March 17, 2008
Myth Me Musings (17)
In the introduction to Isms is the following sentence:
No offence to any religion is intended by the authors, who remain strictly neutral with regard to the various truth claims of any tradition.
At face value this is your basic cover-your-ass statement by anyone who is writing about beliefs. But the phrase that jumped out at me [...]
March 17, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day Musings
The Irish have a saying that goes something like this:
There are two reasons in life to worry. One is if you stay well, and one is if you get sick. If you stay well, you’ve got nothing to worry about. If you get sick, you’ve got two things to worry about. One is if you’ll [...]