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In a lot of religious arguments the concept of different ways of knowing is brought up with the example of poetry. This is my response: Read More…
The Vetinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) in the UK has decided to target ‘alternative’ remedies for pets, such as homeopathic “nosodes’, various herbal products and ‘neutraceuticals’.
Mandela is currently in hospital for tests – his friend Desmond Tutu has been quoted as saying he is frail and South Africa is acting like the very thought of Nelson Mandela dying is going to cause the country to go up in flames.
I am not a big fan on austerity. I think it tends towards being fake economy – and I live by that.
Not much I can add to that one. It pretty much encapsulates what is going on every time religious groups criticise secularism infringing on their “religious rights”. For context, check out what Baroness Warsi said about ”secularist fundementalists.”
Yesterday I had defended a noisy mosque on the grounds of religious freedom, without realising that in the SA constitution there are actually limitations placed on that concept.
Stephen T Asma has written an article accusing the “Four Horsemen” of having a narrow worldview when it comes to non-Western religion. They apparently just don’t get out enough to have encourntered animism.
Warning: This post includes a bit of foul language.
I grew up in flats – including one in Rosebank that was right where the landlords of the surrounding commercial area figured “Hey, why not rent to nightclubs? Boy that lobotomy I got gives me good ideas!”
Every time I think I should ease up on the Catholic Church, something new comes out to disgust me.
