Tag: Benjamin Franklin

From Hamas’s Terror to Franklin’s Hope – Championing Tolerance in An Age of Extremism
History

From Hamas’s Terror to Franklin’s Hope – Championing Tolerance in An Age of Extremism

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The recent Hamas hostage parade, showcasing the caskets of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, serves as a grim reminder of the inhumanity that continues to plague our world. The images of these brothers, so cruelly taken, underscore the urgent need to confront the extremists who fuel such cruelty. Even in the face of such torment, history…… Continue reading From Hamas’s Terror to Franklin’s Hope – Championing Tolerance in An Age of Extremism

Politics

Video: CIA Admits to Full Monitoring of Facebook and Other Social Media Sites

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“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – Benjamin Franklin Exactly Mr. Franklin …

Politics

Benjamin Franklin Would be Outraged with NSA Spying

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Film-work

What would America’s Founding Fathers say about Islam?

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I have started putting my research into video format on You Tube. These passages from Washington, Adams, Franklin and Jefferson have been taken from my Huffington Post article. I hope this message of peace and tolerance reaches more people around the world.

Quoted

Quoted: On anger and being angry

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‘Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one’. – Benjamin Franklin ‘Anyone who angers you, conquers you’. – Anonymous ‘There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot’. – Plato ‘Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the…… Continue reading Quoted: On anger and being angry

Personal · Religion

Benjamin Franklin’s Case for Pluralism

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We can gain a sense of young Benjamin Franklin’s thoughts on religion in A Witch Trial at Mount Holly, which raised the concern of his Puritan parents that he held ‘erroneous’ religious opinions.  Franklin was not himself an emphatically religious man; while he believed in God, he did not subscribe to one particular creed.  What we do…… Continue reading Benjamin Franklin’s Case for Pluralism