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You are who You are, Your Acceptance Notwithstanding – Religion and Politics
One of the favorite memes of the “Internet unapologetic” on social media in the modern day has the essential form “I am who I am, your acceptance is not required.” Each iteration is slightly different, but all are essentially statements by the posters of the idea that they are, essentially unapologetically, who they are. The […]
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On Finite Resources – Religion and Politics
I have to acknowledge that my perspective on the concept of “finite resources” has changed somewhat over the course of time. I have pretty much always accepted that “complex” resources are finite. Take as an example the car. As technology has made it possible to make cars faster, while at the same time, making them […]
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Isms – Setting the Record Straight – More on Discrimination – Religion and Politics
It’s an interesting reality. The more folks are able to complain they’re being “discriminated against” on some basis or other, the less it’s typically actually occurring. You see, if you can come out and openly state—even quietly, much less shouting it from the rooftops—that you’re being discriminated against on some basis without any harm coming […]
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On Civility – Religion and Politics
It must be considered to be a simple reality of life that, when we speak, we do so from a perspective that is uniquely our own. There are some that will complain that doing so requires a lot of use of the words, “I” and, “me.” Be that as it may, such is the case […]
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Unconditional Love – Religion and Politics
I have never met or even known of, another person with whom I agree on every point upon which they have expounded. I’m not at all surprised by this fact. To be honest, I consider it more or less a foregone conclusion that this will likely always be the case. The reality is, if a […]
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Deflection and Inflation – Religion and Politics
One of the sad realities of discussions surrounding mortality—to be sure you read that correctly, not morality, mortality, as in death—in the United States (and frankly, probably around the World), is the tendency on the part of those talking about such things to not even begin to address the considerations that really need talked about. […]
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On Boasting – Religion and Politics
The first reality of life is, one must decide what one will and will not be, and what one will and will not do, as a matter of internal integrity, of what to one is correct and what is incorrect. That being said, I have a “bone to pick” with many posting on social media. […]
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One Gets What One Gets – Religion and Politics
I very much doubt that anyone I know believes they would be sad or disappointed at living in a perfect World—in ideal circumstances at all times, as it were. The truth is, I’m not sure how long anyone would last in that world. To begin with, I know that my introduction to a perfect world […]