My grandfather was a very religious man. He became an elder at the church we attended, and lived his faith until he died of MS at the age of 69. He did a lot of things in his life, like raising three daughters and laying communications lines during WWII. I think , though, he was perhaps most proud of the cross that he and two other men erected on the hill overlooking the Devil’s Punch Bowl in Stoney Creek, Ontario. I have a lot of documentation about the whole process of getting permission to erect the cross. I have bills…
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There is an interesting conversation going on across a couple of blogs right now. PJ at PJ’s Big Adventure post an entry about how corrupt the Bible Belt states in the U.S. seem to be. (Wikipedia entry about the Bible Belt for those who don’t know much about it.) PJ muses that this paradox might have something to do with the negated statements in the 10 Commandments, making it into more of a To-Do list then a list of things to avoid. An interesting idea, but I wasn’t totally convinced. Maybe, since I am Canadian, it is because Texas and…
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I am seriously thinking about never leaving the house again! It seems to me that people are getting ruder. If I want to be treated poorly or ignored, I can stay home and be abused by my cat. I’m beginning to think that all the rudeness comes from a sense of entitlement. People cut into line, take up multiple seats on public transportation, and cut off others when getting onto escalators and elevators because they truly believe they are better and more deserving then everyone else. They may have had a bad day (or not), but they need to remember…
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If the result of seeing a film in which there is a lot of violence is that the viewer’s compassion is aroused, then perhaps that depiction of violence would be justified. But if the accumulation of violent images leads to indifference, than I think it is not. His Holiness The Dalai Lama Ethics for the New Millennium There is so much talk today about how violence on TV, in movies, and in video games effects children. Every time a child commits a crime, the news launches another attack on media in general, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they also…