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JOEL'S QUESTION: [Explanation:] The pastor of a New Jersey Protestant congregation sent in several "questions...

MARK'S QUESTION: What does the Bible say bout reincarnation? Was it an esoteric teaching of...

BARBARA'S QUESTION: My son is in his 20s. He's a devoted Christian. He also loves...

REX'S QUESTION (Paraphrased): How can anyone believe in Jesus when he was a liar who...

THE QUESTION:  What's the background on Hinduism's belief in "sacred cows"? (Posed by The Religion...

MARK'S QUESTION: Is the Shroud of Turin really the burial cloth of Jesus? THE RELIGION...

HEATHER'S QUESTION: [Paraphrased]  I remember being shocked years ago that some Irish terrorist acts were...

JULIA'S QUESTION: (In light of news about efforts of U.S. churches and others to shield...

LISA ASKS: If Henry VIII founded the Anglican Church, does that mean today's head of...

"ERASMUS" ASKS: Why do the religious authorities feel strongly about what we wear when we...

RACHAEL'S QUESTION: Once in a while I'll see someone comment online about how taxing churches...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: The Hebrew Bible makes no mention of an afterlife. When did this belief...

THE QUESTION: In the accounts of Jesus' Nativity in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke,...

PAULA'S QUESTION: When people say their loved one went to heaven, why doesn't the preacher...

THE QUESTION: If the Bible is a revered guide to morality, why didn't it abolish...

RACHAEL'S QUESTION: I've heard of Yazidis but don't know much about them. What are some...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: The Bible is the most-purchased and least-read book of any. What can we...

MARK'S QUESTION: Liberal biblical scholars say Abraham never lived and was a literary invention of...

NORMAN'S QUESTION (summarized and paraphrased): The New Testament letter of 1st Thessalonians regards the coming...

AN ANONYMOUS READER ASKS: In the U.S. there is a strong tendency among certain segments...

THE QUESTION: What does Islam's holy book, the Quran, say about husbands beating their wives?...

GAIL'S QUESTION: Why don't the Orthodox and Roman Catholics cross themselves the same way? THE...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: Given that many religious groups have some very socially undesirable beliefs and, even...

SID'S QUERY: I am looking for information on Jainism. Any help you can give me...

THE QUESTION: What are the reasons the Catholic Church might, or might not, ordain women...

GORDON'S QUESTION: Why do some Christians use (unfermented) grape juice or leavened bread in Communion...

JOHN'S QUESTION: It has always been my understanding from Proverbs (condemning the "sluggard"), and Paul's...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: How can we get people informed about the results of academic biblical scholarship,...

CLAUDE'S QUESTION: How did you come to the conclusion that Junia / Junias in Romans...

DAVID'S QUESTION: Why don't mainstream Muslims acknowledge that the Quran orders them to do just...