In Phnom Penh, Teera finds a society still in turmoil, where perpetrators and survivors of unfathomable
violence live side by side, striving to mend their still beloved country.
Not exact matches
Looking at this
side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that
lives without question or resistance in a state founded on
violence and made prosperous
by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.
I might be ecelectic, but what makes me consistent is my belief is something that combines the belief of Scripture with that of Englightenment philosophy: nurturing
life is goodness, simply, and helping others to see a model that thinking for ourselves can help heal the world of all past injustices - so that we all learn to WANT to be good... within reason and
by our own choice...: you have a society like that, you'll have less injustices, less
violence, less money - grubbing
by people who hold themselves as representatives of «authority» -(which
side are you on,
by the way, if you see the world as so divided in such a bipolar reality...?)
This chapter looks at one
side of the Bible's ambiguity where we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that
lives without question or resistance in a state founded on
violence and made prosperous
by the exploitation of less fortunate nations.
Ina May Gaskin's C - section statistics over 40 years: 1.7 % American hospital C - section statistics: 32 % not including routine episiotomy and so on... Oh yes, I know who I would trust for my child's birth... And if the price of an intact body and a peaceful birth was «gentle stimulation» I would accept it with no hesitation... Of course I
live in France where obstetric
violence is the norm and home birth nearly considered as criminal
by the establishment, but where puritanism is long gone (thank God)... You may remove this post as you did for my previous one... It's OK we've got lots of you this
side of the Atlantic telling us what's good or bad for us and we trust them less and less.
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S. C. Gwynne details the Comanche tribe
violence and the
violence committed against them and captures the clashing of two different cultures and how both
side committed horrible atrocities against each other in an attempt to obliterate the tribe and its
life style.
A gripping series — in two parts —
by This American
Life took listeners inside Harper High School on the South
Side of Chicago and inside the world of students whose daily existence is shadowed
by the specter of gun
violence and fears of getting jumped.