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Sweeping questions by Ronald F. Maxwell talks about censorship and banned books. He talks about Sarah Palin and the pastor from Kenya who prayed over her when she ran for governor of Alasks. That part gave me chills. This pastor persecuted a woman, Mama Jane, in Kiambu, Kenya and called her a witch and said she was responsible for the town's ills, which turned the town against her and lead to her home being raided by local police. I have no words.
He also talks about the fact women are still being hunted and burned as witches in various parts of the world, which really surprised and shocked me. I mean, I know about how horribly women are treated around the world (genital mutilation, rape (Darfur, etc.), etc.) but the fact that women are still being killed as witches......again I have no words. On the other hand, I'm not really surprised by it since so much of the world still believes in one god, one way (Christianity, etc.). I'm not religious at all. I tend to waver between some kind of belief and being agnostic. My idea of god though is one who loves everyone and who is willing to accept all no matter how he is worshipped (pagan, Christian, Muslim, etc.). As far as I'm concerned, people who worship the goddess (Diana, etc.) or the god (Jehovah, etc.) are merely following different paths to the same end (they are merely worshipping different aspects of the same entity). Yeah, I'm probably going to hell for that one. :-)
Of course he also talks about censorship and the suppression of ideas and wonders if Sarah Palin who have had the library censor books if Palin hadn't gotten a no from the librarian on the possibility of censoring books. He also talks about books that had been burned/banned by Hitler and other dictators. It's an interesting read.
He also talks about the fact women are still being hunted and burned as witches in various parts of the world, which really surprised and shocked me. I mean, I know about how horribly women are treated around the world (genital mutilation, rape (Darfur, etc.), etc.) but the fact that women are still being killed as witches......again I have no words. On the other hand, I'm not really surprised by it since so much of the world still believes in one god, one way (Christianity, etc.). I'm not religious at all. I tend to waver between some kind of belief and being agnostic. My idea of god though is one who loves everyone and who is willing to accept all no matter how he is worshipped (pagan, Christian, Muslim, etc.). As far as I'm concerned, people who worship the goddess (Diana, etc.) or the god (Jehovah, etc.) are merely following different paths to the same end (they are merely worshipping different aspects of the same entity). Yeah, I'm probably going to hell for that one. :-)
Of course he also talks about censorship and the suppression of ideas and wonders if Sarah Palin who have had the library censor books if Palin hadn't gotten a no from the librarian on the possibility of censoring books. He also talks about books that had been burned/banned by Hitler and other dictators. It's an interesting read.
