God Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/god/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 24 Aug 2024 14:13:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png God Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/god/ 32 32 Whatever Happened to Wisdom? https://mind-at-work.com/whatever-happened-to-wisdom/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 14:13:38 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5979 Why have many people abandoned religion? Why do many young people do much worse in school than their parents and grandparents did? Why does virtually everyone claim innumerable rights but far fewer accept personal responsibility? Why do many news media ignore the ethical codes their predecessors honored? Why do increasing numbers of people disparage fellow [...]

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]]> The Oldest and Strangest Hatred https://mind-at-work.com/the-oldest-and-strangest-hatred/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 09:25:09 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5517 The hatred of Jews is manifest once again in the massacre of hundreds of Israelis, including unborn children slashed from their mother's wombs and beheaded before their parents' eyes. Equally disgusting are the gleeful celebrations of that barbarism that took place around the world. Ancient facts rush once again to mind. The Son of God [...]

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]]> The Gift of Truth https://mind-at-work.com/the-gift-of-truth/ Sat, 26 Nov 2022 19:15:37 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5095 We humans are wonderful creatures, yet we have significant limitations. We can be either in this location or that one, but not in both at once; go up or down the stairs but not in opposite directions at the same time; see as far as our vision permits but not beyond that; remember the past, [...]

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]]> Changing Perceptions of God and Self https://mind-at-work.com/changing-perceptions-of-god-and-self/ Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:50:16 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4922 If members of my generation were asked the following questions when they were in their 20s, here is how I believe most of them would have answered: Do you believe in God? Yes                                                                    What do you believe about God? That He created me to know, love, and serve Him in this world and be happy [...]

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]]> Christmas and Forgiveness https://mind-at-work.com/christmas-and-forgiveness/ Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:14:17 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=1989 “I can never forgive Trump for the things he said about John McCain, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, and all the others. Never!” A Catholic friend said this to me early in December, after Trump was elected. She spoke with such finality that I framed my response very cautiously. “I understand why his statements offended you,” [...]

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