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Category Archives: society
Why I Reinvented My God
I reinvented my God because I eventually came to see that the Bible wasn’t ‘the literal word of god’ and wasn’t, in fact, even a trustworthy translation of a trustworthy book. Quite the contrary. An almost arbitrary collection of translations … Continue reading
More God Stuff…
Jim Jeffries, comedian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5TlR0K7ASA Gets a big laugh out of rubbishing people who believe in God. But he leaves something out. The existence or otherwise of God depends on your definition of God. Self evident. But largely ignored. I’d say … Continue reading
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New Way To Live
Some time ago I surmised we need a new way to live. I don’t have one. I don’t know. What I do know is that part of it would be the idea of taking individual responsibility far, far more than … Continue reading
Posted in Education, religion, society, War
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Army Of Muslim Clerics
We are sending soldiers to Afghanistan to do what a soldier cannot do. There’s about 30 million Afghanis and 99% of them are Muslim. See this Wikipedia page: Afghanistan That is: 30 million people are captured by a religion. … Continue reading
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Islamic Jihadist Bombing – Truth?
It was well said that in Indonesia the clerics don’t seem to be doing enough about condemning Islamic extremists. (Saturday Extra, Radio National, 7th May). Absolutely no one is, anywhere in the world. For instance there’s a simple question needs … Continue reading
Check The Glee
In this litany of gloom that is a perusal of the state of the world today I can only find one area of light: Glee. The American series about a High School Glee Club. I’m talking about viewing the world … Continue reading
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The Truth About Children
Hummm… when is the Truth About Children ever going to be told? I realise it is difficult. They are so terrible, so awful, so totally destructive that one cannot remember what they’ve done to you when you finally reach the … Continue reading
Posted in children and childcare, schools, society
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Who Are These Actors????
Who are these Actors and other ‘Celebrities’ ? Mainly actors, arent’ they? T.V., movies. Actors. Lionized. Adored. Worshipped. Followed. Publicised. Why, why, why? They are just ordinary people for the overwhelming majority. They have nothing special to say, no special … Continue reading
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Cyberspace, Illegality, Bandits, Terrorists
There’s much news about cyberspace of course, all the time, isn’t there? And the major part of the news is always concerned with CD piracy – people stealing pop songs. And the desperate unremitting efforts of the media organisations to … Continue reading
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