It appears to us that we live in such a fixed world. Houses, rocks and streets are very solid objects. If we stumble and fall against something, it certainly hurts, testifying to its solidity. My furniture, dishes, plates and utensils are quite solid. They hold me up and hold up food quite well. Even though… Continue Reading
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Religious Mass Psychoses
There was a time in the life-span of the human animal, when there was no astronomy, no physics, no mathematics, and absolutely no understanding of the laws of the universe. It was not too long ago that no human recognized any definition of the laws of gravity, the laws of motion, the laws of thermodynamics,… Continue Reading
Christianity vs. Democracy
“This is a Christian nation, based on Christian values.” “This country has only one King, and his name is Jesus Christ.” “We cannot rest until all of our judges and all of our leaders base all of their decisions on Christian values.” All of these statements of faith have a nice ring to them. They… Continue Reading
Born Again Humans
The Christian faith places great emphasis on those that share this faith being “born again.” Their belief is that when a human professes to accept Jesus as his or her savior, they are re-created into a being that will enjoy Heaven for an eternity and a life everlasting. The Bible records that Jesus told his… Continue Reading
We Are All Created Unequal. (With certain unalienable rights.)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the… Continue Reading
Love of the Lord
A simple and charming hymn, taken from the Books of Psalms and Chronicles, attached to a pleasing melody, and frequently used in church services, has these words. I love you Lord, and I lift my voice, to worship you. O my soul, rejoice! Take joy, my King, in what you hear: May it be a… Continue Reading
Greed and Religion
Human greed appears to have almost no boundary. There is a large segment of the human population that seems to be determined to take whatever they can, from whomever they can, for as long as they can. There are limits to that kind of behavior, however. Other people take notice, and those who are victims… Continue Reading
Our Bipolar Religions
Compassion versus Hatred As soon as humans became humans, and as soon as there were expressions of art or literature, even in its most primitive forms, there were expressions of belief in deities, and reverence for those deities. There was, in other words, religion, as soon as we became identified as a separate species. Religious… Continue Reading
A Universe of Balance
Good equals Evil. Plato believed that there was a natural goodness in the universe, from which humans had fallen. He also believed that this natural goodness could be reachieved by these fallen humans through prolonged contemplation and clarification of their thoughts. Once that realm of perfect goodness was reached again, Plato also assumed that whichever… Continue Reading
Communion with the Divine
The music ripples and flows. Startling contrapuntals weave in and out of each other, suddenly falling away to reveal a single instrumental lyric of astonishing beauty. The themes are played against each other, varied in intensity and rhythm, thrown from set of instruments to another, flashing evanescent bright colors as they are tossed and turned,… Continue Reading