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I find myself progressively trending to a vegetarian lifestyle, though I do not consider it a matter of spiritual importance -- only one of physical concern. I suppose I am drawn to it because I am studying Buddhist teaching, and find that eating meat, paticularly red meat, makes either...

Well, this follower of Jesus agrees with you, as do many, many Christians who are not hung up on the virginity of Mary. Besides, the New Testament, which is supposedly the source of information for Christian doctrine, makes it clear that Jesus had siblings. This appeared lately in Our Daily...

Offensive? Maybe, maybe not. Stupid? Yes.

PRAYER OF THOMAS MERTON God, we have no idea where we are going. We do not see the road ahead of us. We cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do we really know ourselves, and the fact that we think we are following your will does not mean that we are actually doing so. But we believe...

I agree with Earl. After 72 years of beng a "seeker," which included 4 years of intensive theological seminary training, and many years and hours of study of Scriptures -- not just the bible, by any means, but also the Vedas, the Sutras, the Koran, and writings of pagan fellowships such as...

There is a major difference between taking a "zinc-based" product,which contains numerous other chemicals, and taking pure Zinc. Since taking Zn restored my sense of taste, rather than damaging it, I think the difference is highly significant. I did so on the advice of a graduate nutritionist...

I recently experienced a sudden loss of the sense of taste, so that everything I tried to eat tasted like ... well, like dog poop smells. 2 months I survived on Ensure and V8, hunting for a doctor who could diagnose the problem and find a treatment. (Doctors don't praqctice medicine any more...

Yes, that sums it up nicely.

I think all of these "catch phrases" are simply a by-product of "religion." They matter to those who choose "religion" as their assurance to themselves that God likes them, and the catch phrases serve to remind them that this is, in their opinion, so. Any "in group" whether religious, civic or...

I have often wondered whether the frantic opposition to reincarnation among some ultra-conservative Christian groups is directly related to a vey human yearning to see those who disagree with "us" being roasted forever in a fire. "Look! God always liked us best!" The verse most often quoted...

I was thinking of those who go about proclaiming that "America is a Christian nation," which perhaps it was intended to be by the founders, but which it has not been for well over 100 years. These folks (perhaps there are more of them down here in the south than up north) seem to feel that Jews...

Originally, the word "Christian" signified "someone who is like the Christ." However, the word has been so sloppily applied over the centuries that it no longer has any content whatever; it can mean anything from "fundamentalist" ("We object to everyone except ourelves"), Catholic, Mormon...

Well, don't let the "higher power" issue scare you. I came into AA as a raving atheist and stayed sober several years before any tinge of theism enterd my thinking. "Higher power" does not necessarily mean "God." I find AA rather like the mythical "ark" -- entered two by two, but it does get...

I do believe much of the prejudice against overweight people today has less to do with appearance and more to do with economics. It is an established fact that obese people require much medical attention, that many chronic diseases are a direct or indirect consequence of overindulgence or...

I wish I had a dime for every time I've heard "I think I can get a handle on it and drink normally in the future" spoken in AA meetings by men or women coming back to the program shaking and obviously in need of another detoxing. Alcoholics don't die of alcohol, they die of denial. That's why...

"Hell is where no one has anything in common with anybody else except the fact that they all hate one another and cannot get away from one another and themselves." -- Thomas Merton