myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

I used to be super jealous of a girl I knew cause she was constantly bragging about the 19 books she had published and I had been trying for years to publish a book and failed to produce even a single book. I also did not...

I had a dream I was at a hotel where you could order all the food you want and the cooks would give you your food cost free. In my dream I ordered 4 pizzas but did not wait for them to finish cooking and left the hotel...

At my school, the drop out rate for medical school students is under 2% while the drop out for theology students is over 40%. This begs the question of why theology has such a high drop out rate and my theory is that...

The gospel of Jesus clearly shows that God was often different from mainstream religious culture and that those who gave in too often to their religious culture ended up rejecting God and I know of examples in my own life...

The bible teaches that when you try to treat people fairly, that God takes care of your interests and when you are consistent in your devotion to God, God guards your character. In the last two years since getting laid...

To me humility is about putting God’s interests and the interests of others above your own interests and desires while arrogance is about putting your own interests and desires above those of others or of God.

Years ago I developed a health issue that set me back very farther than I should have been in life but I worked extremely hard to improve my health and in 2015, God began to heal me, but it’s not all bliss. I ended up...

There was a psychologist named Maslow who invented a pyramid called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In this pyramid, Maslow argues that human beings are interested in the physical components of their life when those things...

I have a lot of superficial people and dishonest people in my family and they are all single. One made over 2 million a year and graduated top of her class from an Ivy League school and it took her 9 years to find a...

Matt. 5 Verses 11 to 12 Says [11] Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. [12] Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your...

In the bible the Israelites are forced to journey through the wilderness for long periods before reaching the promised land and in the same way, I find God sometimes forced us into our own wilderness where we are...

These are signs of a biblically observant woman or man 1 - They consider the comfort and emotional needs of others because a person who makes others uncomfortable is disliked. 2 - They are generous, kind, and inclusive of...

I try to avoid religious absolutism or deductive exclusiveness when I study the bible because I believe the bible is a tool and not an object of worship. Rather rather than saying “this is what the bible says and anybody...

When I was in university during my first attempt a degree (I left and returned at 27), I had a whole crowd of people around me who pretended to love and care about me to boost their reputation since I was always asking...

Jesus said in Matthew 23:4, that ministry is not about telling people what to do, but giving them the knowledge and tools that they need to do what you tell them to do. Like, it’s one pastor spent years telling me to...

I believe that the key to knowledge is justice and the path to knowledge is obedience, until you understand God’s justice, and accept it for yourself, you cannot set up healthy boundaries between yourself and others, nor...

If you ask me what the most common sin is, I would say it’s slander and wrongful accusation. I had Christians Unfriend me for “supporting terrorism “because I criticized a Christian politician for promoting Christianity...

I used to get upset over things I could not control such as the past misdeeds of others, my normal looking face, my normal I.Q. range and my lack of physical strength, but then I realized that life is what you make of it,...