According to one news report, an estimated 100,000 Catholics have “descended on St Peter’s Square in the Vatican for the funeral of the former pope Benedict XVI.”
Does anyone else agree that this is an insane number of people? And all because some old guy who wore funny clothes and frequently spoke in Latin finally gave in to advanced age and ill health?
Religion does funny things to people.
Independent views from someone who offers some historical context
Just another WordPress.com weblog
Embracing life
A blog about just about anything and everything
Questioning the conventional wisdom
Come see what I share
my humanity in written form
If I can think it, I can write it.
A blog about living and writing.
...poetry, stories & rants.
We should all care about what we can reliably determine to be true.
Ponder(verb) to weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively
Broodings and Ponderings of a Pensive Skeptic
Analysis & Discussion For Political Uncertainty
I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, 'wouldn't it be much worse if life *were* fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?' So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe. - M. Cole
creative writings old and new
Belief and Delusion: believing in a life after death is delusional.
I believe in you. I believe in me.
Welcome — Come Immerse, Convalesce, Spark Dialogue or Simply Discern
Searching for truth while leaving tradition behind.
Cogito Ergo Sum
Let's face it, your religion is probably wrong.
Nan's Notebook 