Monthly Archives: February 2010
Logical Christians & Morality
Let me attempt a short list for why Atheists criticize religious people: Faulty thinking Oppressive social preferences (from #1) Oppressive political agendas (by legislating #2) Do you have other categories? My site criticizes all these points. But I also try … Continue reading
Filed under Atheism, Christianity, Philosophy, Religion, Religious Dialogue
Women or Men, who rules?
Reading Gary Simmon’s Hebrew Poetry blog today, I learned some new terms which Christians fight over. They are terms used to describe how a Christian believes men and women should relate. I am aware of the controversy, of course, but … Continue reading
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Well-Being inside of Sadness
Below are two videos I watched today which were kindly posted on Leah‘s and Zoe‘s sites. Both videos are inspiring to me. Years ago I was deeply impressed by Matthieu Ricard when I read his comments in “Destructive Emotions: A … Continue reading
Filed under Buddhism, Consciousness, Philosophy, Religion
I don’t want to convert you
OK, that is partially a lie. I do want to convert some of your ideas into other ideas. Heck we all do that. But I don’t want to convert you away from how you identify yourself. One reason it is … Continue reading
Filed under Atheism, Christianity, Philosophy, Religion
The Obstacle of Common Sense
Common sense is often our enemy. Our intuitions often blind us. Yes, I am aware of recent popular books pointing out the values of these unconscious heuristics in terms of their speed, and their uncanny accuracy, but intuition also has … Continue reading
Filed under Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
“Goad” : Word Exploration
When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.” Acts 26:14 (NRSV) This Bible passage … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Linquistics, Religion
Tokens of Trust – Rowan Williams
Tony Hunt, at Theophiliacs, states that part of what drew him to convert from his Pentecostal background to the Episcopal Church was Rowan Williams and N.T.Wright — both of whom he recommended I read. The Williams book he recommended was … Continue reading
Filed under Atheism, Christianity, Religion, Theology
Atheist Practices Lent
Christians use Lent, the 40 days prior to Easter, as a time of self-reflection, self-denial, penitence and prayer. Muslims use Ramadan for a month-long time of self-restraint and day-time fasting. Jews use Yom Kippur as a day of fasting where … Continue reading
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“Everything happens for a reason”
The saying, “Everything happens for a reason” is commonly heard in the USA and obviously implies that things happen for a “good” reason. Thus a variant is: “all things work for the best”. Inspiring this post is an interview with … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Religion
Transcendence in Mystical Atheists
How can atheists have “transcendent experiences”? What would that mean? Tom Rees at Epiphenom just posted on a recent experiment locating the parts of the brain responsible for transcendence. The definition Tom gives for “transcendence” was: “the belief [sensation] that … Continue reading
Filed under Atheism, Christianity, Consciousness, Mysticism, Philosophy, Religion, Religious Dialogue
Sabio Shares Himself
I have posted a religious dialogue tool, which lists three ways to “Share Thyself !” Philosopher, share thyself ! Atheist, share thyself ! Christian, share thyself ! I hope to put up some more in the future. These posts are … Continue reading
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Atheist: share thyself !
For an explanation on how to use this table, see the section in my Religious Dialogue Tools. For an example of how I used it, see my sharing post . Modify any column to your pleasure: Remember, these are … Continue reading
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Sabio bites the dust
OK, I admit, this post’s title was a cheap, journalistic trick, but in a way, it is true: People may soon notice that my icon has changed and leaping-Sabio is gone! Sniffle … When I began this blog one year … Continue reading
Tibetan Weather Miracle
The Dalai Lama had come to Madison, Wisconsin to teach and initiate into the Kalachakra meditation practice. His seminar lasted five days. The first four days were held in a mundane large auditorium on U of W’s campus where the … Continue reading
Re-writing history with head nods
Most decisions in our lives are very complex. They involve many influences tugging at our minds. We are conscious of some of these tugging influences, but I contend that we are not conscious of most of the influences. But once … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Religion, Religious Dialogue
