The church was before the Bible.The church was 397 years (or better, between 367 and 401) before the Bible. Exactly when is a bit murky, but clear enough to be appalling.Let that sink in.The church–and this would be the Church of Rome,which became The Roman Catholic Church–had 397 years to get the Bible “right” inContinue reading “July 30, 2025”
Tag Archives: Faith
July 24, 2025
“God doesn’t help us, God doesn’t hurt us. We live our own lives.” — Rebecca Dollar, 3rd grade.”A little child shall lead them,” Jesus telling it like it is.The children know. And, we know. But we dismiss what we know because of what we have been taught.”That we are sinful to the core and goingContinue reading “July 24, 2025”
July 18, 2025
The church came before the Bible–specifically the Church of Rome which took the lead in establishing the official version of the Bible in 397 CE. Which gave the Church 397 years to fine-tune the version of the Bible that was declared, by the Church, to be “The Word of God,” but which actually was theContinue reading “July 18, 2025”
June 05, 2025
Think of this image as theology broadcast to thousands of people of a scene that never existed anywhere in real, actual, time.In real, actual time, the tree in the middle is the only one that is real and actual. At the time I took its picture, it lived across the street from my house inContinue reading “June 05, 2025”
May 10, 2025
Sustaining, maintaining, regaining our balance and harmonyis the key to a well-lived life.Art, music and nature, trance states, babies and petshelp to center and focus us in order to do what is called for”on the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea.”And, That Which Has Always Been Called “God.”I say “That Which Has Always Been CalledContinue reading “May 10, 2025”
April 26, 2025
We live to learn to know and trust ourselvesin order to find the way and know it when we do.We are looking for enlightenment/realization/recognition/knowing.And we live lost and adrift,awash in uncertainty, fear, lethargy, addiction, without direction or purpose”on the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea.”Sex, money, drugs and alcohol are the best we can do.WeContinue reading “April 26, 2025”
April 17, 2025
I want to address the matter of Godbut it is difficult to do because words get in the way.The word, God, is so “loaded” as to be meaningless as a wordbecause there is no way of knowing what its reference is. To what is it referring?We have to spend all our time saying what weContinue reading “April 17, 2025”
April 13, 2025
Next Sunday will be Easter Sunday.For forty years and six monthsI stood before some congregationand talked about the resurrection of Jesus.What I said changed considerably over that time.I am proud to be able to say that,because the overriding trend is for it not to change at all over the spanof 2,025 years.Do you believe JesusContinue reading “April 13, 2025”
April 11, 2025
I’m into helping people establish and maintain their balance and harmony. It’s like this: The frequency of the planet we call earth is 430 Hz, or Hertz for long. And that is about the frequency of Baroque music. And of our bodies at rest. And of the meditative AUM (Or OM). And the closer weContinue reading “April 11, 2025”
March 17, 2025 – B
Reading through my old writings, I came across this gem of a dollarism:”One of the 10,000 Spiritual Laws states, ‘Our idea of God is not God.’ the Bible can be seen as the history of the evolution of the idea of God. If we read the Bible carefully, noting inconsistencies, contradictions, incompatibilities discrepancies and divergentContinue reading “March 17, 2025 – B”
December 14, 2024
Jesus saying, “The Father and I are one,”and “In as much as you have done it to the least of these,you have done it unto me.”And Paul saying, “It is no longer I who live,but Christ who lives in me.” Sets the table for us to realizewe are one with Paul, one with Jesus, oneContinue reading “December 14, 2024”
December 04, 2024 – Book Excerpt 02
I will be using this space to post excerpts from my e-book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey,” available on Amazon as a Kindle book, and available for free on my WordPress site, “My Published Works.” This is a 2012 revision of my paperback published in 2002 with the title, “The Evolution of the IdeaContinue reading “December 04, 2024 – Book Excerpt 02”
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