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Category Archives: conscience
Is there too much agreement in church?
Passive agreement is overrated and often bland. Connecting with people heart-to-heart is much more powerful and fulfilling. Social media trains people to be interactive while church continues to insist on keeping people passive and silent. However, when most of the … Continue reading
Posted in conscience, happiness, heart, heart care, heart religion, heart-felt love, hearts on fire, inner joy, joy, joy unspeakable, paralysis, paralyzed, Uncategorized, unhappiness
Tagged agreement, alternative church, Christianity, church, joy of the Lord, religion, square dancing
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The Bible & anti-malware . . .
Daily reading the Bible with an open heart may be the best anti-malware for the human brain. Many people are far more careful to install anti-malware on their computer than on their mind and heart. Don’t give up! Jesus will … Continue reading
Appreciation, kindness, politics, & love
People who are unkind have run out of kindness and need to be filled up. Take a moment to share some kindness with them. When you’re appreciative of the positive things in your life, you won’t be overcome by the … Continue reading
I heard the word “nefarious” & found Erwin (DNA-man) Chargaff’s insights
Nefarious! The world situation today is precarious (dangerous), contrarious (perverse), and vagarious (erratic) because popular culture has become nefarious! The word nefarious popped into my mind yesterday but I didn’t know what it meant. I looked it up this morning … Continue reading
Posted in conscience, evil, family values, historic moral standards, moral character, moral failure, moral foundations, moral laws, moral principles, morality, morals, natural laws, right and wrong, scientific debate, scientific theory, Uncategorized
Tagged DNA, Erwin Chargaff, ethics, moral decline, nefarious definition, quotes, science, western civilization, why mass shootings
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Our wrong-gong can “make America great again.”
To “make America great again” requires a return to the high ideals of our national creeds: “Liberty and justice for all,” “All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,” “In God we trust,” and … Continue reading
Posted in American values, basic rights, Bill of Rights, Civil Rights, clear conscience, conscience, creationism, Creator, do it if it feels good, family values, freedom of conscience, human rights, immorality, injustice, justice, liberty, liberty and justice for all, morality, right and wrong, slogans, social justice, trust in God, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, ethics, evangelicals, In God we trust, Make America great again, politics
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ASPIRIN advice for living in a heart attack culture
We live in a heart attack society. Our culture is consumed with concepts, communications, cravings, and compulsions that continually attack our heart, conspiring to capture and control our conscience. We are surrounded by heart-damaging words, images, thoughts, and feelings. To protect our heart … Continue reading
Posted in acrostic, alarms, aspirin regimin, conscience, daily aspirin, happiness, hope, media, optimism, popular culture, positive thinking, proverbs, self-control
Tagged advice, aspirin, guard your heart, heart attack, heart health, mental health, quotes
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When 5 Judges’ Opinion Can Villanize Those Who Disagree
When political correctness pushes freedom of speech into the closet and people are harshly judged for speaking up about ethical standards and bullied into silence; when commitment to conscience is coerced into conformity to culture’s compulsive cravings and harshly called … Continue reading
Posted in 5-4 decision, Abraham Lincoln, conscience, Constitution, culture wars, discent, freedom, freedom of conscience, Ghandi, human rights, John Milton, justices, liberty, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Quotations, right to disagree, tolerance, villainize
Tagged civil disobedience, democracy, ethics, freedom of speech, judgment, political correctness, quotes, Supreme Court
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Guilty Pleasures?
Is the phrase “guilty pleasures” an oxymoron? Here are some thoughts about guilt: To do wrong and feel entitled to have no guilt is like burning your hand and feeling entitled to have no pain. Guilt and pain are danger … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, condemnation, conscience, consequences, everyone who sins is a slave, feelings, freedom, It is not the healthy who need a doctor, Lord have mercy, oxymoron, popular culture, Quotes, repentance, sinners
Tagged denial, forgiveness, guilt, guilty pleasures, pain, psychology, recovery
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Does the new normal make us anomie zombies?
Does the new normal mean that we are becoming anomie zombies? Are anomic attitudes and assessments making you zombic — so oblivious to moral constraints that you are mesmerized by confusion, restlessness, and unhappiness? Anomie basically means “normless” and “purposeless.” It comes from the Greek word … Continue reading
Posted in anomaly, conscience, decadence, definition, Encyclopedia Britannica, ethics, family values, Greek words, meaninglessness, moral relativism, morality, normless, purposeless, Quotations, religion, right and worng, sadness, suicide
Tagged anomie, Émile Durkheim, new normal, quotes, relativism, situational ethic, sociology, zombies
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