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This post was separated from the original, to move the off-topic comment thread to another location. I will try to shift the on-topic comments back to the original post later, but that’s harder to do.

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Nearly two weeks ago, six male students decided to have some fun for themselves by barging into a church service naked. Four were successfully blocked from reaching the auditorium, but two made it all the way… and opened fire with pepper spray. (UPDATE^2: this source, which claims the pepper spray may have belonged to the [...]

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(NB: As a part of this post, you must also read the comments by Hennie below. ) In a conversation a couple of weeks ago with someone that has spent some time living in Indonesia, I learned that Bali has a much lower crime rate than the rest of Indonesia. The explanation* she offered for [...]

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Back in February, this humanist introduced me to Family Man, a graphic novel (aka comic) by Dylan Meconis. I’m not exactly sure how to sell this, but I’ve known for many moons that I will eventually try – it was just a question of when. Let’s give it a shot: It’s brilliant! There, that should [...]

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Come across something often enough, and become blasé about it. Approach it with cynicism, and it seems melodramatic or over-the-top. (Is there a better word than "cynicism" here?) Have enough apathy, and it’s simply "meh". If, however, always meant very much to me, and always will, because of the context in which I first came [...]

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Thanks to Cobus for providing a link to this video clip in a comment on the previous post — John Dominic Crossan on The Dangers of Fundamentalism: Please watch this video clip, especially if you are religious. It contains the food for thought that we need to think carefully about the dangers of certain ideological [...]

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