It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest, most uninteresting person, you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw their future now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. It is in the light of these overwhelming…
Tag: God
On Life is Fragile
William Jennings Bryan probably explained death and its purpose best when he said, “Because of the fall- death has come to be the universal heritage; it may claim its victims in infancy or youth, in the period of life’s prime, or its summons may be deferred until the snows of age have gathered upon the…
On The Power of Silence
Everywhere I go, people, all people, even little people are busily using some type of electronic device to communicate with someone else that could be either on the other side of the world, or, in the next chair. Many may be playing a game, earning points that would make them better than others playing the…
On Marriage
You may have heard the term, ‘Point of No Return’. Nowadays they have added two more, ‘Points of No Return’, meaning, where once a decision is made you can no longer turn back. The term was originally referring to air travel where a plane, for example, has flown out into the ocean and no longer…
On Words and Writing
No one really knows for sure who invented writing, but they put together a number of symbols that made it possible for me and everyone else to express our thoughts on paper, parchment, metal, or even stone and leather, etc. Thoughts written, even thousands of years ago, are still being translated and read. I am…
On Who Am I?
There are some who would have me believe that I am no more than a few cents worth of various chemicals. There are others who would place a much higher value on me. They would tell me that I am, ‘a son of God’. He who is the creator of this whole universe, who commissioned…
On The Tree of Life
Jewish belief in the Tree of Life is somewhat different than are those who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A branch of Judaism called the, “Tree of Life Synagogue”, as the name attests in the Torah, the Jewish destiny is a ‘Tree of Life for all those who cling…
On Heaven or Hell on Earth
The Heaven or Hell of which theologians teach can be no better or worse than the heaven or hell which we, the children of the Almighty, often create for ourselves right here on earth. We just have to realize how well we have been taken care of, taken care of and blessed by a world…
On Joy
Nephi stated that: ‘Men are that they might have joy.’ 2 Nephi 2:25. I have sometimes thought about that scripture and what Nephi might have meant by it. I would never question Nephi’s sincerity or his intellect because Nephi is one of my favorite people in the history of the world. I am not sure…
On Writing Our Personal Histories
I have written about Writing Your Personal History but my thoughts here are taking a motivational approach. It is not because the things stated before, in other writings, are less important but because there are different ways that we are stimulated and/or motivated. We all seem to look at things a little differently. I rather…