Walking into a bookstore in Beijing the other day, I encountered a large, shiny advertisement for the Tiger Mom, Amy Chua, the Yale professor and professed mother-without-mercy, who set American parents on edge last winter with a piece entitled "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior".
By Evan Osnos September 20, 2011 Walking into a bookstore in Beijing the other day, I encountered a large, shiny advertisement for the Tiger Mom, Amy Chua, the Yale professor and professed mother-without-mercy, who set American parents on edge last winter with a piece entitled "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior".
This is proclaimed in the daily calls to prayer from every mosque, and every Muslim must recite it aloud with full comprehension and assent at least once in his life, and profess it without hesitation until his death.
The intensely anti-polytheistic faith of Islam is summed up in the shahādah: "There is no God but God; Muhammad is the Prophet of God". This is proclaimed in the daily calls to prayer from every mosque, and every Muslim must recite it aloud with full comprehension and assent at least once in his life, and profess it without hesitation until his death.
Many atheists have had to contend with harassment and discrimination from judgmental friends or family members; our group satisfies their need to be able to profess their nonbelief without fear of ostracism.
Jews frequently profess their faith without justifying or defending passages in the Old Testament calling for the stoning to death of homosexuals, non-virginal brides or blasphemers.
Because Anselm refused to consecrate Thomas without a profession, and Thomas refused to profess, Thomas was unable to consecrate bishops himself.
It only catches my eye when an athlete goes on social media and profess their passion for a product without any money changing hands.
Is Aston Villa the first club Robbie Keane has joined without professing to have previously supported them?
Without professing any depth of understanding on these issues myself, I can only hope that the church will lead us through the next millennium with an appropriate sense of humility in the face of the glorious complexity of God's creation.
