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Approaches to Prayer

Thursday, February 24, 2011

From our weekly discussions, it seems that even among those who believe in God, our approaches to God/religion vary. For the most part, I’ve noticed two main ways of thinking of God/religion. Of course,  many of us probably mix both approaches together in our practice of religion. Also, please correct me if you’ve noticed other views, or if [...]

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Well, hello there.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

My name is Matt. I’m a full-fledged Catholic, a convert from secularism and everything. I am interested primarily in theology and morality, to the extent of making religion my primary concentration here. I am fascinated by ethics and metaphysics.
To start off what will hopefully be a fruitful experience of blogging across religious lines, let me [...]

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Why I find polytheism more reassuring

Friday, July 10, 2009

Most of my relatives are devout Catholics, so when I was growing up, the only version of God I was exposed to was that of strict monotheism.  Even though I was taught that God was always correct, I was never entirely comfortable with this monotheistic perspective. 
The polytheistic aspect of Hinduism was one of the [...]

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