Category Archives: Religion

Re: Second Coming of Jesus. Someone asked me in E-mail what I thought of the idea that the Second Coming of Jesus might have conincided with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. This is my reply: As you of … Continue reading →

This is the text in question (maybe others): As for the Wisdom who is called “the barren,” she is the mother of the angels. And the companion of the Savior is Mary Magdalene. But Christ loved her more than all … Continue reading →

In these days when conservatives are very vocal politically, and when Christian Television is uniformly fundamentalist, it is possible to get into a “bunker mentality” and forget all the openness, love and generosity left in the world.

When I was in school, in the 50’s, we had school-wide announcements and prayers over the intercom. I don’t think anyone benefitted from them. One summer I took a course at a Catholic college, and every class was opened and … Continue reading →

Somebody called me “dirt false christian scum” Continue reading →

John B. Cobb Jr. argues in his article “Guests at the table: Being transformationist in a pluralistic world” [Christian Century, August 10-17, 1994]: Will the other traditions experience the pluralistic situation in a similar way [learning from others]? Will they … Continue reading →