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Did You Suspect? – Religion and Politics
I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that many of the people protesting are not those the movement says it’s in support of. That to me, is a very telling fact.
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Humor – Religion and Politics
If you think that expressing things in humor should absolve you from inspection, I would urge you to change your consideration in that regard. The fact is, humor—as with poetry, and other forms of art—can be extremely effective vessels for the transmission of meaning from one to another, or potentially even to large numbers of others.
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Peaceful Protest – Religion and Politics
The whole point I’m trying to get at here is this. The fact that you can demonstrate, doesn’t necessarily mean you should do so. Further, if you do, you should probably know why you are doing so. Finally, protesting things where what you’re fighting to fix isn’t broken is bound to make you look awfully silly. The summation then would be, if you’re going to protest, make sure your cause is real, and by preference righteous.
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The Other Side – Religion and Politics
If you wonder why so many who count themselves Conservatives don’t support pouring billions or trillions more into welfare, I hope my observations help to make that clear. We want solutions for the majority of impoverished folks, that get them out of poverty and help them to help themselves, not things that will likely keep them there indefinitely.
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Defund Movements – Religion and Politics
So if you want to talk about defunding, forget police, fire fighters, ambulance services and other similar entities, and instead, focus on things like universities, colleges, day cares, medicaid, and so very many more—keeping in mind this list is particularly apropos for national government.
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Doomed to Repeat It – Religion and Politics
So remember, if you don’t want to relive the disasters of the past, if you wish to replicate the successes of history, you should seek to understand that which has already occurred. History is not always a sign of what’s to come if you travel a well-trodden path, but at least you’ll know what’s happened before, and maybe how to make things as good or better than they’ve been.
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Role Models – Religion and Politics
It’s not so easy being the kind of person others won’t be let down by, assuming they try to follow in their footsteps. You’d be surprised how many choose people not worthy of their admiration, much less their allegiance. If you can’t imagine yourself being happy to be like that person as they are in later life, perhaps they aren’t someone you ought to count a role model.
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Even Handedness – Religion and Politics
Summing up, if you want people to consider you a useful, truthful source of information, you need to understand being even-handed—treating people with fairness, no matter their perspective or identity—will go a long way toward that end. That includes making sure those from whom you get additional information take the same approach. If you fail act impartially where facts are concerned, count on people not being willing to trust what you say, barring corrective action on your part.
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Appeasement – Religion and Politics
In past, I’ve been willing to appease. At this point in my life, I’ve come to the conclusion it’s almost never a reasonable course. So if you’re getting into, or find yourself already in a situation where appeasement is an integral part, it might be time to consider letting it go.
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Using Grief – Religion and Politics
The main point I wanted to make is this. If you choose to use the funeral, memorial, wake or other near-death event to aggrandize yourself, to push a political or social message, or to otherwise seek personal (or even perceived public) gain, in my view, you’ve made the wrong choice.