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Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits
Religion against religions
The Breaking off of Churches.—There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.
The Catholic Church Makes A Mess Of Gay Masses | Andrew Brown | Comment Is Free | Guardian.co.uk
Gay masses and the Anglican ordinariate
The church where the 'gay masses' were performed is to be handed over to an ordinariate that emerged from an 'Anglican subculture which … was extremely camp'.
The One Day When Christians And Atheists Sing From The Same Hymn Sheet | Giles Fraser | Comment | The Guardian
Religious experiences can be explained in terms of brain chemistry
I also refrained from mentioning that many it is now common knowledge that religious experiences such as a sudden overwhelming feeling of onesness with God, are merely the result of chemical reactions in the brain involving serotonin and other chemicals that the body generates…
Thought Of The Day - John Bell
Don't make non-believers pretend in church
I believe there is a lack of integrity and respect in asking people who do not profess any faith to pretend otherwise for forty minutes in a building which may be as alien to them as a mortuary. Humanist marriages are not - as I understand - anti religious. But they do allow a…
Waldensians - Wikipedia
Waldesians and their persecutions by the catholic church
Waldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions, primarily in North-Western Italy. There is considerable uncertainty about the earlier history of the Waldenses because of a lack…
Waldesians admit only two sacraments
The present Waldensian Church considers itself to be a Christian Protestant church of the Reformed tradition originally framed by Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin.[5] It recognizes as its doctrinal standard the confession of faith published in 1655 and based on the Reformed…
Waldesians join the nascent protestantism
When the news of the Reformation reached the Waldensian Valleys, the Tavola Valdese decided to seek fellowship with the nascent Protestantism. A Synod held 1526 in Laus, a town in Chisone valley, decided to send envoys to examine the new movement. In 1532 they met with German…