Teachers of science have a duty to reveal the workings of nature even if it means challenging their faith?

Mintz asked the question: While researching for another question I came across psychologist Susan Blackmore’s blog on The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/04/religion.evolution where she argues in favour of the above statement (actually I couldn’t fit it in verbatim I had to paraphrase it should read “Those who teach our children science have a duty to reveal the [...]

What do I say if someone asks why I took down pictures of false depictions of Jesus?

Betty T asked the question: Jesus did not have light porcelin skin, green eyes, or long flowing silky smooth dark blonde hair. I have learned that he looked just like any other Jew of his era.
I do not want to sin by having flase depictions of him. I have never worshipped those pictures. The big [...]

The evolutionary “spark of life”, does anyone even know about evolution?

Atom 74 asked the question: Now I am not condoning far fetched ideals here. But I watched a BBC doc about evolution, and what I learned was that there are many mysteries in the evolutionary story. Now this is to prove that humanity is divine, not that God is a wrathful father with a million [...]

Do you know of some good resources to learn more about the history of art and rituals of Goddess worship?

B Bear asked the question: I have read art history books for various time periods and they briefly mention art and sculptures related to goddess worship, but they don’t get into details about how they might have used art in relation to their worship & what their rituals might have been like. What fiction [...]

I learned something interesting about Muhammad?

DougDoug_ asked the question: According to modern Muslims, Muhammad is not to be depicted in drawings, sculptures, etc. Did you know that the US has a sculpture of Muhammad? Not just anywhere, but in Washington DC….in the Supreme Court Building….in the courtroom itself!
Interesting, huh?
For those who are curious, and for those just being [...]