Ubuntu

the poverty of affluence

change is sometimes appallingly slow

Despite promises to reform their textbooks, the Saudi education system continues to indoctrinate children with hatred and incitement

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You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught from year to year,
It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear.
You’ve got to be carefully taught!

You’ve got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a different shade,
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late,
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You’ve got to be carefully taught!
You’ve got to be carefully taught!

(from the film South Pacific).

Celebrating differences, not condemning them

In remembering the tragic and horrific death of Matthew, that became a symbol

against hate crimes, we also think of the young people who are suicidal

and desperately unhappy because of their sexuality.

It's good to see that there are some Christians who are more concerned with compassion and

understanding than in hiding behind ritual,dogma and literature.

check Timothy out here