by Christopher Jones Glenn Beck initially drew my interest because of his Mormonism—I sensed in Beck’s conspiratorial approach to politics something reminiscent of an earlier generation of Mormon public figures. The pervading fear of socialist subversion, combined with the particularly Mormon interpretations and understandings of human agency, the methods and aims of satanic opposition, and the divinely-inspired nature of America’s Founding documents, were reminders both that the influence of Cleon Skousen and Ezra Taft Benson’s religio-political views still loomed large among a certain segment of the Mormon population and that in them lay a narrative that had the power to appeal to not only conservative Mormons but other embittered Americans as well, suspicious of the government and intent on rescuing the nation from secularism and immorality (and make no mistake, perceived secularism and immorality are as central to Beck’s movement as is some vague libertarian notion of fiscal responsibility ).
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Glenn Beck, Methodism, and "Black Founders"
The local chapter of the Global Sikh Brotherhood (GSB) held a seminar on the issue of “Sikh identity in the present adversities” at a gurdwara in Phase X on Tuesday. Former jathedar of Akal Takht Prof Manjit Singh was the chief guest and founder chief of the GSB Hardeep Singh, who is also local SGPC member, presided over the function.
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Shorn hair among Sikh youth irresponsible: Ex-Jathedar
Paul Harvey For anyone interested, an announcement from History News Network: Join Thomas Kidd, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution for a live Q&A on HNN’s Ning Network at 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 13. Kidd’s take on the poll of Americans’ religious knowledge, which Chris Jones blogged about here a few days ago, may be found at ” The Founding Fathers Would be Shocked at Our Religious Ignorance .” He makes the point that the relatively high degree of religious knowledge evinced by skeptics, noted by the recent pollsters, is not new.
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Surveying Religious Knowledge: The Founding Fathers, and the Pew Poll
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Rumi, Edgar Cayce, Buddha statues, Mindfulness – New online Sept. 2010,
Good News!! The long-awaited new album “INNER PEACE 2″ by Ani Choying Drolma, is now available in our Arts Gallery. “INNER PEACE 2″ is the second part of her popular album – “INNER PEACE”
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INNER PEACE 2 by Ani Choying
Much it grieves my heart to think what man has made of man : [H]ealth officials in Finland announced they were suspending the [anti-H1N1 flu] vaccination programme there following reports of narcolepsy in people who had received the jab … Narcolepsy is a rare condition and its causes are unknown …
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Narcoleptic British Drivers
I am with John Carter Wood , who is with Anne Applebaum on this one: Speaking as an American who lives in Europe, I feel it is incumbent upon me to describe what people like me do when we hear warnings like the one issued on Sunday by the U.S. State Department and cited above: We do nothing
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Just When You Thought It Was Orange
In my last post , I went over the idea that “We are not saved by law, we are saved by grace through the shed blood of the Messiah.” I focused on what was left unsaid. I see that this reasoning is perfect, but it’s not really the true belief of Armstrongism. This time I would like to move forward and hit on repentance, from the Armstrongist perspective.
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Without Law There Is No Sin
The noble struggle against the perils of socialism has reached a new zenith in Obion County, Tennessee: In this rural section of Tennessee, Gene Cranick’s home caught on fire. As the Cranicks fled their home, their neighbors alerted the county’s firefighters, who soon arrived at the scene. Yet when the firefighters arrived, they refused to put out the fire, saying that the family failed to pay the annual subscription fee to the fire department.
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Frontiers in Creative Destruction
Manifestation of intention through visualisation in theosophy Sep 06, 2010 09:50 am I’m very glad to note that Pablo Sender had an article published in The Theosophist about a topic that’s VERY relevant to today’s world. Since he always gives me permission to publish his articles on my site, I just did.
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