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Monday 6 December 2010
Thursday 19 August 2010
God Hinting At Retirement
Thought this was a bit of fun - but then perhaps it's serious after all! At any rate, it's time we retired God anyway.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-hinting-at-retirement,17747/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-hinting-at-retirement,17747/
Monday 5 July 2010
Homaranismo - An outline
Homaranismo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Homaranismo (roughly: "Humanitarianism" or "Humanitism") is an Esperanto word used by its creator, Ludwig Zamenhof, to describe his philosophy of human interaction and behaviour. Based largely on the teachings of Hillel the Elder, a 1st Century B.C.E. rabbi, Zamenhof originally called this philosophy Hillelism.
Zamenhof first described this philosophy around the year 1900 and published it anonymously in a brochure in 1906. He later published a revised version in 1913 under the name Homaranismo.
Find out more HERE.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Homaranismo (roughly: "Humanitarianism" or "Humanitism") is an Esperanto word used by its creator, Ludwig Zamenhof, to describe his philosophy of human interaction and behaviour. Based largely on the teachings of Hillel the Elder, a 1st Century B.C.E. rabbi, Zamenhof originally called this philosophy Hillelism.
Zamenhof first described this philosophy around the year 1900 and published it anonymously in a brochure in 1906. He later published a revised version in 1913 under the name Homaranismo.
Find out more HERE.
Humanist Heroes: Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof
Humanist Heroes: Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof
http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/06/humanist-heroes-ludovic-lazarus-zamenhof/
Wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
EAB - Esperanto Association of Britain
http://www.esperanto-gb.org/
http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/06/humanist-heroes-ludovic-lazarus-zamenhof/
Wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
EAB - Esperanto Association of Britain
http://www.esperanto-gb.org/
How Guilty Do People Feel?
I came across this interesting article in the Daily Mail about how we deal with guilt these days - or seem to. I won't paraphrase here - just pop through and read it all for yourself.
Cardinal Newman, whom Pope Benedict will beatify when he comes to England in September, believed that God wired the human conscience, making right and wrong the same in any time or place. His, however, is now a minority view. Many more now agree with last year's bus poster campaign, devised by the British Humanist Association and supported by Richard Dawkins, which proclaimed: 'There is probably no God'.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1290607/What-Mafia-Sex-And-The-City-teach-guilt.html?ITO=1490
Cardinal Newman, whom Pope Benedict will beatify when he comes to England in September, believed that God wired the human conscience, making right and wrong the same in any time or place. His, however, is now a minority view. Many more now agree with last year's bus poster campaign, devised by the British Humanist Association and supported by Richard Dawkins, which proclaimed: 'There is probably no God'.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1290607/What-Mafia-Sex-And-The-City-teach-guilt.html?ITO=1490
Saturday 16 January 2010
Godless - Preliminary Review of Dan Barker's Book
Godless by Dan Barker
Wow! This was a wonderful revelation from a most unexpected source! (Link to see book on Amazon top right.) As a former Baha'i I used to go cold with Christian Fundamentalism and fanaticism, so I really didn't expect to find, let alone buy a book like this in the first place. Very glad I did though.
First off, having made my decision that there is no g(G)od, I was tempted by the subtitle that an evangelical preacher had also moved on and rejected what to him had been a devout and fundamentalist style of Christianity. I thought this would make a very interesting read - and I was right.
OK, so my own decision was unassailable, but I wanted to get another viewpoint and see if it matched mine anywhere. Well, it does. What it does is re-affirm much of my own thinking far more eloquently and with far deeper 'technical' insight than I could.
I'm just about halfway through now, and I must admit that Dan's reflections on the immorality of God and the bible are quite harrowing (and very eye-opening).
I'll leave it there for now and come back with further insights when I've finished. But I do urge you not to wait for me. Pop over to Amazon right now and read the blurb in there - and then get your own copy.
Until next time.
Wow! This was a wonderful revelation from a most unexpected source! (Link to see book on Amazon top right.) As a former Baha'i I used to go cold with Christian Fundamentalism and fanaticism, so I really didn't expect to find, let alone buy a book like this in the first place. Very glad I did though.
First off, having made my decision that there is no g(G)od, I was tempted by the subtitle that an evangelical preacher had also moved on and rejected what to him had been a devout and fundamentalist style of Christianity. I thought this would make a very interesting read - and I was right.
OK, so my own decision was unassailable, but I wanted to get another viewpoint and see if it matched mine anywhere. Well, it does. What it does is re-affirm much of my own thinking far more eloquently and with far deeper 'technical' insight than I could.
I'm just about halfway through now, and I must admit that Dan's reflections on the immorality of God and the bible are quite harrowing (and very eye-opening).
I'll leave it there for now and come back with further insights when I've finished. But I do urge you not to wait for me. Pop over to Amazon right now and read the blurb in there - and then get your own copy.
Until next time.
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