myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

Years ago, I was having a conversation with my cousin when I was trying to deny some unpleasant facts that I didn’t want to acknowledge and my cousin warned me very sternly saying “Don’t ever, ever, ever lie to yourself.”...

The bible says those who are wise and professionally talented will associate with high quality people and not with layman’s riff raft or societal sluggards. To me this verse implies that those who gain experience and...

I believe that it’s essential to your religious life that you give people the benefit of the doubt, in university during my first attempt at a degree 18 years ago, a series of gossips had me banned from events in the...

The bible says in Matthew 6:33 that if you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, than all things will be added unto you. And I notice among the religious people I know from bible studies at school, all the...

My friend told me the one who lives without love would be judged without love when they die. The way I understand that is the one who lives without sympathy for others, will be judged without sympathy by God , so the...

The bible says each animal that chews the cud and divides the hood is clean, and while this is not a post about kosher laws, I want you to note that it takes two qualities to qualify a kosher accessible animal and not...

In the bible, God is described as the Heavenly Father and Jesus made the unusual proclamation in scripture that many collaborative religious organizations and religious clergy had never even known the father. This might...

I’m always looking for mentors and since I avoid contact with my churches I get mentor ship help by collecting quotes and sayings from successful people and that is what I did with Jeff Bezos. I at one point, either read...

To me the beast is a symbol for secularistic idolatry where people live for pride (forehead) and indulgence (right hand) and laziness (number of his name). It is stubborn heathenism built on selfish social devices and...

There was an American president in history whose mother used to quote this verse to him every day telling her son, he could be president if he kept the rule of being skillful in his work, the way I understand this verse...

I believe that to be truly happy, you have to be willing to sacrifice your happiness for the welfare of others, or for your goals in life and that a person who pursues their own happiness and the expense of other people...

A Greek philosopher wrote about two types of happiness, one involved sensory delights such as silk feathers, beautiful pearls, attractive colours, tasty food, attractive lovers, fancy cars, luxurious homes; and soft...

I notice a repeating pattern among my more successful and good looking Christians which is that the more benefits they have in life, the more likely they are to doubt the things I say about my faith in God. Now all...

The book of Ecclesiastes says Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight, you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. The way I view that verse is, to pursue every reasonable opportunity and try to maximize your...

There are two ways that I catch liars and identify the motives of fake people - in their poor multi tasking ability or in the priorities they reveal about themselves when they involve themselves in choices where multi...

The bible says the sorrows of those who have bartered for another God will increase and that the christian will not be active social components of their life. King Solomon warned about passion, unrealistic expectations,...

The bible says what is crooked cannot be straightened meaning a bad deed cannot be converted into a good one, and something that starts out bad, cannot end with good results. A few years ago, there was a disabled girl who...