I'm new here, and I couldn't help but respond with warm appreciation to Rabbi Shapiro's commentary What I Believe.

He's right, of course. It's good to stop frequently to assess what we believe and why. So, since I am new here. I'd like to share why I believe.

As a believer (I am a Baha'i) who hangs out on atheist websites, I am repeatedly bemuse... read more

Seems to me Our Creator is as much VERB as noun. You?... read more

I have used the very 'pregnant' and not uncommon phrase a few times: "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience---we are spiritual beings having a human experience.'

I love the fact and belief for me that WE WILL LIVE FOREVER....that our last breath here is our first breath THERE....as we understand it...that we fall asleep here and ... read more

One of the biggest blessings of this spiritual site for me is that I do feel we are all pieces of the puzzle, parts of the spiritual 'body' of this site, helping each other be more complete, better bringing out each other's gifts---"The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts!"

As Shayna spoke of the solution to the worst of the seven deadly si... read more