However another drive was the Soviet occupation when nearly all land was nationalized and the land-owning peasants killed or expelled, religion attacked. Urbanization rate increased from 30 to 70 percent as more emphasis was put on heavy industry while the productivity of agriculture suffered as ...
I always had questions about religion, but was still searching for answers as to why all this was taking place.You don’t have to go to church to be religious and serve God and Christ, in fact, the true definition of the word religion is ‘bonded obligation’ and that obligation is to...
History of Lithuania is often presented in very different lights depending on whoever writes it. There are numerous "positions" on various issues, quite often correlating with the ethnicity, religion and/or nationality of the author. The reason for this is that for different groups of Lithuania'...
I’ve written before about my flagging devotion to religion, spirituality, and even to my own religion. Consequently, the Western Wall seemed drained of meaning to me when I was here last—particularly in the wake of conflicts with friends who professed spiritual leanings. The place, however,...
No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion. But though Jesus Christ does not call us to go out of the world, shut up our shops, and leave our children to be provided for by miracles; yet this must be said to the honor Christianity, if we are really converted, we shall be ...
Religion is a choice, sexuality is not. I asked her if she thought Jeremy Corbyn was anti semitic and a racist. Rosie wanted me to know her fiancé is black, that she couldn’t possibly understand what it is like to be black, gay or jewish. She had to accept as the truth from her...
The mere idea of writing this book scared me to bits and pieces – for many valid and pertinent reasons. As Arabs, work is worshipped (Islamic Religion calls on us to respect work like as if it is in praying!). We are also brought up to be polite, courteous and decent (at least ...
If our political culture is, as Thiel says, something like rearranging furniture on the Titanic, is the goal to “have dissident voices,” or to turn the ship around by whatever means possible? Whither, in all of this, religion? These questions and others were taken up most substantively in...
near the Herengracht. Wood, old and new has always fascinated me. Bookshelves were made of wooden crates in the sixties. Now they are sold for a fortune in designer shops. I feel my age when I stroll through the so called vintage shops with my daughters in the little shops of ...
larger pieces is an interpretation of Adam and Eve. I grew up in a very strict religious household and was able to escape that particular religion. As a result, my Bible knowledge is quite strong. Also, as the owner of my own market stall, I can be honest with customers who irk me....