I feel like I’m kind of in a weird position right now. So, I’ve been talking to this one girl from eharmony for a few months and she’s really nice and since I was going on leave soon anyway I just decided I’d come see her because, why the hell not? Then I got to talking to another girl that I had met on eharmony well before this other girl, whom,…[Read more]

Would you say that insanity leads to enlightenment to some degree? Do we have to become so disillusioned, hurt and burnt out on old ways of living and ways of thinking that we have no choice but to reach for a new way of seeing and living? It seems for me that the times when I was at the end of my rope and I didn’t feel I could even go on anymore,…[Read more]

I particularly love David’s cartoon today about the old testament God being violent. I posted it on my wall and got a comment about it being God’s “justice” and we can’t have a standard of justice of our own and how it has to come from the Bible. Part of the issue I have with entertaining that idea is this: if one is to accept that God sometimes…[Read more]

Just when I think I’ll never hear from people from my old church again, I am proven wrong lol. A guy sent me a message saying that he’s noticed that I’ve been reading about buddhism and wanted me to give some brief thoughts on it so far. I’m kind of hoping it’s not an attempt to debate me, as I have debated him years ago when I first came an…[Read more]

*cue Darth vader theme*

I’ve been thinking recently about the dark side of humanity.There’s just this side of us that wants to be bad…that can be as innocent as eating a candy bar when we’re trying to lose weight or as horrible as wanting to kill someone who’s betrayed you. Can any of us deny that this side is in all of us no matter how good…[Read more]

It seems like being content with being single is one of the hardest things for me. For awhile I try to look for somebody and when I don’t, I just give up and try to focus on other things, but honestly I never completely stop thinking about it. It sucks. I just want to be fine with where I am, and be detached from desire in the unnecessary…[Read more]

I’m not sure why 2 timothy 3:16 is used to defend the Bible being the inerrant/infallible “Word of God” as if it just settles it so simply? That verse was written BEFORE the “Bible” as we know it today (in all its many forms) ever existed. So, for example, it doesn’t make much sense to apply it to the entire 66 books of the protestant canon that…[Read more]

Family member sent me an email about how homosexual marriage is going to “ruin this country and damage the church”. My better judgment told me to just ignore it like most emails I ignore but I wrote a lengthy response to it and I’m guessing that sometime between tonight and tomorrow I’m going to regret that response. My response was as…[Read more]

I’m planning on going home in about 2 months and my guess is my grandparents will insist that I stay with them and even if I don’t, they will at least ask me to go to church with them. I’m not sure how I will handle that?

When I visited my mom and sister a few months ago I went to church with them and I literally felt like I was going to lose…[Read more]

I really should learn to just not engage fundamentalist-types in conversation after all these years. No matter how respectful you try to be, no matter if the person is a good friend or family member time and time again, you will likely be ostracized and insulted just for asking simple questions and having a conversation about something THEY…[Read more]

Do any of you know much about the idea of “chakras”? About all I know about them is that they are like energy centers(?) in the body that can cause physical/spiritual issues when they are out of whack. Trying to find out more about them though.

This is something I mentioned in my blog the other day, but I thought it was a good discussion point:

I’ve heard many times about a person justifying what they believe by pointing to personal transformation or some other miraculous/unexplainable event. Indeed, it was at the core of my reasoning for a long time as well. What I’ve come to wonder…[Read more]

What do you think about the concept of reincarnation in general? I’ve spent the good portion of my life just flat out dismissing the possibility simply because I didn’t see it as the “biblical” teaching (along with many things) but now that I’ve moved beyond that narrow field of vision it seems to make sense even if I cant really support it with…[Read more]

http://www.hellboundthemovie.com

Have any of you checked out this movie yet? It’s available a couple places like amazon and itunes. I watched it a few nights ago as well as wrote a blog about it because I thought it was so good. Granted, the whole “hell” topic is a little old to me at this point and not really applicable to my theology much anymore…[Read more]

Since my early christian days I discovered I had the “debate bug” and things like evangelism and apologetics were seemingly legitimate avenues for the outlet of that. Even when I lost the mentality that anyone needed to be “saved” and that any saving that needed to be done was done by Jesus already, I still felt this passion to try and change …[Read more]

How does one come to a conclusion about what is really true regarding spiritual things?  I’m sure we all have our different methods, whether conscious or subconscious but I’m interested in hearing what different people have to say about it.

I was wondering what you all thought of the “law of attraction”? It was particular made popular by “the Secret” film but the basic principle runs deep into a lot of different faith traditions I’m finding (ex. Nichiren buddhism). It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately with certain aspects of my life that don’t seem to change but, as…[Read more]

I’m kind of big on reading books on spirituality and the like, especially since I don’t read the Bible or really any “sacred” text anymore. What have all you guys been reading recently?

Wrote a blog on Spiritual addiction if you’re interested in checking it out.

What do you all think about drugs especially in their purported spiritual uses?

I don’t have a lot of experience with drugs (at least, not the illegal kind) other than being an ex-marijuana enthusiast. I think most the time I just used it to make movies funnier, food taste better, music seem more powerful and just relax after work…but there…[Read more]