Spiritual Mutt

"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." (Luke 17:21, KJV) This is the favo...

In short, no. Sure there are parallel sayings and on a philosophical and generic "religious" level similarities. To deny thi...

For a teaching without words, it sure generates a lot of words. I suppose I should shut up.

"I have Three Treasures; Guard them and keep them safe: The first is Love. The second is, Never too much. The third is, Never be first ...

I kind of burned out on the whole religion thing. I found myself reading Lin Yutang's translation of the Dao De Jing. I have about ten...

I can rationalize and say that the Western media is biased toward Islam and the only reports given about Islam are the negative. On the fli...

Again. I seem to be spiraling into numbness, this gravitational pull down into the abyss.

My first truly "spiritual" experience was framed within the context of the Dao. I had been studying the Dao De Jing for a few ye...

Sometimes it takes a day like yesterday to get perspective on where we are. By the end of the day I was really sick of me. So of course th...

Nobody cares. Really. For the most part, every issue we face, everything we do, all that we accumulate and amass over our lifetime, all th...

I had some minor surgery yesterday, a couple of lumps removed from my back. I wasn't aware prior to yesterday that I'd actually be ...

So it's the weekend, Saturday morning, and I'm at work...again. I've just listened to Flunk's For Sleepyheads Only , a gem ...

Here is how I perceive the difference between the two faiths. Islam is natural. It is easy, recognizable, something of a "yeah...

So how to reconcile Christian belief with that of Islam? It can't be done, though the tales in Islamic tradition of Jesus being raised...

So how do I reconcile the cross with this Surah from the Qur'an? In reality, it's not possible. The Qur'an categorically deni...

I hear it said frequently that God died on the cross. Then I hear the next statement that God in Christ died on the cross. Or that Jesus...

...that your purpose is eluding you? I've studied comparative religions for many years. Even have a degree to prove it. It seemed, at ...

Jesus. Yes, that Jesus. God? Man? Both? What? Of all the subjects I can think of, none stirs up such passions as that one. Fists were...

Could be because I just watched Jesus Camp and was a bit freaked out by it or it could be because I worked all night but I was at church thi...

I really wanted to hate this movie, to be so fired up by the lunacy of the fundies that I would have something scathing to say against them....