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Why do Hindus pray to gods that don’t exist?
It makes little sense to pray to something or someone that doesn’t exist. Instead, pray to the one true God who is the creator, sustainer, and animator of all that exists, and to Him alone. This is wholly logical, for He alone has control of all your life circumstances.
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There was an old gardener from Leeds
There was an old gardener from Leeds,Who was totally cack-handed with weeds,He’d yank up his flowers,While weeding for hours,And throw the lot into the reeds. A retired barber named Sue,Could never find anything to do,When things got real drastic,She took up gymnastics,And soon became world number two. A bored lonely blogger named Steve,Would write shit…
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Not for Fools: Death and Ecstasy eMagazine
Death and Ecstasy is a new monthly adult eMagazine I will be writing and editing. Each issue of Death and Ecstasy will contain between ten and twenty literary micro articles drawing on the whole spectrum of human interests, including nature, music, philosophy, religion, law, literature, sex, history and more. Each issue will focus on two…
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Fighting in the Abrahamic religions
I thought I would offer a few thoughts in consideration of the present war in the Middle East. From a Christian perspective, violence of any kind is always wrong. It’s okay to be angry, and fight peacefully for justice, but it’s never right to harm another human being in any way. Jesus exemplified a non-violent…
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Reflections on abuse, cancer, and everlasting hell
Friends, I have been working hard. Today, I’m taking a day off to get organised. It’s important to have balance in life, to try to stay organised and have periods of rest. I have been so disheartened recently. It seems that at every turn there are abusive individuals and organisations waiting to devour the peace…
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Seek poverty, not wealth
There is terrible inequality on Earth. The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting ignored. Who will enter the Kingdom of God? It is those who are poor, not those who are rich. How can someone who amasses wealth claim to be a Christian? ”And as he was setting out on his journey,…
About STEVEN
Steven Colborne is an author, musician and counsellor from the United Kingdom. On this blog he writes about philosophy, religion and spirituality and shares a variety of personal articles.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
