By Becky Bratu, NBC News If a fourth-century fragment of papyrus that purportedly quotes Jesus telling his disciples about “my wife” is authenticated, it could upend the modern church’s understanding of the “son of God” “If Jesus is a normal human being and he’s sexual, that’s the real fear,” James Tabor, a biblical scholar at the University [...]
In the same week that Dr. Hak Ja Han, revered by Unificationists the world over as our True Mother, took the lead as the True Parents on earth, Harvard professor Karen King announced the discovery of The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife, a fragment of an ancient Christian-Gnostic papyrus in which Jesus mentions his wife and [...]
Honesty is being truthful, sincere, open, and genuine. We are content and confident to be ourselves. We see ourselves and others with unclouded eyes. We do not exaggerate to impress others. We refuse to lie, cheat or take what is not ours. We strive to keep our promises. As we recognize illusions and self-deceptions, we [...]
Rev. Moon suggested that UTS Barrytown be the East Point within the heavenly culture. His reference was West Point, the United States Military Academy (downstream and on the other bank of the Hudson River). At a time of crisis of leadership within the Unification Movement in the USA, it may be useful to take a look [...]
Just finished the philosophy lecture section on aesthetics. Apart from a handful of transcendent philosophers in Europe, aesthetics is somewhat bleak there in recent times. They are materialistic (line shape form color etc) and utilitarian / intellectual, with no internal understanding. Habermas, for example, posed …
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein
As opposed to being shameless self promotion I thought this might lighten things up a little: Restoration / psychological process (a series of paintings which profoundly marked massive internal changes in my life and art) Images are below. My original art was a mixture of Surrealism, Oriental miniatures, and 3D work. I gave this up [...]
Published in Last resistance Sept 15 2012 by Dave Jolly On September 30, 2011, the Pentagon issued a directive to all military chaplains to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies and to make military chapels available for any such private ceremonies. In response to the Pentagon directive, the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Service issued a statement that no Catholic chaplains serving [...]
Call for Participation The Co-Creation of Myself Seminar Tuesday evenings, 2nd Oct – 11th December Method: Skype Conference Call – Only 24 places are available ****************** This course is the first attempt I know of, since the development of Unification Thought, to try and describe some of the core components of …
First published in www.digitaljournal.com New York - Individuals are increasingly empowered by information technology to govern their lives, finances, communications, and more. Instead of working with this change, governments lean increasingly toward totalitarian responses. Christopher Stevens, the man who President Obama, in his UN speech this season says “embodies the best …
