We’ve extensively documented that Jesus, his apostles, and ancient Jewish leaders would all be furious with modern bankers. We’ve also noted that the first Christians and Jews insisted on debt forgiveness as one of their core tenets. Indeed, the founders of all of the great religions taught thatforgiveness of debt is the core …
Christian anti-Muslim film Sets Off Murderous Riots “My God is bigger than your god!” “No he’s not!” “Yes he is!” “No he’s not!” Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.1MB) | Embed
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They call it potbelly hill, after the soft, round contour of this final lookout in southeastern Turkey. To the north are forested mountains. East of the hill lies the biblical plain of Harran, and to the south is the Syrian border, visible 20 miles away, pointing toward the ancient lands …
Joining Caer in a conversation on Daoism is Norman Girardot, University Distinguished Professor in Religion Studies at Lehigh University inBethlehem, PA. His special research areas include Chinese religioustradition, especially Daoism, popular religious movements, the rise of thediscipline known as “comparative religions,” and the relation of religionand outsider or visionary art.He …
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French moralist/essayist Joseph Joubert (1754 – 1824) said it’s “better to debate a question without settling it than settle a question without debating it.” He wasn’t alone. Debating is an ancient tradition. Socrates and Plato debated political, social, and other issues. The Socratic method involves opposing sides asking and answering …
“There is No Religion Higher than Truth.” This is the motto of The Theosophical Society in America, founded in New York in 1875 with three main purposes: to form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste, or color; to encourage the study of Comparative Religion, …
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In a rare, new one-hour interview, Godspeed Institute founder Caer Hallundbaek shares her own vision and spiritual insights on the roles of faith and science in the modern world — as the featured guest on Philip Mereton’s program Conversations Beyond Religion and Science. An award-winning author and graduate of New …
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Two northern NSW academics, who conducted the study, said that the “sin of gluttony” might not be as frowned upon by religious people as much as other vices such as drinking, smoking and pre-marital sex – and that many religious celebrations might even encourage over-eating. For the study, Southern Cross …
Dr. Stewart Bitkoff holds a doctorate in education and is an avid student of Sufi Mysticism and the Perennial Philosophy. He is the author of ‘The Commuter’s Guide to Enlightenment,’ ‘Sufism for the Western Seeker,’ and now ‘The Ferryman’s Dream,’ which he explores at length with Caer Hallundbaek. He is …
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The Earth Community and World Religions — a talk with John Grim, co-coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology; Thomas Berry’s concept of “The Earth Community”; grassroots projects; bridging religion and ecology at Yale; emergingearthcommunity.org; poem by Catherine de Vinck Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.5MB) | Embed
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Do you know what the worst thing about the recent Gallup poll on evolution is? It isn’t that 46 percent of respondents are creationists (“God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last ten thousand years or so”). Or that 32 percent believe …
Nuclear scientists and engineers embrace nuclear power like a religion. The term “nuclear priesthood” was coined by Dr. Alvin Weinberg, long director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the laboratory’s website proudly notes this. It’s not unusual for scientists at Oak Ridge and other U.S. national nuclear laboratories to refer …
When I was growing up in the fifties and sixties, almost no one in politics or everyday life went around proclaiming, “I am a Christian.” If indeed you were a Christian—that is, someone who considers Jesus Christ the Messiah—you identified yourself as a Lutheran, a Methodist, a Baptist, a Catholic, and …
Secrets of the mind and the origin of religion with guests Drs. Dan Dennet and Steve Pinker. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.5MB) | Embed
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If the Catholic bishops, their conservative Protestant allies, and other right-wing fundamentalists had the sole objective of decimating religious belief, they couldn’t be doing a better job of it. Testimonials at sites like ExChristian.net show that people leave religion for a number of reasons, many of which religious leaders have very little control …