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This section, "Miscellaneous"
will answer common questions that deal with all those topics that defy normal
classification as well as general and interfaith-related questions.
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Q. What is the biggest
religion on earth right now?
A. Christianity, with 33% of
the world's population, though it's number of members is dropping. Islam is in
second, and is growing faster then the world's population. Third is Hinduism.
And though Judaism is popular in the United States, wordwide, it accounts for
less then .25% (and has never accounted for more than 3% of the world's
population).
Q. Why are there
atheists and agnostics on a religion and faith board?
A. People come to the board to
discuss religion and faith. It does not mean that those who do not believe in
God or haven't religion don't have issues of faith. Most people come to the board
to learn about other religions, or possibly look into a religion themselves.
Q. So, what's
the meaning of life?
A. 42.
Q. Who is the
Catrep/board monitor and why does he dislike us?
A. Catrep is an employee of AOL,
hired to make your life a living hell. He TOSes people for incredibly stupid reasons
and is despised by all. He/she is in charge of monitoring the board for off-topic
posts and bad language, and passing out TOS violations. If a post disapears, blame
Catrep.
Q. Why is there
a 'k' in the word 'magic' suddenly?
A. Some witches differenciate
their magic from stage-magic by spelling it uniquely. The most common variant
of the word is "magick".
Q. Where do non-Christians/Jews
get their morals from, if not the bible and it's Commandments?
A. Most religions have rules
for morals, but everyone can live by the "Golden Rule," which predates
the bible, and needent be associated with any religion. Simply put, "if
you don't want it done to you, don't do it to others." Though a select few
religions like Satanism generally do not follow this belief, most do. Most moral
and ethnic opinions of non-Jews and non-Christians are influenced by day-to-day
life (if not their holy book, assuming they have one) as opposed to the Christian
Bible.
Q. It really
makes me angry to see people using "Xian" and "Xianity" instead
of typing out the name - why do they do this?
A. Despite what one may think,
"Xian" is not intended to be offensive. The "x" is not "crossing
out Christ" - it stands for the Greek "Christos" (Χριστοζ)
and means "Christ."
Misc Texts and Textbooks
v
Critical
Thinking (seventh edition) by Brooke Noel Moore and Richard Parker.
v
The
Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas
v
Ethics
For Life by Judith Boss .
• Contemporary
Moral Problems (sixth edition) by James E. White.
• Exploring
the Philosophy of Religion (fifth edition) by David Stewart.
v
Jews,
Christians, Muslims (A Comparative Introduction to Monotheistic Religions).
By Corrigan, Denny, Eire, and Jaffee
• Into The Fire by James Cook
v
The
Power of Religion by Amanda Porterfield
• Selling
God by R. Laurence Moore
• The
Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religions by Brandon Toropov, Buckles,
Morris
• The
Everything World's Religions Book By Robert Pollack
• The
World's Religions, by Huston Smith
• History
of God by Karen Armstrong
v
Battle
for God by Karen Armstrong
Encylopedias
and Almanacs
v
The
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Religions, edited by Chris Richards.
• Myths
Retold, by Diane Fergeson
• Historical
Atlas of Religion by Karren Farrington
v
The
Illustrated World's Religions: Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions, by Huston
Smith
• Religions
of the World: The Illustrated Guide by Breuilly, O'Brien, Marty Palmer
Magazines, Journals, Essays
• Glamour, August 2001 "Holy Hollywood"
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