Existential Spirituality vs. Existential Profanity (Prosaicness of the soul, Emptiness, Vanity, the Meaninglessness of Life) For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. Saint Paul to Corinthians* The sky [...]

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Pro-torture, A-torture and Anti-torture Americans By the end of April 2009 sixty-two percents of Americans stated through the polls that there is no need for a federal investigation about how the torturing of the suspected terrorists became an acceptable or even a solemnly defended practice. In the beginning of June, 50 percents said that torture [...]

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Tough Sissies or Just Frighten Children Trying to Forget Their Fears by Looking Tough The repressed rage will look for a scapegoat. Alice Miller* Russians have a historical record of patient love for their leaders and bosses. They tolerated the abuses of Tsars’ wars, pre-revolutionary deprivations in the hand s of land-lords and employers, and [...]

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A Christian by the Virtue of Being a Sinner – I am a Sinner, therefore I am a Good Christian We are all sinners – historical evidence and personal experiences tell us. The human soul, as it is well known, is weak and easily corruptible. Still, one thing is the petty sinfulness of being human-only [...]

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Why Human Beings are Prone to Violence? Our progress from non-human primate to Homo sapience rests in our capacity to understand others’ subjective experience, what my colleagues and I called “mentalization”, the assumption that others have minds enables us to work together… The natural urge to control the behavior of less powerful members of our [...]

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