The slaughter in Norway by a Christian Fundamentalist seeing himself as a knight defending the faith raises a disturbing issue: what are so many monotheists so violent towards people who disagree with them?  One would think their deity could handle such matters on its own, but it is never allowed to once monotheists have sufficient…

The passionate discussion and often insightful responses my 4thof July post unleashed has forced me to think more deeply about the issues it raised. In the process I have tried to place my argument in a more explicitly spiritual framework, both because this is a spiritual site and because I try and keep my own…

I suspect this post will upset most of my readers.  It may be written off as a rant.  If that’s your inclination, before writing it off, please consider the actual arguments I make, because doing so will encourage  rethinking  some very basic issues that we supposedly celebrate on July 4. I personally would prefer drawing…

This wonderful Youtube video of a surprise homecoming is touching in a very warm way.  I love it. Perhaps it will give us something beyond anger and sorrow to motivate our opposition to the slaughter being carried out across so much of the world in our name.  The cost of our military adventures can be totaled…

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