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2024-03-10T17:20:03-04:00

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Do You Recognize God in Your Bookstore? (Part 1)

Last updated on: March 10, 2024 at 5:20 pm By Gil Rosado

He’s there sometimes y’know. Whether you’re in a neighborhood library, in a bookstore or even online at your favorite eBook vendor. Apart from the Bible, the Quran and really any of the sacred texts, there are some amazing classic poems & novels that contain God-inspired themes. While this is no secret, we’re not always told about this when we are assigned to read some of these works by our schools. If you endeavor to read these on your own, you... Read more

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2024-02-09T23:51:11-05:00

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What Is Your Version Of Hell?

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 11:51 pm By Gil Rosado

The morning breaks. You awake or perhaps you don’t. Or maybe you move yourself, go through the motions as you’ve come to know them. A short coffee brings you only to a higher state of wakefulness. You dress in the mirror and look at what appears. Sometimes it’s not even you or is it? The drive engages you with it. The world that is… There’s no hiding from the freeway. And then you see it. It’s always there. The... Read more

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2024-02-09T23:40:42-05:00

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How Should We Be Using Sacred Texts?

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 11:40 pm By Gil Rosado

Across the span of human history, sacred texts hold a unique place within it. Regardless of any of the current secular thinking on Earth, these books have shaped and reshaped both ancient and modern thinking and civilization. They continue to do so. Among the numerous religious texts throughout time, no one can argue that major sacred texts such as the Bible, the Quran and the Bhagavad Ghita have greatly influenced philosophy, laws and the very core of civilized society. ... Read more

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2024-01-21T15:50:40-05:00

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Suffering vs Desire

Last updated on: January 21, 2024 at 3:50 pm By Gil Rosado

Can We Live Without Desire? In a prior article entitled “Why Do We Exist?”, I touched upon the first of the 4 noble truths of Buddhism which relate to suffering (referred to as Dukkha). According to this ancient Dukkha, all of the suffering that we experience is a function of our wants and desires. Buddhism thus, equates our expectations or wanting to the suffering that we inevitably experience throughout our lives. The Buddhist thinking here is simply that we... Read more

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2024-02-09T23:42:08-05:00

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What is Faith?

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 11:42 pm By Gil Rosado

What is faith? In our current days, we hear the word “faith” tossed around in everything from God to man. Most often, the synonym for faith (trust) is used more often. How many of us are told to “trust the science”. Or, haven’t we all heard the famous U.S. Marine Corp battle cry/slogan “Semper Fidelis” which means “always faithful”. In our own USA, don’t we even label our currency with “In God We Trust”? Some will argue that to... Read more

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2024-01-08T18:19:35-05:00

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Idolatry – Don’t surround yourself with yourself

Last updated on: January 8, 2024 at 6:19 pm By Gil Rosado

When I was a teen, the world was different. Growing up in the 1980s was a whole different animal. There weren’t many people with personal computers. We actually had print media like magazines, newspapers, television and for a teen, or at least for me, radio was king. Or so it was, back then at least. In my cross-section of the world, as a guitar playing “metal head”, Rush and Yes were among the biggest bands in the world.... Read more

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2024-01-08T18:25:05-05:00

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New Year’s Eve and Suicides

Last updated on: January 8, 2024 at 6:25 pm By Gil Rosado

The clock strikes midnight. It’s always too soon. Another year older, maybe wiser, or so we think. We look back on all the people and things that came and went. Maybe the year was good. That’s an easy one. There’s nothing to forget but then maybe there was nothing to remember. Having a “nothing” year is not necessarily a bad thing. But maybe the year or this and many years were bad. How many, oh so many, watch the... Read more

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2024-01-08T18:30:22-05:00

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Last updated on: January 8, 2024 at 6:30 pm By Gil Rosado

We all know the famous or now, infamous tune “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”. It’s a 1940s tune that is not really the subject of this article. However, I chose its title because it strikes a somewhat resonant chord with the Nativity as well as the image of homeless families and infants who sometimes spend the holidays on the street and in the cold. If you’ve ever lived or visited any big city, you have seen them. They sit... Read more

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2023-12-24T11:48:10-05:00

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Remaining Faithful in a Postmodern World

Last updated on: December 24, 2023 at 11:48 am By Gil Rosado

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The post-modern world which has, especially in recent years, influenced 21st century pop culture in general, frequently challenges the viability of all religions and their foundational sacred texts. The post-modernist movement essentially adheres to the notion that there is no universal truth or reality and that the only reality or “truth” is what an individual constructs in their own head. What began mostly as evolution from existentialist and modernist philosophical movement in the 20th century has since morphed into... Read more

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2023-12-24T11:48:50-05:00

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Maybe You Can Be A Prophet

Last updated on: December 24, 2023 at 11:48 am By Gil Rosado

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Do you talk to God? Ok, so maybe you pray. That is not really anything new. But how does He talk to you? First off, what is the reason for your prayers? Maybe it’s for one of the reasons below. Atonement – to ask for forgiveness. For protection For guidance To be relieved from pain and suffering Do you Pray for Favors? Some people ask or petition God to attain something of temporal value such... Read more

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