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"Faith of an Agnostic Activist in Loving Community" & Justice GA '12
I know everyone in this community is not a UU and does not live in the U.S., but I thought some here might appreciate my recent posts ( Read more... ) -
Feed Your Head: Desiderata
Reading my friends list this morning, I saw one post that immediately made me think of responding with lines from Max Ehrmann's famous poem.
And then I saw another.
And another.
And I realized that I could use a reminder, myself.
Desiderata
Max Ehrmann, 1927Go placidly amid the noise and haste ( Read more... ) -
"In Between: Race in America Today" & Race Discussion
I wanted people who don't read my blog and who care about race, racial issues, and/or ending racism, to know about this post "In Between: Race in America Today" & Race Discussion -
The Revolution is being DIGITZED.
One of the tags in my list is " The Revolution Will Be DIGITIZED". It's a play, of course, on the title of the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. I first used the phrase as the title of a PoliSci paper I wrote around '92 or '93, concerning the role of new communications technologies in the fall of the Soviet Union and the sociopolitical ( Read more... ) -
What's wrong with peace?
There's a Facebook event encouraging people to act civilly for a given day. There are many rude remarks on the bulletin board for that event, though. Some people say they do it every day, which is great and that, I think, is what is being encouraged.
It's not the first time people have tried this. There's World Peace Day, Nov. 17. There's ( Read more... ) -
The Widening Gyre?
Over in another forum, someone posted something about "the first step in the total collapse of civilization appearing in the same place civilization first started"-that is, Egypt.
Here's my response:
Now, that's interesting ( Read more... ) -
Anti-Gay Uganda action
Friends of the UU-UNO sent this:
There will be a worldwide response to the murder of Ugandan gay activist, David Kato, on Feb. 3.
For those in the DC area (spread the word to those you know in DC):( Read more... ) -
No one expects the Unitarian Jihad!
Texas Skateboarder Stops Christian Extremist From Burning The Qur’an
As news that Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove Outreach Center planned to publicly burn a Qur’an - an operation which appears to have been called off, for now - raced around the world, many in the Muslim world reacted with angry protests, feeling that Jones’ actions were indicative of ( Read more... ) -
Atheist marginalized
I don't believe that people should be prejudiced against. If there's good reason to have a feeling toward them due to an bad experience with them, that's another story (like known hate groups). Most atheists in my experience are not members of hate groups - most are not members of any groups - they just don't believe in God ( Read more... )
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