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...retaliated by making anyone who heard her prophecies believe they were lies. It was mostly men who disbelieved her, leading inevitably to disaster and tragedy as it is written, “Cassandra cried, and curs’d th’ unhappy hour/Foretold our fate; but by the god??s decree,/All heard, and non believed the prophecy...
...deeply admire the progressive religious figures who stand up to the fundamentalists and say “You are committing evil in God??s name” (and who always omit gender-specific pronouns in their prayer books). It’s those faithful people who ordain women, gays and lesbians, and express their respect and even love for those who believe differently. They will remind you that Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush, the IRA, Hamas, the settlers on the West Bank, even the Pope, are all perverting the true meaning of religion (in different ways...
...would challenge you to name an openly atheist, or even agnostic president. To win the presidency, it seems, politicians must demonstrate some deep religious faith, and—with the stakes raised with the last two campaigns—a “personal relationship with God?? is the least that will...
...failure and not his. As Christians should know, humanity does not always act kindly when confronted with harsh or absolute truth. The Pope’s philosophy of life, like Christ’s, was above all else this: it is difficult. It is not easy to do God??s will, it is not easy to pray every day, it is not easy to master your own base personal desires, it is not easy to confront death without fear, and it is not easy to care for the poor, meek, and lowly; yet that is what...
...suffered greatly in his time on this earth, yet he did not seek to die with “dignity” by having a needle stuck in his arm—as many “ethicists” now compel us to—but by accepting God??s will...