Jainism followers value spiritual purity over material possessions – Houston Chronicle
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Jainism followers value spiritual purity over material possessions
Houston Chronicle Its Sunday classes include philosophy, language, culture and Jain literature to keep the children rooted in Jainism. Much of the content revolves around removing a sense of attachment to material things, said Jainesh Mehta, vice president of the Jain … |
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My Morning Jacket will play Santa Barbara on July 2 – Ventura County Star
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My Morning Jacket will play Santa Barbara on July 2
Ventura County Star His thoughts of late have turned to old records, religion and philosophy, all of which color his band's new album, "Circuital." James said the CD, which was released May 31, reflects a search he's been on for some time. "I just want to be peaceful," … |
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Atheist banners will fly this 4th of July – Examiner.com
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Atheist banners will fly this 4th of July
Examiner.com … to studies like the American Religion Identification Survey," Silverman added. "Many of us use terms like atheist, freethinker, secularist, or humanist to describe our philosophy; and most of us agree on the necessity to separate church, and State. … |
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Cosmic Pluralism: How Christianity briefly conquered the solar system – io9
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Cosmic Pluralism: How Christianity briefly conquered the solar system
io9 In any event, metaphors and analogies were considered acceptable arguments because not only were science, religion, and philosophy all jumbled together, but also because all the different scientific fields were basically interchangeable. … |
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Lawmaker Wants VA Investigated for ‘Anti-Christian’ Rules – Fox News (blog)
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Lawmaker Wants VA Investigated for 'Anti-Christian' Rules
Fox News (blog) "Congress has got to get involved and change the anti-Christian, anti-religion philosophy in the Veteran's Administration." Poe was responding to accusations filed in federal court that the Houston National Cemetery banned veterans from saying the … Veterans BANNED from saying 'God' or 'Jesus' at military funerals |
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Denouncing bad religion – Eureka Street
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Denouncing bad religion
Eureka Street He lectured in the Philosophy of Religion at King's College, and other institutions before moving to teach this discipline at Heythrop College. One of his abiding interests is fostering relations and understanding among religious traditions, … |
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A Shabbat Tent Diary – The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
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A Shabbat Tent Diary
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. If you are interested in more of the history and philosophy and logistics of our Shabbat Tent, check out a great article about this year's Shabbat Tent at Phish Festival published by Josh Fleet in The Jewish Week. |
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Pro Tip: Use Google to avoid embarrassing mistakes – GetReligion
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Pro Tip: Use Google to avoid embarrassing mistakes
GetReligion The Associated Press ran a religion story about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' restatement and clarification on political neutrality toward candidates and parties. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is Mormon. … |
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Godless Britain – Wall Street Journal
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Godless Britain
Wall Street Journal Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From Richard Dawkins, who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend Christopher Hitchens, who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," … |
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Terror Factories? – Onislam.net
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Terror Factories?
Onislam.net He has, also, anchored a talk-show on a premier Pakistani channel during the Election 2008 in Pakistan. Faruqui read philosophy of religion at Columbia University and later returned to Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism for MS He can be reached … |
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