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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: A Christian Who Hid Jews From Hitler
According to the U.S. Holocaust Museum photo archive, Father Bruno (Henri Reynders), a Belgian Benedictine monk, “presided over a vast rescue effort that protected the lives of between 300 and 400 Jews, most of them children, during the German occupation.” … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, benedictine, Catholicism, father bruno, genocide, Jesus, Jews, Judaism, religion
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Hitler Shakes Hands with a Catholic Bishop
In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler sought, and received, support from many German Protestants and Catholics. At a Berlin rally, Hitler warmly greets a Roman Catholic Bishop, and is warmly greeted in return. Source: U.S. Holocaust Museum photo archive
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Tagged adolf hitler, antisemitism, Auschwitz, Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity, Germany, Holocaust, Jesus, Nazism, religion
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Catholic Priests in Nazi Salute
Centuries of Christian antisemitism helped lay the groundwork for the emergence of 20th century racial antisemitism, and many German Christians perceived no conflict between Christianity and their association with the Nazi Party. Below are two Catholic priests in Nazi salute alongside Wilhelm Frick and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity, fascism, Hitler, Israel, Jesus, Judaism, psychology, religion, the Holocaust
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When HIS LIFE is at Stake, the Pope Wears a Condom
Shouldn’t you?
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Tagged AIDS, aids awareness, Catholicism, exercise, fitness, health, Politics, pope benedict, reason, religion, the pope
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Do You Believe That Jesus’s Resurrection Really Happened? Are You Open Minded?
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Tagged agnostic, apologetics, atheist, Easter, Jesus, philosophy, reason, religion, resurrection, resurrection of jesus, the resurrection
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W.H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts”
W.H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts” About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; how well, they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; … Continue reading
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Tagged auden, musee des beaux arts, poems, poetry, w.h. auden
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John Donne’s “Batter my heart, three-person’d God”
Holy Sonnet XIV Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. … Continue reading
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Tagged john donne, life, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, trinity
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EVOLUTION: Dr. Laura is More Gay Friendly Than She Has Been in the Past
Back in Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s Orthodox Jewish days, she was very obnoxious toward gay people, making snarky statements about them. But since she stopped declaring herself a practicing Orthodox Jew, she seems to have mellowed considerably toward the gay community. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Dr. Laura, feminism, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexuality, marriage, relationships, women
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Grassroot Tea Bag Parties?
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Tagged conspiracy, feminism, Fox News, gay marriage, Republican, tea bag, tea bag parties, tea parties, women's rights
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SPEAK CRAZY TO POWER: Video of a Right Wing Glenn Beck “Tea Bag Party” Shows People Talking Paranoid about Obama and Calling for the Burning of College Evolution Textbooks!
In the below video, a Glenn Beck inspired “tea bag party” goes weird with displays of paranoia, conspiracy, and authoritarianism, culminating in a hysterical woman (at the 4:48 mark) calling out, without irony, “Burn the books!” (by which she means the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Christianity, evolution, fascism, glenn beck, James Dobson, rush limbaugh, science, Sean Hannity, teabag party, young earth creationism
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Christian Antisemitism? Andrew Sullivan, Larry Summers, and Christ Killers in a Hieronymus Bosch Painting
Last night, the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan posted this image of Barack Obama’s chief economics advisor, Larry Summers: And this morning, a reader directed Sullivan to the Bosch painting below, suggesting that Summers bore a striking resemblance to the Jewish character … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sullivan, antisemitism, art, bosch, Catholicism, christian antisemitism, Christianity, fascism, hieronymus bosch, Judaism, National Review, the Holocaust
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GINA KHAN ON AYAAN HIRSI ALI AND THE PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION OF WOMEN WITHIN FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM
At Democratia.com, Birmingham’s Gina Khan writes movingly of her efforts to overcome the fear and oppression instilled in her by the religion of her youth, and the inspiration that Ayaan Hirsi Ali is to her: I admire Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the … Continue reading
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Tagged ayaan hirsi ali, birmingham, democracy, feminism, fundamentalism, gina khan, Islam, James Dobson, patriarchy, religion, women, women's rights
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If You Can Take a Comma Out of the Middle of the Bible, You Might Just as Well Put a Question Mark at the End!
Perhaps you’ve heard this saying: If you can take a comma out of the middle of the Bible, you might just as well put a question mark at its end. Well, over the past two centuries, science, archeology, and critical … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, archeology, Christianity, doubt, evolution, faith, Jesus, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, the Bible
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Mental Health Break: “I’d Say You’ve Had Enough!”
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Tagged beans, blazing saddles, comedy, food, life, mel brooks, mental health break, psychology
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On the Far Right, Ann Coulter and Mitt Romney Are Not Conservative Enough!
And you thought Rush Limbaugh was KRayZeee. Here are some second tier far-right radio and internet media broadcasters laying in on Ann Coulter and Mitt Romney. This is what the Republican Party has become, and has to contend with, to … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, ann coulter, Ayn Rand, conservative, feminism, gay marriage, gay rights, Jesus, mitt romney, Republican party, rush limbaugh, women's rights
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