It is almost as dangerous to say that some act of violence has no relationship with religious ideas as to state it all has to do with a specific religion. Simplistic analysis drives us all away from solutions by fomenting pure denialism because, sometimes at least, we like to believe ourselves much worse that we …
Categoría: religion
Temas de religion
Attacks on Modern Societies
After the last attacks in the heart of Europe by jihadism I feel like I need to try to clarify some concepts to me that not everybody is really familiar with. Probably the first and not that obvious concept is that we are facing a very complex issue that affects everybody around the globe. There’s …
Las consecuencas de echar a los refugiados
El mensaje que se envía cuando desde la Unión Europea se rechaza a los refugiados de la guerra de Siria es más poderoso de lo que pensamos, y sirve, lo queramos o no, a fines que empeorarán la ya de por si horrible situación de guerra y terrorismo que sufren millones de personas y que …
Freedom of Speech
by Christopher Hitchens: I am sure that all British journalists will agree with the statement issued by Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of Index on Censorship, following the murderous attack on the staff of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo: “The ability to express ourselves freely is fundamental to a free society. This includes the freedom to …
Lo que hace que hagamos
Normalmente, como seres humanos, tendemos a intentar simplificar las motivaciones de otros para sus acciones. Lo cierto es que raramente lo que uno hace obedece a un único factor. Casi todo es siempre mucho más complejo. Lo peor es que al albur de nuestros prejuicios con frecuencia tendemos a descartar algunos importantes factores aunque sólo …
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