Tag: religion
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@RadioFreeBlood: James Evan Pilato on ‘Hit Men’
Media Monarchy missed July but joins Jack Blood for an awesome August visit to talk about Cecil & Sanger’s Super-Friends, Papal Porn, Amy & Chuck, copycat shooters and payola ‘Hit […]
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Religion and Zen Buddhism in Medieval Japan
from fsmitha.com: After the year 1000, militarized aristocracies were taking over in rural Japan, uncontrolled by any central government. And Buddhist estates had their own armies. There were wars between […]
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Can ISIS ever be defeated?
from newantisemitism.com: It is with bewilderment, disgust and fear that our global community has become an audience to the bloody carnage inflicted by ISIS within the boundaries of their ever-growing “Caliphate.” […]
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Why (Almost All) Cosmologists are Atheists
from preposterousuniverse.com: One increasingly hears rumors of a reconciliation between science and religion. In major news magazines as well as at academic conferences, the claim is made that that belief […]
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The Occult Roars Back: Its Modern Resurgence
from directionjournal.org: In 1967 Hair exploded like a bomb on the American cultural scene. This hit musical production revealed to the “straight” world that a new world was coming. The […]
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Esotericism, Freemasonry, And Confusion In The Lodge
from peopleofshambhala.com: “Esotericism” has come to be a kind of “catch all” phrase for alternative and non-Western spirituality, Freemasonry, the occult, and so on, not least of all as a way […]
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Is Atheism Irrational?
from bigquestionsonline.com: We know well atheistic attempts to explain religion away. Marx, for example, claims that religion is the opiate of the people. Religion, Nietzsche contends, is weakness lying itself […]
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Adam and Lilith: Thanatos and Resurrection of the Archetypal Goddess
from themystica.org: The idea of the ancient goddess, the first figure of human worship dating back to our Paleolithic ancestors as early as 35,000 BCE, is a theological concept that […]
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Five Best: Religious Cults In Antiquity
from wsj.com: Written by Mary Beard: The Greeks and the Irrational. By E.R. Dodds (1951) For me, this was a life-changing book. It starts with an encounter in the British […]
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What Makes Humans Different? Fiction and Cooperation
from smithsonian.com: Yuval Noah Harari has a few unconventional theories about humankind: religion is our greatest invention, and our species itself will evolve into something new within a couple hundred […]
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Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion
from edge.org: It might seem obvious to you that contractual societies are good, modern, creative and free, whereas beehive societies reek of feudalism, fascism, and patriarchy. And, as a secular […]
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Espionage and Occultism: The True Nature of Secret Societies
from jwmt.org: For as long as the hairless, semi-domesticated Killer Ape has been making war on the tribe next door, there has been espionage; spying, sabotage and subversion, intrigue, double […]
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Ashes, Yarmulkes and the Hijab: Communitas and Religious Symbols
from blogs.scientificamerican.com: Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season for Western Christians—the 40 days (or 46 if you count weekends) leading up to Easter. Last year, I […]
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The Long Forgotten History of Tolerance for Religions of All Kinds in the Middle East
from historynewsnetwork.org: The Middle East is fertile ground for religions. Its deserts, mountains and marshes have inspired mystics and prophets; its tribes have provided followers and fighters who can form […]
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Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion
from huffingtonpost.com: In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. My concern here is with the bigger picture. I have been […]