Sooooo, did you take my “double minded” quiz? Well, I hope you enjoyed the little gift that I tucked inside for you: a piece of sweet self discovery. Actually, whether or not you answered the questions, the gift was yours for the taking. I structured the quiz to be a treat for everyone. There were no right or wrong …
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Does Holy Week celebrate the divine or the diabolical?
I realize that everyone is not attuned to the jaw-dropping ways that humans have perpetually demonized God. But it seems to me that the demonization is so over-the-top during Holy Week that at some point in our history as thinking beings, it should have caught our collective attention. An online search turned up results about …
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Either Jesus was wrong–or we are
For years, I believed that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and that I became a sinner the moment I took my first breath. That’s what I was told. Everyone around me believed it. As far as I was concerned, it was so—until I began to notice that something didn’t add up: Jesus …
Forgive us, for we know not what we do
Forgive us, Father, for we know not what we do. Each Palm Sunday, I am even more sensitive to the fact that for the next week, millions will unknowingly demonize God and believe that they will be mightily blessed for doing so. I’m sure you’re wondering: How in the world can someone demonize God and …
Does Christmas belittle Jesus’s mission?
I’ve often wondered whether we have done Jesus a great disservice by assigning him the same birthday as ancient gods. In mythology, Horus of Egypt (c. 3000 BC), Mithra of Persia (c. 1200 BC), Attis of Greece (c. 1200 BC), Krishna of India (c. 900 BC), Dionysus of Greece (c. 500 BC) and others were …
Manger or Mary’s House: Why does myth matter?
Most of us are confident that we know basic details about Jesus. Certainly, we know where he was born. More than likely, we don’t.
Can you have faith without religion?
God is so reliable. I was perusing my list of blog post ideas, looking for inspiration, when one caught my eye: Can you have faith without religion? It’s a compelling question, especially since an increasing number of Americans now describe themselves as “spiritual, not religious.” One study reports that as many as 33% self-identify as …
A Bag Lady’s Holy Week
During this, the holiest week on the Christian calendar, we will attend vigils, wear hoodies to church, and post cathartic sentiments on social media in protest of the death of this innocent child and its subsequent cover-up. Then we will get down on our knees and thank God for sending another innocent young man to be slowly and sadistically tortured to death so that the guilty could be forgiven.
Coming up: Our last week on Earth…
At the heart of the Judgment Day belief is this divine question: Will Earth and every living thing that occupies it be destroyed by a sadistically punitive God who has no regard for the human life He created, and whose punishment exceeds all human crimes?
Does Good Friday highlight a double standard?
If a blood-thirsty posse approached the home of a guilty man, and his father pushed his innocent brother onto the porch, we’d be horrified. No doubt, many would declare that this father was pure evil. Why can’t we see the parallel?