11.12.08

Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake

Posted in articles at 6:27 pm by MPJ

This apparently is the wording for an ad that is due to show on the side of buses in Washington, DC next week:  ”Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake“  The ads are sponsored by the American Humanist Association and seemingly are timed to counteract some of the Christian frenzy about keeping Christ in Christmas.  Just a few weeks ago a similar slogan appeared on buses in London: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” This one was paid for by the British Humanist Association. 

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11.06.08

Barack Obama as Mystic

Posted in articles at 12:17 am by MPJ

Now that the election is over I can say it without anyone accusing me of trying to influence the election!  About a year ago, while reading “the Audacity of Hope,” I got the notion that Barack Obama may be at the Mystic level of spiritual development - that is at the fourth of four stages we have enough data to address.*  That of course was not reason enough to vote for him as president and I really did not think too much about it after that.  It was only today, while I was recalling some aspects of some of his speeches, that it hit me:  I am pretty sure:  Read the rest of this entry »