People need an Excuse to be their Best Selves
People need an 'excuse' to be their best selves, not 'science/religion/spiritual' partisans. When people have a dark night of the soul, or other spiritual torment, it's because they callthings true…
Reaction: We Have Never been a Christian Nation
Why do I post a fair bit about Christianity? Well, it's because whatever lovely jewels of wisdom that Jesus the mason (not carpenter) shared with his disciples, after Paul and…
If Your Religion Uses Words, It’s Wrong
That's the test. Rather like the joke about politicians, "How can you tell if a politician is lying?" --- "Their lips are moving". Words are what separate us, what creates…
Reverse Christianity
I've known the score on Christianity, possibly from before birth; certainly all my conscious life in this world. How Jesus was autistic and special, but this simple loving man was…
Religious Trauma Syndrome
This abuse survivor of religion has it right. I'm so proud of her, that she's speaking out.Now mind you, the religious impulse itself is valid (the yearning to experience yourselffully).…
The Primal Mistake of Religion
Often, the 'larger picture' WANTS TO BE BROKEN AND WRITHING IN PAIN;It immerses one in the movie, very deeply. That's what all the 'holy men' thorough all the ages get…
Does Platonic Surrealism Recognize “God”?
The word 'God' is a cultural corruption; a form of worship of the human being extended across all the layers of being, that are human beings, and all the other…
Are Humans the Shadow Self of God?
According to CG Jung, humans have the image of ‘God’ within them, as ‘God’ is an archetype. Humans also have, according to Jung, a ‘shadow self’ ("The repressed, undesirable, or…
The Problem of Suffering (Atman, Jiva and Samsara)
Overview I will use some Eastern philosophical terms in this essay, as their cultures developed this sort of conversation quite superbly over thousands of years. The "West" has barely begun…
God was forced to evolve due to Job, not vice versa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUFkhcw9Mn0 Bernardo is a genius, no doubt about it. This is all black-letter platonic surrealism. When someone experiences "Enlightenment", an intermediate step to something greater, it is because 'God' is…