No, obviously I am not. He’s dead now, because of two morons who didn’t believe in their religion enough to let it win the argument on merits. Because the moment you pick up a gun to answer an opinion, a…
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I am Charlie — Je suis Charlie
Tagged with: Faith, Fanaticism, I am Charlie, Je suis Charlie, Terrorism, Western Europe
Posted in Islam, Nonviolence, Politics, Religion, Society
Posted in Islam, Nonviolence, Politics, Religion, Society
About the essence of freedom and more griping about nationalism
I’ve been thinking very hard about freedom. It’s not all that complicated in a way. According to most dictionaries, freedom is simply a state, where one’s rights to move around, or form and express one’s opinions without fear of reprisals…
Tagged with: Blood and Iron, Blood and Soil, Fascism, Freedom of Press, freedom of religion, Freedom of Speech, Germany, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Gratitude, Italy, Kaiser Wilhelm, Nationalism, Nazi Ideology, Otto von Bismarck, Sociology
Posted in Politics, Religion, Sociology
Posted in Politics, Religion, Sociology
About faith crises
Last weekend I was asked whether I had ever had a crisis of faith. This wasn’t the first time, but I had to ask for some room to define, to interpret the question. I will write about my chain of…
Tagged with: Crisis of Faith, Faith, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Mormon, Mountain Meadow massacre, society, Sociology, Sunday School, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Posted in History, Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
Posted in History, Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
Destructive Nationalism in Support of Racism and Slavery (Nationalism Part 2)
I must confess that I calculated the headline to be provocative. I mean to provoke, but I also mean to clear my own thoughts a little. I do not think that it is a far-fetched thought that Nationalist ideas have…
Tagged with: Atlantic slave trade, Christianity, Jews, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Nation-State, Rome, Rudyard Kipling, Slavery, United States
Posted in History, Politics, Religion, Sociology
Posted in History, Politics, Religion, Sociology
They say I’m not Christian? I’m indifferent…
The headline here is revealing. So I’ve been reading yet another set of press articles, where “journalists” interview a Baptist pastor about the “Mormon” faith? (Deep breath.) Anyhow, there have been about a billion blog posts, where Mormons argue that…
Tagged with: Christ-like life, Christianity, Jesus Christ, LDS Church, Mormonism, Mormons, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Society
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Society
Is Critical History forbidden to Latter-day Saints?
On another forum (in another language), we had some discussion about Critical History some while ago. In that discussion, I guess we all were very much for open history. The audience was somewhat self-selected for openness, as it is a…
Gay marriage, another personal take
As someone else already pointed out, marriage ceremony was always between one man and one woman in Judeo-Christian culture, although one man could end up with more than one living wife in several cultures in history (including The Church of…
Tagged with: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gay, LDS, Mormon, Same-sex marriage, United States
Posted in Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
Posted in Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
Good and Evil — Thinking of Moral Philosophy
I must stress my disclaimers here, especially: These thoughts are my own, if by nothing else, my adopting them because they make sense and sound right. Also, I am by no means an official representative of the Church of Jesus…
Tagged with: Ethics, Golden Rule, Immanuel Kant, Moral Courage, Morality, Mormonism, Socrates
Posted in Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Sociology
Posted in Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Sociology
Rise (and fall) of rational Theology
When I mentioned King James Bible in an earlier post, I deliberately left out the turmoil of Continental Europe. The 17th century brought on wars that have somewhat falsely been called religious wars, but are generally the 30 years war.…
Celebrating King James Bible
Some others may have read the August Ensign, and noted the pages dedicated to celebrating 400 years of King James Bible. I was sort of inspired to put my 2 cents about the Bible in ordered bits as if someone…
Tagged with: Bible, Biblical Inerrancy, Christianity, Joseph Smith, King James Bible, Protestant Reformation, Reformation
Posted in History, Language, Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Posted in History, Language, Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
We are planning some action against "Defective by Design", AKA DRM
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Please take a look at Free Software Foundation, Freedom is important for software, too.
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