Category: religion
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Post-Chanukah good news reporting
Thanks to Joel for passing this along: Arkansas Menorah in the Baghdad Palace Celebrating Chanukah 2007 in Saddam Hussein’s Republican Palace, who would think? Yet tonight inside a marble encrusted hall in Baghdad, we lit the eighth light of a hand-made, 6-foot tall menorah. We prayed in Hebrew, joyfully sang a medley of Chanukah songs,…
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The Meaning of Chanukah
In the interest of equal time, please enjoy this utterly inappropriate bit of Chanukah cheer from South Park, and the lovely musical stylings of acclaimed musical genius Adam Sandler: The Chanukah Song, Parts 1, 2, and 3.
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The Spirit of Christmas
No, not the animated short that spawned South Park. I’m bringing you this silly marketing gimmick from Travelodge in the UK: Hotel chain offers a room at the inn for Marys and Josephs …”The ‘gift’ of a free night’s stay is to make up for the hotel industry not having any rooms left on Christmas…
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Ignorance fuels violence
Yes, I know this hasn’t gotten physically violent yet, but it easily could. When is this going to stop? A British schoolteacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. BBC story. This whole business with images of the Prophet confuses me.…