Tag Archives: religion

The Gods Watched

By Judy Viertel | Published: December 4, 2013
Gods

At first there was one god. As far as it knew, it was entirely alone in an endless expanse of nothingness.

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My Avarice is

By Sarah Wetzel | Published: November 20, 2013
Sarah Wetzel

for your cadaverous jaw and thin lips, for your meticulous fingers lighting cigarette after cigarette, for your body bone sleek and for speed

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Film Review: Square Grouper

By Mike Wood | Published: July 5, 2012
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Square Grouper is pretty even-handed in its telling of the exploits of a Florida religious group who funded their faith by moving piles and piles of its main sacrament.

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The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers

By Mike Wood | Published: May 22, 2012
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The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers makes a mostly successful case for the brothers’ classic films as a treasure trove of teachable moments about the human condition.

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Ridiculous Reasons

By James Warner | Published: March 23, 2010

In our culture we segregate the areas of our lives where we want emotionally satisfying explanations from the areas of our lives where we want logically verifiable explanations.

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Hey, Joel Osteen, I Like Your Teeth!

By Matt Borondy | Published: September 8, 2009
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I was thinking the other day, how can I become a better me? And then I realized, hey, didn’t that smiley guy from TV write a book about that?

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Bauman’s Latest Reading Report

By Matt Borondy | Published: January 8, 2007

I’ve been much delayed in writing this or anything else lately, due to walking pneumonia. I’m not really sure what that means, but the symptoms matched the descriptor: For about a month, I was quite able to walk around but not so able to breathe. It was uncomfortable. Sometimes I secretly like being sick because […]

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The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James (Excerpt)

By Identity Theory Staff | Published: February 13, 2002

Inner happiness and serviceability do not always agree. What immediately feels most “good” is not always most “true,” when measured by the verdict of the rest of experience. The difference between Philip drunk and Philip sober is the classic instance in corroboration. If merely “feeling good” could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human […]

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