Do Not Read This Blog

Pretty sneaky way of getting you to take a peek, eh? The fact is, I write it for me. Nobody else would like it that much anyway.

Reverse and/or Perverse

Reverse Fundamentalism runs rampant these days.  "You are on the Right and that's wrong.  It is my duty to save you from your wrong thinking by pointing you to the truth which is on the Left." 

What's in a church name

A new non-denominational church with a cool name pops up every day.  That's OK. But I'm so old that I kind of like the idea of "belonging" to a good old denomination.  Even if they stuck "United" in the name so as to be more inclusive.

You have stuff that needs to be said?

If you wanna preach, get an online ordination in the Universal Church of  Whatever and start a church.

Recovering from church.

I can't relate if you are recovering from a bad church or bad religion that did bad things to you.  I can offer sympathy for your pain but I can't empathize.  It didn't happen to me.

Your Bible says what??

When somebody starts a sentence with "My Bible says,"  all I hear after that is bla bla bla.  Sure,  I'm tempted to answer with my own Bible bla bla bla, but  I don't.  They're looking for an argument and they won't get it from me.  Nothing goofier than Bible fighters quoting scripture at each other.

His Interestingness, the Dalai Lama

I like the Dalai Lama. Not quite ready to speak of him as "His Holiness," but I don't think he cares. He's cool.  He laughs a lot.  It looks like he doesn't take himself as seriously as his followers take themselves.

I kind of wonder what would happen if I met him and I said, "I like you. You are a real good person and you say good things.  But somehow I just can't address you as "Your Holiness." Maybe he would say "Forget the Holiness thing.  Let's just have a good chat."