Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2006 | No Comments »
There is one thing that I have to hand over to the Catholic Church. If the purpose of government is fair authority and the business of capitalism is the growth of commerce and consumption, the purpose of religion in salvation. To this end the Catholic Church has the largest and most well-structured of ministers and [...]
Posted in Fun or Humour, Lifestyle Library, Personal on October 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The blog profile has been updated with a new and improved profile. Check it out.
About the blogger: Hi there. If you read any of my posts on the front page you probably get the impression that I am almost fanatical in what I hold important. You’re probably right. I’m single; that may well be because [...]
Posted in Personal on October 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I can’t wait to fly back home. I only have one more piece of assessment and then this year of uni will be essentially over. In the meantime, I truly am looking forward to a winter Christmas in Hong Kong. Granted it’s not as surfer’s paradise as a Christmas in Australia, but it is a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This is from the Debunking Christianity blog by John W. Loftus:
Christian inclusivist scholar, Charles Kimball, argues that certain tendencies within religions cause evil. “Religious structures and doctrines can be used almost like weapons.” (p. 32). Religion becomes evil, according to Kimball, whenever religion: 1) has absolute truth claims; 2) demands blind obedience; 3) tries to [...]
Posted in Lifestyle Library, Personal on October 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
All great warriors are, by definition and nature, fighters. Most warriors are experts at waging war in their particular style or method, and should be applauded for it.
Like Emperor Asoka of Maghada.
But sometimes they lose sight of what they are protecting. They are so engrossed in war they forget why they fought in the first [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
There’s nothing more I want to be than a religious teacher. In the humanities, a liberal, perseverant, and disciplined education is paramount to a successful experience of the art (that is why I’ve always been suspicious of postmodernism and positivism). Also, given that religion, despite having been with us since the dawn of humanity, remains [...]
Posted in Fun or Humour on October 19, 2006 | No Comments »
I believe that one of the most important aspects of the study of history is the study of war. As much as I believe Middle Eastern, Indian and Chinese history have contributed volumes to the development of civilization (come on… with the Middle East and India we’re looking at the two regions that [...]
Posted in Fun or Humour, Personal on October 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
My plan for my birthday is not “special” in the sense that I do something unusual, crazy or just plain weird - it’s just to double my enjoyment of everything.
This morning I got up and went straight to the gym for a workout. Breakfast afterwards consisted of two boiled eggs, a serving of scrambled eggs, [...]
Posted in Personal on October 17, 2006 | 3 Comments »
This blog now has a new mission statement that is in the Header Image. It is, “A guardian of the Lion’s Throne, a bastion of the Buddhist Faith, and a gentle custodian of the Dharma and Sangha”. I was inspired to come up with this quite personal mission statement last night while listening to traditional [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2006 | 14 Comments »
I was reading one of the comments on the Debunking Christianity blog and one of the readers quoted Robert Ingersoll:
“Just before a man dies, God loves him — loves him as a mother loves her baby — but a moment after he dies, he sends his soul to hell. In other words nothing can be [...]
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