Tag: Christianity
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The Word of Gervais
I was pointing out something Ricky Gervais said to a Muslim friend of mine. “You see if we take something like fiction and any holy book, and any other fiction, and destroyed it, okay. In 1000 years’ time that wouldn’t come back just as it is. Whereas if we took every science book and every…
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The tale of Jesus and Judas
One Islamic version of the resurrection reminds me of one of my favourite books – A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Spoiler alert: In the book, the hero looks very similar to a man sentenced to the guillotine and takes his place at the end. The Islamic version of the resurrection I’m referring…
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Jesus for atheists
I guess this is not much more than a review of Leo Tolstoy’s book ‘A Confession’ and his other books on religion. I’ve been an atheist as long as I felt that the words in the Lord’s Prayer were ridiculous. I believe the Bible is a work of fiction like any other book that talks…
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Fumblings about compassion
“One with compassion is kind even when angry one without compassion will kill as he smiles.” Shabkar – Tibetan poet I went to Krakow, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II – Birkenau. It was surprising how un-horrifying it was. Birkenau was certainly bleak but its very hard to picture in my my mind the terror of…
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