All major paths of faith have teachings which place peace making at the center of their values. Sadly most followers of religious paths find ways around the peace teachings of their founders or their scriptures.| Religion Online
The idea that science and religion are enemies is a most unfortunate and misleading result of some of what happened during the widespread discussion of evolutionary theory. There were leading scientists who opposed Darwin’s theory, and there were leading churchmen who sided with them. On the whole, as scientific opposition faded, so did that of the mainstream churches.| Religion Online
Religion is deeply intertwined with events that took place in May and are observed around most of the world. For example, May 1 is International Workers Day, and it is celebrated in most of the world remembering an event that took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Strangely it is not remembered in the US and Labor Day was moved to the first weekend of September.| Religion Online
The widespread attention to Earth Day is one of the truly encouraging features in a rather bleak picture. I won’t take time to tell you what the discouraging events are, but the annual celebration of the Earth, the whole planet, means that many people are attracted to a form of spirituality that hardly existed in mainstream culture fifty years ago.| Religion Online