03-01 Jerusalem
Such an historic city. But how can a religious centre like Jerusalem have such a history of violence? It was only a week after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated on November 4, 1995 that I attended an International Small Business Congress in Tel Aviv. Naturally I gave myself several free days to visit the…
03-02 Plymouth Brethren
They told me the world was created in seven days. Christian fundamentalism drove me to atheism. It was pretty hard growing up to figure out the differences between Plymouth Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, and Open Brethren. These religious sects were continually splitting and reforming. But as a teenager it meant no movies, no TV, no radio,…
03-03 Science
Why does the Tasmanian Devil exist only in Tasmania? The examples of evolution are endless. It was a big deal. Two of the elders of the Plymouth Brethren came to our home when I was in grade 12, and prayed with my father and myself that I would not go to university. They said that…
03-04 War
Christian Armenians vs. Muslim Turks. Protestants vs. Catholics in Northern Ireland. Religion is a tool to achieve political ends. “Sit down, John. I have some sad news. My father has just been informed that over 65 of his mother’s family in Warsaw were gassed in the extermination camp at Treblinka.” It was late 1945, and…