In all the discussion on Jewish/Muslim/Christian hostility, and interactions, it saddens me that the historic tolerance the Islamic World has had for Fellow People of the Book has gotten lost in the rhetoric of extremist politics...but there are lights of mutual understanding and I think it is VERY important we remember that ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading the Canterbury Tales, and I just came across this bit from the Tale of the Man of Lawe:We shul first feyne us cristendom to take,
Cold water shal not greve us but a lyte;
What do you think about feigned conversions? (To your religion, from your religion, or unrelated, if it makes a difference.)

I have just a few questions.  Two actually.  It will also help me to know if you're at the level of laity or clergy when you give your answer.  It will also help me to know what your religious preference is.

1.  What do Jews/Christians/You believe about the afterlife, heaven, hell, etc?
2.  How does the judgement day unfold with respect to Jew/ ( Read more... )

what part of the practice of your religion provides the greatest inner peace, sense of being part of something beyond just this life, and/or compels you forward in greater conviction of what you believe?  ( I'll go first. )

It has come to my attention that recent posts have garnered some rather incendiary discussion.

I'm going to keep this simple.

Stop it.

Understood?

Good. 

this is my answer to the question posted in 3faithdialogue by ohhellsyeah.  the original post is here.

the question was a very intelligent, perceptive, and articulately phrased.  i can only answer from the perspective of a US citizen.  since one or more responses gave me pause, i'd like to frame my response before going through them so i don't present this in a way that ( Read more... )

This is a bit of a sensitive question, but it's something that I would really like an answer to. I'm sure most of us are aware of the level of extreme Islamaphobia that exists in the west. How can we challange this? I find the level of hatred displayed by some of these so called liberals to be pretty scary. I think the greatest gift I ever ( Read more... )

Okay, i'll go. ( I'm Muslim )

What religion are you, and why?I was raised as a Southern Baptist but I fell away from that as a teenager and I was actively hostile towards that faith, and towards Christianity in general, until I was in my mid-twenties ( Read more... )

I cribbed these from The Faith Club, which came out several years ago now. I know folks here in this community had mixed reactions to the book, but the questions put forth in the reader guide were good ones ( Read more... )