What happens to Christianity when the self has been trained to treat its own feelings as ultimate truth?
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Human desire is imitative, imitation breeds rivalry, rivalry produces scapegoats, and modern societies, while claiming to defend victims, risk endlessly creating new ones.
Modern society has not abandoned religion; rather, it has replaced traditional beliefs with new societal ideals. Influential thinkers like Durkheim and Tillich suggest that faith now revolves around ultimate concerns such as social justice or identity. This shift transforms political discourse into a moral battleground, revealing the complexities of modern devotion.
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God is not dead
If you have been celebrating the death of the Divine One, you may be in for a surprise because God is not dead. He has morphed into a variety of new secular religions.
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Elephant in the room
When we choose to accept easy solutions to complex problems, we ignore the elephant room.
Don’t be afraid of failure. It is not final but a natural part of the learning process.
The stories we tell ourselves shape our reality and determine our destiny. Can we change our future by changing the stories we tell ourselves?
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Fooled by words
Words are not simply letters on a screen. They are memes capable of transmitting powerful ideas that can create reality and determine our future.
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Is God dead?
Does the death of traditional religion mark the end of God? Have we now been set free from the irrational impulse to worship?
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Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
One of the most difficult things a person can do is change their mind. Change is hard because it requires you to let go of what you know and set out into the unknown. This is the prerequisite for transformation. It could be compared to upgrading to a totally new operating system (OS).