"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"

Whenever I see someone putting endless Facebook posts online regarding their “faith,” I cannot escape the thought that the opposite might well be true.

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I've Ben Thinking

We used to say “You know, you don’t exactly have to be a brain surgeon to figure out that…” or “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that….”

I’m hoping we can all agree that, henceforth, we stick with “rocket scientist.”

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Headline you’ll never see:

“Loquacious, easygoing student who never thought the world owed her anything goes on killing rampage.”

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Baaaaaaaaaaaaaad Idea

NEWS ITEM: “The family of a man whose body landed on a freeway sign during a car crash says they performed a lamb sacrifice for him days earlier to protect him from harm.”*

EDITORIAL: Ah, yes. Religion.

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*(Source: 11/3/15 Los Angeles Times)

“Dance like no one’s watching,” they said.

So I did.

“Tell you what,” they said. “Pretend someone’s watching.”

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Heathens All!

NEWS ITEM: “According to the non-profit organization Vision of Humanity, each of the ten safest and most peaceful nations in the world is also among the most secular, least God-believing in the world. Most of the least safe and peaceful nations, conversely, are extremely religious.”

EDITORIAL: Like I’m shocked by this….

(Source: 11/1/15 Los Angeles Times)

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A Forum for Madonna at The Forum

Quoting – I assure you word for word - today’s Los Angeles Times on Madonna’s performance at the Forum in Inglewood:

“… singing her song ‘Holy Water’ as several women dressed in nun’s wimples pole-danced on a number of metal crosses.”

AND

“… the singer simulated oral sex atop a long table decorated to evoke the Last Supper.”

Now, we all know I’m agnostic and a huge believer in freedom and am the first to say when people take offence “I’m offended that you’re offended, so now we’re even.” My question is merely an attempt to delineate the difference between two particular religions. In the above two examples, Madonna – I’ll politely say – “uses” venerated Christian icons as part of her performance. The question is: would she be willing to do this with Islamic icons? And if not, why not?

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