Tag: spirituality
member name: Rory M.
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July 29, 2007 11:04 PM EDT --
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
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October 09, 2007 08:05 PM EDT --
(If you are a person who believes that every word in the Bible is literal truth and your mind is not open to other points of view or interpretations, then it is perhaps best if you do not read any further . . .
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July 18, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
"I know that God is always on the side of right; my concern is not whether God is on our side but whether or not we are on God's side."
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June 13, 2009 07:50 PM EDT --
There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black:
1. He called everyone brother
2. He liked Gospel
3. He didn't get a fair trial
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that . . .
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July 26, 2007 09:39 PM EDT --
Often on Gather various people will post some kind of simple statement or elaborate essay outlining their position on a given issue or cultural phenomenon, staking out their position and inviting like . . .
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September 30, 2006 12:05 PM EDT --
We have come to an odd point in our social and cultural development wherein people of good intentions and kind hearts are unable to discuss certain topics without rancour, invective and harsh judgement . . .
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September 24, 2007 06:56 PM EDT --
All new parents, when their child is born (usually in a hospital) should be given these instructions as the baby is placed in their arms:
Here is your new child, it is a wild animal that will act . . .
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November 22, 2007 11:30 AM EST --
I am not in the habit of reading books authored by American political figures. Though I have read two of former President Jimmy Carter's books, I am not drawn to partisan writings on politics in . . .
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November 27, 2006 02:25 PM EST --
In today's polarized world there is a general perception among many people who are not members of a given faith, agnostics, atheists, sitting on the fence over the whole question or merely disinterested . . .
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May 19, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
This is the third article in the series I have begun to pay homage to the words of other writers that have meant so much to me through my life. The first two articles can be found here:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977347468&nav=MyGather . . .
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November 11, 2008 11:27 PM EST --
There is a lot of evil in the world.
However, this does not mean that evil is an active force, as most seem to believe it to be.
Of course, many believe in a personifcation of evil alternately . . .
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October 08, 2006 11:22 AM EDT --
Tomorrow, October 9th, is Canadian Thanksgiving. So, I thought I'd take a moment to give thanks for things great and small.
I'm thankful for my life. It has been a pretty good ride so far. I've . . .
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November 24, 2006 12:59 PM EST --
I am from the Shamrock and the Tudor Rose
Cross-polinated by the Fleur-de-Lys and the Maple Leaf
I am from the frozen north, the land of funny money
Of the beaver and the lumberjack
I am from Harry . . .
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December 11, 2006 12:21 AM EST --
In recent years there has been a mild controversy over the way we observe the Christmas season. Well meaning but non-sensical decisions to eliminate the word "Christmas" from public celebration . . .
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January 20, 2007 01:30 PM EST --
I was leaving a grocery store this morning, you know the kind, where you have to insert a quarter to free up a shopping cart. I guess they figure that if you're going to steal a shopping cart that . . .
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