Today the prompt is ‘what is a cause you’re passionate about and why?‘ You could say I’m quite passionate about equality. On the Coalition of the Brave site I’ve had…
Category: Society
Bloganuary the 15th – Kindness
‘What is a life lesson you feel everyone can benefit from learning?‘ I’m gonna echo Catherine’s answer here. Kindness – treating each other with love and respect – instead of…
‘Everyone is brainwashed, except those on my side’
The title is more or less the argument framed by some bloggers who have a distinctly ‘holier than thou’ attitude towards ‘the other side’. In this instance, one particular blogger…
The Establishment Clause
Time to visit (or should that be revisit?) the US Constitution, specifically the First Amendment and something referred to as the Establishment Clause. To quote from the link: The First Amendment’s Establishment…
Responding to a Response to a Response
Well, this is entertaining. TEWSNBN devoted a not-insignificant portion of his time to ‘responding’ to Bruce Gerencser and myself, over what I always believed to be one of Christianity’s most…
The Meerkat Muse – 2021
Time for a different kind of Muse. Time to reflect upon the year that was 2021. It has been a rollercoaster, as everyone grappled with the fallout from 2020 and…
Anti-Vaxxers
All the way back in July I shared a post of Jill Dennison’s regarding the lunacy of anti-vaxxers. I didn’t add anything to her post because I couldn’t – it was a succinct…
Radical Manifestos
I had the fortune (misfortune?) to stumble upon a fundamentalist Christian site, via my friend Bruce’s blog, that offers a mindset into how fundamentalists view the world. The attitude towards…
‘No Reason to be Hostile Towards Religion’
That is the title of a fascinating recent post from TEWSNBN. It is based on a post by my friend Bruce Gerencser, who was addressing whether he is hostile towards…
‘Should Vaccines be Mandatory?’
That is the title of an excellent post by AP2, over at Pointless Overthinking. The question is a challenging one, for we should certainly have the right to self-determination and…