Of course,


he's certainly well within his rights to speculate about an aspect of Jesus' presence and life. There's little known of Jesus other than from the Bible, and this book is just his opinion, after all.

Reza Aslan defends controversial new book on Jesus

These are the arguments of academe. One or two people outside of academe might have their opinion of Jesus affected by this book. The person and teachings of Jesus have had books written outside the general Christian position many times. The big deal this time is that it has been written by a Muslim (who also believe in Jesus, but as a prophet). It will probably end up in remainder sections of bookstores quite quickly...

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Occupying ourselves

No Revolution Without Religion: Why the Occupy movement needs to Occupy faith.

I don't think I posted this article yet...

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On this date,

in 1791, a slave uprising begins a revolution in Haiti...

History of Haiti

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The non-violent path of CANVAS

Revolution U

There are a few smiles. Commenting on the pro-democracy help of America in the same breath as mentioning Pinochet made me smile ironically...

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Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution

From the New York Times

Gene Sharp, 83, is known for writing about nonviolence.

"Few Americans have heard of Mr. Sharp. But for decades, his practical writings on nonviolent revolution — most notably “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” a 93-page guide to toppling autocrats, available for download in 24 languages — have inspired dissidents around the world, including in Burma, Bosnia, Estonia and Zimbabwe, and now Tunisia and Egypt."

This man reminds me of T.C. Douglas's "Mouseland"

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I had not heard of this

Notre-Dame Affair

I guess I travel in the wrong revolutionary circles. I've never been a Dadaist anyway...