The Soapbox family is not terribly religious but we do love our traditions. Last night we gathered to colour eggs. Mr Soapbox bought a couple of egg colouring kits, we filled six mugs with warm water and vinegar and plopped in the colour tablets that wouldn’t dissolve completely no matter
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Susan on the Soapbox: Easter in Alberta
Whether you observe Easter, Passover, or the rising of the first full moon after the spring equinox, this is the time of year when we emerge from the gloom of winter with renewed hope for the spring. Sadly, some of us are crawling out of a pit that is darker
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Easter Musical Interlude: Bach – Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet BWV 249 –
Well, we certainly don’t have to believe in the grand ooga-booga, but we can appreciate some of the by products of the holiday. Amazing music by Bach happens to be one of them. Happy Easter Holiday my good friends, stay safe and be kind to another. 🙂
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The War Against Holiday Diversity
They call it the War on Christmas, but in reality it is just an opportunity for a few people to get apoplectic, or is it apocalyptic, about the fact that some people acknowledge that many holidays are celebrated at this time of year. Proponents of the theory like to claim
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Gotta respect the traditions.
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Thoughts on Politics at Easter
Easter is not usually the time to reflect upon grumpy whiners; but given Jason Kenney’s mission to rebuild the conservative movement in Alberta this might be a good time to consider where the conservative Roman Catholic leader of the Opposition would take Alberta if given half a chance. The Conservative
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Easter Sunday Religious Disservice – Mmm, Cookies.
Let’s be civil in the comments folks, we wouldn’t want things to get out of hand…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Taking Easter Seriously – A Sincere Invitation
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Continue readingPostArctica: Trees Cut Down In Verdun
It was inevitable were they going to proceed with the poorly conceived beach project on the Verdun waterfront, but it turns out that even though the city has recently said that the project has been postponed, a large swath of trees has been cut down on the proposed beach site.
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Happy Easter!
We will have plenty of time in the coming weeks to talk about the miserable state of the world (it’s getting pretty scary out there, isn’t it?) but today I want to talk about my favourite celebration, Easter. Hot cross buns, painted eggs, bunnies; what’s not to love? Beyond the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: No redemption for the Wildrose, outed in a Lake of Fire five years ago today, and it’s Eastertime too
PHOTOS: Rev. Allan Hunsperger, whose beliefs about the eternal fate of people who live a gay lifestyle contributed mightily to the downfall of the Wildrose Party. (Wildrose Party photo, circa 2012.) Below: Then Wildrose leader Danielle Smith; Jason Kenney, leader of the Progressive Conservatives today; and former PC premier Alison
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Holidays and holy days – and the dross and drivel which confuses and clouds over them
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter…Yom Kippur, Hunakkah, Passover… Ramadan: these symbolic expressions of union, communion, gratitude, faith and love – what do they matter? Except that they do. As a naturally reclusive and largely solitary being, I often avoid such communal social gatherings, even though I honour and respect them, and value
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Does This Mean No More Chocolate Bunnies?
Cute Little Buggers, Eh? Hold the presses! Word out of Israel that the lost tomb of Jesus has been found and it contained the ossuaries (bone boxes) of Jesus; Mrs. Jesus (aka Mary Magdalene), their son, Judah (aka “Junior”); and six others. Dr Aryeh Shimron says he has carried out
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Easter Disservice – Contradictions you have Swallow.
I appreciate the hard work Matt Barsotti has done over at Jerico Brisance in putting together this lovely infographic, just in time for Easter Sunday. 🙂 Get the PDF here for clarity and future reference purposes. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christian Foolishness, Christianity, Easter, Helpful Infographics, The DWR Sunday Religious
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Something From the Heart – National Caregiver Day, 2015
I know that I promised my next blog post would be about private and national care insurance plans, but to be honest, that was before I remembered that National Caregiver Day was April 5th. So today, I want to write something from the heart and let insurance plans wait till
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Happy Easter – Top 5 Philosophical Failures of Christianity – Anti Citizen X
Anti-Citizen X does a wonderful job of listing some of the ways that shifty christian apologists spin their mendacious web. Arm your self against their rhetorical nonsense with this fine video. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Anti-Citizen X, Christianity, Easter, Religion, Top 5 Christian Philsophical Failures
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Happy Easter – Top 5 Philosophical Failures of Christianity – Anti Citizen X
Anti-Citizen X does a wonderful job of listing some of the ways that shifty christian apologists spin their mendacious web. Arm your self against their rhetorical nonsense with this fine video. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Anti-Citizen X, Christianity, Easter, Religion, Top 5 Christian Philsophical Failures
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Happy Eas…er Satan’s Testicles!
Not wanting to be outdone by John, on this special Friday, DWR humbly adds this helpful poster to the Good Friday basket of atheist wisdom. 🙂 When you see the religious mention anything about ‘the Truth’ it usually ends up looking something like this in terms of how seriously you
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