The Best Description of Human Nature
The Best Description of Human Nature One of the most important and basic questions we should ask ourselves as thinking beings is, ‘what exactly are we or, what does my nature consist of, or what makes me a human being’? Many have believed the irrational concept that we are merely atoms, molecules, proteins, cells, etc. – […]
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 not had the answers while their parents […]
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 was made in […]
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 was and the main reason why he […]
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
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 there completely at a loss in terms of what […]
Do I Actually Love People?
Do I Actually Love People? Summary: What the world needs is love, true love, practiced by all – or even just by some. True love is in very short supply because people choose to be in their cage of fear, self-pride and selfishness. Almost everyone claims that they “love others” or that they are “a […]
Living by Love
Living by Love “For God so loved the people of the earth that He gave his unique, special Son so that whomever believes him will not destroy themselves, but rather will gain eternal life.” (John 3:16) “There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.” (John 15:13) […]