The Journal of Theo

I was inspired to write this after watching the movie Gandhi. It was shown how the famous nonviolent activist would spend much of his time weaving simple fabrics in keeping with his moral convictions. He felt that because most of India was poor, he must also remain poor in solidarity. In the second part of the film Mohandas is taught by his wife how to weave fabric. She laughs that he was born with 10 thumbs because he cannot seem to get the hang of it. But after time goes by, as in all things, with solemn effort put forth, Mohandas begins to get better and better. He is shown weaving in scene after scene. I began to wonder what if he makes too many clothes. Is there such a thing as too much? I suppose if you have 10 billion people on earth and each person has need only for 3 garments, making 30 billion garments is a good idea. But you wouldn't make 100 billion. People have used the term supply and demand to represent how producing something should be commensurate with people's...

Let's come up with some easy pronouns for our Creator. First of all, as far as we know, God is not male or female but has the metaphysical qualities of masculinity and femininity. Those qualities are inherent to God. Such qualities may encompass the whole of every soul God has or will ever make. When referring to God, AJ Miller has used the pronouns She and Her or He and Him interchangeably. I don't know all the reasons why he uses one in one instance and another in another instance. But I have heard him say that he has used the pronouns She and Her to trigger a particular audience he is giving a seminar to. I have also heard him say that he will use a feminine or masculine pronoun based on a quality of God he feels at the moment. Regardless of when he uses what pronoun, I suggest we create pronouns that are not specific to either sex. These pronouns would be used for God only because She/He is the only one we know who encompasses all the masculine and feminine traits that exis...