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The wonderful editorialist, Nicholas D. Kristoff, wrote an editorial that encompasses an eye opening religious test. His article was in response to the Pew Foundation’s test of religious knowledge. See my posting Test Your Religious Knowledge
Mr. Kristoff’s editorial:
Test Your Savvy on Religion
A new study out by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that atheist and agnostics did best on a general quiz of religious knowledge. Jews and Mormons were next. Catholics were last.
Many folks did not know the tenets of their own religion.
My working, unscientific, lacking in research hypothesis on this is that many agnostics and atheists have studied and thought about religion. Many atheist and agnostics did not arrive at their religious point of view randomly. Continue reading “Test Your Religious Knowledge”
I am not religious. I do not even consider myself spiritual. I made the last comment a while back and I had a couple folks arguing with me as they thought I was very spiritual. One problem with the word spiritual is that it has an old school dictionary definition, and common usage that is of a more new age derivative. The dictionary definition, to me, is not that much different than the dictionary definition for religious . Spiritual in this context seems to imply a less structured version of religious. I have trouble getting my head around the new age definition. It is very much like E=mc2. I understand the parts, but the whole is another matter.
My goal is to live an ethical and a genuine life. However, most of the time I fail miserably at these tasks. Continue reading “Rev. Joe stumbles”
From the jacket cover of the book The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery by Ruiz & Ruiz available @ Amazon.com
BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORDS
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONAL
Nothing others do is because of you. Continue reading “The Five Agreements”
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www.lamebook.com
Quote from The Washington Post article about Pat Robertson’s comments on Haiti:
“Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been “cursed” because of what he called a “pact with the devil” in its history. His spokesman said the Wednesday comments were based on Voodoo rituals carried out before a slave rebellion against French colonists in 1791.”
Ol’ Pat seems to be in a permanent state of psychosis when it comes to all things religious. He obviously believes in God and more importantly a Devil. I’ve always wondered if Christianity and Islam could exist without the concept of a devil. If there is not a devil running around causing all the evil in the world then that leaves it up to the omnipotent, Abrahamic god. To my way of thinking there is a lot not nice things that go on in this world. Of course, that brings us full circle back to Epicurus’ old questions
I begun ruminating on his comments, and I decided that he must believe in Voodoo also. Why else would he think that a ritual performed 219 years ago had the power to eject the colonial power out of Haiti? Makes you wonder about what else Ol’ Pat believes.
Well you know…some parents have more issues to deal with than others.
Gay Teen Worried He Might Be Christian @ TheOnion.com
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam by Yahiya Emerick available at Amazon.com
I read this book for two reasons. First, I’ve appointed myself the task of learning about the various world religions. Secondly, I have an Arabic friend (stay away Homeland Security) who is Muslim, and I wanted to understand where he was coming from a little better.
I wanted to give this book 3 and half stars, but that is not an option. I gave it four because the author fulfilled his primary mission of teaching the reader the basics of Islam. He also threw in a brief history Islam and Arabs that was interesting. When they talk about Sunnis and Shiites on the news, now I understand the difference. Continue reading “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam”
Let me see if I can set the situation for you. Relatives of mine were making a trip, and they needed a place to stay overnight. My girlfriend has a large home and was more than willing to accommodate their request.
My girlfriend is Jewish, but is definitely secular. Her spiritual beliefs tend to be more towards Continue reading “A Question of Etiquette”