A fascinating discussion/speculation about the position of women on earth and how that mirrors their position in heaven. Includes speculation about what might have been the course of humanity if the Abrahamic God was a female.
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Spark: Heavenly Mother & the Celestial Glass Ceiling
October 4th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
Tags: Belief · Christianity · Feminism · Folklore · Gender · Getting over Religion · Islam · Judaism · Pacifism · Peace; conflict resolution. · Religion · Society · Spark · Spiritual Progressives · Women
Spark: Atheist Moments on Colbert
September 20th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
Here. Including what atheists yell during sex, canoeing on a lake of fire for all eternity, the dangers of topiary, why we should have more atheists in the military, atheist storm troopers, the separation of church and town, the Gospel of Cadbury, and the Dead Faith Scrolls.
(the second Dawkins vid is a duplicate)
If you enjoyed […]
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Gay Marriage
September 11th, 2008 · by xJane · 14 Comments
There’s a debate that addresses this at school today, which I shall attend. It is put on by the local chapter of the Federalist Society (the campus representative states that they are devoted to “honest & careful interpretation of the constitution” and are “never timid about debating”). Sometimes I feel like I’m surrounded by them […]
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Spark: Feminists for Life
September 8th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
Here.
(FfL’s official site here.)
Tags: Current Events · Dialog · Feminism · Gender · Peace; conflict resolution. · Women
Music Monday: the Grave
June 30th, 2008 · by xJane · 1 Comment
I was listening to this the other day while packing and it made me cry (as it always does). If anything could make me a pacifist, it would be this song: Don McLean’s the Grave
This line, particularly:
When the wars of our nation did beckon,
A man barely twenty did answer the calling.
Proud of the trust […]
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on “4000″
March 25th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
All the news (and blogosphere) seems able to talk about today is the fact that the official number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since we went back to war there has reached 4000. There was not one (un)lucky person who tips the scales to a nice, round, reportable number, but 4. And this morning, […]
Tags: Current Events · Death · Ethics · Ghosts · Humanity · Meditation & Prayer · Pacifism · Peace; conflict resolution.
Yet another discussion of femininity in this race
March 13th, 2008 · by xJane · 9 Comments
heh, didn’t originally mean race like that, but it works that way, too.
A recent book is out, called the New Feminized Majority: How Democrats Can Change America With Women’s Values. I’d like them to have a few quotation marks in that title (”…Change American With “Women’s Values”…”), but it certainly looks interesting. Feminist Law Professors […]
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January 17th, 2008 · by xJane · 15 Comments
Ever since we first invaded Afghanistan & Iraq, I’ve seen these “War is not the answer” bumper stickers. I like the sentiment, even if I may not always agree with it. As I’ve said before, I’m not and probably could never be a non-violent person. But there are extremes to every situation. I’m not one […]
Tags: Current Events · Pacifism · Peace; conflict resolution. · Politics · Reason · Science Fiction and Fantasy
You Want Me to Do *What* for Peace!?
December 21st, 2007 · by John · 9 Comments
According to the folks at Global Orgasm, there’s some scientific connection between individual sexual euphoria and global conflict resolution. To put it crudely, they want you to fuck for world peace. The idea is to have everyone build to a collective mega-climax at the exact time of the Winter Solstice (that’s 10:08 pm, […]
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How Young is Too?
November 1st, 2007 · by xJane · 3 Comments
NPR’s story about the memoir of a psychologist (who, incidentally, contracted PTSD by treating soldiers with PTSD) contained story about a 19 year old man who had received 3 purple hearts in a month. His psychologist remembers telling him that there was nothing “normal” about it and that his shock regarding it was fully justified.
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