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Christians and Muslims not only in one community, but under the roof of a single house of worship.

Progress.  You guys are doing it right.

As to the guy in the video who is very much not doing it right:

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I didn't think that I'd be able to do a LOT with my fund-raising project, but it's been 3 days and I've made about 5535.88 JPY (around $68 USD) to donate to the Japanese Red Cross. Booyah ( Read more... )

As many are aware, today Japan has been hit by a massive tsunami an ravaged by earthquakes and leaving ruin and lost lives all over Japan's east coast.

I encourage everyone to find someway to assist the Japanese people- monetary donations to assist with the relocation, medical aid, rescues, and reconstruction is something little that people can do ( Read more... )

This is my new default icon: the Awesomeflower ( Read more... )

I'm usually a teacher's pet. 
Usually. 
But there's this ONE CLASS this semester that I cannot STAND.  I've been spoiled in my previous philosophy classes, so I thought that this would be awesome on the merit of being a philosophy class.
It turns out that "Spiritual Awareness" is...product placement.   We watch advertisements about spiritual ( Read more... )

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Just saw the State of the Union address by President Obama.
Why is it every time my president gives a big speech like this, I start tearbending and feel filled with hope?  Am I channeling Katara or something?

The idea about bipartisan cooperation would be really, REALLY awesome.  We'll get more done working together.  Also, if the government can ( Read more... )