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Tag Archives: religion
First they came for Blair Cottrell, but I was not Blair Cottrell
Worth having a look at the Blair Cottrell case decided in Melbourne yesterday if you have a moment and care about free speech.It does not matter that it occurred on the other side of the world. It does not matter … Continue reading
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Tagged fascism of the caring many, free speech, religion
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When science and religious cults collide
For good measure about the ‘climate change causes bad things… look, see it’s flooding, therefore it must be’ debate, and yes I know it’s from Breitbart, but it should give the more rabid and uninformed warmists just a teensy weensy … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Global warming myths, media, religion, science vs religion, society
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The final act in Drama
Here’s one you may have missed. Firstly, it might make you smile that there is a town of 44,000 people in north eastern Greece where it meets Bulgaria called Drama. The story is a poignant Easter/Passover one of loss, isolation and … Continue reading
Cherished by the Puritans
This is how Chambers Book of Days in 1869 explained Thanksgiving to the British. You just have time to read this before settling down to an evening of “rustic games and amusements”. THANKSGIVING DAY IN AMERICA The great social and religious festival of … Continue reading
Slouching toward Bethlehem
How’s this for predicting the rotten fruit softness of the failing Liberal experiment of the past 50 years in just a few words? In 1919 WB Yeats wrote a short religious poem called The Second Coming. This is a part:- … Continue reading
The night the Pope stole a baby
Child abduction is a terrible heart wrenching crime, pure and simple. You let the child out of sight for a second and your baby never comes back. At least one thing’s for sure. At home — right there in front … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, abducted Jewish child, blasphemy, Christians, Edgardo Mortara, Pius IX, religion, taboos
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More from The Graphic
There was more on that same page of The Graphic dated August 17th 1895 than just a review of a pheasant shooting handbook (see below). Right beside it was the news that a man who wrote the songbook of the … Continue reading
Graffiti in church
Nowadays English parish churches are quaint, underused decorative motifs for period costume dramas and Kodak moments — but it seems that they weren’t always that way. Fascinating research that is at a very early stage of data gathering seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, Cartoons, Christians, death, graffiti, Oradour-sur-Glane, religion, taboos, witchcraft
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Selfie Control
Back in the Christians’ Holy Week I saw a cartoon in a magazine. Believers may have been knee-jerk offended by its blasphemy. Not a depiction of the M prophet… the Western world would not have dared… but of their guy … Continue reading
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