(Inside Science) — Now, I don’t want to alarm anyone, but telepathy, the act of transferring thoughts into someone else’s head is now real. As in, published-in-academic-papers real. People have now telepathically communicated with each other, monkeys have solved problems as a connected hive mind, and humans have even been given telepathic control of a… Read More Telepathy Is Real | Inside Science | Opinion
Most of us probably know about St. Francis of Assisi. He was a well-to-do guy who spent his youth like most other affluent young men. After some powerful conversion experiences, however, Francis gave it all up to become a monk and eventually a leading figure in Christianity. Francis’ prosperous merchant father wanted him to stay… Read More Sunday Morning – In the manner of St. Francis of Assisi
I didn’t get a chance to get down to St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica this Christmas. But the entire Mass is on the web. Watching today definitely helped to pull me through the New Years’ Day blahs. I don’t drink alcohol anymore but festive events still take their toll. If by chance you are not the… Read More December 25, 2019: Christmas Day – 12 Noon Mass on Vimeo
Not all cultures believe that extraversion is the most highly valued personality trait of all. Indeed, being extraverted can get you in trouble if you’re traveling in a country or culture that regards such outwardly focused behavior as brash and impolite. Source: How Introverts Can Make It in an Extraverted World | Psychology Today Comment:… Read More How Introverts Can Make It in an Extraverted World | Psychology Today (with comment)
Panentheism – The whole is greater than the sum of its parts https://t.co/9AFe2mijIH Image via Wikipedia #mysticism #cosmology #God pic.twitter.com/w2BUccpppG — earthpages.org (@earthpages) May 25, 2017 Over at Earthpages.ca I’ve been doing some heavy duty revising. It’s my way of being a scholar and journalist at the same time. If only I got paid for… Read More Panentheism – Nope… it’s not a spelling mistake…
It is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, probably because it’s colder up here and our harvest is earlier than in the US. Today is a holiday but we had our family dinner last night. I’m up early this morning but not really in the frame of mind to make long comments. So I’ll just offer a… Read More Today’s Top Tweets – With a bit more commentary than originally intended…
Purgatory – an old concept in need of an update? https://t.co/5J19caEe1n #religion #Catholic #paranormal — earthpages.org (@earthpages) March 31, 2016
Pew survey: Percentage of US Catholics drops and Catholicism is losing members faster than any denomination https://t.co/4b46vwlaJz — earthpages.org (@earthpages) March 22, 2016
Some objections to the concept of prayer to the saints betray restricted notions of heaven. Source: Why Do Roman Catholics Pray To Saints Related articles Homophobia, Pope Francis, and Pastorial Ministry | Rainbow Sash Movement Is the Pope a False Prophet? Pope urges his conservative bishops to ease up on ‘harsh’ tone El Dia de… Read More Why Do Roman Catholics Pray To Saints
by Rabbi Allen S. Maller A new Pew Research survey of 5,122 U.S. adults, (including 1,016 self-identified Catholics) finds that the Catholic church’s share of the religious marketplace is down from 23.9 percent in 2007 to 20 percent in the new survey, conducted in May and June of 2015. The new survey goes beyond the… Read More Pope Francis Visits A Declining Catholic Church
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