Tag: Bible

• Decking the secular halls

  So an atheist, a Buddhist, a Unitarian Universalist (me), his un-churched sister, her sarcastic college age son and the cynical brother who says he only worships Baal get together for dinner. The occasion: Christmas, of course. That’s right, our Christmas tree is festooned with lights and bulbs. An angel adorns its top proclaiming the good…

  Mark

  December 25, 2013

  Politics 2013, Sociology

  Bible, Christianity, Christmas, Homelessness, Hypocrisy, Jesus, Judaism, Poor, Republicans, Unitarian Universalism

• Misquoting Jesus

  Some definitions for “faith”, from merriam-webster.com: a  (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God  (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b  (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof  (2): complete trust America is rife with people of faith, and in my own strange way I consider…

  Mark

  July 11, 2009

  Philosophy, Sociology

  Bart D. Ehrman, Bible, New Testament

• Some words on faith

  I receive a comment today from John O’Brien. It is attached to an old entry Unsaved that I made back in 2003. His questions deserve a fuller answer. I will not answer all his questions here, because I have put my thoughts in other blog entries where I touched on religion and faith. Readers are…

  Mark

  June 24, 2006

  Philosophy

  Bible, Faith, Religion

• Why do proselytizers think I am a moron?

  As you may know I spent a week at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Since it’s in the middle of nowhere I never went off campus during my six days there. Let’s face it the nightlife in Shepherdstown left something to be desired. So my car sat there collecting dust and…

  Mark

  September 1, 2004

  Sociology

  Bible, Christianity, Proselytizing, Religion