myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

To me worship involves agreeing with justice and fairness, not about acknowledging Heaven and hell because there are plenty of people who believe in Heaven and hell that do not believe in fairness and justice and there...

In the parable of the ten maiden brides that wait for the bride groom to arrive and so he can whisk them away on the carrier, the maidens had to trim their lamps before they could meet the bride groom. Back then, their...

I know a guy who has spent years attempting to lie and scam his way to success but after a brain injury, his lies were no longer believable and he was totally unaware of how fake and corrupt he sounded or appeared to...

For 9 years now, I’ve been receiving death threats and harassing comments by a mentally ill person who says I have no value because I make a middle class salary and he was raking in millions along with his ex wife who...

The bible says there are ten things that Moses wanted you to do to build your relationship with God. Those ten things are the Ten Commandments. Most people with even a casual familiarity with Western religions has at...

There are three things some Christians do to keep themselves poor. They are: 1 - Bearing false witness. Pretending to be more righteous or more hard working or more pious or more loving or more selfless than you are. 2 -...

I know a lot of people who tell lies and God keeps sabotaging their romantic relationships. One person made millions and got dumped over 30 times and got a divorce after 8 years of marriage. She’s also ended relationships...

The successful Christians I know who worship God and attend bible study have at least one of two traits: They are either extremely humble or they are compassionate. Humility is enough to advance your career prospects in...

I had a dream that I was watching a bunch of first year management students go down a very steep slide that was light blue and shaped like a water slide but had no water going down it and I was surprised to discover the...

I knew a woman who was severely disabled and dated another disabled guy and dumped him around 180 times during their one year relationship. She never liked him, just wanted to break his heart by dumping him 180 times. Now...

Ever since I read the classic work on the subject by Raymond Moody Jr., called 'Life After Life', I've had a very strong interest in this topic. I'm not sure why I've been so drawn to it, but one of the reasons would have...

One of the reasons nearly all my friends are religious is that I prefer to socialize at church cause church people are less likely to worship culture idols. Like I once had an atheist yell at me for making light chewing...

Earlier this week I wasn’t feeling close to God and was also a little depressed one day because I felt like I had failed to carve a place for myself that was significant and highly esteemed. Two things that helped me was...

The book of Proverbs says simplicity is bad because it leads naïveté and gullibility. Psalms says God protects the simple hearted. Jesus said those who are like children are greater than those who are jaded and cynical...

Jesus said that God rewards you if you forgive those who insult you and your rewards will be far greater than the grievance they gave you with their mocking and disrespectful behaviour. He also said that God will reward...

1. The first is to read religious verses every day. This gives you a series of tools to use as Arsenal for when you encounter situations and need validation or affirmation or acceptance, during those times you can draw on...

They say that people are creatures of habit and I would say that moral currency is the opposite of material currency. If somebody is obsessed with money and greed and maximizing their sensations and experiences in life,...

I believe Jesus taught that bad deeds lead to bad ultimate results and good deeds leads to good final outcomes. Bad deeds cannot lead to good results because the person suffers for what they did. Good deeds cannot lead to...

Pokémon is popular for the same reason that Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the garden of Eden: It’s human nature to want what you can’t have. It goes along with FOMO which is the fear of missing out and the offer that the...

One of my child hood friends became a pharmacy professor. Another one got an MD and PhD from 2 Ivy League schools. Another one became a doctor. Another one also became a doctor. Another one became a top computer science...