Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category

Attitude Extremity   Leave a comment

A comment on the post by Matthew Nisbet on the topic of a study from UWM. How to diminish the polarization of debate, a trend that the researchers (and probably all of us!) see happening?

Posted May 28, 2009 by maximilion in Religion, Science, Uncategorized

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World Trade Center re-revisited   4 comments

The 9/11 tragedy keeps springing up again. Not least in book form. The video links below recommend reading for the inquiring mind. It’s a tragedy because of the amount of lives that were extinguished, both at September 11, 2001 and in the war where USA exacted revenge on Iraq. Being respectful is never wrong, but [...]

Posted August 2, 2006 by maximilion in Religion, Words of Hope and Despair

The Noah’s Ark Fiction   5 comments

I’m sitting on my lawn in the warm Swedish summer sun. A tepid breeze tickles the hairs on the back of my neck, and a butterfly with brown and orange markings takes a brief interest in me, then continues its meandering flight. Thoughts come to me in a light, steady trickle like the one from [...]

Posted July 16, 2006 by maximilion in Philosophy, Religion, Science

Of Faith   4 comments

Faith is an amplifier. If you have it, or work at it until you’ve deluded yourself that you have it, it will help you accomplish things you never thought you could. Be it terrorist deeds or an interesting and fun invention or a work of art. I passed confirmation with flying colors, but in the [...]

Posted July 14, 2006 by maximilion in Philosophy, Religion

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