DAY 11 REFLECTION: Bad religion produces bad morality
Religious leaders have taught that societies can’t be moral without religion. While many Christians believe this, the tide is turning. Pew Research has shown that most U.S. adults no longer…
Religious leaders have taught that societies can’t be moral without religion. While many Christians believe this, the tide is turning. Pew Research has shown that most U.S. adults no longer…
Some religious leaders teach that Christians are born (or reborn) through their beliefs, not through their actions “lest any man should boast.” Yet, believing this way is like buying a…
As children, Christians learn to pray using words. To make it easier, some of the prayers even come in rhymes. In churches, ministers and priests also pray using words, often…
Dogma, by definition, is not provable by independent parties as literal truth. But it can often point to spiritual truth. Dogma is also not the foundation of the Christian faith,…
Rorschach tests are psychological instruments sometimes used to assess emotional functioning. People can see very different images when interpreting similar drawings. This is true with the Bible as well. Loving…
In a recent Gallop poll, only one in four Americans said they believed the Bible was the actual word of God and should be taken literally. About one-fourth viewed the…
Dogma about original sin has been a key part of the Christian business model from the beginning. It’s based upon Adam eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of…
Atheism is as complicated as theism. To be fair to atheists, it should not be the responsibility of an atheist to prove the non-existence of a God that Christians define…
Looked at objectively, Jesus did not die in service to the church. He died because of the church. This should serve as a constant reminder for religious Christians to be…
Many Christian leaders seem to tread carefully around the biblical story of Jesus and the moneychangers in John 2. In this story, as they sell cattle, sheep, and doves, and…