The Good Samaritan; or The Gay Atheist
The Good Samaritan; or The Gay Atheist
A simple story based on a parable (story) told by Jesus 2000 years ago. Probably still relevant today.
For those who are not aware, a Samaritan was a member of a Jewish sect living in Judea at the time of Jesus. Some did not recognise them as proper Jews, having intermarried with people, who lived also in Judea, but were not Jewish, even though a Samaritan followed all the Jewish dietary rules, kept the Sabbath, and thought of himself as a Jew.
Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke chap10 verse 30-37) For more information and the original version.
Background details done now back to the story:
Hysteria over Jeremy Corbyn
Source: The Telegraph's attempted smear of Jeremy Corbyn
It has now been a few weeks since Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the leader if the Labour Party.
I thought he was a decent person and after initially being underwhelmed by the candidates in the leadership election, I eventually got behind him and even paid to vote. (I am still debating whether to join the Labour Party though, asany of his parliamentary colleagues are off putting.)
As a non establishment figure, he has been faced with hostility from the governing party, his own party and the press.
Harry Potter and Voldermort unite in the fight against justice
Pop quiz: if a beloved children's author who wrote a series of books about good vs evil and about good winning was confronted with injustice, what would the author's reaction be?
If it is JK Rowling that we are referring to above, the answer is to choose to fight for injustice of course.
Russia joins the Assault on ISIS.
Russia has loudly entered the Syrian conflict, declaring its war on ISIS.
ISIS, the same bogeyman the western governments want us to be terrified of while ignore the butchery committed by Bashar al Assad.
This intervention has arrived at an opportune moment with the West wavering on who and where they want to fight and Turkey being in a state of flux due to inconclusive elections in June that have left the country in a situation where we are still waiting to see who holds the balance of power.
The Russian intervention could be a game changer, or it could simply only slow the collapse of teh Assad Regime.
The one thing the Russian intervention "against ISIS" has not done, is to actually attack ISIS.
When the BBC tries to demonise Muslims (Ex-Muslim topic)
Source: pixabay.com
What do you do as a news organisation when you think you have a meaty story that could go viral and be popular?
The BBC is like a dog with a bone about the topic of people who are leaving Islam. However, since no one has been that interested in the topic, it hasnt really surfaced much.
So what is an organisation to do when it doesnt gain the expected results the first time (9 January 2015)? Well, ofcourse, try again (8 June 2015) and again (28 September 2015).
Do you use/recommend any Qibla locater app?
If anyone on here (or twitter) uses a qibla locater type app, mind making a post with its name (and platform - android/iOS?) along with whether you find it to be accurate.
When "Islamic Extremists" don't know how to read the Qur'an or pray...
Boko Haram leader "can't read Qur'an, nor perform Islamic prayers"
How to start an empathy revolution
Doing some work at uni on empathy and came across this. I thought it's worth listening to.
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