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Thanks. — Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:16, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Sola fide
One of the problems I have with the term "interfaith" is that it assumes that Religion = Faith, when in fact in most religions this is just not true. Most religions will arguably put community and social organization above a fideist observance of a peculiar gospel that is not always universal. For instance, the idea that (religion = mere faith) originates from the Protestant Reformation and was used to counter the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. Martin Luther said sola fide, as opposed to the sola gratia of Rome (cf antinomianism). There are also similar issues in Judaism and Islam, which are stricly controlled by religious legislation such as Halakha and Sharia, and where most faith involves obeying these laws (cf legalism). ADM (talk) 11:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. Besides that, I have often thought that "faith-based" is an especially unhappy expression. I think President Obama will change it to something like "community-based." Borock (talk) 05:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

AfD
This article is listed as being a concern of this work group: Articles for deletion/Satanic holidays. Borock (talk) 05:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Interfaith Guideline: Start with Religion Guideline
One of the stated goals of this work group is to create a guideline for articles that relate two or more religions. It seems we could start with a guideline for articles that deal with religion in general. A working draft of same is at WP:Religion. --Tedlau (talk) 21:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion
Please see: Articles for deletion/Unification Church and antisemitism Borock (talk) 04:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Richard Francis Burton
Richard Francis Burton has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 16:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Names of God
Can a few editors please have a look at the article. A number of sources from interfaith/ecumenical perspective were added to the summary of the list. However it seems one of the objector to the existence of the article does not take sources and references seriously. Thank you, Wikid as&#169; 08:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Defining Didactic vs. Prophetic texts/Religious terminology
Working on an article and doing a search I see both phrases are used a lot, however, here is no article explaining either. I see there is a stub of an unreferenced article on Religious terminology. If there isn't such a compilation of terms somewhere, maybe someone should start one. (Not my area generally.) CarolMooreDC (talk) 22:53, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * They would be better suited to a dictionary project, rather than an encyclopedia. There's not really a lot to say about them outside of basic definitions, unless the topic is considerably more specific. Basically, didactic texts are instructional, while prophetic texts are revelatory. Catechisms are standard examples of the former. Prophetic texts may contain didactic instructions (such as the purity rules of Mosaic law), but didactic texts are always explanatory instead of revelatory. I hope this helps! --Vassyana (talk) 00:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Makes sense. And see someone is trying to delete religious terminology. So I guess best thing to do is make sure terms defined when used in a text. While the words themselves did suggest the definitions you gave them, I actually did not find an immediate explicit definition to use from a source. CarolMooreDC (talk) 01:22, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Your input would be appreciated
I'm having a flaring argument on Talk:Christianity_and_Judaism. For the sake of building consensus, please have a look and state your opinions and/or take action. Debresser (talk) 11:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Call for editors to help manage religion related content
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 18:47, 19 September 2009 (UTC)