Posts Tagged ‘Religion’

Defacing Bible

“If you feel you have been excluded from the Bible, please write your way back into it.” The above notice, alongside with a container of pens, are put by the open Bible at an exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (Goma) in Glasgow. The exhibit, Untitled 2009, was proposed by the Metropolitan Community Church, [...]

Arts & Entertainment, Scotland, UK July 26, 2009 6:00 am 0 Comments

Nude Mary Spurs Playboy Apology

Nude Mary Spurs Playboy Apology

A nude model resembling the Virgin Mary on the cover of the Mexican edition of Playboy Magazine has prompted the US firm to apologise (from Skynews.com). clipped from news.sky.com The publication hit newsstands on December 1, only days before a major Mexican festival dedicated to the mother of Jesus. The cover shows a model wearing [...]

Uncategorized December 14, 2008 11:15 am 15 Comments

Soul Searching

Post Script 9 October 2008: I would like to thank you to everybody who reads this post and has set some time to send me private responses and messages. I understand why you choose to not posting your comments here and contact me directly. I appreciate the time and energy you have spent to share [...]

Life & Style September 29, 2008 8:00 am 33 Comments

We are Fasting. So?

Every year in Indonesia, we see something unique during the Islamic holy month, Ramadan, for about 30 days. It is the month of fasting, in which participating Muslims do not eat or drink anything from dawn until sunset, and must avoid obscene and irreligious sights, sounds, and evil thoughts. In order to complete this task, [...]

Indonesia, Life & Style September 18, 2008 7:54 pm 18 Comments

Bloody Religion

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Mother dies after refusing blood The 22-year-old’s funeral took place at Telford Crematorium A young Jehovah’s Witness has died after giving birth to twins, amid claims that she had refused a blood transfusion because of her faith. Emma Gough, 22, of Telford, Shropshire, gave birth on 25 October. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]

Women November 16, 2007 9:03 am 7 Comments

Britz

I watched a program in Channel 4 the other day called “Britz” and it just… tickled me. The program, fictional of course, showed brother and sister, born in UK, Pakistan origin, Moslem (who don’t drink, don’t eat pork, but still sleep around, ironically), who went to totally opposite directions. The brother joined MI5 (perhaps like [...]

Arts & Entertainment November 9, 2007 10:22 am 3 Comments

On Life

This guy turned up when I was sipping my usual caramel macchiato with my colleague in the afternoon break. He spotted us and we asked him to join our delightful conversation, and soon enough I found myself absorbing all of every word he said. We were talking about the essence of life (with capital L, [...]

Life & Style February 12, 2006 8:31 am 0 Comments