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My thoughts on the chaos surrounding “Innocence of Muslims”
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve no doubt heard or seen the violence that has erupted in the Middle East over the video entitled “The Innocence of Muslims”. The video has been branded by some as inflammatory, while others have justified its existence using the tried and true ‘freedom of expression’ argument. Before…
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Sikhs: The Way of the Disciples
This past Sunday, another mass shooting spree occurred in the States. The target this time was a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Speculation that this attack may have been a case of mistaken identity began to run rampant in the news. Reporters, bloggers and the like suggested that the gunman may have believed that…
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Religious Tolerance
I felt compelled to write this post because frankly I’m appalled by the declining health of religious tolerance in Canada. Biases, generalizations, and ignorance are insidiously penetrating the oft-lauded integrity of Canada as a nation of tolerance and acceptance. Islamophobia is on the rise across the nation, and this is indeed troubling. While headlines detailing the…
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Cure for Love
I had the opportunity to watch a 2008 documentary called, Cure for Love. It was such an interesting film, hence why I’m posting about it here. The synopsis reads, “Cure for Love is a full-length documentary about a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. The film brings us inside this…
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When did Christmas stop being a Holiday?
It’s that time of year again. No sooner do the first snow flakes fall and the rhetoric around whether it’s appropriate to replace “Happy Holidays” with “Merry Christmas” begins to fly. It’s one of the most divisive issues surrounding this season. Firstly, there are the annual campaigns via email and social media promoting the “put…
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God is so… what?!?
I struggled with whether to share this video via my blog because frankly I don’t think ignorance like this should be acknowledged; however, this is exactly the kind of cancerous commentary I have been blogging about that is infecting religious and spiritual dialogue. Make no mistake, tamtampamela is clearly not representative of the majority of…