Popular Pagan Rituals and their Meaning
The Old Religion, which is the basis for many who practice Paganism today, still came in various forms. The general public still today remains unaware of how the nature of …
Buddhism Bodhidharma Shaolin Bhuddist Monk Patriarch Martial Art
Like most of the great men of his time, little verifiable information still exists about the Buddhist monk known as Bodhidharma. His life is shrouded in a haze of legend …
Atheism Agnosticism Moral Principles Ethics Church Secular Ethics Secular Morality
Atheism is defined by a lack of belief in deities and not by some world view or set of common values. For that reason, it is often criticized by religious …
Presbyterian church doctrine
Today, several different Presbyterian denominations maintain church organizations within the United States (and around the world). All of them trace their roots back to the Church of Scotland, an offshoot …
Reflections on the Bahai Concept of World Government
Thoughts on the Bah’ concept of World Government One of the teachings of Bah’u’llh, the Prophet-Founder of the Bah’ Faith, is that the human race, as a race of spiritual …
Hindu Gods and Goddesses: The many forms of Shiva
Hinduism is among the world’s oldest religions and boasts over 900 million followers around the globe. Over 80% of the population of India consider themselves to be Hindu. The Hindu …
Why Certainty is Never Constant Why Atheism is Wrong Why Religion is Wrong
Agnosticism simply means to be without gnosis (knowledge). No one can “know” for absolute certainty of many things in the cosmos. Life, as the old Madonna song goes, is a …
Cold Readingpsychic
“Cold reading” is a term used by mentalists and phony psychics and fortune-tellers. It describes the way they quickly assess a “mark” so they can appear to know a lot …
How attitude affects your health
Attitude plays a crucial role in how you are living your life. In fact, it is rated as the number one ingredient for achieving a happy life. Everyone knows persons …
Science God Religion Christian Jesus Regrow Limb
You are a veteran from the Iraq war. You lost a leg, from the knee down, in an IED altercation. Some robotics engineers at your local University are working on …
Personal Benefits of Reading the Bible
Leadership principles, romance, guidance for managers, supervisors, and employees; instructions for developing a winning personality are just a minute dusting of the diverse topics addressed in the Bible. It is …
This Life is all you get
I chose to be an atheist for what, to many atheists, must seem a contradiction. I want faith. I want to believe, to be loved by almighty power, to be …
Atheism Tolerance Agnosticism Worldview
The Pure Intent of Atheism Atheism itself is just as dangerous as any other creed or ethos. The pure intent of atheism is inspiring in that it requires mankind to …
Buddhism and Meditation
Sensation and Awareness, the Yin/Yang of Consciousness Awareness is permanent but the sensation is temporary. This is a recent conclusion of mine after many years of meditation practice. And it …
The Origins and Core Principles of Buddhism
Buddhism is a philosophy focused on bringing about the end of suffering through the attainment of Nirvana or Enlightenment, by following the Eightfold Path, understanding the Four Noble Truths and …
The need to Better Understand Religious Philosophy
Atheism is denial in a belief in God (or gods) and the effect of God (or gods) upon or lives or society. Agnostics believe in God, they just feel that …
When did we Start Relying on our Church Leaders rather the Bible
The Word became Flesh (John 1:14). And all of humanity can breathe a sigh of relief. No longer do we have to rely on our own guess of what the …
Christian Response to Atheists
New atheism books are popularizing atheism to a new generation. This atheism is not like that of Nietzsche, but it is of the popular everyday sort versus being elitist, philosophical, …
A Hindu Kingdom in India
Something very frightening is going on in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat. The Constitution of India is being systematically and insidiously chipped away. It is being made increasingly apparent that if you …
A Humanists Kingdom of Heaven
It sounded like a really bizarre idea when I first articulated it to myself: the secular humanist’s idea of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. This would be a world …
How to Rectify Karma through Grace
Everyone has his or her own unique perspective on life, and no two can be exactly alike. Perspective depends so much that can’t be replicated in another person (family, upbringing, friends, faith, …
How Islam Abolished Racial Discrimination
Before the Prophet Muhammad came with his message, prejudice was the law that the Arabs followed. There were a few wealthy Arab men that were the ruling superiors. Everyone else …
Signs that Christ Embraces Everyone
In the Catholic faith, there are seven Sacraments: Baptism, the Eucharist, Reconciliation and Penance, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Sick. The Sacraments are reminders that Jesus is …
Ghost sightings and paranormal activity at Fells Point
Ghost sightings and paranormal activity are not uncommon in many seacoast towns around the country. They also often occur where these locations are colored by tragic events of the past …
Quran Study the Significance of Surah Fatiha
WHAT IS SURAH FATIHA? It is the first chapter in Qur`an when you open the Holy Book. It is not the first set of verses that were revealed to the …
Guide to Essential Words in Buddhism
Many of the words and terms essential to Buddhism are in the Pali or Sanskrit languages and have remained common derivatives from the original for centuries, even when speaking in …
How to use a Ouija Board
The Ouija board is an excellent tool that is used to communicate with the spirits and beings of the Otherworld. This article provides the necessary information that you need in …
Carl Sagan Agnostic Atheist Belief God Protagoras Religion Richard Dawkins Ann Druyan
Dr. Carl Sagan was one of the most prominent scientists of the twentieth century, and likely will be one of the most remembered and frequently quoted in the twenty-first and …
Christian concepts of salvation
There’s a variety of Christian concepts of what it takes to achieve salvation, and someplace an emphasis on works (such as water baptism for infants or anyone else) while others don’t. Salvation …
Book Reviews the End of Faith by Sam Harris
Worried that religious terrorism may do us all in? Never fear. A young man named Sam Harris has written a book that argues that all we have to do to …
Is Atheism Anti Theist?
Due in no small part to the atheist renaissance that has taken place recently due to authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, Atheism as a belief …
Self and No self in Buddhism
Buddha realized that in order to explain and guide people out of suffering and toward enlightenment he must rely upon explaining common human truths in our world that could be …