Fri, Dec 28th - 6:06PM
December 28th 2007 - The Sunday Edition (on Friday)
Letter from the Editor
New Years is upon us and there won't be a Sunday edition this Sunday so we're sending this early.
And in the spirit of New Years I want to stop and take this
opportunity to talk about alcohol. According to anthropologists beer
dates back to approx. 10,000 BC (and we have the stone beer mugs to
prove it). For as long as there has been alcohol we can only presume
there has also been hangovers. We're not going to preach at people and
tell them not to drink at all however (we're going to be out there with the
rest of the populace drinking champagne too).
But we do want to remind people to drink safely, designate a
driver, call a taxi or take the subway. Drink hearty and don't overdo
it.
For more about the history of alcohol:
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/entertainment/History-of-Alcohol.html
Sincerely,
Suzanne MacNevin
Editor of the Lilith eZine
The Art History Archive
Caveman art and the Venus of Willendorf is just the beginning when we discuss Prehistoric Art.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/prehistoricart/
The Father of Abstract Expressionism: Arshile Gorky
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/abstractexpressionism/Arshile-Gorky.html
The Automotives eZine
The car industry is gearing up to declare dominance in new green technology. Who will come out on top?
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/automotive/Eco-Car-Battleground.html
The Entertainment eZine
A review of rock celloist Jorane singing, plus a biography, quotes and mp3s.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/entertainment/Jorane.html
The Sex eZine
We take an indepth look at the history of kissing, both anthropologically and artistically.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/sex/The-History-of-the-Kiss.html
Kissing tips for amateurs and pros alike.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/sex/Kissing-Tips.html
The Technology eZine
Our new Tech / Science eZine is up and running, and includes a new article on the science behind Becoming Invisible.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/technology/
The Art History Archive, Feminist eZine and Lilith eZine are subsidiaries of the Lilith Gallery Network.
http://www.lilithgallery.com/gallery/
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Sun, Dec 23rd - 12:01PM
December 23rd 2007 - The Sunday Edition
Happy Festivus and Merry Christmas from the Lilith eZine
We wish you all a happy and safe holiday season!
Sincerely,
Suzanne MacNevin
Charles Moffat
& Victoria Van Dyke
The Canada eZine
Immigration to Canada is soaring as more people flock to Canadian cities.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/2007/Canadian-Immigration-Surge.html
Ipperwash Park is returned to the Natives, but questions remain about who murdered three Canadian police officers.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/2007/Ipperwash-Returned.html
The Entertainment eZine
Charles Moffat reviews The Golden Compass and dismisses the atheist ideas about it.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/entertainment/The-Golden-Compass-Review.html
The Feminist eZine
Suzanne MacNevin argues that young girls need to develop more active and tomboy lifestyles.
http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/sports/You-Throw-Like-A-Girl.html
The Technology eZine
Google announces it is getting into the online encyclopedia business.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/technology/Googlepedia.html
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Sun, Dec 16th - 2:12PM
December 16th 2007 - The Sunday Edition
Letter from the Editor
We
don't teach religion in schools any more. We preach tolerance,
acceptance and multiculturalism and we celebrate the festive season,
but theological debate in schools in almost non existent.
The problem is that there is so many religions, so many view
points that people think our kids will either not be able to grasp the
fundamentals of idealogical debates (in other words we think our kids
are too stupid to figure it out for themselves) or we're desperately
afraid that our kids will come home brainwashed into believing in some
new religion, cult or Satanism.
Parents simply don't want their kids coming home with "new
ideas" about religions and faith. And they certainly don't want their
kids questioning the existence (or honesty) of God, Jesus, Santa Claus,
Buddha, Muhammad, the Bible, the Torah, the Quran or whatever you
happen to believe or not believe in.
Jack and Jill went to school.
And learned about evolution.
Jack and Jill came back from school.
And Mom and Dad got a lawyer.
It
is common knowledge that public schools are expected to be ivory towers
of atheism, where science and knowledge are preached in one class and
freedom & multiculturalism is taught in another. 85% of the world's
population still believes in the existence of a higher power. The other
15% either don't worry about it or are active atheists who point out
the flaws in religion.
But there are flaws in the Big Bang Theory too. As a chemistry
teacher who studied my share of physics in university, I'm sorry but
even I don't buy into the big bang theory. The theory states that there
absolutely nothingness. Nothing at all, not even dimensional spaces...
and then suddenly, somehow the universe exploded outwards creating
atoms and molecules and eventually forming life.
It doesn't offer any explanation for how this happened or what
the initial cause was beyond the idea that nothingness cannot exist and
therefore there must be something. The Bible also states that in the
beginning there was nothingness, only god, and through his conscience
and deliberate actions created the heavens, the earth and all creatures
upon it.
I am sorry, but I just can't buy into this theory that nothing existed. SOMETHING must have been there and always was there.
Even Einstein, the great 20th century physicist saw flaws in this way of thinking.
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied
this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be
called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure
of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
- Albert Einstein, 1954.
I believe in Spinoza's God
who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God
who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings. - Albert Einstein.
And frankly I agree with Einstein. There must be some kind of
guiding force in the universe (similar to the Phoenix Force mentioned
in X-Men comic books) which guides both creative and destructive
forces. Scientists know that gravity draws atoms together and is
directly related to how stars are born, die and collapse into black
holes, but we don't understand WHY gravity does what it does.
Gravity, that most elusive of energy sources, is so far away
from our understanding that we simply cannot explain it. We can't see
gravity, only its results. We can measure its power, but cannot
understand how or why it does anything. It is the driving force of the
universe.
Yet I don't see anyone worshiping the power of gravity, because gravity lacks consciousness.
Religion
tends to concern itself with more mythological ways of explaining why
things happen. The universe acts in mysterious ways and we explain
these things as "acts of god" or "miracles" or sometimes "deja vu".
Events effect us emotionally and we can't blame the universe or gravity
so we blame god instead.
I could rant about this all day, but my point is that we
should be teaching religion and philosophy in school. We should be
allowing children to develop their own ideas about the universe, its
origins and where the human race is going. We do offer philosophy in
high school and university, because at that age students should be able
to grasp the concepts.
But what's wrong with allowing kids to study the basics of
these issues sooner? Philosophy is an important part of learning
logical thinking and you can't have a solid religious understanding
without the philosophical knowledge to back it up. Far too many lazy
people point to the bible as if it really is the "word of god", a
factual document and don't bother to actually learn more about the
universe and around them and question WHY.
And that is truly sad when people fail to even question why they are here.
Sincerely,
Suzanne MacNevin
Editor of the Lilith eZine
The Art History Archive
Charles Moffat compares the trends in Contemporary Architecture and where it is going.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/architecture/Contemporary-Architecture.html
Charles Moffat brings back to life the art of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican Surrealist.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/surrealism/Frida-Kahlo.html
If you are Canadian please feel free to fill out this survey about Canadian artists:
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/canadian/Canadian-Art-Survey.html
The Environmental eZine
Urban myths about solar power and advice on how to install solar panels on your house.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/environmental/The-Solar-Powered-Myth.html
The Feminist eZine
Sophie Ares Pilon and Suzanne MacNevin write about sex in advertising.
http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/fashion/Advertising-Sexploitation.html
The Health eZine
Victoria Van Dyke talks about the Catholic Church, Sex and AIDS in Africa.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/health/Sex-Rights-in-Africa.html
Fiona Bramzell discusses and compares diets that simply don't work.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/health/Diet-Duds-and-Flops.html
The Religion eZine
Our new Religion eZine is up and running. Mythology, philosophy, atheism and more.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/religion/
Festivus is coming up on December 23rd. Celebrate and share your grievances.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/religion/Festivus.html
The Canadian Zodiac
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/religion/Canadian-Zodiac.html
The Chinese Zodiac
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/religion/Chinese-Zodiac.html
The Greek Zodiac
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/religion/Greek-Zodiac.html
The Technology eZine
Suzanne MacNevin and Charles Moffat talks about why Wikipedia is a poor source of info.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/technology/Wikipedia-is-Crap.html
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Sun, Dec 9th - 3:07PM
December 9th 2007 - The Sunday Edition
Letter from the Editor
Tis the season for sleigh bells jingling and I just noticed something.
There
is quite a number of holiday songs out there that are played on the
radio that make no mention of Jesus (or Santa Claus sometimes), and
these songs are one's that are increasingly played in public places
such as shopping malls, etc. Why? Because everyone enjoys the festive
music and appreciates it, and it doesn't offend people who are either
another religion or are simply non religious.
After all if we played Christian music that is more
specifically about Jesus then other religious groups would want their
religious music played during their holidays. Fair is fair after all.
But can you imagine the uproar if we started playing Jewish or Muslim
religious music during the relative holidays? It would happen, but it
would be muted. I imagine and hope some places already make an effort
to play more of a multicultural mix.
A similar issue came up not that long ago here in Ontario when
the conservative party leader John Tory suggested creating separate
publicly-funded schools for different religious groups (and therefore
segregating people). The issue was rather controversial, it was
election time and John Tory lost the election in a horrible defeat due
to that one issue.
Obviously people want multicultural schools and tolerance, so
it then becomes a matter of how do we share that multicultural attitude
in schools and other public places and make everyone feel welcome. For
me I think it is time we (people in North America) learned more about
other religious events and traditions in an effort to be more welcoming
and accepting. Sharing music with other cultures is an easy and
understandable way to do it.
If we don't then we are limiting ourselves to the politically
correct festive songs, which we atheists may enjoy, but frankly are
rather boring.
Sincerely,
Suzanne MacNevin
Editor of the Lilith eZine
The Art History Archive
Charles Moffat talks about architectural origins and the mankind's urge to build skyward even in the early stages.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/architecture/Ancient-Architecture.html
The Health eZine
Suzanne MacNevin talks about the issue of high suicide rates for breast implant patients.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/health/Breast-Implants.html
Fiona Bramzell explains the benefits of cleansing your body from toxins and how to do it.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/health/Detox-Diets.html
The Sex eZine
Natalie Jones discusses college relationships, roommates, long distance love and Facebook stalking.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/sex/College-Relationships.html
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Sun, Dec 2nd - 11:38AM
December 2nd 2007 - The Sunday Edition
Letter from the Editor
Politics,
economics and the environment is our theme this week. It is strange how
those three are constantly entwined on the social level.
Business people are always looking to make a quick buck off by
raping our natural resources. Conservationists are concerned about the
damage we are doing to our water, our air and the world around us.
Politicians try to keep both sides happy and frequently fail to do so.
The issue I want to bring up however is the difference between
the words "conservationist" and "environmentalist". Environmentalists
have developed a bad reputation that has resulted in people calling
them radicals, when in reality they are pioneers. The word
conservationists in contrast is less threatening and people aren't
worried about changes, but rather conserving what we already have.
So here's the two words I want to promote: "Pioneering Conservationist"... so much better than radical environmentalist.
Feminists
have been dealing with this "radical stereotyping" for decades now. The
phrase "radical feminists" is used far too often. Many left wing causes
are called "radical" by the right wing and it is a sad fact that it
boils down to verbal jousting.
So perhaps the word I am most interested in, and the one I
hope you readers will consider using more often, is pioneer. We need to
recapture that spirit of innovation and say things like: "Solar panels
is not radical. It is pioneering for the future."
Because it is, it really is.
Sincerely,
Suzanne MacNevin
Editor of the Lilith eZine
The Environmental eZine
The sky is the limit as Charles Moffat details the future of condominiums and living high in the sky.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/environmental/The-Future-of-Condo-Complexes.html
Janet Ho mixes science, the Simpsons and statistics to show us where bio-diesel (aka biofuel) is going.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/environmental/Biofuel-Green-Gold.html
The Politics eZine
Charles Moffat concludes that the American economy is outsourcing too many manufacturing jobs.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/politics/American-Economy-Lacks-Manufacturing.html
Suzanne MacNevin gives some friendly advice on how to deal with telemarketers, plus videos and cartoons.
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/politics/Dealing-with-Telemarketers.html
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