Apologetics
Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe
Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Posted January 2, 2009 For eighteen months the entire 1.5 million people of Gaza experienced a punishing blockade imposed by Israel, and a variety of traumatizing challenges to the normalcy of daily life. A flicker of hope emerged some six months ago […]
Indulgence of Islam is harming society
From a knowledgable friend: TELEGRAPH.CO.UK Channel 4’s decision to invite President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver its “alternative” Christmas message may have been offensive to many people, but no one can say the station is neglecting its obligation to cater for minorities. Muslim fundamentalists were thrilled by the broadcast. By Damian Thompson Last Updated: 7:04PM GMT […]
The History of The 12 Days Of Christmas
There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone […]
Dominion over the Earth
Another provocative essay from my ‘atheistic’ Episcopalian friend… **** Retire Dominion Harry T. Cook 1/02/09 Those who most oppose human initiative to correct human-generated climate anomalies find their theological backup in biblical fundamentalism, which takes seriously the Genesis text depicting the gods (elohim) telling the primal couple that they are being given dominion over Earth […]
The Muslim, My Brother
From Jonny, a friend I met in New Zealand, (and recently again on Facebook): Tuesday, September 23, 2008 The Muslim, My Brother – Interreligious Peacebuilding in Mindanao Now that my article written earlier this year has come out from print embargoes – that is, the magazines it has been published in have hit the stands […]
Coming to the End of 2008
Harry T. Cook 12/26/08 What a whiplash year 2008 has been. For me, it began with my first-ever ophthalmologist appointment during which, at age 69. I learned glaucoma might be somewhere in my future. On the doctor’s advice, I have been sucking down Centrum Silver vitamins ever since. Early in the year, I became one […]
Commitment
“Never underestimate the power of a few committed individuals to change the world. Indeed its the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” Gandhi
Christmas waste another reflection of our consumerist lifestyle
In Australia this Christmas, we spent $1billion on unwanted presents. http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,24843655-14327,00.html This further illustrates our society’s addiction to buying presents just for the heck of it at Christmas. As usual, the Murdoch press encourages people to have a whinge by prompting readers to tell them all about any shocker Christmas gifts they received. Thankfully only […]
Are the poor undeserving?
From a Usenet friend: Matthew Parris is a regular Times columnist. A very clever gentleman, is our Matthew; always has been. You may remember when he decided to ‘prove’ that the British poor were undeserving, by living on benefits for a week? Here’s what he had to say about that little experiment, more recently: “I’ve […]
Christmas crime :-)
The baby Jesus statue is stolen so often from nativity scenes in Wellington, Fla., many of the figurines have been outfitted with GPS tracking devices to expedite recovery efforts. “I think it’s because Jesus is small enough to take,” said the town’s Director of Operations, John Bonde. “Everything else is too big.” Last year, an […]
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