[I’m sharing here an e-mail letter I’d written to Pray.com in April 2023. You’ll soon see why. My subject line said, “trying to help/sent in love.” As of January 2024,…
Government as God
In discussing the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20), the first commandment’s “no other gods” can be glossed over, as if we’re all thinking, Oh, no worries. We don’t do THAT! But…
If Being an Alien Gives Purpose…
A TV series titled True Believers (Vice channel) was about several cults. One episode featured a self-help guru named Teal Swan, who leads a group informally called the Teal Tribe…
Minister of Loneliness
It was the summer of 2021. I hadn’t picked up on the news that Japan’s prime minister had appointed a Minister of Loneliness. (Apparently the UK had done that a…
AI Jesus
A 1995 article in The Lookout magazine reported on the world’s first Buddhist “robo priest.” This ministering machine in Japan contained prayers and rituals for various Buddhist sects. Arrangement could…