Well folks, this is the third time at bat for this kid here on Perspective on Canada, but the story continues to make waves, so we continue to report it! Like I said a few days ago the Perspective Research department found out that the T-Shirt is not really the point in this story, but [...]

By SelectSmart.com Staff What is your true spiritual path? Take this quiz to find out. “IMPOSSIBLE!” you say. How could a simple quiz that includes just over 2 dozen belief systems possibly work for everyone? Well, given that there are thousands of nuanced religions and faith groups and countless individual beliefs, you are right – [...]

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS The Four Noble Truths represent the core of the teachings of the Buddha, and are as follows: The First Noble Truth – dissatisfaction and suffering exist and are universally experienced. The Second Noble Truth – Desire and attachment are the causes of dissatisfaction and suffering. The Third Noble Truth – There [...]

Religious Persecution • Sudan: Sudan Threatens to Arrest Church Leaders Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments has threatened to arrest church leaders if they carry out evangelistic activities and do not comply with an order for churches to provide their names and contact information.The warning arrived a few days after Sudan President Omar al-Bashir [...]

Although it is already January 9th for me it is Day 1 of the New Year. Today is the first day back at school and the first day in weeks that I have sat at my desk without interruption. Today…

Dear Readers; Your ever curious writer monitors several religious sites to get the lowdown on what nonsense and atrocities are happening in the spiritual world. The Westboro Baptists Church and their “God Hates Fags” campaign is always good for a laugh, while on the serious side the antics of the religious right in the States [...]

Dear Readers; Since it’s Sunday, it is time for a bit of religious news! Islam keeps proving it is stuck in the twelfth century, as this latest piece from Iran shows! ————————————– TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)– Militants with suspected ties to Iranian security forces have threatened to kill nearly a dozen evangelical Christians who fled Iran [...]

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The Western world is still trapped in a paradox and a self-contradiction of our own making: we are schizoid with regards to the body, the material world and to our physicality. On the one hand, we have, as people of the modern world, embraced our physi…

People often ask me, amid the hustle and bustle of our busy lives, at meetings and conferences, or even standing in the schoolyard: "What is your 2/5/10 year plan?" "What are your goals and objectives?" "Where do you see yourself/the…

Both of these strong, successful women are Scientologists.  Kelly found comfort and hope with her religion after her son’s death and according to entertainment news watchdog ShowbizSpy.com, J.Lo wanted to send her and Marc’s three-year-old twi…

Religion has long claimed ultimate Truth in two differing domains of knowledge: what is, and what ought to be; descriptive and normative; knowledge about the nature of the universe and knowledge of the morality of the universe. But these claims to know…