I am aware that there are Islamic teachings which lead to a more peaceful application of that faith. I think that the interpretation referenced here is an accurate depiction of of the application of Islamic teachings in 633-638 AD. It also seems that it is still relevant to Islamic extremists today. I want to emphasize that this video discusses events which happened almost 1400 years ago. The reason I am posting it here is to correct the inaccurate history of... Read more
Europe suffered another deadly terrorist attack on another person who had supposedly defamed the Prophet Mohammad. There was also a second attack at a Bar Mitzvah in which a Jewish man was murdered. This time, the shootings were in Denmark. Film director Finn Norgaard was killed and three police officers wounded Saturday at a free speech rally in Copenhagen. Hours later, a gunman killed Dan Uzan outside a synagogue where a Bar Mitvah was taking place. The attacker, who the... Read more
Fifty Shades of Grey did big box office yesterday. It pulled in $30.2 million. It is also, as the article I linked to shows, being regarded as something of a cultural event. I imagine today will be even bigger box office for the movie. The fact that many of the viewers are women tells its own tale about the degradation of the female which has taken place in our world. There was a time when the feminist movement would have tarred Fifty... Read more
What is it with women who read Fifty Shades of Gay and who will go to the movie? You got me. Fifty Shades sounds like the classic masochistic nonsense: Woman redeeming the bad man by allowing him to abuse her. This sort of claptrap has been used to keep women in abusive relationships for millennia. It’s right up there with the “she asked for it” defense of rape. It is interesting that it’s Christians who are speaking out most strongly against... Read more
Note: This post was first published a couple of years ago. My husband forgot about the first Valentine’s Day after our marriage. I didn’t get so much as a card. That was what you might call a mistake on his part; one he has learned not to repeat. The reason he’s learned this is because I told him. I didn’t go home from work that day (I was in the legislature at the time) and hit him with my purse.... Read more
Are wealthy US foundations paying to suppress religious freedom? John Lomperis of the Institute for Religion and Democracy says that so far as the Ford Foundation and the Arcus Foundation are concerned, the answer may be yes. From Catholic News Agency: “The agenda of such groups in opposing basic conscience protections could hardly be more diametrically opposed to our nation’s great traditions of freedom of conscience and of religion,” Lomperis, who serves as United Methodist Director for the institute, told... Read more
Is the murder of three young Muslims in Chapel Hill a hate crime? In some ways, that question is an oxymoron, because murder is always a hate crime. It doesn’t matter if we label the deed a “crime of passion” a “thrill murder” or the work of a serial killer, murder is always, at some level a crime of hatred. Murder is also, always, at a slightly deeper point, an act of self-hatred by the murderer his or herself. People kill other... Read more
I am aware that there are Islamic teachings which lead to a more peaceful application of that faith. I think that the interpretation referenced here is an accurate depiction of of the application of Islamic teachings in 633-638 AD. It also seems that it is still relevant to Islamic extremists today. I want to emphasize that this video discusses events which happened almost 1400 years ago. The reason I am posting it here is to correct the inaccurate history of... Read more
If you give the IRS the legal power to seize money without cause, they’re going to take that legal power and use it to abuse everyday folks. It’s kind of like one of Newton’s Laws of Motion. It just works that way. It seems that back when Congress was in one of its rare bill-passing moods, this time in a holy zeal to wage “war on drugs,” it turned diarrheic and passed any stupid law that came into its collective... Read more
I am aware that there are Islamic teachings which lead to a more peaceful application of that faith. I think that the interpretation referenced here is an accurate depiction of of the application of Islamic teachings in 633-638 AD. It also seems that it is still relevant to Islamic extremists today. I want to emphasize that this video discusses events which happened almost 1400 years ago. The reason I am posting it here is to correct the inaccurate history of... Read more
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