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Oct.06.2012
An open mind!
What does that mean? It means to have an opinion but no attachment to it; it means to live by what you know to be truth for you while respectful toward another whose truth may be similar or somewhat different.
Attachment is the problem! Detachment is the key!
The key to what? How...
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Sep.23.2012
“Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man...living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of...
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Sep.18.2012
Ennui, more than rage. How many Muslims with open mouths does the world want to look at? What demons, what paranoia is it?
Why can't I get to see Terry Jones on a magic carpet burning a book and spreading its ashes on the 'secular' believers? Oh, we are not like that. That is Rick Samtorum, Pam...
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Sep.17.2012
September, 1987
The tires of our U-Haul brushed against the curb as my roommate, Dave, and I pulled up to our new home, a duplex in Seattle's Central District. We walked up the porch steps, opened the door and gazed at the narrow stairway which led to our top-floor unit.
"This is going to suck...
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Sep.13.2012
New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Sep 13, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO--In 2010 Time Magazine’s prestigious Person of the Year title went to two individuals. While its readers picked Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, Time’s editors picked Mark...
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Sep.06.2012
The Kite Runner, focused on the tragedy of Afghanistan, was a great success when it was published in 2003 and deservedly so. This novel interweaves generational affections and disaffections with the political upheavals afflicting Afghanistan after King Zahir Shah was deposed in the 1970s....
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Aug.19.2012
Whether in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or virtually any other faith tradition, the emphasis is almost always on performing in hopes of pleasing a God is who not only distant but demanding. I hear it all the time. Heck, I preached it for decades.
"Repent!" "Strive!" "Turn or burn!" "Believe and...
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Jul.30.2012
For a country steeped in Buddhism, Myanmar is accruing terrible karmic debts.
Alarming news and images of attacks and killings by the Buddhist majority in Rakhine Province against a Muslim minority there have been slowly trickling out onto the Internet and the wider world. Pictures of charred...
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Jul.05.2012
A member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who eagerly supported Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to fund private schools has had an epiphany: Muslim schools might start getting taxpayer money!
Rep. Valarie Hodges, a Republican who represents East Baton Rouge and Livingston, now says she wishes...
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Jun.06.2012
We acknowledge Leonid Tolstoy as one of the world's greatest writers, principally on the reputations of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Though we reflexively honor them, these works are likely more admired than read, due to their length.
Have you ever heard of his 150-page novella Hadji Murad,...
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