Category Archives: Sokai Gakkai
Tenrikyo /Killing God
Killing God is the title of my blog today. But how can we kill God? If we believe that we were created out of the image of God, can we not imagine that God used parts of himself in creating … Continue reading
Tenrikyo /A Religion that will Save All Mankind
Looking at the violence and suffering in the world, I believe that the major religions of today will not provide peace and prosperity for the world. The only religion that will eventually bring joy to all mankind is the Heaven’s … Continue reading
Tenrikyo /Religion is Easy to Understand
Religion appears to be so simple to understand. Avoid the evils of life, like greed, arrogance and self love, and you will have a great future. This future is not about carnal pleasures that many seek. It is a future … Continue reading
The Blame Game
There are religions that continue to grow, while there are religions that are stagnant, losing membership due to the older generation dying out. But what makes a church grow? How do we bring in new members? We can promise potential … Continue reading
How Do We Increase membership in our Churches
If we were to take the words of the Book of Prophecy (Fudesaki) literally, one would think that God was giving the early followers of the religion the recipe to successful harvesting of crops. In 1838 God descended from Heaven … Continue reading
Where is God
Where is God? You hear stories about someone missing a flight, where the airplane crashes and everyone dies. They are often quoted “God was looking after me”. But what happened to the other 200 passengers that perished on that flight. … Continue reading
Killing God
In the Heaven’s Truth Religion (Tenrikyo), the sacred book tells us that our bodies are lent to us from God. All human bodies are things lent by God. What thoughts are you using them? 3-41 I shall teach you step … 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
Bill Nye, the Science Guy
I heard the anticipated debate on creation-evolution attended By Bill Nye, the Science Guy. Both sides would say that they had won the debate. Professor Nyle would have science to backup his theory on evolution, while the creationist quoted the … Continue reading