Religion

Going to Hell

I had met Nok (not her real name) at a party hosted by a Thai friend.  I don’t remember how we came to chatting but it turned out that she was a graphic artist and somehow the conversation took off from there. Over the next week or so we tried to arrange a time we …

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Bible-Thumpin’ Band’s Pattaya-Inspired Song Plays on Rumors, Stereotypes

I don’t have any real religious beliefs, but I don’t have problems with people that do – until they try to shove them down my throat. But what really irks me are zealots (Christian ones, in particular) who base their crusades on fabrications and hearsay. You’re not going to “save” me, but if you’re going …

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Breaking News: Dalai Lama Did Not Give You AIDS

Gawker caught this short-lived story and correction which appeared in the Columbia Spectator.  Both the article and the correction have been yanked from the site but Gawker captured the correction which reads: CORRECTION: This submission misstates that one Dalai Lama admitted to having sex with hundreds of men and women while knowing that he had …

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Those Nutty Missionaries

If you’ve spent a lot of time in Thailand you’ve probably seen Christian missionaries and some of their converts.  If you stay in Thailand long enough and learn to speak and read the Thai language, missionary activity will become much more obvious.  There are thousands of Christian missionaries in Thailand (most of which are American), …

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Losing My Religion

There have been some horrific bus crashes in the news in Thailand recently which is hardly something new, though the death toll of thirty one dead in one accident near Korat was exceptional. What did catch my eye though, following this accident, was a headline in the Bangkok Post… ‘Bus drivers swear oath to drive …

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