Does the religious right rule over you?

“Restriction on free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.”
(William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1939-1975)

9/11 The Last Judgement

At april 8, Easter sunday, bishop Hurkmans blessed this new stained glass window in the St. Jan’s Cathedral Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Nothing special at first sight. 

Music can make a difference

See 5.000 years of religion in 90 seconds

Rethink bias

Over 170 buses in Richmond, Virginia USA have one of three signs with Arabic writing promoting silly sayings like, “Paper, Scissors, Rock” and “Paper or Plastic.” The bus company has been getting calls from riders wanting to know what the signs mean.
Sometimes when people see or hear a language they do not understand it scares them. Muslims stare fear and mistrust in the face almost daily. With these bus signs Rethink Bias is saying that even though we fear what we don’t understand we are able to overcome that fear by learning about others. We can rethink bias, but it starts with learning about our neighbours.

Ask the squirrel

Praise the Pope

For World AIDS day, friday 1 December, some Dutch church towers will be symbolically wrapped with a enormous orange condom. It’s organised by Orange Babies, a charity organisation that initiated from the fashion world to provide support to HIV infected pregnant women in Africa.

Wondercafe

The United Church of Canada just launched this three-year $9 million campaign called Emerging Spirit.
The ads, created in partnership with Toronto-based communications firm Smith Roberts and Co., are part of an effort to build awareness of the website www.wondercafe.ca, said Howard, executive director of the project.

Pet blessings

No this not a anti-religious ad. This is a outdoor announcement of an annual event held at the St Matthew in the City, a progressive Anglican church in Auckland New Zealand. Hundreds of people bring along their pets to be blessed by Revd Glynn Cardy.
See some photo’s from the event.