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Physicists Unchained

Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 17, 2015 • 4 Comments

To be a physicist in the early twenty-first century looks like the most frustrating job in the universe. I say this because being even a devoted physics groupie reading popular-science versions of what physicists are up to now feels mind-shriveling. I will give you some quick examples from the recent press: Apparently the Big Bang,... Read More

The Importance of Forgiving Yourself

Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 09, 2015 • 9 Comments

After my post on radical forgiveness I heard from people who said their toughest battle was forgiving themselves. Self-forgiveness is hard for many of us, perhaps because those raised in Christianity have been steeped in the pain of our inherent sinfulness. The afterlife evidence has some pretty important news for us on that score! But... Read More

Radical Forgiveness

Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 02, 2015 • 10 Comments

Jesus’s disciple asked him, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” (MT 18:21-23) No matter how many times someone does you wrong, you are meant to forgive without a thought. Every time. I... Read More

Editing the Bible

Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 23, 2015 • 8 Comments

In the wake of recent terrorist attacks that seem to have been inspired by holy writ, certain helpful folks have suggested that the Koran may need editing. Well, a certain other book could use a bit of editing as well. My primary objection to mainstream Christianity is that it does not follow Jesus. It follows... Read More

The Hard Problem

Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 16, 2015 • 0 Comment

As a follow up to last week’s post about the wonderful Rupert Sheldrake and his pioneering work in studying aspects of consciousness, I’m going to offer you another great TED talk that was delivered by Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers in 2014. Chalmers shares with us here some extraordinary insights about consciousness. And... Read More

The Science Delusion

Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 09, 2015 • 0 Comment

One of the few trained scientists making a career in studying the greater reality is Rupert Sheldrake. His curiosity about all the many phenomena that spring from the fact that reality is based in consciousness has greatly enhanced our understanding of oddities ranging from the sense of being stared at and the fact that dogs... Read More

Did Jesus Mean to Start Christianity?

Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 01, 2015 • 35 Comments

This Christmas brought more of the same old battle over whether Jesus was the founder of Christianity. It’s a spurious dispute. The fact that the Apostle Paul and not Jesus was the founder of Christianity seems incontrovertible to me. Jesus died before the religion began. Yes, he sent out his disciples to spread his teachings... Read More

Seek Reality Radio

Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 27, 2014 • 4 Comments

SEEK REALITY is on Web Talk Radio as of January 5, 2015, with a new podcast every week. And it continues on the Contact Talk Radio Network live on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. pacific time, 1:00 p.m. eastern time. Podcasts of all our programs are available for free on iTunes. Here are the Seek Reality... Read More

Do We Have Free Will?

Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 23, 2014 • 0 Comment

An amazing debate continues to rage in the scientific community. Do we, or do we not, have free will? Experiments indicate that our brains become active and we start the process of moving our bodies before we make the decision to move, which troubling fact has led many researchers to conclude that our apparent free... Read More

Terminal Orthodoxy

Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 15, 2014 • 2 Comments

Edward O. Wilson, a world-renowned expert on ants, is the idol of a certain intellectual class that holds to a version of the scientific dogma of atheistic materialism that is softened by lofty and optimistic ideas. Human beings are alone in a clockwork universe, just the random products of evolution, but nevertheless we are unique... Read More