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Hajj and Eid al-Adha (which is today)

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I want to keep this short seeing as I might have my messed up family coming soon to celebrate the Islamic religious holiday of Eid al-Adha. Therefore, this might just be an overview and small summary of what this day means to a Muslim and should mean to all Muslims.  Read More »

Alien or Human?

So today a friend and I were told by another friend that were weren't "human". so we wondered why. I mean we've got the "human" characteristics as scientists say, but she said we weren't human.

This is the reason why:  Read More »

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Finding philosophy in Dr. Seuss

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I recently saw Horton Hears a Who with my family. It was good clean fun (something hard to find in today’s society). It sparked some thinking. Are we a world sitting on a tiny spec on a flower? Is there a flower on Earth that holds a tiny world between its petals?  Read More »

You Scratch My Back...I'll Scratch Yours

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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?

Are most of us in the early stages of moral development?

Lawrence Kohlberg was a prominent psychologist of the 20th Century who believed in 6 stages of moral development.

The first stage consisted of following rules due to fear of punishment. The second stage is the ever notorious "Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours".  Read More »

On the end of humans

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Of late, there seems to have been a fair amount of concern regarding the changing climatic conditions on earth. There is a sizable opinion that these changes are the direct result of human actions, and that our climate would not be undergoing them if humans had been more environmentally considerate throughout our history and in our present.  Read More »

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People Change about as easy as God dies.

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People can't change. They're afraid of change even though everyone admits that they aren't. Now say someone is very timid and shy and then suddenly they are this brash, outspoken person, have they changed? Sure but they haven't.  Read More »

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The Muck We Live and Breathe

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I have a confession to make. I would actually like to keep our world healthy.

I know, most of you are sitting there thinking - ok, so? Big deal. Tons of people do. In fact, I think that guy down the street no one talks too wants to save the earth. So do I! I give donations to....and thats when I cut ya'll off.  Read More »

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The Price We Pay for Denial (the ever controversial global warming)

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