Justification by faith, as emphasized by St. Paul and again in the Protestant Reformation, signifies that our forgiveness and salvation are gifts of God's grace. But, what does "faith" here mean? Belief? No. Trust? No. Indwellling of Christ? Yes. Read more
Does worship of the earth-mother goddess, Gaia, connect with the paradoxical religious sensibilities of the Beyond and the Intimate? Read more
There is no silver bullet that when shot will immediately fix what's broken in global food production and distribution. Yet, I hope that inexpensive no-kill cultivated meat might meet essential protein needs that would contribute to mitigation of food insecurity. Read more
I'm heartend by the overflow of heartfelt commitment to the future generations who will live in the biosphere the present generations are destroying. And I'm heartened that persons in such a wide variety of religious traditions are of one mind regarding the urgency for global repentance, metanoia, and transformation. I'm joining in the planetary hugs. Yet, what we need are practical strategies deriving from scientific visions of just what needs to be done in order to heal what is broken in the human relationship with the biosphere. Read more
How big is God? Big enough to create more than a trillion galaxies with billions of habitable exoplanets containing extraterrestrial life? Yes, answer astrophysicists speaking at the 2023 Parliament of the World's Religions. Read more
On the one hand, I rejoice that representatives of various religions affirm freedom and human rights, values that arose during Europe's Enlightenment. And, they provide different theological underpinnings for such commitments. Yet, I fear that the indigenous symbols of ultimate reality whih enlivened historical religious traditions might get lost in the abstract supra-confessional philosophy of religion. Despite my fear, those in the 2023 Parliament of the World's Religions seem quite sanguine with their commitment to both metphyscial unity and ethical unity. Read more
We asked Jones Funes, former director of the Vatican Observatory about knowledge of UFOs and aliens at the Vatican. Not yet. But, let's study this topic scientifically. Read more
Our worldview is constructed mostly by the words we recognize and articulate. Read more
It is very rare for someone to believe that UFOs are a smokescreen from Satan to lead earthlings astray. Yet, it's worth assessing this obscure point of view. In this post we look carefully at the arguments of the Church of God International. Read more
Is there a connection between UAPs or UFOs and atomic weaponry? Yes, indeed. In fact, there are two points of contact. First, scientific data demonstrates that UFOs survey, monitor, and occasionally interfere with American nuclear missile systems. Second, these incidents reinforce the message of the contactees of the 1950s that extraterrestrials seek to bring peace on earth. In this post, we’ll examine two complementary connections between UFOs and atomic weaponry. Read more
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