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COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Here’s the official set up for CNN’s Believer with Reza Aslan: “In this new spiritual adventure series, renowned author and religious scholar Reza Aslan immerses himself in the world's most fascinating faith-based groups to experience life as a true believer.”
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Any longtime Scientologist like me has become inured to periodic lunatic media eruptions on the subject. They bring to mind A Midsummer Night’s Dream, wherein Puck famously said, “Lord what fools these mortals be.“
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I manage a software development team and have worked in and with technology for the last three decades.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I just read about Stuart Wright, the neo-Nazi hater of Jews, and God knows who else, who vandalized synagogues, and I’d like to say a few words to him. Francis Salvador, Haym Salomon, Mordecai Sheftall and Reuben Etting.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke, 18th-century Irish statesman and philosopher I read this article a little while back about Yankees great Derek Jeter taking a stand against bullying and hate speech.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I have some non-Scientologist friends who will hit me up when some new “exposé” rehashes ancient disproven allegations or some once-celebrity grasps for a bit of former spotlight by trying to sling mud at Church staff members or high-profile parishioners.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
When our Founding Fathers started this country, they put certain rights into place to protect the citizens of a new nation. These guys were pretty bright and they set up a system that included things like Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to Assemble and Freedom of the Press.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world,” said Abdul Sattar Edhi, the late (1928-2016) Pakistani humanitarian and philanthropist whose eponymous foundation ran hospitals, shelters and orphanages throughout his country.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“Not ignorance, but the ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.” - Alfred North Whitehead My first year of teaching I had a realization that helped me throughout my years as a classroom teacher, and life in general. I was warned about Jimmy, my fourth grade student.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I’ve been friends with this guy for more than ten years. We hit it off pretty immediately and have stayed in touch through the years. I have never made any secret about being a devout Scientologist. I never pushed it on him, but I always answered any questions he had.
