Tag: religion
member name: Shava Nerad
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April 17, 2006 07:25 PM EDT --
This sign is in the window of a local supermarket. Any bets they aren't Jewish?
*heh*
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July 30, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
As we read that Amnesty International and the Catholic Church are feuding over the issue of supporting abortions for women subject to rape and incest, a friend of mine in Oregon sent out this quote and . . .
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April 17, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
Turn down your speakers and crank up the spirit! It's Monster Easter Sunday!
This audio clip had me and my son collapsed in giggles. We had to play it twice before we could hear all the . . .
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December 18, 2005 12:10 PM EST --
To me, the basic irony of the War on Christmas flap has been nearly painful on a personal basis. I both enjoy the pagan aspects of the holiday, and despise the commercialization of it.
But . . .
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August 12, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
It is an article of faith to me that the people at the grassroots who engage in warfare (or persistent violence, such as we see in some poor urban areas) are not "evil" but are caught in some . . .
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January 08, 2006 02:34 AM EST --
The Reverend Mr. Lonnie Latham, pastor in South Tulsa and outspoken critic of GLBT rights in his role as a member of the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, has resigned after . . .
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March 06, 2006 04:35 PM EST --
Two articles in the Weekly Dig and the Boston Globe recently document the latest in an ongoing controversy among the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB), their detractors (including local Jewish organizations . . .
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June 02, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
[letter sent by email to the editors of Editor & Publisher]
Your capsule of the story on the ISB is, in my opinion, a classic example of a reporter hiding behind the skirts of the first . . .
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January 06, 2006 02:27 AM EST --
Today is Epiphany, in the old Christian calendar. It's the day the three kings show up at the manger with gifts. I always thought it would be a better day for gift exchange, if you don't . . .
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March 05, 2006 08:11 PM EST --
I was raised by a Jewish mother and a Unitarian Universalist father. I attended Hebrew School at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Montpelier Vermont, as well as Sunday School at the UU Church.
I'm 47 . . .
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December 02, 2005 04:33 AM EST --
(I first wrote this as an email xmas card in 1993, and giggle to find it being sent back to me with the authorship lost. The internet is a marvelous thing...)
When I met my husband, I was not . . .
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March 05, 2006 12:52 AM EST --
MSNBC's blog brings us this video from al-Jazeera:
In case you've wondered if Arab media ever entertains a view critical of Islamic radicals, this video answers the question. Obviously it's . . .
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March 09, 2006 09:44 AM EST --
Eric L. asks, "What's eating Louis Farrakhan?" in another Gather.com article. His article basically reprints a brief release from the Jewish Anti-Defamation League.
If you go anywhere . . .
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March 08, 2006 02:10 AM EST --
KindHearts in Ohio has been shut down by the Treasury Department, despite a Senate Finance Committee investigation that found that the charity was above-board.
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January 30, 2006 11:15 PM EST --
Much of the Islamic world was in a frenzy over the publication of 30 cartoons satirically portraying the Prophet Mohammed's visage.
One Danish company that sells food in the middle east suspended . . .
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December 08, 2005 05:15 PM EST --
I was responding to an article by Peter Sheinhouse (great portrait, Peter! :) touching on political activism, and a quote sprang to my mind:
If not me, who? And if not now, when?
And it occured . . .
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April 05, 2006 02:12 AM EDT --
When people talk about "Islamic fundamentalism" as espoused by anti-western terrorist organizations, more often than not they are lumping together groups that may have a common influence, that . . .
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