Recently, the UN Human Rights Council had another proposal to ban religious defamation brought up for consideration. Unsurprisingly, it was brought by Islamic countries, many of whom have their own laws against blasphemy and apostasy on the books right now. While I’m sure many view this as a sinister attempt for Islam to take over [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
23 Mar
Need Sex Advice? Ask the Pope!
If you’ve been using condoms in order to practice safe sex, you’re in a for a BIG SURPRISE! According to Pope Benedict XVI, they actually aggravate the problem of AIDS! Clearly all those sex-ed teachers and books are completely and horribly wrong.
If you think about it, he’s totally right, because having condoms make people have [...]
4 Oct
What is Good?
Here’s a story I heard recently, paraphrased:
There once lived a man who was very content. He lived on a farm with his son and they made a good living. One day, his horse broke through his fence and ran away. A neighbor came by to console him, but when the neighbor asked if he was [...]
25 Sep
Witch Hunter Blesses Sarah Palin
Video from here.
And people thought OBAMA was the one with a crazy pastor. At least Rev. Wright didn’t lay hands on him, or hunt witches. In this video, there’s also talk about how they believe that religion should be in schools and make our children “devil-casting,” completely ignoring the whole [...]
5 Sep
The Self-Made Man
…and whether or not he actually exists.
At my first Buddhist teaching session, we talked about cherishing others. This is my exercise in contemplating the connectedness of all living creatures.
When we talk about a “self-made” man, it usually means that this person was born into circumstances that were very humble and then rose to have [...]
8 Aug
The History of Religion
I said I’d probably be writing more about that “God is Red” book I was reading and guess what? I was right.
Vine Deloria puts forward some very interesting points about Christianity versus tribal religions in this book. Without placing blame or making one worse than the other, he points out a number of very fundamental [...]
9 Jul
Lost History
As part of my thesis, which deals with Native American tribes’ involvement in wolf reintroduction, my thesis committee chair recommended that I read some books by a prominent Native American author named Vine Deloria. I’ve started with the one that my committee chair most highly recommended: God Is Red.
I’m only two chapters in and I [...]
26 Jun
The 84th Problem
Today I’d like to share with you a Buddhist story.
The Buddha was sitting with his students when a man approached him. “I need help,” he said, “I have a good farm and a nice house, but sometimes I don’t have enough to sell at market. I have a wonderful wife, but sometimes I wonder if [...]
