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Religion

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2. It's called...

Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:54 PM

Sep 2018

...the book of mormon and was dictated to one joe smith by a white toad or salamander sitting in a hat.

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The struggle for a new American Gospel [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2018 OP

And: guillaumeb Sep 2018 #1

It's called... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #2

Has the old one expired or something? MineralMan Sep 2018 #3

People constantly reinterpret the Bible for their own ends marylandblue Sep 2018 #4

Whatever. There's not going to be a new "Gospel," though. MineralMan Sep 2018 #5

It is Christian tradition to break with tradition marylandblue Sep 2018 #9

But those aren't new gospels. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #7

They don't plan to literally write a new sacred text marylandblue Sep 2018 #8

Yeah that's the point. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #10

Who says religious reformations need to be intellectually valid? marylandblue Sep 2018 #11

Some people seem to need a god marylandblue Sep 2018 #13

Well, there are plenty of them from which to choose, MineralMan Sep 2018 #14

I don't have a problem with liberal religion like in the OP marylandblue Sep 2018 #15

I guess that means all the current ones are no good. Cartoonist Sep 2018 #6