thought about the possibility that they don't exist?

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Sins of Men & Sins of Women

What follows is an interesting quote from a book by Donald Capps called "Deadly Sins & Saving Virtues."  In this quote, he is talking about the work of two moral philosophers, Judith Shklar and Mary Daily.



[quote=Author, Donald Capps]

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21 y/o, single, female (Looking for God's Love)

When I was younger, I believed what my mother told me, "If you have sex before marriage you will go to hell," & "Gay people will not go to heaven." Here in lies my predictament, because I was a virgin until I decided to test my faith. I figured, as long as I am a lesbian, I am going to hell. So I did the right thing, by being with heterosexual males, and lost my virginity to a guy. But that still meant I was going to hell! After 6 years in the closet, I decided it was time to come out. And finally be happy being me.

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Sin & The Devil

 

Couldn't the Devil in the Jewish-Christian tradition be nothing more (or less) than the human ego, and sin nothing more (or less) than the fruit of a life centered on that ego?  


Is this just a "liberal" view or are their "conservatives" who view the Devil and sin this way as well?



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sin, what is it really

This term is used left and right. intuitively...so what is it?

My opinion is under construction...

I need building materials or building blocks...

Somebody said it is to miss your purpose in life...

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