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Our Daily Bread: Quid Pro Quo
January 7th, 2009 at 12:04 am » Comments (0)
Hey, a little quid pro quo never hurt nobody. You scratch my back—I'll scratch yours! One of the most reliable ways for a Bahá'í to "grow spiritually" is by proselytizing. Bahá'ís ...more »Our Daily Bread: Blind thine eyes
January 6th, 2009 at 1:50 am » Comments (0)
Today's sweet slice of salvation directs us to block all sensory input, wash our brains, empty our wallets, and close our minds so that we may fully and properly adore ...more »Our Daily Bread: Ultimate Idols
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm » Comments (0)
Today's slice of divine guidance begins with the obvious: we humans can never have universal, divine knowledge. This is not a problem for those of us who have come to ...more »Our Daily Bread: No more questions, thank you!
January 1st, 2009 at 7:25 pm » Comments (1)
Happy New Year, everyone! Today's slice of sustenance is a reminder of the mind-numbing principle under which I was raised. I remember learning just how much of a problem this would ...more »Our Daily Bread: The Twin Duties
December 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pm » Comments (0)
Any given religion can mean a variety of things to its adherents. The religion I was raised in, the Bahá'í Faith, is no exception to that rule of thumb, though ...more »Interview with the Prophet (Part 2)
December 8th, 2008 at 5:11 pm » Comments (0)
Continued. When we left off, Zarathushtra was explaining his reasoning for enforcing morality with Heaven and Hell. Idol Chatter: Even if the punishment fits the crime and Hell has an end, ...more »Interview with the Prophet (Part 1)
December 7th, 2008 at 4:33 am » Comments (0)
I recently crossed paths with the legendary prophet Zarathushtra while hiking in the mountains behind my house, the Diablo Range. He and I swapped cell numbers, and he graciously consented ...more »Zarathustra the Yes Man.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:56 pm » Comments (0)
There is perhaps no message more essential to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra than the whole-hearted affirmation of life as an individual experience. I am a blesser and a Yea-sayer, ... into ...more »Killing your Buddhas
October 25th, 2008 at 10:37 pm » Comments (3)
Continuing our discussion of the correspondences between Heraclitus and the Zarathustras, we have the directive that each one find truth for oneself; that one must never follow. As the old ...more »Also Sprach Herakleitos
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm » Comments (0)
Nietzsche's choice of the Iranian (not necessarily Persian) prophet Zarathustra was far from arbitrary, and Nietzsche wanted us to know this. "I have not been asked, as I should have been ...more »