I was talking to my cousin, who is an author and university professor, and mentioned that democracy is good only for Athens. He said I must write about it.
So let me explain. Democracy was invented by the Athenians and every citizen had the right to vote in all major decisions. All wonderful, until we understand [...]
A samurai asked a Zen master if heaven and hell existed. The Zen master replied, "Who are you?"
The samurai replied, "I’m a samurai. I guard the Shogun."
The Zen master said, "You, a samurai. What ruler would have you as a guard? You look more like a thief or a begger."
The angered samurai began to draw [...]
I recently read about a study at Duke University which found out that religious observance – going to services weekly – reduced the risk of dying over a period of six years by more than a quarter.
I did a search and could not find the original paper so I’ll just make some suggestions that the [...]
US Adventist men live 8.9 years longer than other American males and the women 7.5 years longer than their non-Adventist sisters. They have greater strength and stamina and feel more energetic than the rest of us. It appears that these advantages start as soon as someone starts Adventists health principles even into sixties and seventies. [...]
I recently asked the question do you want to be right or happy. One great way to overcome your ego’s need to be right is to tell yourself whenever you notice negative emotions tell yourself, “Don’t be so petty.”
Think about what you are observing in the here and now from far future, perhaps your deathbed [...]
Perhaps, you, like me, have been puzzled by many of the parables (teaching stories) of Jesus. One such parable is a single sentence statement:
"It is more difficult for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven than a camel to pass through the eye of the needle."
This makes no sense if taken literally [...]
Try to read and understand the title (mgnfnglshwswrttnlkths)….
Give up.
I was talking to a Christian Egyptian friend in the gym and he asked me what non-Arab Muslims did about understanding the Koran since a great part of the Koran’s wonder is in the language. I explained that the Koran cannot be translated but is interpreted in [...]
In Iran my native country we eat a huge amount of natural yogurt. Moreover, in the Caucuses which have some of the longest lived populations in the world they eat plenty of yogurt and drink huge amounts of tea as well as working on the mountains until the day they die as healthy centenarians.
We don’t [...]
