I've read the link (albeit quickly, so will accept correction) and I'm not sure where 'Jihadi John' comes into it. It is, however, a very sobering piece. Does anyone still believe that a vicious, fundamentalist war is avoidable?
jourdain; //Does anyone still believe that a vicious, fundamentalist war is avoidable?// if you mean a vicious fundamentalist war between Sunnis and Shias, then NO, its been going on for centuries, and IS thinks its fighting a battle to the death. As from today we now have Iran (Shia) 'befriending' the USA which will only ratchet up the conflict further.
We should keep well out.
The Cloud of Unknowing draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Christian Neoplatonism,[1] which focuses on the via negativa road to discovering God as a pure entity, beyond any capacity of mental conception and so without any definitive image or form.
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jesus it wounds as tho I need to go out an buy a copy NOW !