Author Archives: Gilbert

Divergent reporting

Posted on 2012-08-18 by Gilbert

Basically all English language media report that Pussy Riot gut sentenced to two years in “prison”. All German media report two years in a “Straflager” (penal camp). It’s outrageously excessive either way, but “Russian penal camp” makes me think of … Continue reading →

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Some political worrying on the side

Posted on 2012-08-01 by Gilbert

So when the Euro unravels and if it does so disorderedly, how much of the rest of European integration does it take down with it?

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Euthanasia update

Posted on 2012-07-28 by Gilbert

Back in January I had a post on some Dutch Euthanasia statistics that were making the rounds in the blogosphere at the time. Basically the claim was that the rates of Euthanasia and assisted suicide in jurisdictions allowing them were … Continue reading →

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Please donate for evil

Posted on 2012-07-19 by Gilbert

I can’t say anything positive about the Secular Student Alliance. They are clearly not worthy of support. Free speech, however, is worthy of support. Unfortunately some people seem to disagree with it. Recently, the SSA has been targeted by Distributed … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Müller and the doctrine of the real presence

Posted on 2012-07-15 by Gilbert

A while ago I noted that people on the Internet were accusing Archbishop Müller, the new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, of being an heretic himself. I also noted that I hadn’t read his works … Continue reading →

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Circumcision update

Posted on 2012-07-13 by Gilbert

After the circumcision judgment I mentioned about two weeks ago, the federal government has now announced it is committed to keep religious circumcision possible and restore the security of law rapidly and is presently investigating ways to to that including … Continue reading →

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Quick note on commenting

Posted on 2012-07-13 by Gilbert

I have just edited a comment for the first time in this blog’s lifetime. In this particular case I just removed the commentator’s chosen pseudonym, which was obviously calculated as a taunt. I’ll take this as an opportunity to explain … Continue reading →

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A few words about archbishop Müller

Posted on 2012-07-08 by Gilbert

A reader wrote in to ask my opinion about Gerhard Ludwig Müller, who used to be the bishop of Regensburg and, a few days ago, was appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The background is … Continue reading →

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On that circumcision decision

Posted on 2012-06-27 by Gilbert

You probably heard the news of a German court declaring circumcision illegal. As a German religion blogger blogging in English I probably should comment on that. So first I’ll explain what happened and then I’ll offer some commentary. The abstract … Continue reading →

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Technical glitch

Posted on 2012-06-18 by Gilbert

Because of a configuration error I made, my WordPress installation was unable to send emails during the last week or so. If any of you used my contact form during that timeframe your message was lost. Sorry about that. It … Continue reading →

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