Michele Pasin / Quotes

Exhausted mines

The standard-brand religions, whether Jewish, Christian, Mohammedan, Hindu, or Buddhist, are—as now practiced—like exhausted mines: very hard to dig. With…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #world #good-life #religion #Buddhist #Christians

Death is not a sickness

Premature death may come as a result of sickness, but—like birth—death as such is not a sickness at all. It is the natural and necessary end of human life—as…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #death #life #end

Introspection

“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.” ― Philip K. Dick

Quotes About Introspection (133 Quotes) #end #problem #Philip-K.-Dick

Surveillance and the end of privacy

Consider the astonishing means now being made for snooping, the devices already used in offices, factories, stores, and on various lines of communication such…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #years #outcomes #lines #end

Don't make non-believers pretend in church

I believe there is a lack of integrity and respect in asking people who do not profess any faith to pretend otherwise for forty minutes in a building which…

Thought Of The Day - John Bell #faith #Church #people

Gay masses and the Anglican ordinariate

The church where the 'gay masses' were performed is to be handed over to an ordinariate that emerged from an 'Anglican subculture which … was extremely camp'.

The Catholic Church Makes A Mess Of Gay Masses | Andrew Brown | Comment Is Free | Guardian.co.uk #cAMP #mass #Church