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...same type of irony can easily be found in Christianity. How much violence has been committed to defend teachings that advise turning the other cheek? It is apparent from history and current events that Christians, Muslims and Jews all believe in the same God. One can only wish he had been more consistent in advocating nonviolence. Patrik Lindenfors Nairobi...
...support the renovations and wish it was done 20 years ago,” he said. “We knew for seven years that the renovations would happen, but we didn’t know how extensive they were going...
...title are by no means toddlers. They are the adults who are supposed to be nurturing the children but are lost in their own less-than-mature dreams of entitlement. All these prosperous people--save the criminal, of course--have bought into the middle-class American dream. Some wish vaguely to be "creative"; others think their birthright includes perfect romantic fulfillment. It may be that the film's greatest scene is a book group, in which the good ladies are studying Madame Bovary and trying to keep their distance from that doomed dreamer while Sarah tries to make them...
...with his architectural vision, until he surprises me with the blanket. The bedspread from my room is carefully spread over the couch cushions until it forms a tent over me, and this is too much. Michael, I have little patience left for you. I am finished with you, and wish you could have seen what I saw. Be grateful, TV Boy. Have respect. Have you seen the beginning of a war? Picture your neighborhood, and now see the women screaming, the babies tossed into wells. Watch your brothers explode. I want you there with...
Third, for better or worse, religion has put its stamp on the discussion of major public issues. Religious rhetoric and symbols are employed in identity politics in the United States and around the world. Some may want to throw up their hands and wish religion would simply disappear, as it was supposed to with the onslaught of modernity. But realpolitik dictates otherwise...