Marion Zimmer Bradley retells the Arthurian legends from the point of view of the women – the much maligned Morgaine, Viviane, Igraine, Gwenhwyfar and Morguase. A feminist perspective which gives the classic characters new depth and dimension. It’s a fantastic and pleasant read, whose flaws don’t make it any less interesting. The Mists of Avalon [...]
Posts Tagged ‘God’
The Mists of Avalon
Posted in Book review, tagged Arthurian legends, Christianity, feminist perspective, God, Goddess, Gwenhwyfar, Igraine, King Arthur’s Round Table, Lancelot, Marion (Zimmer) Bradley, Morgaine, Morguase, Paganism, Pellinore’s dragon, the Holy Grail, Viviane on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In defence!
Posted in India Uncut, tagged atheism, Bhagat Singh, God on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hi, I have been mailed (plus left comments) questions from determined theists about my beliefs or disbelief. Rather than mailing them the same old answers to the same questions, I thought a post will help clarify things. I respect people’s religous sentiments, so please respect mine and do refrain from sending me hate mail, just [...]
Christ – What I love about his teachings
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged "Forgive them father for they know not what they do.", 'honour killings, adulteress, adultery, Apostle Paul, atheist, Bible, Ceasar, Christ, Christian background, Christian religious meetings, church, commercial sex workers, Don't turn my father's house into a den of thieves, fishermen, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gandhian, God, holier-than-thou, Jesus Christ, Jesus!, Karl Marx, Let he, Martha, Mary, Mary has chosen the better part and it shall not be tak, MCC, Middle-East countries, Pakistan, patriarchs, Pharesees, politically correct, prayer meetings, prostitute, prostitutes & lepers, radical, Roman citizens, Roman empire, Roman Senate, Roman tax collectors, Sadducees, Samaritans, stoned to death, the last Christian died on the cross, theological debates, Turning the other cheek, who is without sin cast the first stone on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Being an atheist from a Christian background, people automatically assume I’m angry with God and dead against the church. For me, I’m indifferent to the whole “God exists or not” debate. While I don’t think Christ was God, I do like him for being a radical in his times. I like him because a)he didn’t [...]
Unanswerable questions
Posted in The Muses, tagged angels, Christmas, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus born, Joseph's wife, manger, Mary, Nativity scene, pastor, Santa's birthday, Vacation Bible school, vacation bible school teacher on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a short time, I worked as a vacation bible school teacher in our area when I was 18. I was totally unprepared for the amount of questions the kids asked me… For starters, we were reading the Nativity scene. One of the kids ask me: How was Jesus born? Me: Jesus was born in [...]
