All Posts Tagged With: "spiritual"
Spiritual Responsibility
To think that any particular faith, such as Christian or Muslim, is more favorable to God than another is an astoundingly arrogant notion – and it is irresponsible.
10Feb2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Spiritual Responsibility | Continued
Everything Happens for A Reason
Son, “Everything happens for a reason.” How many times have we heard that? And how many smart people have we heard make that comment? The statement is usually made in the context of spirituality or religion – seldom in the context of science. But the statement is only true in the context of science. And […]
16Dec2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Everything Happens for A Reason | Continued
A Gay Jesus and Catholic Art
“Corpus Christi” is a play written by an Irish Catholic named Terrence McNally, first performed on Broadway in 1998 and revived for two weeks in October. It is a controversial interpretation of the life and work of Jesus Christ, so it can be considered a part of the crazy-quilt reality of living as a Catholic […]
4Dec2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on A Gay Jesus and Catholic Art | Continued
Which Came First? Religion or Depression
There’s a cartoon with a chicken and an egg in bed together. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied expression on his face, and the egg is restless and disgruntled. The caption above the egg says, “Well, I guess that answers the question.” That’s how I think of the relationship between depression […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Which Came First? Religion or Depression | Continued
McCain’s Spiritual Guide – Inciting Hatred
John McCain’s Republican Party is attacking Barack Obama this week with advertisements highlighting the loony Reverend Jeremiah Wright. McCain has said that he would not go there – and now claims he can’t control independent groups. We are talking about the Republican National Committee. John McCain is the standard bearer of his party. John McCain […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | Continued
There Are People In This World Other Than Americans.
No words can match the music and the images. Just Bang the Drums Slowly. We in America should remember in these sad times that we are not alone on this planet. Neither are we more deserving than any other people. All of the people of the earth are spiritual equals.
25Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on There Are People In This World Other Than Americans. | Continued
Paul Newman – Salad Dressings, Gunslingers and Plastic Jesus
Paul Newman led a life we can all admire and hopefully emulate. He wasn’t just a good actor, he was a great humanitarian. This writer is not fully qualified to write a biography of this man, we would just like to host a brief celebration of his life. This writer’s first introduction to Paul Newman […]
12Oct2008 | Cole James | 4 comments | Continued
Fearists: the new face of terror…
Dad, We need a new term. You approached the idea of terrorism in other forms in a previous post. We need to identify that terrorists use violence, but many use fear and it is almost as destructive. I think if you use fear to influence others’ actions or to bring about social or political change, […]
9Oct2007 | bryan | 3 comments | Continued
Are There Sprits In The Material World?
Dad Paul Tillich was a philosopher and theologian in the early to mid twentieth century who defined two planes of understanding, horizontal and vertical. The horizontal plane is the stuff of the physical world, the finite, and the vertical plane represents the spiritual experience, the infinite. I believe that fundamentalism and doctrinal orthodoxy deal in […]
31Aug2007 | bryan | Comments Off on Are There Sprits In The Material World? | Continued