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when Buddhism and Christianity were THIS close
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Britton Gildersleeve
Most of the time, I confess, I think of Christianity as a violent religion. Beginning w/ the Crusades, various holy wars, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem witch trials, Nazi Germany… It doesn’t appear to have read the New Testament, and it certainly doesn’t stress peace on earth to any real degree. Or so it’s always…
30 Days of Love: faith and social justice
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Britton Gildersleeve
Today’s 30 Days of Love prompt is to look at the social justice programs of another faith. Initially I thought I’d write about engaged Buddhism again, as many Americans are unfamiliar with it. But when I went to look for social justice images to use in today’s post, I found this one, courtesy of U.…
freedom of (and from) religion
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Britton Gildersleeve
As I’ve mentioned recently, freedom of religion is a big deal to me. And that freedom doesn’t mean you get to worship your mainstream religion in public and I don’t. Or that you can discriminate against me — even harass me — because my beliefs differ from yours. And yet, despite the very clear dictates…
30 Days of Love: drawing birds, getting it wrong, and compassion vs. love
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is not a great goldfinch sketch. BUT…. it’s measurably better than last year’s birds (see below). Because I’ve spent a YEAR drawing crappy birds. 🙂 And they’ve grown slightly less wretched each month. Here’s the kicker: you have to be able to look at the early birds ( 🙂 ) to see the progress.…
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