http://leavingreligion.com Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:57:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, there it goes... the first decade of the 2000's, over.  It's been good.  I rode two financial downturns... but certainly enjoyed the booms before them.  I traveled, got married, moved around, worked at a few places and then decided it was time to start writing about my past as ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/12/the-end-of-a-decade/ Tis the season to give.  To have a heart.  To help others.  To give a damn.  The rest of the year... who cares... but, this season... yes, this one, right now... because Christ was born, you should get a heart and care a little and help a fellow human being ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/11/tra-la-la-la-la/ “Curious how many of you out there have had a similar experience. Any things you would now like to claim as your own, and not as a result of God randomly choosing to make it happen for you?” I’m curious to know why you are curious about this. Are you ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/11/comments-trees-and-celebration-its-not-just-for-christians/ I've been working very hard on some projects, and the months of hard work is beginning to pay off.  I'm getting some traction, getting some interest and seeing this happen makes all the late nights and hard work really pay off.  The other night, I got to thinking... when I ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/10/when-things-come-together/ 2 Corinthians 12:9 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. This verse brings up a point I've been ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/10/sunday-morning-verse-102509/ 2 Peter 3:9 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. See... when you don't see the Lord's promises fulfilled in your life before you die... it's because ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/09/sunday-morning-verse-92709/ The "Giving Kiosk" is a product that makes me go, "Why the hell didn't I think of that!?"  Not really, because I could never live with myself... but seriously... it's a little crazy.  I just can't imagine walking into church where there is a flashing kiosk asking me for my ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/09/tithing-kiosk-ummm/ As you're coming to find out, I love The Fake Steve Jobs blog.  In his most recent post, he points out that even Jesus himself didn't always tell the truth.  He also points out that those who wrote the gospel contradict each other... and concludes that one of them must ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/09/the-fake-steve-jobs-points-out-that-jesus-didnt-always-tell-the-truth-either/ Random Bible Verse Galatians 6:9-10 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. So... ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/09/sunday-morning-verse-92009/ Politics... religion... politics... religion. After my last post, I thought about politics and religion.  I thought about how America was founded by a group of men who were leaving their country because religion had become so tangled with their government that they couldn't take it anymore.  That they risked their life ... http://leavingreligion.com/2009/09/politics-religion/