1/4 of all human beings are Muslim.
Anyone of age, not pregnant, and not sick will now be partaking in a month of fasting until April 8: no water, no food, until sundown.
In Canada I used to see folks working at restaurants during Ramadan: happy to feed others while honouring their faith with abstinence.
All the Abrahamic religions have cruelty in them. Each book, its own atrocities.
It is very easy to forget our shared humanity.
But not impossible to strive, instead, to be kind.
(Sorry for the repost, folks: the first version didn't make a blooming bit of sense, beyond the lulling rhetoric of its construction. This one is clearer.)
I tried to understand but…
Exactly. The last lines in the first version were a blend of two thoughts that lost coherence when I cut the post down for letter count. Silly brains.
But also, a neat reminder:
The cadence of those sentences made it harder for me to spot the incoherence in their revised content. I might be extra tired right now (I am), but still--
It's so easy to fall for words with the right rhythm, even if they don't make sense. A good reminder to keep up constant vigilance when reading online!
I often give up with the folks that love words more than actual meaning. It becomes so tiresome.
100%. I shouldn't be posting while exhausted, but this slip-up was a good opportunity for self-correction all the same.
We are none of us invulnerable to incoherence, and that's why we need to comport ourselves in a way that will earn being "called in" rather than "called out" when we inevitably make mistakes - in words, and in actions.
🤗 I would trust you to call me in on my mistakes any day, Lindsay. So do feel free to let me know if you see any in the future!
@MLClark
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