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An intelligent, open-minded discussion of belief and non-belief...for entertainment purposes only.
News from the Middle East, involving Christian/Muslim relations, is rarely positive. Surely there is good news to report, but we hardly ever hear it. So when I read about the Christian and Muslim solidarity displayed in Egypt on Christmas eve, I couldn’t help but become overwhelmed with positive emotion.
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Happy 2011 religionistas! With 2010 still fresh in our memories, it’s time for writers and bloggers to whip out their favorite perennial posts: the year-end list. I never cared for writing year-end lists myself. Luckily, everyone else put one together so I don’t have to.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. first delivered A Christmas Sermon on Peace on Christmas eve 1967, a few months before his violent death.
As relevant now as it was 43 years ago, here are excerpts from the simple yet profoundly moving address.
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“In my dungeon even the pope himself would confess, that he is a witch!”
-A German inquisitor during the time of the witch trials
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Were we, perhaps, not happier when we were monkeys?
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A brief, to-the-point-guide to understanding the Sunni/Shiite conflict in the Middle East.