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...Still, religion and health aren't the only concerns parents weigh when making the decision to cut or not to cut; tradition is also a factor. Liz Arnaiz, 30, a Brooklyn architect whose son Lucas was circumcised when he was born last November, says her husband is circumcised, so it made sense for the boy to be like his dad. Besides, she adds, "to imagine your kid in the locker room the odd man out is tough...
That's where we come in. The need to find--or create--order, arc and purpose in life and death is the root of art and religion. The difference between studying an animal's survival and writing her a poem is the difference between asking how and asking why. The latter may seem odd, but it's as much an adaptive response as a meerkat's serial mating. We are social creatures in a beautiful, cruel universe. We use whatever tools we can to survive...
...visual-arts student at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda - regarded as one of India's top schools for art - was imprisoned for five days after his paintings of religious imagery were deemed hurtful to both Hindus and Christians. If convicted of "promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion," the student could face several years in jail...
...ideological front in the form of teleSUR, a continental TV station to disseminate Bolivarian ideology.Simón Bolívar, the nineteenth-century liberator that inspires “Bolivarianism,” indeed dreamt of a single Latin America where language, Iberian heritage, and a predominant religion would allow for united polity. That is a fine dream, and further integration inspired in by the European model may very well be what the region needs. Chávez’s deadly sin, however, is omission: His rhetoric selectively forgets that an aged Bolívar fell into disgrace...
...religious cult,” Hyun Sik Kim told 200 audience members yesterday in a speech entitled “North Korea Inside Out—How North Koreans Think, What They Want, Why They Submit to Kim Jung Il.” When asked what religion they practice, Kim said North Koreans say they study the teachings of Kim Il Sung, the country’s former president and father of its current leader, Kim Jung Il. He said North Koreans then ask in return, “Why should we worship foreign gods when we have...