Everyone is a critic.....................................

and every theistic satanist is a sermon writing minister. Well most Satanists anyway. This is one aspect of the scene i really love, we all have something to say and you know what? we damn well say it. Even if (like me) the punctuation is a bit off, the spelling is a bit shabby or the fact that most of what we have to say has been said before. We don't let any of that stop us and why should it? After all there is nothing new under the sun (as some person once said) Many of us are also becoming ordained in the "Universal life church" or institutions that are equivalent. which is fantastic as we are joining an organization that actively embraces religious difference and seeing that as a good thing. Everyone of us (regardless of religious beliefs) have the right to share their beliefs with people but of course we should not force people to listen nor should we force them to believe what we believe. How boring would that kind of world be?

Censorship

I'm writing this edition of my blog from a library in the great city of Glasgow. During a surfing stint on the net I thought I would check out my website to see if i had a message from my mate Richard. Only to find that my site has been banned by the Glasgow council. One can only assume it is because it has Satan in it's title and satanist in it's web address. What annoyed me more was that, while looking for info for a uni essay; i typed in christian and got gazillion of sites so much for freedom of religion. By banning my site it makes it look like i have some really dodgy copy on it. I don't feel i do. Wonder if I had "Satan" in my blog title, if they would have banned me?

There is a guy next to me booking tickets for a play, on his blackberry and he is reading aloud his credit card number lol if only i was a fast typer, I would be booking tickets to Bali lol

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The Sikh girl

I think it's disgraceful that Sarika Singh won her court case against her school, for excluding her for wearing her religious bracelet. The school had a policy that no jewelry other than a watch and stud earrings should be worn on school premises. She knew this when she started at the school. She should have went and studied else where. She has made herself stand put from the crowd which is normally not a bad thing but in this case, it will cause her much grief. She has shown that she is not prepared to integrate into secular society, people get nervous and suspicious of people who deliberately segregate themselves. Look at the Jews as an example, much anti-semitism was cause by their instance of separatism from non Jews. So what is so special about this bracelet then?

The bangle is used to represent infinity therefore God, many Sikhs say that when it (The bangle) hits against something, they are reminded of God's existence and of his love. The bangle forms part of "The 5 K's" that are worn by Sikhs that follow the khalsa brand of Sikhism. The 5 k's are

1. Kesh (uncut hair)
2. Kangha ( comb)
3. Kirpan (Sword)
4. Kachh (Cotton breeches)
5. Kara (Bangle)

Interestingly the "Kara" was not one of the K's until the 17th century.

This isn't an anti-Sikhism post, on the contrary I really like Sikhism. I just feel that now the world is becoming more and more integrated religiously we need to have places where religion is not an issue and schools ( apart from R.E lessons) should be that place. Rules should apply to everyone. Or the rules should be changed.

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