It has been said that Jesus of Nazareth’s mission was not to create a new religion - Christianity - but to reform what was already in place. Jesus criticized the religiosity of the establishment and called all who would hear his message to a humanism that was far superior to any religion that humanity had come up with so far.

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Anger itself is neither bad nor good. It is simply an emotion. Dealt with in an appropriate and healthy manner it can be healing and even enlightening. However, anger ignored, stifled or left unacknowledged can be fanned into an intense flaming hatred. The fire of hatred is destructive and it poisons the soul. A poisoned soul loses the spark of ( Read more... )

 
Spiritual Humanism (differing from Religious Humanism) is a human centered approach to spirituality and to relationship with deity. Spiritual Humanism, while not having a specific creed or dogma does hold several important points to be central axioms to human existence. The first is that God or the Divine dwells within each one of us and we ( Read more... )

 
Advent: The Rebirth of a Great Idea

Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent and it marked the beginning of season of preparation for the feast of Christmas. The word Advent comes from the Latin verb venire meaning ‘to come’ or ‘arrival.’ It is the same root from which we also derive our word adventure. The Latin prefix ad indicating a forward ( Read more... )