Category Archives: Upbringing and Education

Teaching Holy Scriptures in Schools

On David Hoffman’s commonplacebook appeared the article Teaching the Bible in Schools in which he expresses that he has long felt that the Bible should be taught in public schools. U.S. Jews seem ready to believe the worst of this part … Continue reading

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Faith related boycotts

Is it really possible that certain companies continually cater to left wing causes to the point that they punish charities that help the poor simply because they are religious based? Yes, for sure, that is still going on and also … Continue reading

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Leaving the Old World to find better pastures

Reason to look for New Pastures The  country where many grew up and currently see is unrecognisable from the times when we were a child. For many it is also nothing like any more of what they hear from their … Continue reading

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The trigger of Aurora shooting

Early Violence and reason to talk In history we come up against many violent acts since Cain killed his own brother Abel out of jealousy. The mind not accepting the other having something or not having something made human people … Continue reading

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Christian values and voting not just a game

The last few days in our ecclesia we looked at the evolution of human kind in the Old and New World. We remembered all those brave men and women who saw how the Old World was deviating from good ideals … Continue reading

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Mormons, just an other faith

Often we hear that religion is the cause of anger and war. But they forget that is was the greediness, the power, the control, the desire to own, that caused the going forces threading over the sole of others. God … Continue reading

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Alternative four letter words

“Impressions~ of what comes to my mind” posted by tvaraj in Food for Thought, brought some interesting posting of photographer Russel Ray to the attention. Russel Ray seems to have had a wise grandmother, like so many of our generation did. Often they were the … Continue reading

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The Y generation in conflict with itself

Sometimes humanity comes up with nice words to classify itself. The generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom (1946-1964) ended some preferred to call them, the generation born between 1964 and 1981, Generation X, commonly abbreviated to … Continue reading

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Vile language and behaviour plus little secrets

It is a sign of the times that several young people do not see anything wrong in using certain words which belong to foul language. The problem comes from the many American series where swearing seems to be a normal … Continue reading

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2nd Half 20th Century Generations pressure to achieve

Do you still have some expectations? The world has gone turning square. The last few moths the financial and political world has become a real mess. People saw their savings melt like butter in the sun. The world has become … Continue reading

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