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Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Is it really a good thing to not have paid clergy: 2 of 6

People think it's a wonderful thing if a church does not pay its clergy. The Mormons often tout this as one of the advantages of their particular denomination. In fact few positions in the Mormon Church are paid, but is this a good thing after all? The second line of the hymn I took this title from goes, "No toil nor labor f...
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Why is the Bible boring: 7 of 19

I admit the Bible is difficult to read at times. I'm almost convinced that the story about the talking donkey in Deuteronomy got inserted by a writer bored with all the Jewish laws that had been recorded to that point. However, the articles so far have focused on the book and its value as a religious text. Why do we not cons...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Satan's necessary role in providing challenge: 1 of 1

Is it me or has the devil Satan himself been unfairly maligned throughout the centuries in Christian and Islamic thought? Judaism discarded Lucifer as an actual entity perhaps because they realize God created evil as well as Isaiah Chapter 45 verse 7 does indeed tell us. But even in Christian theology does he not play a vita...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Gay rights and the Christian church: 66 of 71

I do not necessarily feel the need to weigh in on this but after seeing the ratings go through it it seems there was quite an invective on the side of homosexuality being a sin that the writers forgot to make their points coherent. Admittedly, I'm not a big stickler for grammar on the net, but in a discussion like this comin...