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Love, Religion, and Nonviolence

7 min readApr 1, 2025

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The Plan

Well, it has been a long journey for me. I know there are people who make a living off writing for Medium or Substack. I am not one of them. Since my first story a couple of years ago, until today, I have published 96 stories. I like the money, and I have been boosted with good results several times. I also feel that some of my best stories have been ignored. But I write because I have something I need (or must say). I seem to have written quite a bit about this kind of stuff:

1, Politics

2. Religion for a unconventional perspective

3 Psychology

4. Current events

5. Cults

6. Current events (especially MAGA)

7. LGBTQ+ issues

I think when I hit story 100, I will have them bound, so I can see if I can figure myself out. And I have written about love. That is going to be the topic of my next 3 story. I propose that we start with some Christian notions about love (Christian — a name I have disavowed). Next, I propose that we move on to so-called non Christian religions and what they have to say about love, hate and nonviolence. Lastly, we will see what atheist and agnostics say about the topic. There, something for…

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James Alexander, PhD
James Alexander, PhD

Written by James Alexander, PhD

Former minister and professor. I now work as a transpersonal spiritual director. I've got a cool Maine Coon named Baxter.! Thanks for reading my articles.