Monthly Archives: July 2009

Faith in ourselves

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

I was looking through some past journals and blogs that my friends and I had and I read this on my best friend’s blog one day.
Two men went fishing. One was an experienced fisherman, the other wasn’t. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep [...]

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Why I find polytheism more reassuring

Friday, July 10, 2009

Most of my relatives are devout Catholics, so when I was growing up, the only version of God I was exposed to was that of strict monotheism.  Even though I was taught that God was always correct, I was never entirely comfortable with this monotheistic perspective. 
The polytheistic aspect of Hinduism was one of the [...]

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Simplicity

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Two nights ago, a small but powerful storm passed through my area. There was so much lightning that the electric company shut down the electricity for our town as well as neighboring towns for a good 10 hours or so. It was pitch dark everywhere in the house. At first, I was annoyed because I [...]

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