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Tag Archives: religion
The 19th Century Version of a Sleeping Prophet
Andrew Jackson Davis (August 11, 1826 – January 13, 1910) It was a question in the back of my mind: it’s all well and fine to relate present day individuals with their revolutionary counterparts, but what about their intervening lives? … Continue reading
Posted in history, spirituality
Tagged astrology, medium, past lives, reincarnation, relationships, religion, spiritual advice, spiritualism, United States history
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This is the Man that William Blake Most Admired
Emanuel Swedenborg (February 8, 1688 [NS] – March 29, 1772) Here’s another synchronistic event going on. I was sent by two members of our local “Faith & Science” group a link to a recent Richard Tarnas video. Evidently, he is … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, Blake, consciousness, past lives, reincarnation, religion
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What I Was Then, I Still Am
Apostate Right! So here’s the thing. This term has a negative connotation, and one which has increased over the last two thousand years. The One True Faith was exactly that: faith that one is backing the ‘right’ side. It was … Continue reading
Posted in history, personal
Tagged Cathars, Crusades, heresy, heretics, Knights Templar, One True Faith, politics, religion, Roman Catholic Church
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Xenophobia: Blaming the Stranger Among Us
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) This film is based on the 2018 coming of age book with the same title by Delia Owens. It’s not based on a true story (how could it?) and, in my opinion, it’s an allegory … Continue reading
Posted in history, showbusiness
Tagged estrangement, fear, Hollywood, love and hate, politics, prejudice, religion, xenophobia
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Are You an Eastern Orthodox or a Roman Catholic?
The Sign of the Cross Before I was a United Church of Canada preacher’s kid, and way before I became an Anglican server (in my teens), I was baptized Catholic. I even have the certificate to prove it: But I … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged astrology, Christianity, Eastern Orthodox, religion, Roman Catholic Church, schism
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Finally, I Understand Trump’s Appeal…
That Old Time Religion Admittedly, I’d been stumped as to why people would flock to an event where Donald Trump was giving a speech. To me, it seemed nonsensical. Everyone knows he exaggerates and lies, and yet they lap it … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged Bible, religion, satire, Southern Baptists, tent revivals, Trump, United States history
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Government: By the People for the People?
Aristocracy vs Liberty Phineas Quimby was a very opinionated man. And having witnessed first-hand the American Civil War meant that he based his thinking on what he saw going on around him. Politically, he equated priests and doctors to the … Continue reading
“You Catch More Flies with Honey than with Vinegar”
TMV: It’s the End of the World as We Know It The doomsday scenario has been with us for a very long time now, and you know what I mean: Armageddon. For as long as there have been believers in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, doomsday, fear, heaven, hell, nightmare, Old Testament, prophecy, punishment, religion, reward
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As Missionary to the Huron, He was Killed by the Iroquois
Jean de Brébeuf (March 25, 1593 – March 16, 1649) I do not wish to speak ill of the dead, but it seems to me that this Jesuit priest tried and failed to bring peace to the Huron and the … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, Canada, faith, Huronia, Jesuits, Martyr's Shrine, martyrdom, native canadians, Ontario, religion, Roman Catholic Church, saints, torture
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