One of the greatest weaknesses of organized religion is that it is often devoid of true religion - that being a well ordered practice - and only a collection of opinions, called doctrine, and scheming political agendas. Organized religion is filled with zealous true believers who divide the world into the elect and the doomed and half-hearted ( Read more... )

 
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The Catholic Church under the leadership of the Late Pope John Paul II made much ado about creating “a culture of life” and yet whenever I hear someone utter “culture of life” or “pro-life” I can’t help but think they are talking out of their butts.

For one thing the idea of “pro-life” often is religious-speak for anti-abortion and nothing more. ( Read more... )

Grace trumps karma! Maybe it’s the sign of my entering middle age or perhaps indicative of the fact that I am rather lazy but I am coming to appreciate the idea of divine grace. When I was younger I made the mistake of rejecting it because my understanding of God was of this whimsical, stern despot who demanded servile obedience and punished those ( Read more... )