OUR COMPETING SETS OF SURVIVAL INSTINCTS

Posted on July 19th, 2009 by Joseph

Be healthy. Be kind. Respect the environment.

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Three Simple Rules

Posted on July 11th, 2009 by Joseph

Many of us are familiar with the Ten Commandments that appear in Exodus, the second book of the Bible, written some thirty-three hundred years ago. What do these commandments say? The first four have to do with a god and the Sabbath. The remaining six are about behavior. We are told to honor our parents [...]

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Critical Mind Shift

Posted on July 4th, 2009 by Joseph

In his book, Religions of the World, Houston Smith writes of the two issues on which most religions agree. They all advise adherence to some version of the Golden Rule and avoidance of self-centeredness. Generally, we do neither one. Self-centered and shameless, we too often do to others and our environment whatever we can get [...]

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