The Sad State of Many U.S. Teenagers
The Sad State of Many U.S. Teenagers For much of the non-industrialized non-western world, teenagers are generally a good bit more respectful and compliant when compared to the U.S., for example. In general, they have an ounce of humility and don’t automatically believe they know it all because they have experienced hard times and have […]
The Matrix Re-Done
The Matrix Re-Done “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it… anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” Have you ever seen the movie, “The Matrix”? It […]
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? The Real Jesus is hard to find. Once, there was a convention in a BIG religious building (even bigger than the crystal cathedral) with all the thousands of sects of bible-antiy / christianity sending a representative. The purpose of the convention was to agree on who Jesus of Nazareth […]
Do Disciples Ever Engage in Violence?
Violence, Do Joshua’s Disciples Ever Engage in it? “Love your enemies.” (Matthew 5:44) “Those who live by the sword, die by the sword.” (Matt. 26:52) “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called son’s of God.” (Matt. 26:52) Summary: The Kingdom of God vs. the Kingdoms of Men: Christian Allegiance and Violence Perhaps the […]
Does/Did God Require a Sacrifice to Forgive?
Sacrifice, Does/Did God Require it to Forgive? The religious people – especially Christians and Jews – will tell you that God needs a blood sacrifice in order to forgive a person or persons…at least they will tell you that if they are not ignorant of their “churches” or religious leader’s teachings. While the Hebrew scripture […]
Will Positive Thinking Improve Your Life?
Will Positive Thinking Beliefs and Philosophies Leave You With a Negative Life-Style? The philosophy of positive thinking has no doubt been around for a long time in some version. Author Norman Vincent Peale wrote a very popular book entitled, “The Power of Positive Thinking” that was published in 1952, thus he could be credited with […]
Raising Good Children in a World Filled with Wrong
Raising Good Children in a World Filled with Wrong You are at a restaurant or a store or some other public place, and a 4 year old child is throwing a temper tantrum, and the parents do nothing about it. The child is screaming and yelling and perhaps even throwing things, and the parents sit […]
Is God All Powerful?
Is God All Powerful? Most religious people who take the label Christian, Muslin or Jew or other such theists state that God is all-powerful or all-mighty. Anyone who thinks a bit about this claim can see the attraction of this claim. Wouldn’t it be great to have ‘superman’ protecting your back at all times? Who […]