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Normally, I opt against reading anything romance related. Romantic suspense, perhaps. Mix in secret cults along with the twisted mind of a serial killer, I just might grab a copy. Page turning suspense is what you will find in the New York Times best selling novel, Lost Souls, by Lisa Jackson. It is [...]
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It is often said that the penalty for leaving Islam is death. That doesn’t deter many people from escaping what they believe is the bondage of Islam. Jewish and Islamic theology expert Joel Richardson co-authored the book, Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out, which brings such stories to light. The former Muslims included in [...]
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One of my favorite short stories to teach and read is Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It gives us a glimpse into the future where everyone is finally equal:
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was [...]
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In fact, he believes that the New Atheists are just as dangerous as Christian Fundamentalists. In this article by Charly Wilder, he makes some pretty strong claims against today’s leaders of atheist fundamentalism.
“For example, they believe that the human species is marching forward, that there is an advancement toward some kind of collective moral [...]
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Who would you classify as a great social reformer? MLK? Malcolm X? Or perhaps it’s George Washington or Ronald Reagan. There is also another group of social reformers that I call the unsung heroes. Anita Hackley-Lambert uncovers the extraordinary life of such a hero in her book F.H.M. Murray: First Biography of a Forgotten [...]
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If you don’t believe me, just take a look at page 90 of his work, Letter to a Christian Nation
He states:
“There is, after all, nothing more natural than rape.”
Of course some will declare that I am taking this out of context. But hey, people would say the same to him regarding bible [...]
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