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Our Outraged Society
We are supposed to be living in an enlightened age, but instead we seem to be devolving into a society of bullies who, ironically, pride themselves on being “tolerant”— but only of what they deem fit to tolerate.
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Religion vs. Religious Freedom
Would you honor these unbelievers for being religious in an otherwise materialistic world and respect their sincerely held beliefs? Or would you try to convince them to change their ways and accept the “right beliefs” out of concern for them and their ultimate fate?
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The Only “Story” That Matters About the Portland Stabbing
I’ve been reading about the train stabbing incident in Portland with a heavy heart. Like so many others, I’ve been trying to make some sense out of all of it—to put it into some sort of understandable context. As a Scientologist, it’s my personal reality that we are all spiritual beings.
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The Rise of Hate in America
We as Scientologists have worked hard to demonstrate our values to the world. We help. We are first responders to world disasters. We are mothers and fathers, neighbors and tutors. Nice people, moral people. We have faces and names. We have rights. And one of them is the right to practice our religion.
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The United Nations Taps Youth as Our Best Hope Against Hate
This year, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is chillingly well-timed.
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The Worsening Attacks on International Religious Freedom
Whatever your religious beliefs may be, it is likely that others who share them are being attacked in some corner of the world. What if it were you?
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Tolerance for Intolerance: Burning Down Your Own House
Like setting your neighbor’s apartment on fire, it worked; but as historian Dan Carlin points out in his Blueprint for Armageddon VI, burning your neighbor’s apartment can set yours on fire too.
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What Is Your Problem?! or Drama in the Produce Section
“WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!” The question was bellowed at me in condemnation of my failure to swerve my motion-challenged shopping cart out of the way fast enough to allow passage for the strident, trim, one-third-my-age Whole Foods shopper intent on beating all competition to the Christmas Brewers...
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What Little Old You Can Do About Bigotry & Evil
“I’m just one person. What could I possibly do?” You’ve heard it, you’ve probably thought it and you’ve very possibly said it. But it’s one of the most destructive ideas known to man.
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Why It’s Cool to Be “Uncool”
I was never one of the “cool” crowd. I had lots of friends from every one of the defined social groups in high school, but I was never “cool.
