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Lent

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Since last Wednesday, many people around the world, both Christians as well as some non-Christians, decided to give up a bad habit for the period of forty days and forty nights known as Lent. The symbolism behind Lent is that Jesus traveled the desert for forty days and forty nights and did not succumb to [...]

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The Difficulty of Explaining Ahimsa

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

When people ask me why I am a vegetarian, part of my answer usually involves my belief in Ahimsa, but few people who have asked have known what ahimsa means.  My usual answer is that ahimsa means non-violence, but I do not feel that this adequately describes what ahimsa means to me.  I feel that [...]

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Question of the Week: The Value of Lent

Monday, March 16, 2009

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been learning about Christian faith and history between my Roman history class and the general Easter season, and there are many worthy ideas in the general practice of the Christian faith that are worth considering and discussing. One of these ideas was the practice of giving up something one [...]

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