Category Archives: Religion

Men as God

From the creation onwards men were allowed to name things and to take care of the by God created elements. (Genesis) It did not seem sufficient for them. They preferred to be themselves God and they preferred their own gods. … Continue reading

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Is it wise to annul the Pentecostweekend

Some Belgian members of parliament want to get rid of some holidays. In the picture they have the Whitsun weekend and November the 11th. In Feestdagen, consumeren en besparen I try to explain why minister De Crem his idea to dispense … Continue reading

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Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America at war

After nearly nine years, the American war in Iraq is ending and  many of their troops have come home and been reunited with their families for the holidays. The cost to the American nation has been great. Lots of those … Continue reading

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Apartheid or Apartness #5 Spiral of violence and destruction or of reconciliation and peace

What happened before:  #4 Hangover of Church 9. On the way to peace The World Council of Churches‘ 9th Assembly (Porto Alegre, Brazil, February 2006) called for “a process of wide consultation to be undertaken toward developing an ecumenical declaration on … Continue reading

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Apartheid or Apartness #4 Hangover of Church

What happened before: #3 Opposition and Escalation 7. Moving Reformed Church The South African Council of Churches put more pressure on the South-African Christians and got a major role in the years up to Nelson Mandela’s liberation in 1991 and the … Continue reading

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Apartheid or Apartness #3 Opposition and Escalation

5. Opposition In 1960, a large group of blacks in Sharpeville refused to carry their passes; the government declared a state of emergency. The emergency lasted for 156 days, leaving 69 people dead and 187 people wounded. Wielding the Public … Continue reading

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Apartheid or Apartness #2 Up to 2nd part 20th Century

3. First part of 20th century When the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910 the white people got all the functions and major positions. The African National Congress (ANC), formed in 1912, became the opponent of apartheid, … Continue reading

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Apartheid or Apartness #1 Suppression and Apartness

1. Suppression Mabheka – He Who Looks; all the way from South Africa, finds that at last the wait is over. “The hideous reality that was apartheid is now being brought into the open” he says. “The Truth and Reconciliation … Continue reading

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Louise Weiss builiding and towers after Ziggurat Babel

Looking at the history of humankind we can notice two equal situations, similar to the happenings of today. Today we also can see how mankind after a rise of progress appears to go back to decline.  Again see we in … Continue reading

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Problems by losing the borders

That, indicating that continued violence is what we can likely expect, can be interpreted as being itself a treat, shows certain international reactions on what the writers of the Brussels Journal write. Though we should  recognize the world for what … Continue reading

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Christian fundamentalism as dangerous as Muslim fundamentalism

Anders Behring Breivik the man who killed76 people in two terror attacks did not bring the carnage of one fanatically driven man, because everything seemed neatly planned and he claims to have worked alongside “two more” terror cells. Friday’s atrocities … Continue reading

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Breivik geen enkeling

76 doden vrijdag 22 juli, waarvan 68 jonge dodelijke slachtoffers op Utøya, waar verdraagzaamheid en hulpvaardigheid werden aangeleerd in een jaarlijks zomerkamp, in een land dat prat gaat op haar democratische vrijheid en vredelievendheid, Noorwegen. Onbegrijpelijk dat als iemand een … Continue reading

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Welfare state and Poverty in Flanders #12 Conclusion

Poverty evolution in Flanders 12.     Conclusion The Flemish poverty risk percentage (12%) lay in 2009 clearly lower than the EU27-average (16%).  Flanders gets a 5° place with that in the EU27. That has been signalled better than the years before … Continue reading

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