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• Is There All About Christmas?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 571
  Beloved Christmas, day of celebrating  Jesus birth. Holiday of peace, love, family togetherness, tree decorating, singing and attending mass. Everyone is so happy, cities all in light, people get together once again – and mix their hearts in a warm family/friendly atmosphere. Children are in expectation of their ...
  12 hours ago

• "Zen Rituals" and Flypaper

  
  Notes in Samsara — Authority: 133
  Soto Zen Buddhist Brad Warner says , inter alia : I think rituals are important for human beings. It seems like we need some kind of rituals to keep us happy and contented. I like the Zen way of dealing with rituals by doing them but not really believing in them. It seems like a rational solution to the problem. ...
  16 hours ago

• The Christmas Post

  
  One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone — Authority: 428
  By Stillman Brown Before going downstairs this morning to fix a cup of tea and exchange presents, I put my army surplus parka on over long underwear and sat for a few minutes as the fogginess of sleep receded. This was an intentional act. Every Christmas for as long as I can remember Ive woken up and made a ...
  1 day ago

• Kill Joy To The World

  
  Musings of a Quirkyloon — Authority: 133
  Christmas. Im sure by the time you read this, the gifts will have been ambushed and the kids will be on their sugar high from one too many candy-canes. But thank-goodness. The madness. Its over. Now the real fun begins. Cleaning up. Im not talking about the "regular" clean-up. Im talking about Mother Earth. ...
  1 day ago

• Does Darwinism explain anything?

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 557
  Dr. Cornelius Hunter answers the question here . (H/T ECM) Here’s the criterion specified by naturalists to make an explanation scientific: …in order to qualify as legitimate science a theory must distinguish between different outcomes. Naturalism is needed because otherwise each outcome is equally probable and ...
  2 days ago

• “Don’t Shortchange Your Kids at Christmas” by Mychal Massie

  
  http://afrospear.wordpress.com/ — Authority: 124
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 Christmastime is supposed to be a time of good cheer, but what I have to say about it will likely offend some and infuriate others. More often these days, it’s a time dominated by the concern: “What do I get the kids for Christmas?” A lot of parents plaintively searching for ...
  2 days ago

• On Spiritual Attainment...

  
  Notes in Samsara — Authority: 133
  A comment thread on the " Andrew Cohen is bad " post on gnizs website leads me to the following comment: The problem with "spiritual attainment," as any skeptic rationalist will tell you, is that it is non-falsifiable. Its non-falsifiable because theres no such experiment a non-spiritually attained person can do to ...
  2 days ago

• Holiday Materialism Serves Spiritual Needs

  
  The Undercurrent — Authority: 118
  Consumerism masks true significance of ChristmasThe Daily Nebraskan, December 7, 2009Dear editors,Monica Sanford rehearses the cliché that consumerism and materialism have corrupted the “true significance” of Christmas. Though Sanford is not a Christian, she trots out the artificial meaning Christians have ...
  3 days ago

• Foundations of Christianity

  
  Sherryx's Weblog — Authority: 111
  Written by John Pickard Wednesday, 23 December 2009 with thanks: International Marxist website Many of us know that the origins of Christianity have nothing to do with silent nights or wise men. So what are its true origins? John Pickard looks at the reality of how this religion came about – from the ...
  3 days ago

• When Is an Identification an Elimination, and When Not? Idealism and Eliminativism not in the Same Logical Boat

  
  Maverick Philosopher — Authority: 578
  A reader, recently deployed to Afghanistan, finds time to raise an objection that I will put in my own words to make it as forceful as possible: You endorsed William Lycans Moorean refutation of eliminative materialism, but then you criticized him for thinking that Moorean appeals to common sense are also ...
  3 days ago

• HEBREWNOMICS — Yet Another Jewish-Haredi Ponzi Scam ["A Den of Thieves" Edition: Merry Christmas Everyone!]

  
  ZSIDOZAS - The Jewish Problem — Authority: 124
  [NO PICTURE AVAILABLE] Hmmm, I’m sensing a pattern here…what about you ? + Haredi investors fear ‘ilui’ lost more than $30m A spokesman for the Tel Aviv District police said they are not investigating the incident. Haredi investors apparently prefer not to let the authorities know the extent of their ...
  3 days ago

• Yes, Virginia : The Truth About Santa Claus

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 481
  Does Santa exist? Coke thinks so.The truth about Santa ClausThe hope of us all is not that children will finally learn that Santa Claus is not real but rather that adults will finally realize that he is very real.By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / December 23, 2009Now they tell me.But what, exactly, is the truth? Is ...
  3 days ago

• Abolishing Christmas

  
  Going against the current — Authority: 125
  MEMORANDUM No. 465371799199121SUBJECT: Abolition of Christmas and declaring it a null celebrationORIGIN: The Holy Office of the Holiest23rd December 2009______________________________________________________________________After a thorough discussion with all the concerned departments within the tiers of the Holy ...
  3 days ago

• A Realistic Look At Capitalism

  
  The Magna Sententia Weblog — Authority: 112
  The Axiom Of Realistic Expectations Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior By Having Realistic Expectations For Themselves, Their Lives, And Others I was talking to a friend about capitalism the other day, and her opinion is one that more and more Americans share: The only thing capitalism does well is produce ...
  4 days ago

• HEBREWNOMICS — Another Jewish-Haredi Ponzi Scheme

  
  ZSIDOZAS - The Jewish Problem — Authority: 124
  [NO PICTURE AVAILABLE] Hey American taxpayers — how does it feel to be paying millions per year to the Israelis for fake Jewish schools? + Haredi schools falsely register students to get funds Education Ministry inquiry reveals ultra-Orthodox schools in Jerusalem fictitiously register children as students ...
  4 days ago

• Stuff for Christmas? Bah! Humbug!

  
  AWEARNESS: The Kenneth Cole Blog — Authority: 508
  For years, Ive been advocating a stuff-free holiday season. And each year, I wind up with a bunch of junk I dont want or need. Back in 2000, I suggested to my parents that we dispense with the gift-giving ritual altogether, and simply use the day to catch up and do something active, like take a hike in the woods ...
  4 days ago

• The Top 10 Most Annoying People at the Mall During The Holidays

  
  Heartless Doll — Authority: 542
  By Andrea Grimes ​ Yeah, yeah, its a recession. Yeah, yeah, were all doing Secret Santa and drawing names and being all frugal and crap this year. Whatever. Unless youre one of those jerks who has the wherewithal to start internet shopping early enough to not have to pay out the ass for ...
  4 days ago

• In defense of material things

  
  Writing Boots — Authority: 128
  "Dad, sometimes I just really wish my whole life was a movie." —Scout Carol Murray, bathtub philosopher Materialism gets a bad rap during the holidays. Its "shallow," is the charge, which presumably comes from people who are spiritually robust and intellectually fired up 24/7. Hey: Many of us feel empty three ...
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• HEBREWNOMICS — Moshe Zussman [Jewish Ponzi Scheme]

  
  ZSIDOZAS - The Jewish Problem — Authority: 124
  [NO PICTURE AVAILABLE] More on the theme of Jewry parasitizing their own, and most likely very many non-Jews too; enter Ultra-’Religious’ Jew Moshe Zussman : + “ ‘Haredi Madoff’ bilked Bnei Brak families “ Another Ponzi has been uncovered in the ultra-religious sector. Kikar Shabbat, a news Web site ...
  5 days ago

• Who has you?

  
  A Brick in the Valley — Authority: 478
  Frederick Dale Bruner explains why the rich young ruler missed the “adventure of a lifetime”: Matthew 19:20-22: The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure ...
  5 days ago

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