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Dennis Diehl is a former pastor of 26 years,  who outgrew the Literalism of Fundamentalism.  He writes about Pastoral and Church abuse and is available to speak on such topics or be helpful to any church suffering under abusive religion or pastors. 

 

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SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Speaking From the Heart Mr. President? The Bible notes that "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." Is that what we are experiencing with Mr. Bush's gaffes and observations of how it all is in this world he has created for us?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 10, 2008
God Revokes Holy Land Status--All Agree It's Time to "Pull It" George Bush is visiting the "Holy Land"....I don't think so!
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 5, 2008
I'm of Larry, I'm of Curly, I'm of Moe...How My Way or the Highway Rarely Works A one many show infected with the mind virus of "It's my way or the highway," is not only dangereous, but simple will never work as way for humans of all persuasions to co-exist.
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 5, 2008
So Many Ideas-So Many Beliefs--Think for Yourself This Time Around We tend to join and support what serves our personal needs and beliefs and then act as if all others are wrong for not filtering the world through these needs of ours. It's not way to run a planet. It is no way to elect a President. And we certainly don't need a President who filters his world, and by extention, ours, through his religious beliefs.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 29, 2007
Those Prospering Pastors--When To Say No Not everyone who is collectiong your hard earned money for God, works for God. Ask yourself these questions before you give to fund the end time work of some prophet, priest or king.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 20, 2007
A Little Theological Honesty Here...Merry Solstice I know it's difficult to admit, but the ancient "Reason for the Season" is not what you have been told.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 17, 2007
Tanks for the Memories--Politicians and Theoticians Need a Good Enema How about before the next elections we as all politicians and theoticians to submit to some internal cleansing?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 16, 2007
"I'm So Disillusioned."--Excellent, Now We Are Getting Somewhere! "Oh I am so disillusioned." Oft repeated words these days when it comes to religion and politics. But who wants to be "illusioned?" Who wants to live with illusions? While painful, becoming disillusioned is the first step to recovering our political and religious sanity.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Email To God and the Host of Heaven-Return Receipt Requested A heartfelt email to God and the Host of Heaven imploring them that our Beloved President refrains from pulling a HugoPootyPoot on us all next year.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 3, 2007
From Pastor to Bastard...What a Trip! Thanks to the abuse and misuse of the Good Book by the piously convicted but marginally informed, ministers and layman alike are waking up to the cold facts of Christian origins. People want to reside in the comfort of the "Old Old Story," as long as it is the same old story. And there are many abusers of the sincere out there more than willing to take you down the path to our harm.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 2, 2007
Exclusivism--The Mind Virus From Hell Exclusivism and just how to perpetuate that specialness that comes with many mindsets within religion, or politics, is a mind virus that is going to take the world down in flames. The Neo-Con counselors to the Republican Party have set the stage for the biggest sanitation problem in the history of the planet.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 27, 2007
Heading on Down To Xmas..We're All Still Sun Worshippers at Heart No matter our religious affiliations, we're all still SUN worshippers at heart.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Uh oh...A Bigger Secret Than THE SECRET..again. Ooops...seems there is a bigger secret than THE SECRET. Another Guru appears to be imploding trying to prove more stuff and bigger toys is the key to human happiness. Buyer beware...
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 11, 2007
Giving Away Our Power..A Very Bad Habit We have all done it. We are all guilty of it. We have all turned against ourselves allowing it. In America, we who can't not see what we do see, still do it.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, October 7, 2007
All Candidates...Please Step Through The Mental Detector I don't believe it is unreasonable for "we the people" to ask all those who aspire to high office to pass through a MENTAL detector as you drag us with you on your journey.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 30, 2007
You Can't Unring a Bell-You Can't Unsee What You Do See Whether it's religion or politics, you can't unring the bell of waking up. You can't not see what you have come to see.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 22, 2007
Mr President I have a Ques..tzzzzzzzz tzzzzzzzzzz I have a question Mr. President. You said..tzzzzzz tzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz tzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..hey man..ouch.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Dear Mr. President--You Are Not Special--Something You Forgot We don't really want a War President. It's not really just your job to make all the decisions and our to just go about our business. Here's a simple fact of life, Mr. President, that you and your base have forgotten, or never knew.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 17, 2007
Monotheism-Source of Unending War and Pain The idea that my God can woop your God and all your associated believers is getting old. Humans and Rebublicans (little joke there)need a new paradigm if we are to reap more than the whirlwind of exclusivism in human thinking.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 16, 2007
Neander-Thoughts and Thinkers-Ideas in Religion That Never Really Worked Neander-Thoughts are ideas that pretty much have proven themselves not to work well in real time. They existed for a long time but now have come and gone like the Neanderthals of old. Neander-thoughts produce Neander-Thnkers which has gotten us all into this world mess to begin with.

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