Hi everyone!

This is my first time in this community so I hope my post is acceptable. My question must have been asked before but hopefully not in quite the same way. Anyway, I'm really excited to see what kind of answers I get since this is a subject that has really been bugging me lately, since I moved from a not-very-religious city to a town full ( Read more... )

This idea just struck me, and I thought I would post it before I wake up tomorrow and remember that most of my ideas aren't very good ( Read more... )

Hey all, I am just curious to see what members of this community follow a religion that they were not born into. If you currently follow a religion to which you or your family followed when you were young, then I kindly ask you not respond to this post ( Read more... )

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has a specific definition and an odd system of exclusions for delusions as follows:

A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or ( Read more... )

Something I've struggled with in understanding religous belief and practice is the unspoken assumption that all humans are able to homogenise or unify into a single lifestyle (and it would seem that the essence of religion has more to do with way of living than it does beliefs, albeit though an outgrowth of those ( Read more... )

Any ideas for an icon for this community? I can't visualize what a "conversion" would look like... maybe some kind of lightbulb-like picture?