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Women in Religion: Second-Class Believers?
A member of the Project Conversion Facebook page (affectionately called the "Congregation") recently wrote:
"It is a fact that many women are verbally and physically abused yet many religions put the man over the woman and/or make it a sin for the woman to leave "wedlock". How can those be reconcil
posted 11:26:37am May. 24, 2012 |
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Faith by Fear: Converting in Fear of the Unknown.
The past can be a dangerous place. Often magnified by the lens of the present, mole hills indeed become mountains and insignificant creatures become history's monsters. Like quicksand or a Chinese finger trap, our past sinks its hooks into us the more we struggle with its hold on our lives and persp
posted 12:22:53pm May. 22, 2012 |
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Is There a God? Reflections from the Unaffiliated.
"Is there a God? If so, what's he/she/it like?"
"What do you believe about the divine?"
"Is God one essence displaying itself in many forms?"
I get these perennial questions now and then and I assume it's because of my recent immersion into 12 faith systems from around the world. It seems tha
posted 12:40:44pm May. 18, 2012 |
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Attending Baha'i Study Circle: A Trip Down Memory Lane
My phone rang around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, just as I had finished washing a sink full of dishes. I looked at the caller I.D. and smiled. I tapped the "answer" button and said, "Allah'u'Abha!"
It was my Baha'i Mentor from February of 2011, Dr. McCormick. She still gets tickled by the fact that
posted 3:10:14pm May. 17, 2012 |
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How Project Conversion Email Reaffirms My Purpose in Life
The email around here since Project Conversion began in January of 2011 is an interesting place. A veritable Cracker-Jack box of emotionally laced messages, I never know what surprise will emerge each day.
Sometimes people inform me that I'm heading toward hell and so take it upon themselves to s
posted 1:59:13pm May. 15, 2012 |
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