Scholars of Religion

Why Christians Should Vote to Legalize Same Sex Marriage

2009-05-26T23:51:20Z

Why Christians Should Vote to Legalize Same Sex Marriage For the purpose of this article I am going to adopt a distinctly conservative Christian perspective and write for a distinctly conservative Christian audience. I want to put forth the ide...

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Torture

2009-04-24T00:00:09Z

There's been a lot of talk about torture lately, with some people arguing that we should never torture based on our moral standards, and others saying that it is a necessary evil and must be kept up if we are to protect ourselves. Ironically, it'...

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The Pearl

2009-04-23T19:26:23Z

I just listened to a radio show from one of my friends on Facebook on the topic of Gnosticism and the Hymn of the Pearl. I get a lot out of myth and the resulting analysis of them, and so this section of his talk was very interesting to me. Basi...

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Discussion

2009-04-14T17:24:42Z

So, I'm having an interesting discussion with a friend on a message board. He belongs to the Orthodox Church, believes that no one goes to Hell when they die, and thinks that Jesus' message was primarily about *this* life and not the next. So fa...

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Response to some Theological Speculation

2009-03-18T00:30:53Z

"The free will we are endowed by our Creator is the very thing that defines our existence-- creation without free will is creation without love; ironically, it is love, and only love, that can create life, for all goodness rests in love. That whi...

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Christian Love

2008-03-18T13:21:06Z

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. -Dalai Lama Is it possible for a non-Christian to love like a Christian? From...

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Letting Everything In

2009-01-14T19:48:56Z

There is a certain comfort in letting certain things in and excluding others from our view. The same goes with people. There's people who have God, and people who don't. People who know what's up, and people who are idiots. People who pay atte...

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Assorted Jung Quotes

2009-01-08T21:55:10Z

Some quotes from Carl Jung that I really like. "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." "If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool." "I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half...

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Seeds of Truth

2009-01-07T21:44:18Z

In my experience, people hold to their opinions because on a very deep level, they sense truth in them. It's an intuitive truth that they feel regardless of logical implications. And this is why so often logic is not enough to sway a person, bec...

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The Diamond Takes Shape

2008-11-11T05:03:56Z

The Diamond Takes Shape Some parrots Have become so skilled with The human voice They could give a brilliant discourse About freedom and God And an unsighted man nearby might Even begin applauding with The thought: I just heard jew...

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