Recent content by cjamison

Is it wrong to want to die...? No. If someone is under an extreme amount of stress and pain - psychological or physical - then that person is simply acting to survive. Is a want to die a sign of a deep pain and personal. emotional wounding, yes. Men and women who decide to take their life...

Buddhism has aspects of 'religion' but because Buddhists don't believe in a supernatural deity, it isn't a religion. While there are no Commandments from a omnipotent God in Buddhism, there are 'ways of living' that the Buddha found to improve quality of life such as being honest (Thou shall...

I respect your attention to the likely written original translation of the text, however your harshness of judgement towards members of Judaism alarms me. Christ is Jewish and there is no doubt He is in heaven. Can I ask you a question, based on the response I gave do you think I am likely to...

Regardless of the faith of Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa, the passing of Joan deeply saddened her family and friends. Her loss of life is tragic as is the passing of any woman or man and deserves our sympathy. The Golden Rule states that Joan's death deserves the compassion and...

In what ways would 'meditation' or breathing exercises be considered 'sinful'? Cultivating a deeper relationship with yourself and caring for yourself, which meditation is meant to develop, is a good thing. Or not?

peter19920, HIstory has a way of repeating itself... About 20 years ago in college, I stumbled across meditation as a way to have better grades as well. If prayer is the means, or way, humans, including Christians, use to connect God outside of our power to normally contemplate or to council...

Recent stumbler upon this site. Grew up Church of Christ and attended weekly until the age of 18, when I fell-away until age 24 and have been attending church semi-regularly since. I am now 37 (and don't look a day over 36) and reevaluating my faith. Around the time I started back in church...