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Scapegoat Absolution
It is easier to blame someone else than accept one’s own failings. It is easier to fault some external evil rather than accept one’s own sin. This is no less true now than it was at the dawn of humanity and will continue to be just as true until ...
Omnitheism – Just Another “Ism”?
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. – Flavius Josephus, 37 AD – 100 AD. Omnitheism. It’s one of those words I like to throw around that no one quite understands. From an e...
Fear and Loathing in the Hereafter
Nobody wants to discuss afterlife beliefs at a funeral. Nobody wants to hear about reincarnation from Aunt Agnes or wants to hear that Uncle Theodore thinks heaven is a childish fantasy, and nobody wants to hear the laundry list of sins that Father C...
Defining God
How would I define God? I would define God as undefinable. Anytime a definition is pointed to, I would have to say “That is not God.” Even to say that God is undefinable is not the complete truth, but it is a step in the right direction. ...
21st Century Satanists
I love church signs. Sometimes they are unintentionally funny, other times I find myself agreeing – wisdom is pretty universal, after all. Yet whenever the word “Satan” occurs in a church sign, I find myself cringing. There’s one near whe...
The Need for Religion
A while back, a friend and atheist brought up an interesting question regarding religion. We were in the midst of a conversation about pluralism when he asked why we needed religions at all. If the central message of all religions is the same - that ...
Omnitheism - Just Another “Ism”?
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. - Flavius Josephus, 37 AD - 100 AD. Omnitheism. It’s one of those words I like to throw around that no one quite understands. From an etymological ...
Sunday Video: Rabbi David Aaron on Finding God
God is an alcoholic substance made of fermented grains and hops… No! Seriously! Just watch the video! ...
The God Equation
I have a formula I’ve been working on. Now, it isn’t a perfect formula, nor is it a particularly original formula, as bits and pieces of it has existed since before the fall of Rome. It is just another iteration of what philosophy, religion, and ...
Sunday Video: Thank God For Evolution
Rev. Michael Dowd was the guest speaker at the UU church I attend this Sunday. He’s the author of a book entitled Thank God for Evolution, which has been endorsed by five Nobel Laureates, all of whom have were awarded the prize in science relat...
Responding to Comments I
I’ve receive two interesting and well written comments recently on a couple older articles which debate the main points of those articles. Now I could just respond to these comments briefly and then move on, but I am struck with how much time and e...
A Response to: “Wrong Number?”
This past Sunday, Genevra from “One Joy, One Sorrow” wrote about feeling the call to pursue ministry as a Unitarian Universalist. After taking a long look at difficulties that lie ahead for her if she follows the calling, she is “left wondering...
The Independence of Thought
Photo Above by Brian Gautreau. Photo Below by Hojusaram. Final Photo by Gutter. During the summer months and once per month during the rest of the year, my minister takes a break from the pulpit and allow members of our congregation, through the Lay...
One With God
The nature of the Divine is probably the most debated issue in human history. This question has been the subject of more books, wars, and conversation than any other issue. Debate of what God is and what the Divine represents has divided families, na...
God Loves You
Above Photo by Joka2000. Photo Below by Alan Turkus. Final Photo by Joel Friesen. Of Sandalphon, the second part of The Gated Emptiness, changes in tone and language from the rest of the text. The perspective shifts from third person to first pers...
Boxing God
Above Photo by Steven Keys. Photo Below by Maria Ganessas. “Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.” - James Weldon Johnson, 1871–1938. The above famed quote, often reiterated by Christians and other mainstream monoth...
