Category Archive for ‘Spirituality’

  Written by:  Robert D Brinsmead In her book, Where Christianity Went Wrong, Patricia Williams demonstrates she has a good grasp of best of the historical Jesus research.  She makes… read more →

Written by:  Wendell Krossa Another take on the human fear of death Michael Grosso starts his article on Fear of life after death with a comment about a friend who… read more →

  Written by:  Robert D. Brinsmead The thing that I have had to learn in my intellectual and faith journey is that my reasoning and conclusions may appear to be… read more →

Written by:  Wendell Krossa Having blasted poor Plato through the modern era- , Hegel, and into Marx- Herman ends by reviving the poor bugger and re-establishing the importance of the… read more →

Written By:  Wendell Krossa Most people cannot live without religion or what we call the spiritual.  Despite the secularist endeavor and the claim of atheists that they now number, according… read more →

Written By:  Julia Tyack Paul’s premise was that God is about wrath and punishment.  As long as this Christian theology was in our minds, it is little wonder that we… read more →

Written By:  Hank Hasse The historical Jesus left his core message in Matt 5:38-48. It challenged the “eye for an eye” Jewish justice system based on the apocalyptic message of… read more →

Written By:  Robert D Brinsmead I recently read a religious paper and come to the conclusion that the author got the right answer, even though I question how he got… read more →

Comment by Robert D. Brinsmead It is fair to say that if we can see further than the ancients, it is because we stand on their shoulders.  The light is… read more →

By:  Henry Hasse First gather up all those marbles of scripture that we grew up with and were taught were so holy and untouchable. Then place them in a box… read more →

 How Images of God Shape Belief, Attitude, and Outlook by Zenon Lotufo, Jr. It is sometimes assumed that western worshippers of the Christian faith have “basically the same beliefs.” In… read more →

by Benjamin Grant Purzycki Punitive Big Brother; cosmic petty-thief-catcher; vigilant landlord. Why is God so interested in bad behaviour? Benjamin Grant Purzycki is an anthropologist working at the Centre for Human Evolution,… read more →

from Essays: First Series (1841) Ralph Waldo Emerson The wings of Time are black and white, Pied with morning and with night. Mountain tall and ocean deep Trembling balance duly keep.… read more →

Who Was Emanuel Swedenborg? Original Link Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and Christian mystic. He is best known for his book on the… read more →

Original Link Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and Christian mystic. He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758). Swedenborg… read more →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o&list=UUAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NG A video worth watching – This is a report on some thought provoking research – listed as one of the top 20 on TED TALKS.  Vulnerability and  shame go… read more →

By:  Robert D Brinsmead Jesus taught that the kingdom of God (the logos and the Sophia of God) is present, spread out on the face of the earth as the… read more →

by Robert Perry and Greg Mackie In this article, our purpose is to compare the philosophy that many near-death experiences (NDEs) seem to imply with the philosophy conveyed through the… read more →

By:  Hank Hasse  Which is it? – A Summary Given for Your Consideration 4th century credal divine incarnation of the Galilean “human one,” whom it is so confessed had acted… read more →

By:  Wendell Krossa Over history an interesting relationship has developed between humanity and deity. People have long taken human features and projected them out to define deity, to shape their… read more →