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The Right and Left Agree: The Bible Oughta Be Banned!
Tagged with: book-banning, censorship, LGBTQ, libraries, Pflugerville Texas, right vs. left, sex and violence, the Bible
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Is the COVID-19 Vaccine the Mark of the Beast?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Ray: Is the COVID-19 vaccine the mark of the beast? I’ve heard some disturbing things like people saying they can’t feel God anymore and…
Tagged with: Catholicism, Christianity, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, COVID-19, prophecy, Protestantism, Revelation, the mark of the beast, the right hand of God, vaccines
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Hate Speech Says More About the Hater than the Hated
“You’re a baby!” “I know you are, but what am I?” “You’re stupid!” “I know you are, but what am I?” “You’re a jerk!” “I know you are, but what am I?” Not exactly an adult conversation. But there’s a…
Tagged with: hate speech, homophobia, homosexuality, love your enemies, racism, sexism, xenophobia
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
Cancel Culture: The Young and the Rootless
Cancel culture. Its supporters see it as a way for marginalized people who previously had no voice to make their voice heard against the rich and powerful people who have oppressed them in the past, and continue to oppress them…
Tagged with: cancel culture, John Muir, justice, oppression, race relations, racial politics, racism, Sierra Club
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
Black Lives Matter
Here at Spiritual Insights we have watched with concern the debate raging in the United States over the saying “Black Lives Matter.” For many years we’ve been appalled by the systemic abuse of the police power against our black and…
Tagged with: Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter, diversity, George Floyd, justice, Patrisse Cullors, race relations, racial equality, racial politics, racism
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Our Experience Moving to Soweto, South Africa
Dear Readers, This blog is not about us. It’s about spiritual insights to help you in your everyday life. However, given the big move we have made from the United States to South Africa, some of you may be curious…
Two New Online Swedenborg Discussion Groups
Are you looking for a place to discuss the Bible, Swedenborg, and issues of spiritual life with other people in an open format? If so, please check out these two new online Swedenborg discussion groups: New Church Discussion Group Swedenborgian…
Tagged with: chatroom, Christianity, Discord server, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, online chat, religion, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
Coronavirus: Act Sensibly for Everyone’s Good
In The New Jerusalem #100 Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) wrote: Kindness is doing things sensibly so that good will come from them. As I write this, fear and panic are spreading around the world about the coronavirus, which has been declared…
Tagged with: coronavirus, COVID-19, death, disease, flu, influenza, kindness, natural disasters, pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, suffering
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Spiritual Insights is Expanding to a Second Continent
Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life has been international in outlook and outreach right from its beginning seven years ago in September, 2012. Not only have we covered people and stories from many countries around the world, but we have had…
Tagged with: Mooki Memorial College, South Africa, The New Church of Southern Africa
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
If the Second Coming has Already Happened, When do Things Start Getting Better?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Stan: I hear you say that the second coming or apocalypse has already happened? My question is, when will the world start getting better?…
Tagged with: crime, homicide rates, murder, murder rates, poverty, racism, South Africa, The New Jerusalem, the Second Coming, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
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