Is Christianity evolving, becoming more progressive?
Update: Monday, March 21, 2011 With regard to the evolution of religious belief, we are not singling out Christian fundamentalism as being any more or less subject to change over time than other...
View ArticlePitfalls: Literal interpretation of the Bible
(Updated Dec 2012) Ecclesiastes 10:2 — The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. (New International Version) This article explains why the Bible — in...
View ArticleOur beliefs compared to agnosticism
written Tuesday, March 15, 2011 When I am asked for my own religious affiliation, I usually don’t say “agnosticism.” One reason I don’t strongly favor classifying belief systems like my own as “mere”...
View ArticleUsing Wikipedia as a resource for serious research
I expect to receive some criticism for linking to Wikipedia so often, and those who would bring this up would not be wrong in mentioning it. After all, one of the major points I wish to get across to...
View ArticleIs A.A. a religious program?
Is Alcoholics Anonymous fundamentally a religious program or a spiritual program? A relatively objective, realistic, experienced look at 12-step recovery programs Introduction We hope to demonstrate...
View ArticlePresent-day Pharisees honor the Tebow trend
While the rest of us roll our eyes NOTE: This post briefly addresses the issue of public prayer and what spiritual teachers have to say about praying and privacy – and also has some sport with the...
View ArticleWho or what is Gurdjieff?
As I was scanning a list of Nashville-area spiritual Meetup groups, I ran across an unfamiliar term: Gurdjieff. Because Gurdjieff is apparently something relating to the subject of spirituality, I was...
View ArticleTarget audience: Search for "truth" in religion and spirituality
The set of writings often abbreviated as "the Search"[1] is devoted to discerning religious or spiritual “truth”[2] from the rich and myriad history of world religions, traditions, and spiritual paths....
View ArticleIs Search for Truth an anti-Christian/ anti-religion blog?
Overall, absolutely not; we support all genuinely tolerant, respectful worldviews while offering hopefully persuasive, thought-provoking, constructive criticism on closed-minded, intolerant worldviews...
View ArticleLetter to a Christian fundamentalist
Background info The 2009 version of this post was dubbed The Reawakening of a Prime Directive. The content comes from a letter written to a friend from way back — Nashville’s David Lipscomb High...
View ArticleLeaving the church
Why I left the church About once every couple of weeks, I receive the well-meaning invitation to go to church with some of my housemates and others in the burgeoning recovery network of Dickson, TN....
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