Pivotal Issues That Affect Us All

Category: Personal Reflections

  • Essay on Capitalism and Morality

    When I was a child, one of the TV shows playing was called, The Defenders.  That show always began with a narrator stating something like:  “Democracy is a very bad form of government; but I ask you never to forget – all the others are so much worse.”  At the time, I wasn’t sure how…

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  • Essay on the Nature of God

    A single essay on God is not really possible.  The topic is too broad.  However, the purpose of this discussion is to lay out my view on the fundamental nature of God – the character of God, as I understand it.  Let’s assume for now that God does, in fact, exist.  That being said, the…

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  • Essay on the Existence of God

    Humankind has argued over the existence of God almost since the dawn of our awareness.  I say “almost” because I think that the early humans were much more willing to believe that one or more higher powers exist.  In their initial ignorance of our world, these humans were easy to impress.  Thunder, lightning, wind, hail,…

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  • Essay on Arabs, Jews, and Palestinians

    A great deal of tension currently exists between the Arabs, the Jews, and the Palestinians.  But this is a relatively recent phenomena, mainly brought on as a result of World War II and the establishment of the state of Israel.  Prior to that, Arabs and Jews generally lived in harmony for centuries, side-by-side, in the…

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