The Buddha Taught His Followers to Detach Themselves From Material Items. Among the surging crowds in the streets of Phnom Penh are Buddhist monks, who are angry about the mysterious theft of a golden urn, believed to hold ashes of the Buddha himself. As the New York Times reported, monks blame a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
March 8th, 2020 - 12:10 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: What Happened to the Buddhist Teaching of Detachment?
January 26th, 2020 - 12:58 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELARIONS: When a Jew Burns a Christian Bible
Manchester, England – An Orthodox Jewish candidate for mayor of Manchester apologized after burning what he called a “missionary bible” and posting images of it on social media. Shneur Odze, who is a candidate for the right-wing populist UK Independence Party, or UKIP, on the eve of Passov[...]
December 15th, 2019 - 1:35 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS
Jerusalem – The mother of the baby who drowned in a jacuzzi in a hotel in Ashdod earlier this month is suspected of murdering her son. According to media reports on Sunday, the 28-year-old mother said in a police questioning that she had experienced a “divine revelation,” in which she beli[...]
August 25th, 2019 - 4:26 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Divine Hypocrisy
Genesis 19:30-36 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, […][...]
August 11th, 2019 - 4:29 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: !Catholics, Republicans and Muslims …Grow Up!
Simcha Fisher wrote that a Roman Catholic Friend had told her this: Every time some violent Muslim blows something up, all the peaceful Muslims complain about how unfair it is that everyone thinks all Muslims are like that, and they protest about it. And I’m thinking, Why aren’t you gu[...]
June 30th, 2019 - 1:30 am § in Christianity, Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Descecrating Others’ Gods
Members of the Christian sect Jehovah’s Witness reportedly destroyed a sacred Indigenous archaeological heritage site in central eastern Mexico in an act of apparent religious intolerance, claiming the traditional rituals practiced at the ancient ceremonial place were “not Christian,[...]
Comment on the Gospel As Taught in Washington State
In the aftermath of the death of John Chau, a Christian missionary who tried to invade the Andaman Islands, two things have struck me. The first is the number of Black friends on Facebook who insist that Chau, despite his slanted eyes and Chinese last name was “white.” From the stories[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Did Jesus Exist?
So, here is the problem. Since Jefferson edited his bible to eliminate the miracles, there has been an effort by Christians to claim Jesus was a real and wise man, a rabbi, whose teachings were distorted by Paul and his successors trying to create a popular religion. I suggest problem is not w[...]