Archive for the 'Intellectual' Category

Honesty Is Counter-Cultural

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Honesty is a culturally threatening virtue. So threatening that few people make it a constant choice. It’s counter-cultural to choose to be honest.

Cultural Corruption

People joked about cheating on their taxes – “it’s okay unless you get caught.” People make “little white lies.” They cover up the truth “to protect the other person.”

“Everyone lies” and “everyone lies some of the time” are routinely used to justify the choice to be dishonest. That’s if the choice to be dishonest is ever challenged.

You love evil more than good and lies more than truth”, says the songwriter.

God Transforms Lives

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

After years of passive participation in the TED community I finally felt obliged to comment today.

http://www.ted.com

There are many spiritual paths, I have no interest in debating their merits or misgivings. Scholars, theologians apologists & philosophers can do that far better than I can.

I’m neither meritorious not mentally impared.

I know that I have a personal relationship with God. I also know that God initiated it.

I have never heard an audible voice; I had to learn how to recognize God’s involvement and interaction with me.