Archive for November, 2005
Sufism and treating believers like adults
Fundamentalists treat their believers like children. As this
excellent blog
points out. And it’s about time a few more of the believers grew up and demanded
more from their religious and secular leaders.
I think, and it came to me as I read her blog, that it’s about time the mystic /
spiritual / experiential worldview and the scientific / [...]
Aus Anti-terror laws pt 2
An interview on the radio this morning with an ex bomb disposal expert from
Northern Ireland, talking about the effect of the draconian anti-terror laws in that
country.
He said the immediate effect was that the republican population were
transformed overnight into strong supporters of the IRA, and any chance of the
Ulster constabulary getting community cooperation in dealing with [...]
