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Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Why the Christian church must be united: 1 of 41
Christians agree; believers are the church. But if we are the church then why is there no universal Christian Church? Denominations, creeds and cults all call themselves a church but according to Scripture, there is but one Church and that is supposed to be us. Christian's talk about the church being a temple built on faith.... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues How will God judge us?: 1 of 21
How Will God Judge Us The popular image is of God on His throne and a mass of humans before Him as He looks into our hearts and views our sins, but there are a couple of reasons why this view may not tell the true extent of God's judgment. God gave us the freedom to choose. This tells us that there is a right and wrong or th... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues The difference between Christianity and other religions: 1 of 9
Christians are saved by faith alone not by works or obedience to codes of conduct nor to figures in authority Christian faith is the foundation for a perfect economics: it requires no government and uses no fiat money. Religions are rule based because all those who belong to a religion have to save themselves by their own de... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Forming a 'Christian left' around social justice issues: 1 of 9
Forming A Christian Left It is possible to create an economy based on Christian Fundamentalism, which does not use money, which is not based on greed, which eliminates most financial crime and does not need a state to protect it in the way capitalism does. This is a system based on the free market and the protection of priva... More..
Personal Finance > Spending & Saving (Other) Surviving poverty in the US: 4 of 27
The biggest problem is the lack of responsibility. The vast majority of people look to someone else to provide them with a job. Guess what, they are looking out for themselves. This is said to be a good thing, from 1776 we have been told that if a few rapacious persons care for nothing except to accumulate as much wealth as ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Law & Justice (Other) Are we too eager to sue one another in America today?: 2 of 10
We are too eager, period. The time between thought and action has shortened. We have eliminated reflection. We have produced a nation aware of rights and forgetful about duties; a nation aware of rules but not of forgiveness. We are a people and a nation that seeks tolerance for rash and thoughtless behavior. Our nation has ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Creationism vs. evolution: Will the controversy ever end?: 20 of 58
One of the basic problems with the human race and its 'thinkers' in particular is what is called a confirmation bias. People put far more weight on information that supports their idea than they do on information that suggests they could be wrong. When I was more of a young man that I am today one of the perplexing things I ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues What is sin?: 26 of 53
Sin None of these essays are helpful because they do not provide a concise and objective method of identifying sin. The following description is based on a fundamentalist understanding of Scripture and is also scientific in that it is predictive and produces results that can be quantified. Assume an all-powerful God. Anythin... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Comparing Wallace Stevens' 'The Snowman' and 'Walden' by Henry D. Thoreau: 1 of 1
It is obvious we are comparing two very different souls, highlighted perhaps by the fact that Wallace Stevens is a poet and Henry David Thoreau writes prose. Stevens came to poetry late in life but blossomed rapidly. Thoreau's writing encompasses 20 volumes. Stevens was a lawyer most of his life and an executive of a life in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > News (Other) Do you think Connecticut needs to reinstate tolls to maintain its roads?: 3 of 5
There are not many questions that can be answerd without considering the context, regardless how 'local' the issue appears to be. The question as to whether Connecticut should reinstate its tolls in order to fund road maintainence, could be answered by looking at Connecticut's tax base and the cost of road maintainence, ther... More..