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Tag Archives: religion
The arrogance of religious beliefs to assimilate the Guardians of the Planet
I was reading about how Jesuits sent from Rome helped destroy the culture of the Sioux at the behest of US government officials through re-education techniques. I have reproduced the article which informed me of this travesty which took place … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged "indians", assimilation, belief system, catholicism, culture, disease, earth, education, guardians of natural world, ICT, Lakota, native americans, neglect, poverty, re-education, religion, responsibility, schools, Sioux, truth
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Covid 19 and religion
Humans have adhered to religious beliefs for thousands of years. Many belief systems fly in the face of advice for self and other protection against the current contagious virus. Here we have an example in the news this month: Israeli … Continue reading
Christopher Columbus Statues
This image taken 2019. A long running sore. Now many voices call for such symbols to no longer affront the daily lives of those whose ancestors helped build America (and previous empires of the world) with their suffering. Now statues … Continue reading
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Tagged degradation, genocide, humiliation, indigenous, injustice, military aggression, oppressed, poverty, religion, slavery, terror, uncivilised, violence
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The Sacred Condor
The magnificent Condor is a familiar and respected scavenger bird which flies over the Americas. Condors are part of the family Cathartidae which contains the New World vultures. The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), is thought to possibly be the most … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged a.magificens, Americas, andes, aves, california, condor, endangered species, extinction, incas, miocene, p.sandersi, religion, triassic
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Romans left us with Christianity in a Savage Britain
When the Romans left England in 410 AD the population had no understanding of how to govern, feed themselves or protect each other. 420 – Pelagian heresy outlawed in Rome (418) but, in Britain, supposedly enjoys much support from … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged 5th century, anglo-saxons, celts, christianity, england, germania, holy roman emperor, missionaries, religion, st boniface
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Debt as a Driving Force
Philip IV of France (born in Fontainebleau in 1268, the second son of Philip III. His mother (Isabella of Aragon) died when he was three and his stepmother, Marie de Brabant, allegedly preferred her own children to Philip and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Avignon, christianity, crusades, debt, england, family, feudal to civil society, Holy Land, kings and queens, Knights Templar, papacy, Philip IV of France, power, religion, roman catholicism, Rome, scotland, war
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Human Vulnerability
There have been three major outbreaks of plague. The Plague of Justinian in the 6th and 7th centuries is the first known attack on record, and marks the first firmly recorded pattern of bubonic plague. From historical descriptions, as much … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged 13th century, 14 a18th century, Black Death, conflict, disease, gangrene, Jani Beg, Khan, Mongol empire, religion, rodents, Silk Road, trade, war
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Trade and Destruction
Trade is all we seem to think about nowadays, and securing trade so that people can go about their lives without fear of starving is a major activity. Thus, when today we see Qatar blockaded, we see how quickly people … Continue reading
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Tagged China, christianity, conquest, destruction, faith, Ghengis Khan, Middle Ages, Mongolia, religion, Silk Road, tolerance, trade
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Coveted Gold
The motivation of humans to control others, destroy those who stand in their way, seems to spring from coveting that which belongs to others. I have researched the hunger for gold prior to the desire of Columbus to set sail … Continue reading
Margaret, ‘Pearl of Scotland’
I struggle with pyramid style societies. As Lenny Bruce once quipped,”If the Venusians aren’t scufflers we’re screwed.” Placing each other in hierarchies; identifying ourselves along a line from bottom to top; forming friendships, alliances with those ‘at our level’ – … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, control, education, humanity, power structures, religion, rhetoric, slavery, written history as a means of control
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