Tag Archives: Religion

Religion and Small Children

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Josh

My son is quickly nearing the age where he’s going to start asking big questions, like “where are we from?”, “why are we here?”, “what’s God”, etc. I’m faced with a problem which I’m unsure as to how to solve: … Continue reading →

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One Religion to Rule Them All…

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Josh

Yesterday while at church with my mom, I was thinking about the fact that many religious people know little to nothing about other religions. If asked why they have no interest in other religions, they’ll often respond with something that runs like, … Continue reading →

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Spoken to by the preacher

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Josh

I ended up meeting with the preacher on Tuesday; we went to a coffee shop, had some good coffee, and talked. It went well enough: he was respectful of me being doubtful (to put it mildly) about the Christian faith, … Continue reading →

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Chased down by the preacher

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Josh

I wrote about 8 months ago about some religious discomfort I was experiencing. The discomfort stemmed from me being Buddhist, and my mom being Christian, whom I regularly took (and still take) to church. My last entry on this topic … Continue reading →

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Some more reflections on our Buddhism group

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Josh

I posted a few days back about the Buddhist group I’m in, and the ups and downs that group has experienced. This is a bit of a continuation of that post, with some random thoughts and comments thrown in for … Continue reading →

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The Subtle Knife

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Josh

Title: The Subtle Knife [amazon] Author: Philip Pullman Publisher: Scholastic (2005) Pages: 368 Book Number: 19 I finished up The Subtle Knife today, the second book in the His Dark Materials series. After having read and enjoyed The Golden Compass, … Continue reading →

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God bless America?

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Josh

Last quarter, in the American history course that I took, the class watched a documentary film from the 80s, called The Atomic Cafe (available on DVD from amazon). The film was made up entirely of videos produced during the post-WW2 … Continue reading →

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What I find useful in Buddhism

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Josh

Reader mdejess commented on this post: I have some ideas I would like to test with you. What do you find useful in Buddhism which you do not find or not as useful in Christianity? No, I am not taking … Continue reading →

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Skepticism and Buddhism

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Josh

I consider myself a skeptical person. In the past, I’ve had severe reservations when it came to believing in angels, spirits, ghosts, and other such things. I’ve expected that, when things are thrown up into the air, they come back … Continue reading →

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Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Josh

Title: Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World [amazon] Author: Lama Surya Das Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (June 15, 1998) Pages: 389 Book Number: 6 What’s this 52 Books in 52 Weeks thing about? This is actually … Continue reading →

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