Letter to Peg

Letter to Peg

Dear Peg: Thanks for the Easter card and for your thoughts and concerns about my faith. I am deeply touched by your concern, and the concern of the rest of our family. Such concern is one of the things that I truly appreciate. It is such a special thing that our...
The Ten Principles: Beyond the Ten Commandments

The Ten Principles: Beyond the Ten Commandments

A Contemporary Alternative to the Ten Commandments Abstract The Bible’s Ten Commandments joined the lexicon of Western civilization over three millennia ago. These commandments, nominally of Judaic authorship and purpose, were probably refinements and derivations of...
Immortality

Immortality

Every person yearns for immortality.  It is a universal desire, born from the brevity and preciousness of life, nurtured by myths and hallucinations, driven by biological imperative.  We all want to see how our stories end.  We all want to see what happens to our...
Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

When all the answers to the great questions are eventually postulated, the great remaining mystery for mankind is likely to be the existence of existence. Why is there something rather than just nothing? Martin Heidegger characterized this as the most fundamental...