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August 2024

August 08, 2024
In theory, moral relativism is the worst kind of morality. However, in practice, it is...
August 01, 2024
Ramana Maharshi, a Hindu mystic, had the following exchange with a student:  "Q: How are...

July 2024

July 25, 2024
What is the future of Christianity? Can Christianity be more experiential, more nuanced, and more...
July 18, 2024
The benefits of exploring other traditions are numerous. So, it is helpful to understand both...
July 12, 2024
Zen is not concerned with prescription or speculation. I wrote about Zen here and here...
July 04, 2024
Dogen Zenji encourages us to remove the barrier between self and other. So, the beginning...

June 2024

June 27, 2024
Buddhism does not believe in a permanent, unchanging self. Of course, each of us has...
June 20, 2024
Buddhism embraces a different worldview than most Western religions. Buddhism developed in response to Hinduism,...
June 14, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way that we live and work. Increasingly, AI presents...
June 07, 2024
Are visions hallucinations or transcendent experiences? Biologist J.B.S. Haldane said, "The Universe is not only...

May 2024

May 31, 2024
Comedian Ricky Gervais once tweeted, “There have been nearly 3000 Gods so far, but only...
May 23, 2024
There are more than 45,000 forms of Christianity worldwide, and they disagree on the fundamentals....
May 16, 2024
Creation myths can illustrate the intersection of mythology, religion, and science. Do we interpret ancient...
May 09, 2024
The journey is the destination. Zen is more of a philosophy than a religion. It...
May 01, 2024
Ultimate Reality is not far removed from everyday reality. In fact, Ultimate Reality permeates everyday...

April 2024

April 25, 2024
Today, fewer people imagine Ultimate Reality in purely personal terms or in purely supernatural terms....
April 18, 2024
Ultimate Reality has many names: Brahman in Hinduism, God in Christianity, the Universe in humanism...
April 11, 2024
We know one thing about Ultimate Reality, namely that everyone is related, and everything is...
April 04, 2024
Sometimes, we believe things because they are comfortable, not because they are sensible. Often, we...

March 2024

March 28, 2024
Surely, it seems like we have free will, but is free will an illusion? Most...
March 21, 2024
Many people are leaving church over questions of belief or doctrine. How are people who...
March 14, 2024
Many people are leaving church because of some speculative doctrines, supernatural beliefs, and unkind practices...
March 08, 2024
Christianity uniquely emphasizes creeds, exclusive claims and evangelization, compared to many other religions. Most Religions...

February 2024

February 29, 2024
In the Eastern worldview, there are some people who believe that self is a construct,...
February 23, 2024
Are we separate from God and from each other? Many religions, particularly Eastern religions such...
February 16, 2024
There are many paths to the top of the mountain and many ways of looking...
February 09, 2024
"You might be right" emerged as an unscripted theme during my first author talk in...
February 02, 2024
Welcome to “You Might Be Right: An Interspiritual Journey,” my column on Patheos!! Thanks for...
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