Putting Together a Resource List for This Forum

Christina · 03-23-2008, 01:55 PM

I thought it would be a good idea to develop a resource sticky for this forum to help those of us that don't know a lot about theology to follow the conversations. The other mods and admins helped me put together this list to get us started, and I'm hoping that some of you can help me finish it and make sure that it's organized in a meaningful way. Does anyone have anything to add or see a better way to organize things? Thanks : )

Comparative religions:
Beliefnet
Virtual Religion Index
Interfaith Calendar
Internet Sacred Text Archive

Christianity:
BibleGateway.com
open source theology
Internet Theology Resources
Blue Letter Bible
The Gnostic Archive
Pagan Christs
Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth.

Early Christian Writings
Early Jewish Writings
The Jesus Puzzle

Islam:
Multilingual Quran
USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts

Eastern Religions:
BuddhaNet

Paganism/New Age Religions/Satanism:
Paganism Today
Official Church of Satan Website

Atheism/Agnosticism/Skepticism:
Skeptic's Annotated Bible/Quran/Book of Mormon
The Jefferson Bible

Hedwig · 03-24-2008, 01:32 AM

I don't know what's going on with the Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance lately, but they might be worth a look. I haven't been to the website in years, though. So they might have been taken over by complete crazies or something.

Jobar · 03-24-2008, 03:23 AM

Naturalistic pantheism

A very good site for understanding pantheism.

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/

The best site on mythicism I know about. Worth reading from start to finish- you'll learn a LOT about the history of Christianity!

shipload · 03-27-2008, 02:30 AM

There's a discussion board on Yahoo!groups, called JesusMysteries which is basically a mythicist board...the historicity of the Jesus figure is the primary focus of the discussions. Check out their files and links.

Also, try checking out the Journal of Higher Criticism.

Worldly · 03-27-2008, 02:50 PM

Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance

I could be wrong but I got the bad gut feeling that they are highly into postmodern relativism and supporters of NRM New Religious movements like Sciento and such. So if that is true it would be bad linking to the enemy?

Christina · 03-27-2008, 03:19 PM

Thanks for all of these additions, everyone.

Wordy, there's no 'enemy' here so feel free to provide whatever links you'd like to : ).

Garnet · 03-27-2008, 03:33 PM

For the Skepticism category:

Rejecting Pascal's Wager

Lanakila · 03-31-2008, 01:52 AM

http://www.leaderu.com/

This is a website with some of the premiere (as far as the church is concerned) apologists out there like William Lane Craig, Paul Little, Hugh Ross ect. Some of the apologetics arguments on there are against evolution, but for the most part its just pro Christian.

Craig · 04-13-2008, 02:01 AM

These are not exactly "mainstream", but you might want to consider them in your list.

Zen - Adyashanti

Evolutionism - Foundation For

Conscious Evolution

Jungian-Buddhism - Paul Levy

SteveF · 04-20-2008, 09:14 PM

http://www.tektonics.org/

Popular and combative apologetics website. Author, JP Holding, is an irritant to many famous online sceptics.

Magdlyn · 04-27-2008, 02:16 PM

For Neopagan news and networking

http://www.witchvox.com/

Tawny · 08-29-2008, 09:46 PM

Can we add Denomination/Congregation details?

if so.... Church of England

Worldly · 08-30-2008, 07:33 AM

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Thanks for all of these additions, everyone.

Wordy, there's no 'enemy' here so feel free to provide whatever links you'd like to : ).

Sorry the long delay. I'm am into the view that rational means reasonable but what is reasonable for the person suggesting them is certainly not reasonable and relevant and rational to me. And I see post-modernists as enemy with big E.

But I am not the founding persons of RT so I am a bit odd man out.

I would suggest links to Pascal Boyer. He seems rational to me.

Politesse · 11-09-2008, 04:15 PM

For American religious statistics, the ARDA is invaluable.

Crazy Liz · 11-10-2008, 02:28 PM

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I don't know what's going on with the Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance lately, but they might be worth a look. I haven't been to the website in years, though. So they might have been taken over by complete crazies or something.

I was going to say Religioustolerance.org should be on the list, too.

Crazy Liz · 11-10-2008, 02:31 PM

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Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance

I could be wrong but I got the bad gut feeling that they are highly into postmodern relativism and supporters of NRM New Religious movements like Sciento and such. So if that is true it would be bad linking to the enemy?

The enemy?

Are you some kind of fundy or something?

rossum · 12-10-2008, 12:57 PM

:

Does anyone have anything to add ...

Eastern Religions:
BuddhaNet

Access to Insight

Another Buddhist site.

rossum

Matty · 09-24-2009, 02:50 AM

this was a nicely written summation of common arguments i thought.

http://www.godlessgeeks.com/WhyAtheism.htm

I am Legion · 09-24-2009, 05:58 AM

:

Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance

I could be wrong but I got the bad gut feeling that they are highly into postmodern relativism and supporters of NRM New Religious movements like Sciento and such. So if that is true it would be bad linking to the enemy?

The enemy?

Are you some kind of fundy or something?

lol. Poor wordy, always the best man never teh groom...

Pingu · 09-24-2009, 10:04 AM

Wordy is OK.

Worldly · 09-24-2009, 12:20 PM

Wordy wants to be ok but to his own big surprise he is not the nice guy he wants to be.

His body is a short tempered lack of empathy Asperger Syndrome on the low side of confused intelligence side. No Mensa at all.

But sure I want to contribute.

Pascal Boyer and Paul Bloom.

Both claim that religion most likely are a byproduct of natural propensities we have through biological evolution.

so we need cultural convention and rules that hold religious excesses at bay so they don't multiply and find ways to dominate again. So I support one create a truly secular society that makes religious faith into a privately held view and that political exploitation of religious motivation should be regulated.

The religious Lobby here in Europe are at it trying to force Anti-Islamophbia laws upon us and the Christians chime in and wish us to be as anti-Christophobia pusnished for being afraid of Jesus. How can one be afraid of a guy that most likely never existed?

I have actually been an atheist fundy between 1963 to 1983. What to name it? Radical Atheism?

So sure I see enemies in Post modernists. But I am against hating. But maybe my body does still hate Post Modernists. I consciously don't want to but my gut feeling is that they are extremely bad behaving persons. So that maybe makes my body into a fundy?

Matty · 09-24-2009, 01:24 PM

dont apologise, the religious of all ilks are the enemy of civilisation, education, equality, progression, individuality, personal responsibility and thought.

They have to be, those things directly undermine their stupid fucking fairy tales. They need people to be unthinking unquestioning automatons with a hard on for third hand tradition and poulation controlling myths, in order to thrive

I see no problem with wordys use of the word enemy. Religion is the enemy of all manner of things civilized . Really I'd expect a woman to realise that more than most.

see that ^^^^ Religion at work. Nice huh.

Luis Garcia · 09-24-2009, 01:28 PM

wow

Supernaut · 01-18-2010, 04:29 AM

www.jesusseminar.com

For a more emergent christian perspective.

Mak_Mooth · 12-16-2010, 09:47 AM

eh.....i think what i need is like 100000 easier than what you ask for.........i just need help putting pages together

03-23-2008, 01:55 PM	#11040 / #1
Christina . : Mar 2008 : California : 3,032	Putting Together a Resource List for This Forum I thought it would be a good idea to develop a resource sticky for this forum to help those of us that don't know a lot about theology to follow the conversations. The other mods and admins helped me put together this list to get us started, and I'm hoping that some of you can help me finish it and make sure that it's organized in a meaningful way. Does anyone have anything to add or see a better way to organize things? Thanks : ) Comparative religions: Beliefnet Virtual Religion Index Interfaith Calendar Internet Sacred Text Archive Christianity: BibleGateway.com open source theology Internet Theology Resources Blue Letter Bible The Gnostic Archive Pagan Christs Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth. Early Christian Writings Early Jewish Writings The Jesus Puzzle Islam: Multilingual Quran USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts Eastern Religions: BuddhaNet Paganism/New Age Religions/Satanism: Paganism Today Official Church of Satan Website Atheism/Agnosticism/Skepticism: Skeptic's Annotated Bible/Quran/Book of Mormon The Jefferson Bible Last edited by Christina; 03-23-2008 at 07:11 PM.

03-24-2008, 03:23 AM	#11651 / #3
Jobar Zen atheist : Mar 2008 : Woodbury GA : 3,108	Naturalistic pantheism A very good site for understanding pantheism. http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/ The best site on mythicism I know about. Worth reading from start to finish- you'll learn a LOT about the history of Christianity! Last edited by Jobar; 03-24-2008 at 03:26 AM.

04-27-2008, 02:16 PM	#44929 / #11
Magdlyn NSFW : Apr 2008 : Following my bliss : 9,423	For Neopagan news and networking http://www.witchvox.com/ __________________ Bees. I'm covered in 'em.

09-24-2009, 02:50 AM	#622105 / #18
Matty You wot? : Mar 2008 : Ontario, Canada : 22,200	this was a nicely written summation of common arguments i thought. http://www.godlessgeeks.com/WhyAtheism.htm __________________ It is the duty of all human beings to think God out of existence. Then we have a future. Because then - and only then - do we take full responsibility for who we are.

09-24-2009, 10:04 AM	#622232 / #20
Pingu I did. F. Poste. GLaDOS : Mar 2008 : UK : 60,846	Wordy is OK. __________________ Join me at The Skeptical Zone

03-24-2008, 01:32 AM	#11587 / #2
Hedwig Senior Member : Mar 2008 : far from where anything interesting happens : 289	I don't know what's going on with the Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance lately, but they might be worth a look. I haven't been to the website in years, though. So they might have been taken over by complete crazies or something.

03-27-2008, 02:30 AM	#14349 / #4
shipload In port - shoreleave : Mar 2008 : Freshwater port - NE Pacific : 267	There's a discussion board on Yahoo!groups, called JesusMysteries which is basically a mythicist board...the historicity of the Jesus figure is the primary focus of the discussions. Check out their files and links. Also, try checking out the Journal of Higher Criticism.

03-27-2008, 02:50 PM	#14835 / #5
Worldly Atheists Rebuild Religion : Mar 2008 : Sweden, European Union : 1,741	Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance I could be wrong but I got the bad gut feeling that they are highly into postmodern relativism and supporters of NRM New Religious movements like Sciento and such. So if that is true it would be bad linking to the enemy?

03-27-2008, 03:19 PM	#14866 / #6
Christina . : Mar 2008 : California : 3,032	Thanks for all of these additions, everyone. Wordy, there's no 'enemy' here so feel free to provide whatever links you'd like to : ).

03-27-2008, 03:33 PM	#14879 / #7
Garnet Senior Member : Mar 2008 : Lansing, MI : 3,206	For the Skepticism category: Rejecting Pascal's Wager

03-31-2008, 01:52 AM	#17799 / #8
Lanakila Hussy : Mar 2008 : Western US : 8,989	http://www.leaderu.com/ This is a website with some of the premiere (as far as the church is concerned) apologists out there like William Lane Craig, Paul Little, Hugh Ross ect. Some of the apologetics arguments on there are against evolution, but for the most part its just pro Christian.

04-13-2008, 02:01 AM	#32429 / #9
Craig Senior Member : Apr 2008 : somewhere in the sticks of NorCal : 111	These are not exactly "mainstream", but you might want to consider them in your list. Zen - Adyashanti Evolutionism - Foundation For Conscious Evolution Jungian-Buddhism - Paul Levy

04-20-2008, 09:14 PM	#39393 / #10
SteveF Pleistocene person : Mar 2008 : London, UK. : 27,270	http://www.tektonics.org/ Popular and combative apologetics website. Author, JP Holding, is an irritant to many famous online sceptics.

08-29-2008, 09:46 PM	#145946 / #12
Tawny Senior Member : Aug 2008 : Bucks UK : 787	Can we add Denomination/Congregation details? if so.... Church of England

11-09-2008, 04:15 PM	#252108 / #14
Politesse Nihil declaro : Oct 2008 : The Turd Belt : 3,148	For American religious statistics, the ARDA is invaluable.

09-24-2009, 12:20 PM	#622273 / #21
Worldly Atheists Rebuild Religion : Mar 2008 : Sweden, European Union : 1,741	Wordy wants to be ok but to his own big surprise he is not the nice guy he wants to be. His body is a short tempered lack of empathy Asperger Syndrome on the low side of confused intelligence side. No Mensa at all. But sure I want to contribute. Pascal Boyer and Paul Bloom. Both claim that religion most likely are a byproduct of natural propensities we have through biological evolution. so we need cultural convention and rules that hold religious excesses at bay so they don't multiply and find ways to dominate again. So I support one create a truly secular society that makes religious faith into a privately held view and that political exploitation of religious motivation should be regulated. The religious Lobby here in Europe are at it trying to force Anti-Islamophbia laws upon us and the Christians chime in and wish us to be as anti-Christophobia pusnished for being afraid of Jesus. How can one be afraid of a guy that most likely never existed? I have actually been an atheist fundy between 1963 to 1983. What to name it? Radical Atheism? So sure I see enemies in Post modernists. But I am against hating. But maybe my body does still hate Post Modernists. I consciously don't want to but my gut feeling is that they are extremely bad behaving persons. So that maybe makes my body into a fundy?

09-24-2009, 01:24 PM	#622313 / #22
Matty You wot? : Mar 2008 : Ontario, Canada : 22,200	dont apologise, the religious of all ilks are the enemy of civilisation, education, equality, progression, individuality, personal responsibility and thought. They have to be, those things directly undermine their stupid fucking fairy tales. They need people to be unthinking unquestioning automatons with a hard on for third hand tradition and poulation controlling myths, in order to thrive I see no problem with wordys use of the word enemy. Religion is the enemy of all manner of things civilized . Really I'd expect a woman to realise that more than most. see that ^^^^ Religion at work. Nice huh. __________________ It is the duty of all human beings to think God out of existence. Then we have a future. Because then - and only then - do we take full responsibility for who we are. Last edited by Matty; 09-24-2009 at 01:28 PM.

09-24-2009, 01:28 PM	#622317 / #23
Luis Garcia An example of commensalism : Mar 2008 : Area 7 : 9,762	wow

01-18-2010, 04:29 AM	#773547 / #24
Supernaut Into the East TR Chaplain : Jan 2010 : Sacramento, CA : 16,766	www.jesusseminar.com For a more emergent christian perspective. __________________ Listen up motherfuckers

12-16-2010, 09:47 AM	#1225833 / #25
Mak_Mooth Junior Member : Dec 2010 : US : 2	Putting Together a Resource List for This Forum eh.....i think what i need is like 100000 easier than what you ask for.........i just need help putting pages together __________________ Insurance Life Mortgage Online Quote

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