A good message, a good exercise.
Do we have an ethical obligation to let fellow man believe what they want to believe? Or should we press for critical thinking, honest behaviour?
Getting it on, as in educating America. Or perhaps reminding fellow citizens how important this program is- not only in election year but for the millions of women they service every year.
I skipped two college classes in a row. Feeling that guilt sink in… but not enough to change my mind. I’ll swallow the regret alongside my morning tea and bread. Good enough. :)
I want world peace.
Fingers crossed.
For example, most of my conservative friends are convinced that they have a biblical mandate to outlaw abortion and gay marriage, even though abortion is only mentioned once in Scripture, and the reference is — oddly — the Prophet Jeremiah cursing the man at his mother’s side for not aborting him! (Jeremiah 20:14-18). And gay marriage was hardly an issue on the radar in biblical times. The Laws of Leviticus prescribe a massive redistribution of wealth every 50 years by canceling people’s debts and restoring property to original owners, yet many Christians are convinced — right or wrong — that justice for the poor is a matter of individual charity alone, and that anyone who suggests otherwise is duped by the devil. And while we’re talking about what’s biblical and what’s not biblical, why isn’t anyone suggesting that America as a nation love its enemies and turn the other cheek?
Mmmhmm.
Cyanide and Happiness ©
Great comic.
This is a good example of what it means for “God” to be the answer.
You start with a conclusion, and you end up working a lot harder to come up with an explanation that is often more complicated than if you draw a conclusion from what you see.
Backwards logic is wack ya’ll.
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“Our story is the story of the universe. Every piece of everyone, of everything you love and everything you hate, of the thing you hold most precious, was assembled by the forces of nature in the first few minutes of the life of the universe, transformed in the hearts of the stars or created in their fiery deaths.
And when you die, those pieces will be returned to the universe in the endless cycle of death and rebirth. What a wonderful thing it is to be part of that universe. And what a story, what a majestic story.”Professor Brian Cox, Wonders of the Universe.
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