Category Archives: faith
What if
What if? What if the entire world believed in heaven? What if the entire world believed in causality and reincarnation? What unlikely scenario would be the best for mankind, a belief in heaven, or a belief in reincarnation? If we … Continue reading
What makes us special
What makes human beings different from all other species in the world? We have the ability to reason. When a crime occurs, we attempt to collect data from the past in trying to solve the crime. When there is … Continue reading
What is Fair revised
In our lives, when we our confronted with suffering or a challenging event in our lives, the religious would say that we are being tested. If you believe in heaven, you believe that God tests your faith. If you believe … Continue reading
Thinking Out of the Box
This is a story of C who lived a box. Everything was all right with his life, except he was not happy. He was told not to look out of the box, because there was evil outside. Also he was … Continue reading
We are good
In some religion man is considered essentially evil. By evil, I mean having a mind of greed, arrogance, and self love. We are told that we are imperfect, and guaranteed to sin. But we are told that we are forgiven … Continue reading
Finding Hope
Webster defines religion as: an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods. Overall religion is supposed to make one closer with God, and in essence become good. Like a recipe … Continue reading
Blind Faith in Religion
Just recently I received a couple of messages from a blogger that I was a hypocrite, and an irate message that I did not know what I was talking about. He or she quoted a few verses from the Bible … Continue reading
The Truth of Heaven
What is the difference between Tenrikyo (Heaven’s Truth Chruch) and other religions? I believe that many Tenrikyo followers believe that our church is a unique religion, different from all other religions. But realistically our religion is not much different than … Continue reading
The World is a Mirror
Sometimes we go through experiences in our lives that is unbearable. We cannot understand why some one we care about suddenly dislikes us. We cannot understand why a stranger has enmity toward us. It is said in the Tip of … Continue reading
Suppose
Suppose one can heal one’s own illnesses and disease. Suppose one can do this by eliminating greed, arrogance, and self love from one’s minds. Suppose there is a prayer that asks God to help us with this difficult task. Suppose … Continue reading