Groups

  • God-o-Meter Politics
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    God-o-Meter Politics
    Status: Owner
    Description: Did Mitt Romney's "Mormon speech" change minds? Is Barack Obama adopting George W. Bush's church-based organizing tactics? Will evangelicals sit the election out if Rudy Giuliani is the Republican nominee--or does Hillary Clinton's standing ovation at Saddleback mean she'll win more evangelicals than James Dobson would care to admit? God-o-Meter Politics is the place for discussion and debate about the role religion is playing in the 2008 presidential race, moderated by Beliefnet Politics Editor and God-o-Meter blogger Dan Gilgoff.
  • Religious Debate
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    Religious Debate
    Status: Member
    Description: Hello. I invite any person regardless of religious belief to join in discussing beliefs. Any topic is appropriete as long as you do not slander anothers beliefs. The goal of this group is to promote tolerance and an appreciation of others beliefs.
  • Jim Wallis'
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    Jim Wallis' "The Great Awakening"
    Status: Member
    Description: Jim Wallis, the NY Times best-selling author of "God's Politics," is back with "The Great Awakening." The book calls for a faith-based politics that can transform the nation, following the model of the civil rights and anti-slavery movements. What do you think? Can faith and politics mix for the good? Let's talk about "The Great Awakening" and the Jim Wallis message.
  • Book Haven
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    Book Haven
    Status: Member
    Description: This group is a book discussion group. Tell us your favorite books and something about them of review books posted by others.
  • What IS religion?
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    What IS religion?
    Status: Member
    Description: The word "religion" is commonly used with an assumption by the user that there is or should be agreement as to what it means. So, the questions to be explored here have to do with the various meanings of this word as well as with the meanings of related words such as belief, faith, conviction, knowing, wisdom and spiritual.
  • Jewish Humor Enthusiasts
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    Jewish Humor Enthusiasts
    Status: Member
    Description: Let's admit it: We love to laugh! Whether it's along to a late-night Seinfeld rerun, a quirky Woody Allen flick, or the newest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, our thirst for witty, self-deprecating, Jewish humor cannot be quenched! Let's use this group as a way to get a hit of it every day--even when there's nothing on the tube! Talk about your favorite episodes, share your latest finds, or analyze new plot twists--for this, ladies and gentlemen, is your virtual cawfee tawk.