Topics pertaining to religions (yes, plural) and how they help and hinder people.
I can’t tell whether this is true or someone’s idea of a joke at Reuters. If it’s true, maybe they should put shrines to Akash Bhairab in our airports, instead of continually adding more human security people.
It seems that religion always stands in the way of making money. Unless, of course, you’re a televangelist.
…the flap over the recent film of a shadowy possibly-living-thing in Loch Ness is more interesting for what it says about people than the possible existence of the Loch Ness Monster. Like Bigfoot and captured aliens from Roswell, the Loch Ness Monster may actually exist — after all, scientists didn’t think that rogue waves really …
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I was recently told that my blog posts seem “rather cynical about clergy,” so I wanted to clear up any confusion. I am not an atheist, or against religion, and I don’t have any complaint about most clergymen; they serve important roles to many people in the world, and I respect them for that. However, …
According to this humorous article, Hong Kong is considering doing just that. Interesting turnabout for Christian anti-porn agitators.
We had a pair of unusual visitors this morning. Older men, dressed in three-piece summer-weight suits, one gray, one brown. I can usually classify unexpected visitors within a second of opening the door, but these fellows didn’t match any group I’d seen before. One of them remained silent the entire time, standing a little ways …
Once you understand the basic urges that motivate people, the ones that are the same worldwide regardless of racial group or culture, it doesn’t take much additional effort to understand and even appreciate the tenets of practically every religion. No matter how different a religion may be from what you believe, they’re all good at …
There was a rather nationalist (if not racist) joke making the rounds a while back, about an Arab who visits the US and sees an episode of the original Star Trek series. He notes to his American hosts that many different races and nationalities are represented: Russian, Japanese, African, Scottish, even races completely alien to …
“The devil made me do it” may be out of fashion as a legal defense, but it seems ol’ red-and-pointy-tailed is still busy in some areas of the country. He’s now being accused of masterminding a “stealth invasion” by illegal immigrants by a Utah Country Republican. Good luck, delegate Larsen.
This morning I made an entry concerning the US government and Freedom of Religion. I just stumbled over additional information that explains the VA’s reluctance to allow the religious symbol on grave markers: