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Continue reading →: A Potential Reconstruction of John 11-12
Inspired by the work of Elizabeth Schrader, who has written on the perplexing presence of Martha in the Fourth Gospel, I put together a hypothetical reconstruction of John 11 and 12. For those that don’t know Dr. Schrader has argued that Martha was added to John 11 in the second…
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Continue reading →: Review: Genesis: Creation and the Flood (1994)
On the evening of the 22nd of Tishrei, 5785, the 19th of Rabi’ II 1446, October 24th, 2024, during Simchat Torah I sat with my wife to watch the film Genesis: Creation to Flood (dir. Ermanno Olmi.) Now, my wife is Jewish and I’m Muslim, so it might seem a…
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Continue reading →: War, What is it Good For?
Recently, the Interfaith Socialist Movement put out this statement regarding the escalating United States-Russian Federation conflict: Joint statement of concern about the conflict in Ukraine and Russia Peace and blessings, dear comrades and friends.
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Continue reading →: Revolutionary Love (Part III)
In Parts I and II of this series, I’ve reflected on the meaning of Jesus’ exhortation to love as he did and what commitments this requires in the context of our communities. Now I want to explore what is probably the hardest of the Scriptural ideas about love to understand:…
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Continue reading →: Here we are again
Let’s start the year off right! Forget (most) everything you’ve read on this blog. It’s a new year, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, I’ve changed religions, political affiliations, and started (and stopped) writing for online blogs, joined and left political parties, made friends who are now family, and…
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Continue reading →: Birthday Reflections (Soft Relaunch)
Dear friends and comrades, Create, Don’t Kill is a blog I’ve attempted to maintain for a little over two years now. You can see through browsing the archives that I’ve been more successful at some times than at others. This past year has marked some important changes in my life,…
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Continue reading →: Queer Space Communism
One of my favourite franchise is Star Trek, a futuristic saga that tackles a variety of social issues such as racism, queerphobia, misogyny, war, etc… through allegory, time travel, and my favourite, depicting a society that no longer faces these issues at large. Unfortunately one of the weaker areas of…
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Continue reading →: Neither Broken Nor Crushed
This very succinctly explains my changing views on violence and pacifism, at the right time, in the right place. I am also reminded of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) Rules of War: O people! I charge you with these rules; learn them well…for your guidance in the battlefield! *Permission to fight is…