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One day God stopped speaking to me. When I prayed as I normally did, there was a big nothing in response. I was in my mid-twenties and a seminary student at the time. I was ashamed, embarrassed and told no one. I tried to figure it out on my own.
An increase of troops in Iraq is not the pursuit of a “Just War,” it is just more war. Indeed, the attack on Iraq has never been a “Just War.”
Down through the ages, women have fared very poorly with the world’s major religions. For example, my own Christian religion has blamed women, through Eve, for sin and death entering the world.
African-American folk wisdom is important here. If American voters demand religious rhetoric from political candidates as a litmus test of “character,” they are just begging to be lied to.
The ideal of the life of faith is to make your life a prayer to God. With every breath you take, every act you do, every thought that comes, I believe the person of faith should try to live toward God. That is how I understand prayer and take it from me, this is not easy and I cannot pretend I do this well.
What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions
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