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If Thy Rifle Scope Offends Thee, Pluck It Out
Debate? No. Demagogy? Yes!
It’s really interesting to me (and not in a good way) how the sheeple in the public and Congress are so easily swayed by “The Big Lie”. Then again I’m also amazed (and not in a good way) that people hang on every venom-coated word spewed by the “fair and balanced” pundits
Posted in Gov't and Politics
Tagged cabal, christian right, class, colin powell, debate, demagogue, fascism, fix, fox news, hate, healthcare, ignorance, john mccain, journalism, politicians, politics, problem, pundit, religion, rich, shouting, spew
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Why Are Poopy-heads So Afraid All the Time?
You see it everywhere: in the media, in bars, in prayer groups, at rallies. It crosses all races, political orientations, genders,perceived intelligences, and more. What is it? Fear. Not just the fear of ohmygod I’m being chased by an angry grizzly bear
Posted in Gripes
Tagged crime, downtrodden, fear, hate, love, male, misogynist, poopy, poopy head, prosperous, racist, religion, rights, segregation, special, supremacist, supremacy, tension, white
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A Judgement on the Gay Marriage Thing
You know, I like to think of myself as a fair-minded individual. In the past few years, courts, and now state legislatures, have begun approving of same-sex marriages. Given the numbers of conservative-minded folk in the United States, is it no wonder that there has been a vocal backlash of sorts? I have to say, I’m totally amazed that this is really an issue at all.
Posted in Gripes
Tagged adoption, conservative, family, gay, homosexual, law, legal, lesbian, liberal, marriage, morality, prop 8, proposition 8, religion, right, same-sex
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How Old Is Your Soul?
The concept of soul ages isn’t exactly new or unique. Religions that espouse reincarnation are built on this very concept. But can you tell? Is there some say to determine if a person’s soul is young, old, or somewhere in between? What does it matter?
Posted in Musings
Tagged age, faith, new age, new soul, old soul, past lives, reincarnation, religion, souls, young soul
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A Curious Time of Faith
This holiday season I had some very interesting encounters. As I offered a Merappiful Chrismukkwansoltivusuleday to people that I’d meet, I found something very curious: there are more pagans out in the world than you’d generally assume. I’m not talking robe-wearing, pentacle-dripping pagans (let’s face, if you’re dressed like that you’ll be easy to spot), but your run of the mill, ordinary, going-about-their-business pagans. They’d hear the “solstice” aspect of the portmanteau and ask if I celebrated solstice, or yule, … Continue reading
Finding Secular and Non-secular Truth
Since I was a teenager, I’ve been on a search trying to understand faith. After much reading, listening, debating, contemplation, and so forth, I had an epiphany. Suddenly the niggling confusions became non-confusions. The core of just about everything came together.
Posted in Musings
Tagged belief, creed, deed, faith, fear, gods will, golden rule, good, motto, philosophy, religion, truth
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A New Marriage Proposition
I was talking to my brother about how the Black and Latino communities in California scuttled the gay marriage issue with Proposition 8. While we were discussing the you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-stab-yours aspects of this dirty business, he proposed this: remove marriage from being a government consideration for everyone.
Posted in Gov't and Politics, Gripes
Tagged church, contract, family, marriage, proposition 8, religion, rights
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Faith and the Search For Morality
People who have a strong faith—you know, religious God-fearing people—confound me. They talk a good game, but when life comes around they seem that much more susceptible to temptations. Is their devotion because they recognize that weakness in themselves and want to be better? Is that why the slips seem more glaring? Of course the poster child of this is the Christian televangelist, Jim Bakker, whose hedonistic ministry tainted almost the entire profession and bilked millions of money that some … Continue reading
Posted in Gripes
Tagged abstinence, confession, faith, guilt, hypocrisy, morality, morals, pregnancy, religion, teen, temptation
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Prophesies, Attendance, and Religious Zeal
I’ve been amazed how religious people have been such a large part of my life as I’ve always walked to the beat of my own bagpiper when it comes to faith issues. If I thought that there was a reason behind things that we do, I’d be confounded by wondering if it was because they were supposed to influence me, or if I was supposed to be the one to influence them. It’s probably good that we all pretty much … Continue reading
