Archive for the ‘Arguments’ Category
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Responding to no public call whatsoever, a ‘Panel of Experts' has prepared a proposal for constitutional reform. The proposal is for the Recognition of ATSI in the Australian Constitution. Given that Australia is hardly crying out for this amendment, and that the Constitution with the very small number of amendments ...
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
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The recent incident, reported in the New York Times (Friday, January 13, 2012), of Rick Santorum trying to present an argument against same-sex ‘marriage’ to an audience of university students indicates that teaching the fundamentals of ...
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Consider the following argument by Rumi offered in explanation of Mansur al-Hallaj’s fevered declaration that he was God – a claim for which he was executed in 922:
When Hallaj’s love for God reached it utmost limit, he became his own enemy and he naughted himself. He said, “I ...
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