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Helium is a fun, while also being a great resource for information and opinions. Most of my writing is from experience, opinion, and just plain thought process. Common sense is actually much of my source, even though how can we say where we get some of our

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Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Priests should be permitted to marry: 2 of 24
From the perspective of an outside observer lets begin with what is the reasoning behind wanting a Priest to be celibate? Just because of sex or in spite of sex?I think in terms of the uniting of the body with god, which if done, results in a celibate lifestyle be you female or male, Priest or not. Ancient teachings and the t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Are homosexual acts natural or sinful?: 5 of 56

Christianity teaches in terms of sinful for what is done wrong or can be done wrong, yet sinful perhaps is not always the best word for some subjects, or life. As perfection is not possible to be attained, no one can be said to be utterly correct, which is the point. Universal law is much more apt to be a predicator of right ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Theories of Spirituality Reflections: Spirtuality and love: 1 of 10

Many opinions, perceptions, thoughts, concepts bounce about in the cosmos like the atoms and molecules we are made of, along with all of which we do not know. Chaos is structured, though how is the question, and our perceptions of the realities of life and also the chaos are infinite. Love is the only one piece of this chaos ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Conception of Heaven: 3 of 29

Where is heaven, is it heaven on earth or the cosmos, consciousness, or the spiritual realm of life? Conception is truly an interesting word, as in the conception of a child, though where did the conception begin? Was it in the thoughts of the parents making love, or before? Was the spirit watching before the lovemaking? See... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Speculations & Criticisms Problems with religion and hypocrisy: 7 of 49

With the reality of various religions, dogma, theocracy, or whatever else one wishes to call it, the hypocrisy will always go along with the rest of it, which unfortunately is at times the ultimate in ignorance. Religion is the hypocrisy for the simple fact of it is human beings trying to tell, or teach as some call it, how ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights What is spirituality?: 11 of 74

Life is spirituality, though we do not always recognize the true spirit within ourselves due to the delusion of illusions. In one body we have the spirit, though the spirit has been through who knows how many bodies, as in a container where the contents are always being changed, or added to. We could liken it to the ingredien... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights What does it mean to be spiritual?: 5 of 31

Spiritual is perhaps one of the most elusive words, or feeling which is in our midst today, as in where is the spiritual connection in our lives?Money, sex, drugs, psychotherapy, misconceptions of what is truth and what are lies, seems to be the prevailing thought process at work today, along with the misbegotten quest for fa... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Should police have to submit to routine drug and alcohol testing?: 11 of 55

Police are meant to police, as public servants, and officers of the court of whatever municipality one finds them in.As officers of the court they have the discretion of choice in what to do or not do in any given situation, in other words the public is at the mercy of the police. Takes a huge amount of restraint to control p... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Conspiracy theories: Facebook's connection to the CIA: 4 of 20
What an interesting line of thought...conspiracy theories, especially when the USA and for the most part any other government is involved.I will say, at the risk of sounding perhaps a bit of an idiot, which at times I admit to, wake up folks. I mean where do you think all the money, up front money comes from for start ups, es... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Theories of Spirituality Why people shun spirituality: 2 of 9

Complacency, apathy, negativity, cynicism, ignorance, the list goes on and on, as ignorance is bliss, or some seem to think. Our spiritual life has no beginning, or end. Religion has absolutely nothing to do with the spirituality, or lack of in anyone's' life, although it does play a part in the motivation or at times the man... More..