The Rambling Taoist

TruthOut is reporting that Maine has become the fifth state in the nation to legalize gay marriage . When you add this tally to states like ...

In my last entry yesterday, I discussed how the economic might of religious institutions equates into the ability to generate a tremendous i...

I didn't set out today to write a four-part series, but I go where the words take me. ;-) Anyhow, I last wrote about the precepts of th...

Okay Taoist, it's readily apparent that you dislike religion, but what's it to ya, buddy? Why not allow everyone to believe as they...

Following the leader, the leader, the leader We're following the leader wherever he may go We won't be home till morning, till morni...

Some claim that attaining the true Tao requires a master, and following a long road of discipline and sacrifice under their tutelage. The sa...

One word defines May in South Bend thus far -- rain. It has rained each and every day. We're only about 1/5 of the way through the mon...

When many people first become introduced to the philosophy of Taoism, they want to know how they can learn more. Apart from such practices ...

From my bedroom window, the one thing that predominates my view is trees. They come in all sorts of varieties from short to tall and decidu...

Let's say there's a guy who is a very ornery and despicable person. Selfishness is his middle name. His next door neighbor, on the...

Are We So Addicted to Meat That We Can't See Where the Swine Flu Came From? By Kathy Freston Are we killing ourselves? There has been a ...

For someone as anti-religious as myself, the wave file that announces one or more new emails in my in box is peculiar, to say the least. On...

As a Taoist, I spend almost none of my time contemplating sin . It's not that I believe that humans can do no wrong, it's more boun...

Generally speaking, I find most TV ads to be annoying -- the art of trying to sell the viewing public something they don't need and, unt...

And how different from the rational worship of religion are the superstitious ways of carrying on, the pleading and groveling, that pass in ...

I regularly follow approximately 45 blogs. Over the past three days, very few of them have posted any new entries. (I'm going through ...

Recently, the Obama administration has come out to say what almost everyone already knew -- that the former administration was [illegally] t...

Most of the important tracts from all the major religions were written centuries ago. The majority of them allude to historical circumstanc...

A great deal of our lives centers around the uncharted territory called death. What is it like when we die? Where do we go? What do we do...

May 2, 1968 - The Poor People's Campaign began with groups from several locations around the U.S. setting out for Washington, D.C., to ...