In my book I have essays SPIRITUAL and SPIRITUALITY, as well as heaps of essays on religion, God, the Self, Zen and meditation ... these are the dominant subject matters in en.light.en.ment, along with science and war & peace.
I have collated these blogs in order to sum up my life-stance (I have an essay WHAT I BELIEVE); and furthermore, to put into one place my take on religions and the delusional belief in a God. For my own experiences, read SATORI.
There is no
Krishnamurti on this page, nor any of the other gurus; they are here: Confucius, Buddha, Sant Mat, Krishnamurti, D.T.
Suzuki, Lao-Tzu & Taoism ... what is on
this page, though, is my history with E.T., blogs 468, 470, 474.
For good measure I added a bit of comedy at the end ... just to show it's all not to be taken too seriously. (I like this bon mot by Douglas Adams: "I'm fasciated with religions, I'm just stumped anyone would take them seriously.)
And - for God's sake - don't miss Stephen Fry ... I give him the last word.
1065 Christianity, God, Belief, Reality and Delusion
Is the God delusion of Christians inevitable?
1045 Does the Believer know?
Does the Believer know his scripture better
than the Unbeliever?
Bertrand Russell and Stephen Fry offer some insights into God, religion and atheism
994 A Virgin Birth?
In a couple of days 2019 years ago Jesus Christ was born of a virgin. Or was he?
985 Children and religious education
Jesuit maxim: Give us a child till s/he’s seven
and we’ll have them for life
984 Religion and indoctrination of the young
A pertinent question: Should parents be allowed to enforce religion on their children?
981 Ethics and Religion
Do ethical principles stem from religion?
958 Belief vs. Reality
Religion and Belief versus Reality and Facts is a challenging subject
949 Einstein's Cosmic Religion
Albert Einstein - inspired by Baruch Spinoza - had a Cosmic Religio
945 The Sermon On The Mount
The Path and The Sermon On The Mount are congruent in many ways, except one ...
932 Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty
Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty is a talk at the KFA about whether spirituality can be considered secular
921 Christianty, warts and all
A terrific podcast by Sam Harris with everything you wanted to know about Christianity
867 en.light.en.ment FOR FREE
855 The issue of the Self revisited
In yet another fascinating podcast Sam Harris talks with German philosopher Thomas Metzinger ...
781 Atheism 2.0
Atheism is more honest than agnosticism,
but is that the end of the story?
664 "God is certainly real."
Thank God ... for if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here (writing this) ...
663 Fact and Faith
The small matter of fact and faith ...
579 Fear, Guilt, Meditation, Nirvana, Freedom
Fear and guilt are some of our greatest enemies ...
468 Eckhart Tolle, is he for real?
Is Eckart Tolle for real? I have a bit of a history with E.T.
465 What value Gurus?
Why do people follow a guru? Many of us want to know the truth ...
461 Buddhism revisited
Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy?
451 Health, Wellbeing and Meditation
How important is health & wellbeing? It's paramount; so how can we achieve this central-to-our-lives state of being well? Read on ...
433 Religions. It's all lies.
Would you like some more truths from Sam Harris? Religions lie ...
422 Sam Harris, The End of Faith … religious moderation and the abyss
I am re-reading The End of Faith by Sam Harris, because of this third aspect of the book that shocks me: He postulates that religious moderation is one of the principal forces driving us toward the abyss ...
407 Religion ... to believe or not to believe
Religion ... to believe or not; if that is the question, is there an answer?
410 George Carlin & Religion
... so, in response to my Religion blog I got this email reminding me of George Carlin ...
442 Stephen Fry tells it like it is
If there's a God, he's intolerably cruel. A monster ...