Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=higgins888 http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT The recent changes in global temperature have many wondering whether or not global climate change will lead to a massive global cooling. http://thesop.org/story/environment/2010/02/13/climate-change-global-cooling.php http://thesop.org/story/environment/2010/02/13/climate-change-global-cooling.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:51:00 GMT Zoroastrianism had a huge impact on Abrahamic tradition most notably Christianity. The concept of a moral and a metaphysical dualism are imports from Zoroastrianism. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/02/04/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-vi-zoroastrianism.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/02/04/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-vi-zoroastrianism.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:07:00 GMT In the last segments of the series one problem that came up in regards to Abrahamic religion, was the notion of a mystical tradition being lost in translation and understanding today. Hinduism, if I may be permitted to call it that does, not suffer from this problem. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/02/01/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-v-hinduism.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/02/01/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-v-hinduism.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:51:00 GMT In the last part of the series, we discussed Judaism and how its mystical tenets are often completely lost in the mainstream manifestations of religion. Islam shares the same problem. Not only i http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/02/01/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-iv-islam.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/02/01/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-iv-islam.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:04:00 GMT Judaism bears with it an underlying mystical message. Has the age that we live in forgotten this message? http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/30/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-iii-judaism.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/30/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-iii-judaism.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:00:00 GMT Does Christianity, a very old tradition, survive today in pure form? Is there such a thing? http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/29/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-ii-christianity.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/29/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-ii-christianity.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:17:00 GMT Exchange of fire between North Korea and South Korea over declared no-sail zones by the North. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/01/27/north-korea-and-south-korea-exchange-artillery-fire.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/01/27/north-korea-and-south-korea-exchange-artillery-fire.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:44:00 GMT How all religions are tied together by a common defect. This edition will focus on Buddhism. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/27/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-i-buddhism.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/27/mainstream-religion-a-unifying-thread-part-i-buddhism.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:04:00 GMT Video games today are not only very great works of phenomenal programming, but often very violent as well. Is there a hidden reason why these games are so violent? http://thesop.org/story/technology/2010/01/25/are-video-games-a-means-of-social-manipulation.php http://thesop.org/story/technology/2010/01/25/are-video-games-a-means-of-social-manipulation.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:23:00 GMT The Arctic Seed Vault is an ingenious plan to preserve our environment, not proof of the end times. Rather, it is a step towards preventing the end times. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/01/20/the-arctic-seed-vault-preservation-of-the-future.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/01/20/the-arctic-seed-vault-preservation-of-the-future.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT Ultra-Conservative Televangelist Pat Robertson announced on his 700 Club TV evangel show that Haitians essentially are reeling from the wrath of God for making a pact with the devil. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/17/pat-robertsons-dehumanizing-remarks-on-the-haitian-earthquake.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/17/pat-robertsons-dehumanizing-remarks-on-the-haitian-earthquake.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:42:00 GMT An article describing further points of comparison between most religions. Also, an analysis of war in the name of religion, and why it can never equate pure religious expression. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/13/the-panreligious-importance-of-meditation-and-religious-war.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2010/01/13/the-panreligious-importance-of-meditation-and-religious-war.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:02:00 GMT A new EU research project, will attempt to create a "wet computer" that is, one more like the human brain. http://thesop.org/story/technology/2010/01/12/brainlike-molecular-computer-technology.php http://thesop.org/story/technology/2010/01/12/brainlike-molecular-computer-technology.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:42:00 GMT Despite growing violence against one of the first Christian groups in the world, the persecution of Coptic Christians has gone widely ignored. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/01/11/coptic-christians-persecuted-in-egypt.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/01/11/coptic-christians-persecuted-in-egypt.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul) Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:06:00 GMT Who are the Freemasons? Are they an evil society of clandestine action, or are they an organization of wisdom? http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/01/09/three-things-you-should-know-about-freemasonry.php http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/01/09/three-things-you-should-know-about-freemasonry.php negativeeffect_ce@hotmail.com (Sean Beelzebul)