We sure don’t pay enough attention to it. Talk about something that is everywhere that we look, think or study, and affects all of our decisions and understanding, yet we don’t want to think about it. We not only don’t want to think about it; we frequently don’t even want to acknowledge that it exists.… Continue Reading
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Intuition
We call it by various names. Some say it is our “sixth sense.” Others say it is the communications-like extra-sensory perception that we just haven’t yet discovered, but sometimes use when we have heightened senses. Others call it “the wisdom of the ages.” Some say it is our “instincts.” Many will say it is… Continue Reading
The Pacifist’s Dilemna
Pacifists recognize that war is deeply destructive of human society. We take our best genetic products at the most vigorous times of their lives, and send them off to be killers in a distant land. Those that return come home with loss of limbs, loss of eyesight, loss of hearing, carrying deeply painful scars. Those… Continue Reading
The Soldier’s Dilemna
War seems simple enough. We are wronged by someone, or one of our friends is unjustly attacked, so we retaliate. We have to teach that brash enemy a lesson. We can’t just let someone attack us and not reply. If we do not reply, we will soon find that everyone else is walking all over… Continue Reading
The Corruption of Democracy
There is a lot about democracy lately in the whole world. There is a major shift toward democratic forms of government among those nations that have some other kind of rule. Those that don’t have a democracy in some form want it for their nation. That is a wonderful trend. One hopes that all people… Continue Reading
Animal Rights
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in… Continue Reading
Hunger
Somewhere in our minds there is this belief that if we are hungry we need to feed ourselves or get someone to feed us. Hunger becomes something bad, something to be avoided, something that needs to be satisfied whenever it appears. It’s perfectly natural. We need to eat to survive. It is also a social… Continue Reading
Does the Universe Have a Cancer? Is it Us?
Whenever one of my patients dies prematurely, I get angry. I particularly get angry if it is someone who had great potential for a productive and creative life. I start muttering to myself: “Why did you do that, God? He or she was too young. You better do something pretty fast to make up for… Continue Reading
Taking Responsibility
“Take it to the Lord in prayer.” “You have a friend in Jesus.” “Believe in him and ye shall have everlasting life.” “We do this for the glory of God.” “God will answer your prayers.” “Trust in the Lord.” “Only God knows.” “It is in God’s hands.” “In God, all things are possible.” In one… Continue Reading
The Evolution of God
God is omnipotent, omniscient, immutable, is, always was, and ever shall be. Right? We are indeed sorry to burst your bubble, but nothing could be farther from the truth. The concept of and reaction to things out there over which we have no control is a great deal different for a bacterium, a flea, a… Continue Reading