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Can Sam Harris Wake Us Up?
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It caused a stir when Sam Harris, in a new book titled Waking Up, changed his message from militant atheism to peaceful Buddhism. A positive message is better than a negative one, and since Buddhism is often labeled as “a religion without God,” Harris’s move isn’t as radical as it looks at first glance. He…
Five Spiritual Mysteries: #1 Is Karma Fair?
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We live in an especially dispirited time when people say, totally without irony, “Life is unfair” and “No good deed goes unpunished.” Is there proof that life is, in fact, fair or unfair? The question doesn’t even make sense if you believe that the universe is cold, random and devoid of meaning. That’s the usual…
Why Does God Allow Evil?
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Every senseless, horrific act of violence brings up the question of good versus evil, and when you read that children have died by violence – a common thread linking the Newtown shootings and the Boston Marathon bombing – there’s even more reason to shudder and doubt. In fearful times maintaining the most minimal idea of…
Why Do Bad Things Happen (Part 2)
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Because suffering is part of human life, everyone asks why it exists, and the answers we give to ourselves make a great deal of difference. Explanations lead to action, for one thing. Billions of people choose religion as a way to accept suffering or to try and escape it. In the first post of this…
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