A Massive Discriminatory Step Back
The Land of the Free. I wonder how old that all-encompassing claim is, and whether the USA will ever be able to live up to it. This Land of the Free which begs: Give me your tired, your poor, your...
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Rating The Bible
Any one who has been reading through the comments on my recent post about Jane Fonda – Facing Mortality – will have seen that there is a good and long-winded conversation going on about the Bible, and...
View ArticleGrasping At Straws
I have been accused of grasping at straws. It is a strange accusation, and one which I wish to answer in a roundabout way. You see, I do not believe that I am grasping at anything, more that I am...
View ArticleFinal Thoughts On ….
I found a wonderful work of art by Kirby Sattler which had been altered by someone else – the watermark removed, text added – which I found fascinating. Not just because of the artwork itself, but...
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There’s Something Foul
Shakespeare wrote: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. The same can be said of the town of Linburg an der Lahn or, to be more accurate, in the Bishopric. Massive renovations for unheard of...
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Ending The Republic
It took me longer than a book – or two in this case – normally requires to work my way through but, this evening, I managed to finish Plato’s Republic. Not that it was difficult to read, it is really a...
View ArticleDressing Down
I’d be really interested in hearing a few opinions about an article, published on CNN’s Belief Blog, which discusses the state of dress amongst people today. It begins with a complaint that too many...
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Getting Away With (Mass) Murder
With the news that three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and then murdered my thoughts turned to ways and means. It’s not that I am belittling the severity of this crime, but I did start to wonder...
View ArticleIsrael: Separating State And Religion
There is a great deal of discussion in Germany at the moment, over how to handle to present crisis in Israel and the Gaza Strip. On the one hand the level of retribution being handed out by Israeli...
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Can I Get An Amen?
It’s a good thing that we have religion, that we have some sort of system in place which allows us to either vent, or to be thankful. If it wasn’t for religion, we might be forced to accept that there...
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The Land Of Equality: Defining Sub-Cultures
Did you know that the phrase Land Of The Free is not just a line in the Star-Spangled Banner? It is the title of the national anthem of Belize, and the text was written by Samuel Haynes who, in the...
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Lecrae Moore: It’s A Bad Argument
Let me get one thing straight before I even begin: I have no problem when someone wishes to follow a religion, regardless of which one it may be, or no religion at all. Each to their own: we’re pretty...
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Islamic State: The Price Of Females And Cattle
In the cult film The Blues Brothers, it came across as a good joke: how much for your wife? In earlier times, in the West at least, ‘selling’ a woman was common practice, something which is still...
View ArticleJe Suis Charlie: The Final Censor
It is one thing to remove a few cleavages because a censor does not feel them to be appropriate for a modern-day audience, it is quite another thing to use a weapon to perform an act of censorship. As...
View ArticleFreedom Of Expression And Speech Over Religion
Do people really appreciate, let alone understand, what it is that they are marching in favor of? Do those same people understand the massive difference between what is being claimed as a Right, as a...
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Mother’s Day: Abusing The Memory
Today, in some countries around the world, is a day when we say Thank You to those who, selflessly, cared for us during those first years of our lives. We thank our mothers for the time they sacrificed...
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Creation: The Ultimate Proof?
I had the dubious pleasure, a few days ago, of overhearing a conversation about the ultimate proof that there is a God or, if you will, a god. It was delivered by a middle-aged woman to a man, who...
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Martyrs: The Next Cause Is Calling You
It seems to be the easy way out, and a way of ensuring that there is no religious strife at Christmas time in the United States. The Postal Service has decided to issue normal postage stamps for...
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Trying To Cover All Bases
No matter where you are, no matter what you may believe your Rights to be, there are some things which cannot be said, which cannot be published for all to see. Prime examples are the major swear...
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The Ritual Of The Dead
There is something about the ritual of remembrance which fascinates, something which pulls people together and makes them whole, regardless of who they are, where they come from or their status in...
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Reading: And Not Enjoying Reading
Thinking back, I believe this is perhaps only the second or third time that I have given up on a book from an established publisher – as opposed to a self-published or small-press work – and thrown it...
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Christmas Tree For Sale: One Careful Owner
It’s that time of year when thoughts begin turning to the festive season and all that goes with it. If you are a PC person, a politically correct, straight-and-narrow type, you’ll know that I am...
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Another Religious Nut Who Doesn’t Know Religion
It may come as a surprise to some, but it isn’t just the so-called Islamic State which can lay claim to religious fanatics who know nothing about the true meaning or origins of their religion. There...
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Guns And Nipples: The American Way Of Life
I don’t know when I first gave up on north American society and its values, but it was probably about the same time as I discovered that Europe is not the Old World with Old World Values some...
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Easter: Values, Risings, Greetings
It’s one of those several times of year when everyone begins to celebrate and make claims. Claims based on a fable written several thousand years ago, and constantly changed ever since. We hear about...
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Conforming To Local Customs
It’s not the first time something like this has come into the news, and it certainly will not be the last: women are being forced, coerced or whatever into following local customs when it comes to...
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Religious Freedom Is Only For Christians
There are, in theory, two great bastions of religious freedom, going by what their governments, constitutions or laws claim: the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Both of these countries...
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Hoax, Cry Wolf, Fake News Damage
In Aesop’s fairy tale, a young shepherd boy found it amusing to alert local villagers with the claim that his flock of sheep was being attacked by a wolf. The villagers, out of concern for their own...
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Putting Your Trust In God, Or Reality?
I have nothing against people who wish to believe, no matter what their chosen path is and so long as it is for them. I’m not a fan of those who insist on going from door to door, selling their...
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While The World Is Burning
Someone on Twitter, today, said that they were going to pray for me. They suggested that I would be surprised that they pray for all LGBT people while we, the LGBT people, only sue good, law-abiding...
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