Tuesday, July 28, 2009Thoughts on HellIn a mathematical sense, eternity is a long way off. We may approach it, but we will never arrive. In reading and commenting on Julie Cabra Lucas blog, Whatever happened to Hell, I have to wonder if the spiritual version of eternity is also infinite in nature. From descriptions, and that is all we... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 10, 2009A Good Friday Indeed!Any day my boss is gracious enough to give us a work day as a holiday is a good day, so, today is, in that sense, a good Friday. And I am enjoying it -- acctually accomplished things here at the home front as well. Have other, more fun things planned for later in the day. I do realize that Good... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, February 16, 2009Positive Proof: The United States is Not a Christian NationThere are many ways of proving, beyond a doubt, that we are not a Christian nation, nor are we even a nation of Christians. Let us look at just one damning indictment on our Christian Characteristics. Let us look simply to The Beatitudes, and we shall keep score. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, January 20, 2009Christianity is a White Man's ReligionRemember the blond, blue-eyed Jeffry Hunter as Christ on the big screen? All other races are step-children of Christ to be saved from their own beliefs, from certain damnation if they remain outside the sphere of Christ. Missionaries invaded other cultures, raped their values and poked Christianity... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, November 30, 2008Walking into the fray . . .What a waste of time organized religion is. We, as people, are better capable of reaching our own spiritual centers than are the churches and the frumptuous church leaders made up to impossible levels of importance by power-hungry men of the cloth. In fact, it is only we who can access that part of... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, November 15, 2008Fiscal IrresponsibilityOur local paper has had a number of stories lately about "reverends" who steal from their flock, overtly taking from the gifts meant to do "God's work" to line the pockets of the dear reverends. If there is a hell, I surmise it will have a disproportionate number of clergy in residence. For us, we... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, October 19, 2008Miracles for saleMiracles may be purchased from many sources. Primarily they are sold by the sleaze-bucket televangelicals on your home screen. Those guys and gals who claim to be doing god's work are shills and charlatans, and those who send them money are desperate fools. Unfortunately, many of the givers are... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, September 28, 2008Who is this god Feller?Everyone invokes his name, evokes fear of him or makes outlandish claims for him. In my mind there are so many unanswered questions, not about any god or gods or goddesses, but about those who proclaim his (or her) existence. First, the belief in god or gods is ancient, pre-historic in all... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, September 19, 2008Sarah Palin's Main fault . . .Sarah Palin has spunk; she is outspoken; she has accomplished a lot in her 40+ years of life. But, and this is supper important to me as a voter, she is a hard-core right-wing Christian. You cannot be a hard-core, right-wing Christian without being stupid and/or abusive. That worries me as a voter. Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, August 17, 2008Christianity is in Deep TroubleAnd the signs are many. My views notwithstanding, that religion, all religion, is based on fear, superstition and ancient fables, let us look at some objective indicators of Christianity's rapid demise. (And it cannot come too soon!): Pedophilia rampant in the priesthood No women allowed to be... Sign in to see full entry. |