Category Archives: religion
God Became Human
The following quote is from an interview Martin Sheen did with his son Emilio concerning their new movie “The Way.” It can be found on salon.com here. While I may not agree with everything Sheen says, it is more than refreshing to see a Hollywood star speak seriously about his or her faith. Religions separate [...]
I Couldn’t Agree More
Another great cartoon from “The Continuing Adventures of ASBO Jesus.” See link below. cartoon no. 6 from ‘stories from the edge’… 881 jonbirch Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:54:52 GMT Technorati Tags: ASBO Jesus,comfortable Christianity
Satan Writes to Pat Robertson
About a month ago the Minneapolis Star-Tribune published a letter from Satan to evangelist Pat Robertson. It was in response to his saying that Haiti‘s problems were all due to a pact the nation made with Satan. Of course, Satan didn’t really compose the letter. Rather, Lilly Coyle of Minneapolis, did the writing in Satan’s [...]
How to Avoid Being an Idiot or a Swine
“At bottom, what should you do to avoid being an idiot or a swine? Merely this: you should do something great, you should lay aside all the foolishness of a more of less long existence, you should become resigned to the fact that you will seem ridiculous to a race of janitors and bureaucrats if [...]
Religion and Politics
“Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.” – Mohandas K. Ghandi Technorati Tags: Mohandas K. Ghandi quote,religion,politics
July 10th – Some Interesting Facts about Today in History
Image via Wikipedia 1509 – John Calvin was born. His ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion’ became the most popular doctrinal statement of the Protestant Reformation. Calvinism, a system of theological thought, was later developed from his writings and include the famous TULIP, an acronym outlining its five main points. Total Depravity (also known as Total [...]
Awakened to Love
"A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain." – Jessamyn West Technorati Tags: Jessamyn West quote,love,religious awakening
When We Remember God
?It is only when man wishes the impossible that he remembers God, To obtain that which is possible he turns to those like himself.” – Shestov Technorati Tags: Shestov quote,Remembering God
Preaching to the Birds
“Did St. Francis really preach to the birds? Why? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.” – Rebecca West Technorati Tags: Rebecca West quote,St. Francis,preaching to the birds
Just Enough Religion
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." – Jonathan Swift Technorati Tags: Jonathan Swift quote,religion
