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( The used-to-be sociologist in me hollers, )

Vatican meeting reveals growing Catholic divide over divorce and homosexuality - Europe - Stripes

( My spouse is a devout Christian and Roman Catholic so i tend to listen to religious efforts to make sense of the world with and appreciative, if critical, ear. )

"We are identified in the world at large with this religion (Christianity) because some of us espouse it not only publicly but also vociferously. As a consequence, we carry a considerable responsibility for its good name in the world, though we seem not much inclined to consider the implications of this fact. If we did, some of us might think a ( Read more... )

“The good is… the motion by which we break away from ourselves as individuals… to affirm ourselves as true men, that is, as sharers in God…”  -- Simone Weil

“God is proven and posited by right action, and in no other way… One must deserve to believe in God.” -- Simone Weil.

Simone Weil, The Last Cathar | Tsem RinpocheIf any man thinks he slays. ( Read more... )

After spending a few hours nursing my horror at reading how the wannabe Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant uses women ( ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape - The New York Times ) i started to speculate about how complicit i am as a male living in  a  hierarchical, patriarchial society in this and other atrocities against women and girls ( Read more... )

Yes, the human heart is, sometimes, a heart of darkness ( Read more... )

( The question was: How did the Louisiana theater shooter gain )

The Prosecutor Who Says Louisiana Should ‘Kill More People’ - The New York TimesThe black hoods of medieval executioners were not uniforms but disguises ( Read more... )

annual deaths from all animal causes combined (about 200) are just an infinitesimal fraction of total deaths - less than 0.008 percent of all deaths each year, according to a 2012 study.
The Durango Herald 06/16/2015 | Research suggests cows may have beef with youAnimal or category                                                         Deaths per ( Read more... )