This post will cover what causes us at times to be suspicious or distrustful about another's motives when, however accidentally, their behavior yanks our emotional chain. And it will also explain why some people are especially likely to feel offended in situations where no hurt or harm was int...
The main reason that I left Unitarian Universalism was I had not prepared myself enough to cope with the faith diversity. I had not prepared myself to get offended by others because of what I believed was different from theirs. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate what UU has done, and s...
Cheryl Harris (UCLA)’s essay Whiteness as Property does pretty much what it says on the tin: rather than a social designation, a part of a code by which people are sorted and separated from each other, she proclaims whiteness as a thing that some people get to own and others do not....
Why would God create an imperfect world? In a word, for the sake of love; for the sake of people like me; the sake of love manifests as life transformation,, empathy, compassion, humility, agapē; love manifests in creating a better world and even building up the very kingdom of love...
have as many children as humanly possible. The mass rapist would be the saint of this kind of system. The person who impregnates a lot of people has spread their genes really effectively. Something is obviously wrong with that kind of idea. And Harris says, “Our minds do not merely conf...
First, the world will be more religious a generation from now, not less.This will be so even if religion fails to convert a single soul — it has to do with demography. The more religious people are, the more children they have. The more secular they are, the fewer children they have...
So why are so many people, friends and/or family members so willing to push away that kind of love? Why do they put an arms length between themselves and unconditional love by another? Why do they proclaim victory for themselves in pushing away pure agape love? Why does our rescue dog ...
Get in the middle of them and let the person know that she will come to them if she’s interested. People have gotten offended, but you know what? My daughter understanding ownership over her body is well worth it. And the people worth having in my life will understand that. No one ...
Also, do not physically touch people you don’t know. 2. Making inappropriate jokes or comments. There’s a time and place for inappropriate jokes or comments. And that place is usually in private with friends that you know won’t be hurt or offended by them. ...
In the weeks leading up to the meeting, Microsoft offended Muslims because its Xbox game Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal used verses taken from the Islamic holy book the Quran in its soundtrack, and Edwards had flown in to meet not just with newspaper staff, but with representatives of the...