Religion
Not Affected: finding a new doctrine for tragedy.
“Never be afraid when God brings back your past” Oswald Chambers said. When God began bringing back my past recently, I was more confused than afraid. But I was afraid. What confused me is that God was bringing back such happy memories. A series of dreams and flashbacks were reminding me of happy islands in…
Read MoreWinnowing Fan of the Woke
In a never ending race to destroy the evidence that it once had journalistic integrity, the New York Times today came out against the secular state. Vincent Geisser, a “political scientist”, informs us that Muslims are slaughtering the French, because the French have taken the concept of laïcité (state secularism) too far. Apparently, Muslims “feel…
Read MoreI loved a gay man and he broke my heart.
Kevin was a hero figure in a childhood with very few character models of any kind. In a bogan populated public housing estate, he instilled in me a sense that somehow it wasn’t us that was wrong it was always them. In a family where all of our parents managed to stuff up the basic…
Read MoreNew World Order
I woke up this morning in horror at the realisation that I am a right wing fundamentalist Christian. This has come as a great shock to me as I know that “fundies” are hateful, stupid, ignorant people, of more dogma than morals. Why today? Why am I today such a scorned and terrifying creature? And…
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