Jewelry has long been an expression of ones self. Today gold and silver is used as a status symbol but there is one aspect of jewelry that is not a discussion of ones self but more ones faith. Religious Jewelry makes a statement of ones faith and is an outward display or a reminder.



The most common Religious jewelry revolves around the cross and in the case of Catholics, the crucifix. The difference between the two is the crucifix bears the body of Jesus, knows as...

One night, in my early days of broadcasting, the radio station I worked for had a psychic on the air for an hour. My job was to get the callers ready and waiting on hold for their turn to ask the psychic about their future.

At the end of the hour, one young lady never got her turn because time had run out. I told her that the show was over and then curiously asked her what question she had wanted to ask the psychic. She told me that she wanted to be a writer and was hoping to find...

Some Churches over emphasize on a part or portion of the Bible, neglecting or not focusing on the other parts in the appropriate measure they ought to. In fact, others misconstrue the practical or contextual meanings of some portions of the Bible. There are several illustrations in this situation, but we can discuss just one of them, which is the issue of covering of hair by the women.
One argument still experienced by some of our Churches is the issue of a lady wearing scarf or...

Humanism is a system of thought that considers solving human problems with the help of reasoning, which is regarded as more important than religious beliefs. It emphasizes on the fact that the basic nature of humans is good and should be the fundamental and ultimate factor during our consciousness, morality and sense of reasoning and responsibility.
The basic fact was tried to be made more axiomatic by the following thoughts. The biblical divine commandments are too repressive to...

"Since Humanism has no single theory, ethical theory and moral subject must be chosen, observed strictly and even debated" Mason Olds. Humanists generally accept ethical relativism as their morality because it has the same Ideas and principles with Humanism, hence ethical relativism and secular Humanism go hand in hand.
Relativism is the belief that truth is not always and generally valid, but can be judged only in relation to other thoughts such as your personal...

Christian ethics is in harmony with theology. A Christian places ethics in a moral order revealed by the divine creator though both general and special revelation. And he knows that this order is the only true source of morality. For a Christian, the moral order is as real as the physical order, some would say more real. (2nd Corinthians 4:18).
Relativism and our common Moral HeritageChristian ethics in one sense is simply an expansion in a moral order that is generally revealed to...

The account of God's creation in Genesis has been questioned by many, comparing it to a fairy tale story. Well! That is humanly understandable. So how did man come to being? Did he just appear and started existing? All the sequential patterns of nature's processes didn't just come into play like that. Most of the overwhelming Life's phenomena we discover, use and apply did not just appear. If not a supreme being, who should be more powerful than all these phenomena to make them be?

The Marxists find it easy to reaching consensus regarding their ethical beliefs because of their single minded approach to the Marxist theological, philosophical, biological, economical and historical disciplines. Though these ethics have no absolute foundation, the Marxist believes the dialectical view of the class struggle is foundation enough. Such a view dictates the conflicts between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie and since their later exploits the former, the two classes are...

The cosmic humanist perspective centers on its theological pantheism and philosophical monism, stating that If each person is God, then all final authority resides within, and individual must seek the freedom to act in harmony with their inner truth, hence individual autonomy is the only ethical absolute promoted by the New Age Movement.
Marilyn Ferguson writes, "Most importantly, when people become autonomous, their values become internal. Shakti Gawain called for total...

On July 4th of each year the citizens of the U.S. "we the people" commemorate our nation's birth with a patriotic holiday. We call it Independence Day. We celebrate that our country chose to shake off the shackles of oppression and to establish a government that believed in the importance of liberty and a different kind of freedom.

Independence Day like many summer holidays, gets overshadowed by things like parties, family gatherings, picnics, and day off from work. Yet,...