Michael Bogar, M.Div, M.Th.

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Praying to an Empty Chair: Your Imagination Does Not Belong to You
Poem: Credulity
Interviews Beyond the Grave: Kurt Cobain and Norman Vincent Peale
From the Medieval Rack to Medical Prozac
What is the Purpose of Dreams?
I Suffer from M.P.D: Multiple Personalities Dreams
Is The Media the New Universal Church?
Interviews Beyond the Grave: Jesus and Jim Morrison
Pray For My Damn Enemies? I Don't Think So!
Really Good Quotes and Brief Commentary
True Understanding Means to Stand Under: Surrendering Ego
I Feel Great, Until I Wake Up!
Accepting God's Discord
The Function of Dysfunction
How to Read Through the Eyes of Soul
The Four Stages of Mysticism



PROSPERITY
How to Create an Effective Affirmation.
Prosperity in a World of Suffering.
Goddess Euthenia: A Prayer for Prosperity

PERSONAL GROWTH & SPIRITUALITY
Why Do We Suffer Pain?
Did My Parents Screw Me Up, or is this Soulmaking?
Moving from 'Illusionization' to Realization
The Evolution of Doubt
Demotion Before Promotion: Finding Spirit When Ankle Deep in Crap
Every Human is an Addict, Thank God!
The Four Stages of Spiritual Growth
The Many Voices in My Head
Addiction is Not A 'Disorder'
Change Your Story: The Fluid Jewish God
We Can't Fight Ego and Oppose War
Living As Victims or From Destiny?
Are You Stuck in the Past?
Does the Resurrection Story Guarantee Happily Ever After?
Divine Resentment: Soul-making Through Purposeful Bitterness
America's Love Affair With Self Improvement
Do All Negative Feelings Arise from Being 'Out of Alignment'?
When My Life Comes Apart At The Seams
When Healing Becomes a Disease
In Defense of All Human Emotions
The Myth of Becoming Whole
I Am A Spiritual Humanist
This God Thing...
Beyond Opposites, to the Center
THE SECRET: An Evaluation of the Movie
THE SECRET: An Evaluation, Part Two
Is It Time to Get Rid of the Term, Metaphysics?
Secret Codes and Hidden Messages
Modern Spirituality: Feast or Famine?

SOUL MAKING EXPLORED

Your Imagination Does Not Belong to You
What is Soul-making?
What is Imagination?
The Organ of Soul Perception
Did My Parents Screw Me Up, or is this Soulmaking?
What is the Purpose for Humans Being Here?
Soul-making Is Not Learned from Text Books
There Was No 'Art' in Egypt
Being in the Soil of Imagination
Re-Enchanting The Universe
A Parable: The Relationship of Religion to Soul
The Necessity of War As Well As Peace for Soul-making
SOUL-MAKING AND THE DEATH OF A CHILD
Biography as Soul-making: Charles Schulz's Life Story

SOUL MAKING AND SUFFERING
 
Accepting God's Discord
New Thought and Suffering: Part I
New Thought and Suffering: Part II
New Thought and Suffering: Part III - Positive Thinking and Pain
Why Do We Suffer Pain?
SOUL-MAKING AND THE DEATH OF A CHILD
Do We Really Need to Reconcile God With Pain?
The Necessity of War As Well As Peace for Soul-making
We Can't Fight Ego and Oppose War

THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Democratic Evangelicals - Guest Article
Emergent Christianity: An Alternative to Fundamentalism
How Can We Know God Without a Bible?
Christians Use the Bible Incorrectly
Does the Resurrection Story Guarantee Happily Ever After?
The Mind of the Bible Believer
What Is Christmas?
Are Christianity and Jung Compatible?
My Experience of Christianity
What is the 'Born Again' Experience?
What Did Jesus Mean by 'The Gospel'?
Seven Types of Pseudo-Christians
Is Jesus the Only Way?
Would Jesus Be a Republican or a Democrat?
Time to Raze Hell!!!
Did God Have to Slaughter His Son for Our Sins?
When Jesus Meets the Easter Bunny
The Iceberg of Dogmatism
The Insidious Nature of Monotheism

REALLY GOOD QUOTES AND BRIEF COMMENTARY
Really Good Quotes and Brief Commentary

MICHAEL ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN
How Can We Know God Without a Bible?
What Do You Do With Jesus' Death for Our Sins?
How Does a Person Get 'Right' With God?
Is Jesus the ONLY Way, the Truth and the Life?
Do You Pick and Choose from the Bible?
Can a 'Cultist' Have the Holy Spirit?
Won't Following the Spirit Lead to Divisions?
How Can We Know God Without a Bible?
How Can You Know Right From Wrong Without a Bible?
Show Me a Verse to Prove It!
Why Do Some People Need the Bible?
Can the Holy Spirit Dwell in Unbelievers?

THE BIBLE
The Mind of the Bible Believer
The Bible: A Third Option
How to Read the Bible Internally
Sex and The Bible
The Bible Tells You Not To Rely on the Bible

MEN'S ISSUES

Are Men Out of Touch With Their Feelings?
Why Do So Few Men Go To Church?
Are Men Violent By Nature?
The God of War as a Soul-making Metaphor

CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES

What Do Violence, the Super Bowl and Benazir Bhutto Have in Common?
Hijacking Science: Is Darwinian Evolution Science? (guest editorial)
Is America Uniquely Violent and Selfish?
Review of Charles Schulz's Controversial Biography: Soul-making as Biography
The Modern Error of Neutrality
Paris Hilton and Soul-making
Global Warming: Who is to Blame? Guest Article
ART: Therapy or Entertainment?
American Idols are Second Hand Images
Patriotism is Un-Chic - Oh Well
When Genius and Culture Clash: Death of Kurt Vonnegut

WORLD RELIGIONS

Should We Boycott Muslim Holiday Postage Stamp?
Gay, Liberal Author Defends Bush Regarding Islam!
A Parable: The Relationship of Religion to Soul
The Insidious Nature of Monotheism

SEXUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY

Sex and The Bible

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