Tag Archives: Religion
We Were the World
It was 1985. Big hair, big ties and big budgets. Boomers were trading flower power for buying power, VW busses for BMWs, scruffy jeans for three piece suits. Then Africa happened. This is a story of changing times and shifting … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Cascadia, climate change, energy poverty, environmentalism, michael jackson, Poverty, Religion, Vancouver, we are the world
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Environtology: Sacred Earth, Profane People
These days it is not uncommon for environmentalism to be described as a kind of religion. Even without analysing such a statement, it rings true to many people. Why? Some might assume that because the environmental arena is fraught with … Continue reading
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Tagged church and state, economics, environmentalism, global warming, mercea eliade, Michael Chrichton, politics, profane, Religion, sacred
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Relatively Speaking
Profound truths are often to be found in paradox. This is why Pope Benedict XVIs attack on the dictatorship of relativism is a stoke of brilliance that will simultaneously strengthen Christianity and ease religious strife worldwide. Called fighting words by … Continue reading
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Tagged multifaith, pope benedict xvi, ratzinger, relativism, Religion, social evolution
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Two Rants on The West and Islam
Rant # 1 OK Western World, let’s admit that when it comes to understanding the world of Islam, we suck. We dont get it. And we dont care that we dont get it. We do, however, have well developed stereotypes … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, islam, muslims, Religion, the koran, the west, tolerance
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