Mon, May 2, 2011 …. Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday, Yom Hashoah .. the day of remembrance of the Holocaust. Because I do not believe in the death penalty, my friend Roger asked this question a few weeks ago: If Hitler had been captured alive, would you have supported executing him? Were his [...]
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宗教自由 Religous Freedom in China
from New American Following an intense crackdown on Tibetan monks, human-rights activists, and others in recent weeks, dozens of Chinese Christians who belong to one of the nation’s largest “illegal” churches were arrested by the communist dictatorship to prevent an Easter celebration. The rep[...]
April 20th, 2011 - 9:01 am § in Religion
In praise of the Easter Bunny
Easter Bunny Full story: CourierPostOnline Is it OK for children to believe in the Easter Bunny? Yes, and adults would do well to join or at least understand the fun, says Cindy Dell Clark, visiting associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers-Camden. The Easter Bunny is more than just a playful s[...]
April 17th, 2011 - 2:13 pm § in Religion
Sweden sends Iraqui convert home to apostasy charges
from NewAmerican A former imam who converted to Christianity is facing extradition from Sweden to his native Iraq, where he may face imprisonment or death for his “apostasy” from Islam. According to an article at Dagen.se (translated by Google): A former imam, who lives in Karlskoga and [...]
April 17th, 2011 - 6:24 am § in Religion
Sunday Revelations: and man became God
Ed Sathya Sai is currently hospitalized and is dying. Sathya Sai Baba — His Works Sathya Sai Baba is a highly revered spiritual leader and world teacher, whose life and message are inspiring millions of people throughout the world to turn God-ward and to lead more purposeful and moral lives. H[...]
April 16th, 2011 - 8:54 am § in Environment, Religion
Frank Lutz: How to Keep NPR Funded!
from the Dianne Rheems show: There are five different types of people for you to reach out to. Rejecters, Disagreeables, Neutrals, Accepters and Embracers. Each one of those terms means something. You need to forget the Rejecters because there’s nothing you can do to influence them. “The[...]
Man<>Chimp
E!News Published: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 – 13:38 in Biology & Nature Chimpanzees and humans are minimally different genetically, but the small differences are what make us human, according to a team of researchers who identified segments of non-coding DNA missing in humans that exist in [...]
Illegal activity on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem
Ed. Imagine visiting a former home, the place your ancestors lived for hundreds of years. There is a cemetery there, now owned by THEM, the people who drove your ancestors out. You walk around finding gravestones with your family’s name. The gravestones are hard to find because a con[...]
A Wish For Passover
Ed. Passover is now a week away. A wish for Passover from Americans for Peace Now. Ed. BRS and I are long term members of PeaceNow and striongly recommend it to all of our friends, Muslims, Jews, Zionists, and Palestinians. Their stand for Peace is why I am so upset by the death of Mer [&helli[...]
Sunday Revelations: Chernobyl Legacy
Photography of sick children in Chernobyl by Paul Fusco. Ed. To be fair, I have no way of knowing whether these kids’ illnesses are due to the Chernobyl meltdown. Whatever the truth , the horror is overwhelming. I wonder whether the cloak of compassion we hear from the Christian right [...]