Uncategorized Hello world! Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Written by Sam Harris June 23, 2020June 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Go Places You’ve Dreamed of I have been working and playing hockey for six years now and I’m trying to qualify for some international tournaments in the future to represent Canada. The officer is a tall man with a well defined jaw and full beard. His white T-shirt, long sleeves and baseball cap are all reflective of his service. He […] Written by jack121400 September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Penn State, my final loss of faith I’m 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of State College, acquaintance of Jerry Sandusky’s, and a product of his Second Mile foundation. And I have fully lost faith in the leadership of my parents’ generation. I was never harmed by Sandusky, but I could have been. When I was […] Written by Guest Voices November 11, 2011June 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Attention Governor Perry: Evolution is a fact Q. Texas governor and GOP candidate Rick Perry, at a campaign event this week, told a boy that evolution is ”just a theory” with “gaps” and that in Texas they teach “both creationism and evolution.” Perry later added “God is how we got here.” According to a 2009 Gallup study , only 38 percent of […] Written by Richard Dawkins August 23, 2011June 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized The Problem with Atheism (This is an edited transcript of a talk given at the Atheist Alliance conference in Washington D.C. on September 28th, 2007) To begin, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge just how strange it is that a meeting like this is even necessary. The year is 2007, and we have all taken time out […] Written by Sam Harris October 2, 2007June 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Again and Again: A Song for Lent For over a year, we (The Many) had been reflecting on this line that one of our members Lenora had written, “Why are things so broken.” It’s a tough question. An emotional question. It seemed like the genesis of a great song, but we were stuck. Then a few months ago we had an invitation […] Written by Red Letter Christians February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Mixed Blessing and the Experience of Double Minorities “Daughter! You are Nepali! That is all,” is a refrain that Binsa hears often. She is under a lot of pressure: to marry, to bear children, to “prove” her worth as a woman. Her Zimbabwean roots are something to be hidden; her family wants her to identify as solely South Asian and to emphasize her […] Written by Red Letter Christians February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Again and Again: A Song for Lent For over a year, we (The Many) had been reflecting on this line that one of our members Lenora had written, “Why are things so broken.” It’s a tough question. An emotional question. It seemed like the genesis of a great song, but we were stuck. Then a few months ago we had an invitation […] Written by Red Letter Christians February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Mixed Blessing and the Experience of Double Minorities “Daughter! You are Nepali! That is all,” is a refrain that Binsa hears often. She is under a lot of pressure: to marry, to bear children, to “prove” her worth as a woman. Her Zimbabwean roots are something to be hidden; her family wants her to identify as solely South Asian and to emphasize her […] Written by Red Letter Christians February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Bible and the Civil War: An Interview with James P. Byrd In this post I am interviewing James P. Byrd, Professor of American Religious History, and Chair of the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt Divinity School. He is the author of books including “A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood”: The Bible and the American Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2021). [TK] The Bible and the […] Written by Evangelical History February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Does It Mean To Be Disembodied? What does it mean to be disembodied? Is it disconnection from community? From true friendship? From purpose in life? Is it the endless cycle of diet culture that demands we shrink our flesh, cut ourselves down to size, make ourselves worthy in someone else’s eyes? Is it what happens when we are traumatized and victimized, […] Written by Red Letter Christians March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
My True Buddha Self and Me One of the fears that we all have is being alone —especially in a permanent existential sense. So for example, we worry that if our loved one dies, and we have no close family, that we will be alone, not just in the sense of not having someone to offer support, especially in old […] Written by Ronald Hirsch February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
You Don’t Have to Go Home But You Can’t Stay Here “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.”- ‘Joliet’ Jake Blues You might be one of us. We love Jesus. We have at least a passing familiarity with what he told us to do. Therefore, we can’t wrap our heads around what has happened to our church. We are dumbstruck by the […] Written by Red Letter Christians February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Five Aggregates The teaching of The Five Aggregates or The Five Skandhas, is an analysis of personal experiences and a view on cognition from a Buddhist perspective. The teaching also provides a logical and thorough approach to understand the Universal Truth of Not-self. In the last issue’s “Buddhism in a Nutshell”, we conclude that self is just a convenient […] Written by Minerva Lee February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked