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What’s Good About Monotheism, Again? What Part Of It Is Worth Treasuring And Rooting For? And Why, Exactly, Is God Always Gendered Male?
Robbed, killed, raped, enslaved–all in the name of God. Ain’t monotheism grand? Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East? ISIS and other extremist movements across the region are enslaving, killing and uprooting Christians, with no aid in … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Christianity, God, Islam, Judaism, middle east, monotheism, theology
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War is Over
If you want it. A nice holiday song if you’re worried (as I am) about 2010 and the prospects for war between Iran and Israel:
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Tagged 2010, Christmas, death, holidays, hope, Iran, Israel, john and yoko, John Lennon, life, middle east, new years
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Quote of the Day (from the Iranian Protests): “I will fight, I will die, I will get my vote back!”
Following the stolen election, here’s what the Iranian protesters are chanting: “Meejangam, Meemeeram, rayam-o-pass meegeeram” “I will fight, I will die, I will get my vote back.” Something’s happening. Is this 1989?:
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Tagged 2009, Communism, Iran, Islam, middle east, Muslim, protest, tehran, theocracy, voting, voting rights
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What the Iranian Election Means: All Men and Women are Brothers and Sisters Endowed by Their Creator with Certain Inalienable Rights
And among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Just ahead of the Iranian elections, here’s a love video sent out to the brave young people in Iran (and old people too) who are very publicly and vocally … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, freedom, history, Iran, Islam, middle east, Muslim, persia, philosophy, Politics
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“Turning the Wheel of Retribution”: Bill Moyers Offers Excellent Context for the War in Gaza
I am pro-Israel, and think that fundamentalist Islam is an existential threat to the hard won values of the Enlightenment (and to Western Civilization generally) but Bill Moyers, in the video below, lays out the tragic context for the war in … Continue reading
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Former NY Times Foreign Reporter, Chris Hedges, Knew the Hamas Leader Recently Killed, and Explains and Contextualizes the Gaza Situation with Admirable Clarity
Chris Hedges begins his article thus: I often visited Nizar Rayan, who was killed Thursday in a targeted assassination by Israel, at his house in the Jabaliya refugee camp when I was in Gaza. The house is now rubble. It … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitism, Chris Hedges, foreign policy, gaza, history, Islam, Israel, Judaism, middle east, monotheism, Palestine, war
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