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Animal Sacrifice by Hindus at Gadhimai Fair in Nepal – Thoughts and Reactions
Interesting opinion piece on the Ghadamai (Nepal) sacrifice, going on now. The author rejects animal sacrifice as a false interpretation of Hindu teaching, but blames middle-class, educated Indian Hindus for failing to spread true teachings among rural communities, often seen as backward, primitive, and embarrassing.
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It is easy to blame the animal sacrificing Hindu as uneducated, superstitious believing in witchcraft and tantrics. Educated Hindus impatiently tries to distance from such events and talk loftily about Yoga, Upanishads and the scientific achievements of ancient Hindus.
The real culprits here are educated Hindus, modern day Hindu Gurus and Saints, Hindu leaders, Hindu organizations and the government. Majority of the Gurus and Saints are only interested in working among the middle class and the rich. The Gurus go all the way to talk about Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita in
Only a few Hindu organizations work in rural
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You can never blame a Hindu who goes to sacrifice an animal for personal wish fulfillment or as a thanksgiving for his/her prayers heard. Because he/she comes from areas in
CaféPress merchandise emblazoned with "Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8"
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Zazzle merchandise emblazoned with "Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8"
Here's the Psalm that the inscription refers to: "May his days be few; may another seize his position. May his children be orphans, and his wife a widow." (Ps. 109.8f., NRSV).
Muslims mass-producing children to take over Africa, says Archbishop -Times Online
A profile of a sermon preached by Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, primate of Nigeria, in London, in which he described an "attack" by Muslims in Africa aimed at "taking over" the continent by tempting new converts with the promise of polygamy and correspondingly high numbers of progeny. The sermon was preached in July, 2009. An MS Word transcription of the sermon can be downloaded from the Times site here: http://j.mp/FQAPd
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“They spend a lot of money, even in places where they don’t have
congregations, they build mosques, they build hospitals, they build anything. -
“They come to Africans and say, ‘Christianity is asking you to marry only one
wife. We will give you four!’ ” Archbishop Okoh described this as
“evangelism by mass-production”. - 3 more annotations...
State's revised booklet on polygamy takes neutral tone - Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's official "Primer" on "so-called fundamentalist Mormon communities" (where polygamy is sometimes practiced) has been rewritten, apparently so as to avoid offending the polygamists. References to high rates of abuse and violence in plural families have been removed. Women no longer "flee" or "escape", they "elect to leave." References to them as "victims" are gone. And, interestingly, readers are instructed to avoid the word "compound."
Religion News: Anti-faith, anti-government violence a toxic mix
"If we focus on the groups, we are going to miss the larger picture that the danger is not from the groups like the KKK or Aryan Nations ... but from individuals like von Brunn who act alone,"
Judge: Christian group can't walk with literature at Arab festival in Michigan - San Jose Mercury News
At an Arab-American festival in Dearborn, an evangelical group wants permission to leaflet throughout the festival. Festival organizers say the organization must rent a table like all other groups.
Charles Blow, "Pitchforks and Pistols," The New York Times (April 3, 2009)
Charles Blow's take on the rage (and potential violence) of the increasingly marginalized right wing. "My read: They're apocalyptic. They feel isolated, angry, betrayed and besieged. And some of their 'leaders' seem to be trying to mold them into militias." Seems prescient after the Tiller murder and the Holocaust Museum shooting.
Twitter posts cheering George Tiller's killer
A few examples: "UPDATE... Doctor George Tiller was aborted today in his 204th trimester - aren't paybacks a bitch," (Punch), "oh HAPPY DAY! Tiller the baby killer is DEAD!" (Samantha Pelch), "George Tiller the baby killer was shot dead this morning. God bless the gunmen who hopefully won't be caught" (readnwatchchris, Creedmor. NC), "was George Tiller the baby killers brain scrambled the way he scrambled full term fetuses.. one can only hope" (Brad S), "Infamous baby killer George Tiller gunned down at (irony) church. Why do I not feel sorry for him? Have fun at Judgment Day." (James Fiddler). Via Ayse's Tumblr.
Intelligence briefings from Rumsfeld's Pentagon to Bush featured Bible quotations: GQ slideshow
These are pretty disturbing images.
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