Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known. Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory. The depth and…
Welcome to the 7th Carnival of Progressive Faith Bloggers! Join us if you would like to participate in future carnivals. Your host next week is Pearlbear’s Blog. Contact Michelle directly with a "Carnival Post" email or submit your blog link and description to ProgFaithCarnival – at – Yahoo.com with "Carnival Link" in the title. I was planning on making this more of a narrative post, but the topics this week were very wide-ranging. The round-up is more concise than descriptive….
A reminder that I’ll be hosting the Progressive Faith Bloggers Carnival this Sunday. Send me those links at heidi (at) virushead (dot) net. The deadline for member submissions is Saturday noon EST. This will give me the time to read, comment, and post on Sunday. Join us if you’d like to participate.
Please view this video and listen to the song by James Blunt. I love James Blunt’s music (especially "You’re Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover") but I hadn’t heard "No Bravery." The song is even more powerful now in terms of Iraq than it was for Bosnia, where he was stationed when he wrote it. What I noticed most about the video montage is the sadness in everyone’s eyes, including those of American soldiers. Support our troops. End this illegal war….
Lots of great reading this week at the Progressive Faith Bloggers Carnival – hosted by CrossLeft (I’m now on their newsletter list). Join up and participate in the next carnival for February 12th at Rickshaw Diaries. Oh, and I’ll be hosting the week after that.
What do you get when you pour very hot water down a rabbithole? Hot cross bun(ny)s! One a penny two a penny – Hot cross buns! It’s official – the memes of repression in the name of freedom and diversity have travelled to the U.K. Or have they? For fear of offending the religious minorities at The Oaks Primary School in Ipswich, headteacher Tina Jackson has asked suppliers to remove the cross from their hot cross buns. .. “The cross…