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Ditching Belief….

… and the “Need to Know” is a big step on the road to peace and the elimination of suffering.

Faith, Religion

The Terrorism of Ideology and Dogma

Original ideas, whether in religion or politics, may originate as beneficial and humane but all too often become adopted by a group of thugs who take it upon themselves to imprison, torture and kill.

Dogma, Hermit, Religion

Getting it Badly Wrong

Note to self: “Must try harder”.

Behavior, Religion
All Souls Oxford

So, ecumenism is bad for society?

I was sad to come across a post on the internet entitled “The Ecumenical Slope” whose author is both anti ecumenism and pacifism and who appears to believe that such doctrines destroy “character”.

Conflict, Pacifism, Religion

ChristianMingle.com

A kind friend sent me what I took to be a flyer for ChristianMingle.com, which appears to be a sex … More

Religion

Dangerous Religious Cults

Religion becomes a dark and dangerous tool in the wrong hands. I visited a website called  Do What’s Right today and was … More

Extremism, Religion
Jean-François de Troy Time unveiling Truth 1733

Psalm 137: Happy the one who takes your little ones, and dashes them against the rock.

Someone in Canterbury Cathedral (the Dean perhaps?) decided that Verse 9 was going a little far .

Church, Religion
Rembrandt, Belshazzar's Feast, 1635, (National Gallery, London). The message is written in vertical lines starting at the top right corner, with "upharsin" taking two lines.

Rembrandt – Belshazzar’s feast

Rembrandt – Belshazzar’s feast: the literature, art and music of religion still hold a vast sway over the imagination of many of us.

Art, History, Religion

The Book of Common Prayer

You do not have to be a Christian to immerse yourself in the timeless reflections of the Book of Common Prayer.

Beauty, Faith, Religion
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