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
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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
Priest Abuse
Just what in the world were they thinking? The Catholic Church, from the time of its conception, decided that only men could be priests. They also decided that those men could not have sex with women, since they were now married to the church. They were expected to be faithful in that marriage, which in… Continue Reading
All Religions Fail
Religion is a necessary ingredient in a stable and mature adult mind, isn’t it? We need to be deeply reverent of the creator of this magnificent universe, deeply grateful that our creator has given us our lives, and strive to fit as best we can into the plan our creator has for us. We sense… Continue Reading
The True Believers
It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? A true believer is someone who is an unshakable believer, someone who doesn’t waver in the face of pressure. This is not a sometime believer, a maybe believer, or a false believer. This is someone who will stand up to whatever challenges there are and will … Continue Reading
Justice and Injustice
Northern Ethiopian soldiers sweep through villages, killing all men, women and children they see, using machetes and guns. They burn and plunder, leveling those villages to the ground. Those few that escape go west to Darfur, where, if they are fortunate enough to have survived the perilous journey on foot, they live in squalid concentration… Continue Reading
Sudden Life Changes
Let’s say you are a teen-age girl. Your mom gets you up in the morning to get ready for school. When you get to the kitchen, she looks bad. You say, “Where’s dad?” She says, “He’s gone, honey – and this time, I don’t think he’s coming back.” A black cloud comes over you and… Continue Reading
Men and Women
Men struggle to understand women, and women struggle to understand men. Even those who are the most deeply in love find that they are expressing themselves differently. It is as if men are talking on one wave length and women are talking on a different wave length. They say things to each other and somehow… Continue Reading
The Predatory Military
This convoluted glob of gray jelly we have in our heads is fantastic stuff. It soaks up information from all its sensors, then converts those photons, air waves, pheromones, pressures, motions and tastes to images which become reality to us. It forms pictures in our heads, tells us where we are in what relationship to… Continue Reading