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Appalling prospects for 2024 and beyond — wars and global warming

Wednesday, 10 January 2024 08:25 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

AT the start of a new year, people are normally buoyant that things will get better, discarding the practices of the old with new year's resolutions that are soon discarded before the first month is out. My view is contrarian:…

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An agonizing start for 2024

Wednesday, 03 January 2024 09:16 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

THE Abrahamic religions have different perspectives and treatment of Christmas. For Christians, a big thing as they commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. It was first celebrated circa the 4th century on December 25, the date of his birth traditionally…

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A tragic yearend for all — same trajectory for the coming year

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 22:09 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

THE year ends as expected on a sordid note and continuing tragedies. The Ukraine war, now in a stalemate, may go the way of Putin. But the killing continues. In Palestine, Israel has introduced a new phase in this conflict…

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Our own pivot to China

Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:41 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

FROM the start of his regime, I have not written about how BBM runs government. Instead, I wrote several columns on foreign affairs and genocides in Ukraine and Palestine, a much more compelling take. Consequently, I started a series on…

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Man-made God

Thursday, 14 December 2023 22:44 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

Fourth of a seriesOUR second hypothesis demonstrated that the stories depicted in the Abrahamic religions are not originals, plagiarized from even more ancient epics, man-made, not deity-inspired, implying that religion itself is man-made. Which brings the consequential conclusion that man…

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Torah, Bible, Quran — a case of plagiarism?

Wednesday, 06 December 2023 07:26 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

Third of a seriesTHE first two parts of this series were about our first hypothesis: Religion is a driving force for wars and conflicts. We looked no farther than Palestine as a microcosm where faith-based violence is inflicted by the…

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Toward the end times

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 07:16 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

Second of a seriesTHIS takes off from my past two columns on a hypothesis on religion being a driving force for wars and even more conflicts. "Toward a tragic prognosis" (The Manila Times, Nov. 15, 2023) and last week's "Religion —…

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Religion — impetus for war and conflict

Wednesday, 22 November 2023 08:10 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

THE fourth part of my series on the Palestinian-Israel conflict ("Toward a tragic prognosis," The Manila Times, Nov. 8, 2023) ended up with a statement: "The two-state solution was a formula for disaster for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and…

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