"Christians are often 'chief naval gazers' -- as in 'What can God do for me?'" - Pastor Steve Mason said concerning the tendency to forget the world nor recognize there is a spiritual war at hand. Spiritual war refers to the struggle between good and evil for the hearts of people.

I'm sick of subjective New Age pseudo-"super-spirituality" fed to the American public. These include proponents like Neale Donald Walsch and Wayne Dyer -- both whom take advantage of the American sentiments and longing for spirituality, and in the process milk them for millions of dollars. It is the same philosophical bent that Oprah has bought into and spreads as gospel. Sick, sick. New Age usually involves syncretism of Western ideas of God with Eastern philosophy to create a "find God within yourself," "you are one with God," "be the master of your life," and "think positive thoughts" mush. Gross!! Of course they spout proverbs of "respect others, be free, nature is good, expand your mind, feel those spiritual vibes" la di da.

PBS periodically features Wayne Dyer and once he asked, "Is it better to be kind or to be right?" and answered himself, "It is better to be kind," while the audience nods with rapt attention. Wayne calls to disregard truth. This is the very nonsense that Harry G. Frankfurt --Princeton philosophy professor emeritus-- reprimands when he writes "sincerity is bulls**t" as postmodernism ignores truth.

Neale Walsch is part of "New Spirituality" and Wayne Dyer part of "New Thought" movements but it's all old thought in disguise. Just want to slap these guys around to wake them up out of drunken self absorption.

But it's people's ignorance and gullibility that most appalls.
Doesn't an enemy multiply kisses?

Cranberry + apple = crapple.

Sorry, I'm on colorectal service right now. "All about pus and poo!"

Testing God
Our choices today.
How?
Put off living
Godward.
Say, "It is 'good,' "
but lack desire.
So
we plan that perhaps,
maybe,
later in life
-- when I hear the call of mortality --
I may "get right with God."
But many who "get right"
too late,
too late!
...lay in the wake of wasted lives
and have put off living,
as all along
we've tested God with tomorrow.

If I'm ever in Mississippi, I would like to visit the Pig Out Inn for some good BBQ.