Posted in God, Jesus, abortion, anti-Christ, appearance, books, culture, current affairs, current events, evil, humanity, jesus christ, poem, poetry, poets, society, terrorism, w.h. auden, war, tagged abortion, anti-Christ, appearance, books, culture, current affairs, evil, God, humanity, jesus christ, poetry, society, terrorism, w.h. auden, war on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
{first published on May 11, 2007 in Necessary Therapy}
The most demonic, destructive people on earth are those who seem to have devised solutions to the world’s problems. Kill the Jews and save the economy. Abort minorities and reduce crime. Engage in “pre-emptive” strikes and end terrorism.
W.H. Auden observes what is appealing about despotic [...]
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I love receiving comments. Most of my best virtual friendships began with a comment on one of my posts. In many ways, comments are a better indicator of readership than hits/views. Aside from the occasional commenter simply trying to promote their own blog, those who comment demonstrate they’ve read, digested, and been moved to [...]
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People can do the most atrocious things in the name of God. Browsing through the BBC website, I found this story about a pastor and his wife stealing children and claiming they were born miraculously.
Mrs Deya’s husband says he aids infertile couples by prayer.
The wife of Kenyan pastor Gilbert Deya accused of child trafficking has [...]
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Posted in God, abortion, anti-Christ, appearance, books, culture, current affairs, evil, humanity, jesus christ, poetry, society, terrorism, w.h. auden, war on May 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The most demonic, destructive people on earth are those who seem to have devised solutions to the world’s problems. Kill the Jews and save the economy. Abort minorities and reduce crime. Engage in “pre-emptive” strikes and end terrorism.
W.H. Auden observes what is appealing about despotic leaders in his poem - “Epitaph on a [...]
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Posted in Bible, Freud, God, Internet, Iraq, Jesus, anti-Christ, appearance, blogging, blogs, doubt, evil, humor, interview, mental health, mental illness, neurosis, pyschiatrists, quotes, satire, soul, spirituality, war on April 3, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I was looking over my blog stats and noticed that someone had reached my site by doing a search on - “vein sticking out in forehead.” It took me a while, then I remembered it came from my post, “My Dinner with Dr. Freud” in which Sigmund responds to the Iraqi war. Here is an [...]
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