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June 07, 2024

Visions: Hallucinations or Transcendent Experiences?

Are visions hallucinations or transcendent experiences? Biologist J.B.S. Haldane said, "The Universe is not only...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

Do We Honor Ultimate Reality in Other Traditions?

Comedian Ricky Gervais once tweeted, “There have been nearly 3000 Gods so far, but only...

May 23, 2024

What Beliefs are Fundamental to Christianity?

There are more than 45,000 forms of Christianity worldwide, and they disagree on the fundamentals....

May 16, 2024

Creation: Mythology, Religion, and Science

Creation myths can illustrate the intersection of mythology, religion, and science. Do we interpret ancient...

May 09, 2024

The Journey is the Destination

The journey is the destination. Zen is more of a philosophy than a religion. It...

May 01, 2024

Ultimate Reality Permeates Everyday Reality

Ultimate Reality is not far removed from everyday reality. In fact, Ultimate Reality permeates everyday...

April 2024

April 25, 2024

Ultimate Reality: Consciousness, Energy, and Love

Today, fewer people imagine Ultimate Reality in purely personal terms or in purely supernatural terms....

April 18, 2024

Ultimate Reality: Brahman, God, the Universe and the Void

Ultimate Reality has many names: Brahman in Hinduism, God in Christianity, the Universe in humanism...

April 11, 2024

What Do We Know About Ultimate Reality?

We know one thing about Ultimate Reality, namely that everyone is related, and everything is...

April 04, 2024

Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

Sometimes, we believe things because they are comfortable, not because they are sensible. Often, we...

March 2024

March 28, 2024

Is Free Will an Illusion?

Surely, it seems like we have free will, but is free will an illusion? Most...

March 21, 2024

Leaving Church, Maintaining Spiritual Practices

Many people are leaving church over questions of belief or doctrine. How are people who...

March 14, 2024

Leaving Church, Finding Community

Many people are leaving church because of some speculative doctrines, supernatural beliefs, and unkind practices...

March 08, 2024

Christianity: Creeds, Exclusive Claims and Evangelization

Christianity uniquely emphasizes creeds, exclusive claims and evangelization, compared to many other religions. Most Religions...

February 2024

February 29, 2024

No Self? No Soul? No Worries.

In the Eastern worldview, there are some people who believe that self is a construct,...

February 23, 2024

Are We Separate from God and from Each Other?

Are we separate from God and from each other? Many religions, particularly Eastern religions such...

February 16, 2024

All Religion is Cultural. All Theology is Speculation.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain and many ways of looking...

February 09, 2024

Why I Always Say, “You Might Be Right.”

"You might be right" emerged as an unscripted theme during my first author talk in...

February 02, 2024

Welcome To “You Might Be Right: An Interspiritual Journey”

Welcome to “You Might Be Right: An Interspiritual Journey,” my column on Patheos!! Thanks for...