myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

I don't want to associate with religion, but I don't have a choice So, my parents raised me in Christianity, and I'm still living with them. They're a little strict, in my opinion. They're always talking about how...

Yesterday I was trying to crush garlic in the garlic presser but due to some bizarre genetic mutation, the cloves were 4-7 times their regular size because they didn’t separate into their distinct compartments like...

This is an image of the sanitarian woman who was met by Jesus at the well while going about her daily chores I can relate to this story because the well is a symbol for hope and personal investment and Jesus said faith in...

One thing my pastor prayed during bible study is that we would during the study hear the truth and not what we want to hear I find this prayer to be offensive Why would a true God follower not want to hear the truth but...

I’ve had 10 different types of experiments with writing before deciding on my current method of literary communication and book development. Here I will discuss what I learned from 10 failings of mine: 1. The Inspiration...

I included this delightful image of a lamp to reflect what Jesus said about not letting the light in you be darkness Let me give two hypothetical stories here Claire is a Christian. She expresses her faith by giving...

If you believe good is more powerful than evil you will be bound and controlled by good If you believe evil is more powerful than good you will be bound and controlled by what is evil And if you, while being evil try to...

I believe that you can fail Gods standard and still be a beautiful and lovable person and that God gave every new born baby inner beauty that grows or diminishes with time - this is because a parent forgives their two...

In Christianity Jesus talks about the pharisees who decorate the tombs of the righteous and then say they are not like their fathers who killed them - so they testify against themselves that they are the sons of those who...

To me the mark of the beast is the sinners judgment against sin It is the evil doers hatred for evil To worship the image of the beast is to worship the zeal of sinners who hate sin To set up an image for the beast is to...

The first rule: Trust the spiritual universe and not the material or social or sexual or physical universe to provide you with all your needs and take care of your emotions and protect your interests and give you mean The...

In the bible Jesus said many would eat in the feast of God with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob But the sons of the kingdom would be cast outside with weeping and gnashing of teeth The question you should ask every religious...

Before I became a mature Christian I used to manipulate people into liking me with humour and elegance and vulnerability and expressions of innocence or creative social judgment I manipulated a doctor and a PhD student...

The bible says those who love pleasure become poor it says those who love wine and oil never become rich I believe pleasure is any form of unnecessary physical sensation you get from the material world such as the...

To me the first part is about language God is asking you to avoid allowing the language of the greedy, the critical, the disorderly, the hateful, and the violent to impact your behaviour or mould your dreams The second...

I got this idea from Jordan Peterson - I used to think he was a cultural social conforming quack but now I actually believe he is intelligent he described the kingdom of God as the ultimate good That is not how I would...

Jesus mentions loving your enemies in multiple gospels in the bible and I will not be discussing all of them But these are the four factors I will consider 1. Bless those who curse you: To me this does not mean to radiate...

If you know me you know I cope with difficult verses by viewing them as allegory so that I can continue to obey God when a literal understanding of His word does not make sense Jesus said if your eye causes you to sin cut...