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Abortion is really a simple issue if you take the ‘soul’ out of the debate

April 20, 2014February 3, 2022 benign0 71 Comments

Nobody who rests comfily within the bed of Establishment thinking seems to want to take a position on the debate around abortion. The highest profile players in this arena include New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights playing forward striker for the Forces of Ethical Thinking and on the other side is the 2,000-year-old bedrock of,…

Civics, Lifestyle, Religion, Science

A ‘story’ where none exists

April 14, 2014 benign0 4 Comments

The human brain is a wondrous instrument. It starts out as a blank data processing device that is wired to five data collection channels — our senses. From the minute we are born, our senses kick into operation, collecting information about our environment and feeding it to the brain. One can’t really imagine what it…

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