Companion blog for the essay: "UNIFICATIONISM a critique & counterproposal"


"A religion does not need to be interpreted literally
in order to be valuable and taken seriously."
—Anonymous

Monday, August 31, 2015

BOOK: Sexual Blackmail: A Modern History by Angus McLaren, Harvard University Press

Thursday, August 27, 2015

UNIFICATIONISM a critique & counterproposal

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

Table of Contents

Disclaimer — I defend the Unification Church's right to exist as a member of our free, open, democratic, pluralistic and tolerant society. more >>

Critique — This is a critique of taking religious literalism and fundamentalism too far, and the misuse of religion for political purposes. more >>

Counterproposal — A religion does not need to be interpreted literally in order to be valuable and taken seriously. more >>

"What, then, is fascism?" (FYI) — "You carry in your blood the holy inheritance of your fathers and forefathers...You carry in it the secret of creation itself. Your blood is holy, for in it God's will lives." -- Faith and Action - 1938 - The German Propaganda Archive. more >>

 "The Third World War" — "It is folly; instead of transforming themselves into angels, they transform themselves into beasts; instead of elevating, they lay themselves lower." — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, on The French Wars of Religion more >>

The Separation of Church and State — "...church and state are to be separated." — The Constitution of the Republic of Korea more >>

Saturday, August 22, 2015

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Monday, August 17, 2015

BOOK: Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the Problem of Evil by Paul W. Kahn, Princeton University Press

Tuesday, August 11, 2015