a further reflection on the healing powers of faith
posted by neilornstein at
6:40 PM
Saturday, July 15, 2006
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Excellent!
I am not a religious person. But I believe terrorism isn't about true faith. Many suicidals weren't religious when they were young. Religion is used as an excuse.
In any way I loved your illo.
Brilliant.
BTW, people who come by my office at work are loving EphemerOpera.
Have shared your site around some.
Yes, EXCELLENT!
Hmmm.. except that in the afterlife, the virgins would allready be dead, so it would be a little difficult. Or perhaps murdering each one would get him seventy more? I always wondered if the seventy virgins were the ones that were sacrificed to volcano gods, sort of an afterlife cross-cultural program.
I think for the suicide-soldiers it's more about powerlessness - it's often young people, who's lost friends or familys - and just at that time comes a terrorist and persuades them to take revenge and "be a martyr and get 70 virgins" - I only wonder: what will the woman-suicide-soldier get?
Horrifying - and your image is expressive, it works!
Wow. Powerful post, Neil.
powerful! I believe you go straight to the core problem...
Neil, every time I leave you a comment I get a bounce back message saying it wasn't delivered to you at your mac.com address? Are you aware of this issue? :-)
It is a puzzling comment since the comment was iin fact delivered.
This is excellent--always making one think.
Yes, I, too will be back because your work is so thought provoking... AND amiguous enough (either visually or verbally) that one gets "hooked" before one's knee has a chance to jerk... in any direction. You've read, I assum, Sam Harris' End of Faith?
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