Tag: spirituality
member name: George McNaughton
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September 02, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
I was sitting in Sunday School listening to the discussion leader handle a discussion on the writings of Paul. Paul is probably my least favorite writer in the Bible. In fact, I almost refused . . .
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August 27, 2006 10:32 PM EDT --
Unfortunately, the actions of a minority are giving the title religious a very bad name at this point in time. It does not have to be this way, especially here in America. There are . . .
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January 13, 2007 11:46 PM EST --
Joining what we refer to in the modern sense of civilized society may come at a greater price than we now realize. It requires a belief in science and reason and places great emphasis upon the objective . . .
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February 13, 2007 03:47 PM EST --
Recently in comments to published articles the notion that infants and small children need baptism has been thrown out as part of the basis for the pro-life movement. I understand that various sects . . .
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April 10, 2007 06:23 PM EDT --
Just as when we watch a film based on a book, we substitute the action in the film for the writing in the book (at least when the film is well done,) so do we from time to time substitute myths for religion. . . .
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July 14, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
It appears to me that the American nuclear family consisting of a father, mother and kids is no longer functioning. Trying to force back the wheels of time, technological progress and the liberation . . .
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September 05, 2006 09:22 PM EDT --
This weekend I had the opportunity to skim several religious books by Swedenborg. I could not help being impressed with how consistent his ideas were with Mormonism regarding the hereafter. . . .
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April 16, 2007 06:45 PM EDT --
At some point, a liberal Mormon needs to take stock of why most members are completely oblivious to many social issues which liberals are thinking about and which they consider important. Its not . . .
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March 13, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
At some point the environmental movement is going to have to develop spiritual roots, and if it is ever going to stand up and walk as a recognized force for good in America -- it is going to have . . .
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March 13, 2007 09:36 PM EDT --
Recently in a exchange of comments on a religious subject the definition of success came into play. The comment exchange was not adversarial and travelled a fair distance from where it started. . . .
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June 23, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
The trouble with trickle down economics is that it is trickle down economics. As Reagan theorized if the wealthy have more money, they will invest that money more wisely than the government. . . .
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July 04, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Initially I called it my bog garden, but I came to realize that the bog was in the pond and the pond was beside or a feature of the garden, but not the garden. So with my sixth son, I began to imagine . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Where are this generation's counter-culture and revolutionaries? How is it that they are standing quiet while their country's principles are trodden in the dust. Where is their protest . . .
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August 26, 2007 06:42 PM EDT --
Well, its not a perfect political storm, but you would definitely have to have your head in the sand not to see storm clouds on the horizon. So, the Church today had a letter read in meetings in . . .
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June 01, 2006 11:47 PM EDT --
If God really was like the religious right contend He is, would it still be the right thing to do to worship Him? Put it another way, is it more courageous to stand up for a friend , in spite of . . .
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May 11, 2006 07:40 PM EDT --
The problem with prophecies is that they have a way of sneaking up on the people who are supposed to be their guardians. Consider . . .
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May 13, 2006 10:30 AM EDT --
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It is amazing what consequences can be drawn from one esoteric religious doctrine. Most neo-conservatives . . .
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May 17, 2006 06:37 PM EDT --
What exactly does it mean when a politician says he supports family values? Is that a code phrase of G rated films or something. I was thinking back to the Clinton days when Ken Starr was prancing . . .
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September 11, 2006 09:21 PM EDT --
There seems to be a selectivity in these times as to the noisy minority when it comes to religion and politics. If a taboo is identified in the scriptures which costs the . . .
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March 17, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
As a middle class child in poor rural town, it was constantly drilled into us that we were known by the company we kept. I never got this down exactly right as I never hung out much with the athletes. . . .
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