A Crisis of Identity? All my life, I've been the sort of person to avoid my faith to a certain extent (I would pray and try and be as good a muslim as I could, but there was always so much more I could do, and I knew it). Recently, I've met someone who's awakened that desire in me to finally make the commitment, and it feels great to have begun to do so, but there's another side of me that feels like I'm (I don't even know how to say it...) cheating on it... [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2008 - 38 answers

Religion fulfills certain psychological needs. How do non-believers manage without it? [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2007 - 76 answers

My SO & I were having a conversation yesterday that somehow landed on the topic of alien life. Essentially, I said something to the effect of "even if there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe...". [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2007 - 61 answers

Churches in Seattle? [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2006 - 12 answers

I'm unable to come to terms with my mortality. [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2005 - 44 answers