tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511574333322568142024-03-16T00:24:44.639-07:00Chain The DogmaIT'S A DOGMA EAT DOGMA WORLD.
"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains."-Rousseau "Man must break his fetters which have chained him to the gates of heaven and hell, so that he can begin to fashion out of his reawakened and illumined consciousness a new world upon earth."-Emma Goldman "Nothing so liberates the heart as when a fool awakes from his folly."-Anon Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-35420468927489050532023-01-26T11:38:00.004-08:002023-11-02T10:15:00.341-07:00Misguided: My Jesus Freak Life In a Doomsday CultMy memoir, Misguided: My Jesus Freak Life In a Doomsday Cult by Perry Bulwer, published by New Star Books
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people I mention in my story are on this page. The full text of the 1972 newspaper reports about the Children of God in British Columbia that I cite inPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-24609623458615169932011-12-14T00:06:00.006-08:002022-05-23T14:49:10.719-07:00Respecting a Child's Point of View
Chain The Dogma December 14, 2011
Respecting a Child's Point of View
Kids would rather play than pray
by Perry Bulwer
“This post is part of a series inspired by the Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) campaign, hosted by Stepping Stones Nigeria. Please add your name to the PACT petition to prevent abuse of innocent Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com167tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-83364259943340445712011-12-07T15:58:00.002-08:002012-12-06T15:55:36.348-08:00Red Cross emergency mission to Indian reservation exposes Canadian apartheidChain The Dogma December 7, 2011
Red Cross emergency mission to Indian reservation exposes Canadian apartheid
PM Harper's prohibition propaganda of fear ignores children living in poverty
by Perry Bulwer
I have previously written on this blog about how Canada's Christian fundamentalist Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is an ideologue who insists on implementing public policy Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com109tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-89241443660348773642011-11-29T12:56:00.000-08:002013-07-11T14:20:08.923-07:00Sexual harassment in the RCMP and the failure to catch a serial killerChain The Dogma November 29, 2011
Sexual harassment in the RCMP and the failure to catch a serial killer
Rogue Cops: A few bad apples or a rotten barrel? - Part 2
by Perry Bulwer
The previous post on this blog concerned corporal punishment of children as an abuse of authority. For four years, from June 2007 to June 2011, I archived news articles at Religion and Child Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com201tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-25874873493969765692011-11-16T16:20:00.000-08:002016-01-07T11:13:03.091-08:00Corporal Punishment, the Abuse of Authority and the Rights of Children
Chain The Dogma November 16, 2011
Corporal Punishment, the Abuse of Authority and the Rights of Children
Protecting children's rights protects human rights for everyone
by Perry Bulwer
Abuse of authority is a theme common to most of the posts on this blog. It applies whether I am writing about corrupt religious leaders, corrupt politicians, or corrupt police, three groups I Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-4714509115619917312011-11-02T16:00:00.022-07:002023-08-01T22:01:33.449-07:00Secret letter claims Family International leader caused deadliest air crash in historyChain The Dogma November 2, 2011
Secret letter claims Family International leader caused deadliest air crash in history
He praised God for the death of nearly 600 innocent people
by Perry Bulwer
In May 2011, a news report of a deranged person who committed a horrific murder caught my attention. I usually avoid such crime stories, put off by the sensationalism and gruesome Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-24969978207451095392011-10-17T16:53:00.000-07:002011-10-18T10:10:38.292-07:00Canada's Christian fundamentalist Prime Minister tells millions of poor no need to protest
Chain The Dogma October 17, 2011
Canada's Christian fundamentalist Prime Minister tells millions of poor no need to protest
by Perry Bulwer
Today, October 17, is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. I doubt Canada's fundamentalist Christian Prime Minister is even aware of it given his refusal to implement any kind of poverty reduction program let alone Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-30589473585207419052011-10-13T15:12:00.000-07:002011-10-13T15:12:01.823-07:00A modest proposal to end homelessness in CanadaChain The Dogma October 13, 2011
A modest proposal to end homelessness in Canada
by Perry Bulwer
Prime Minister Stephen Harper likes to boast that he represents a majority of Canadians and that "... Canadians are essentially conservative people." It is a hubristic boast based on our flawed electoral system that gave him a majority government for the first time, Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-13742317094348011332011-10-01T14:59:00.000-07:002014-04-25T14:56:12.235-07:00Asbestos, Abortion and the Canadian Prime Minister's catsChain The Dogma October 1, 2011
Asbestos, Abortion and the Canadian Prime Minister's cats
by Perry Bulwer
Several Canadian Parliament buildings, including the Prime Minister's residence, are currently undergoing renovations to remove deadly asbestos used as insulation for decades before it was known to cause cancer and other deadly diseases. That particular kind ofPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-26077015031228394152011-09-28T14:47:00.003-07:002022-03-12T20:27:06.415-08:00Aboriginal Teen May Be Charged with Assaulting RCMP Officer With Her FaceChain The Dogma
Aboriginal Teen May Be Charged with Assaulting RCMP Officer With Her Face
She was handcuffed at the time, photos show her bruised and swollen face
by Perry Bulwer
I am being facetious with that title, of course, but this is no laughing matter. A 17 year old Aboriginal teen in Williams Lake, British Columbia who alleges, with supporting evidence and in the context of Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-53587943331150410542011-09-26T16:32:00.003-07:002024-02-28T14:12:22.934-08:00Book by former Missionaries of Charity nun describes abuse in cult of Mother TeresaChain The Dogma
Book by former Missionaries of Charity nun describes abuse in cult of Mother Teresa
by Perry Bulwer
I just read a short review of a new book, An Unquenchable Thirst, by a former nun, Mary Johnson, in Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity order who describes experiences commonly found in many religious cults. The reviewer highlights just a few of the "dozens of uncomfortablePerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-48513308939836945902011-09-23T16:35:00.000-07:002011-09-23T16:42:24.884-07:00Can Tourism Help Change North Korea Like It Changed China?Chain The Dogma
Can Tourism Help Change North Korea Like It Changed China?
by Perry Bulwer
Speaking of governments spying on citizens, which the Canadian government is trying to do as explained in the previous entry on this blog, it seems that North Korea is now trying to lure tourists to the hermit nation. That news brought back memories of the time I tried to visit that closed Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-14990110738415300802011-09-17T16:17:00.002-07:002012-05-24T12:38:25.164-07:00Stop Online Spying
The Canadian government is trying to ram through an anti-Internet set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to surrender our personal information to "authorities" without a warrant.
This bizarre legislation will create Internet surveillance that is:Warrantless: A range of "authorities" Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-43125993806704716732011-09-16T16:29:00.001-07:002012-09-01T12:14:25.590-07:00Prosecuting the Pope for Crimes Against HumanityChain The Dogma
Prosecuting the Pope for Crimes Against Humanity
If the systemic rape and abuse of children is not a crime against humanity, then what is?
by Perry Bulwer
A complaint recently filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) asking it to investigate crimes against humanity by Pope Benedict and three top Vatican officials faces some hurdles, but as a last Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-21570631728845617962011-09-13T12:46:00.000-07:002014-04-25T14:57:45.792-07:00The Order of British Columbia is Out of Order
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The Order of British Columbia is Out of Order
by Perry Bulwer
The Order of British Columbia (the Order) is an honour awarded yearly by an advisory council administered under Provincial legislation. The purpose of the award is "... to recognize persons who have served with the greatest distinction and excelled in any field of endeavour benefiting the people of Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-39740993819832838182011-09-06T16:11:00.000-07:002011-09-10T12:10:38.792-07:00Violating the Sanctity of Scriptures
Chain The Dogma Violating the Sanctity of Scriptures by Perry Bulwer
The Second Global Conference on World’s Religions After Sept. 11 is taking place tomorrow in Montreal. The organizer, Arvind Sharma, a professor of comparative religion at McGill University, says the purpose of the conference "... is to bring together the various religions of the world in an ecumenical spirit Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-7701042171443190972011-08-31T11:31:00.000-07:002011-08-31T11:31:07.352-07:00From Sex Fiends to Family Values: the LDS and The Family International
Chain The Dogma August 31, 2011
From Sex Fiends to Family Values: the LDS and The Family International
Religious doctrines abandoned for political or legal reasons, like Zombies, never die
by Perry Bulwer
A recent article in the Salt Lake Tribune discusses the doctrine of polygamy in the mainstream Mormon church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
If polygamy Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-21469264558474003112011-08-23T16:05:00.000-07:002015-08-21T15:30:23.758-07:00Rogue Cops: a few bad apples or a rotten barrel?Chain The Dogma August 23, 2011
Rogue Cops: a few bad apples or a rotten barrel?
The shocking cruelty of police towards a serial killer's rape victim
by Perry Bulwer
Last week I started watching the TV series, The Wire. Yes, I know I'm several years late, but that's how I watch TV these days. I wait for a series to conclude, then obtain the entire series to view at my Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com200tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-88666707927774622962011-08-17T13:31:00.003-07:002013-11-26T11:30:17.001-08:00Are Priests Their Brother's Keeper? A Catholic Morality TaleChain The Dogma August 17, 2011
Are Priests Their Brother's Keeper? A Catholic Morality Tale
by Perry Bulwer
I really do not understand how the Catholic hierarchy can carry on business as usual in the face of a decades long global scandal of horrific crimes against children and the cover-ups of those crimes by church leaders. Their failure to protect the most Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-88745631955226743672011-08-09T14:49:00.000-07:002011-08-09T14:49:33.016-07:00Controversial BBC interview with Darcus Howe on the London riots
Chain The Dogma August 9, 2011
Controversial BBC interview with Darcus Howe on the London riots
by Perry Bulwer
Darcus Howe, a political activist, broadcaster and columnist and long time London resident was interviewed on BBC today for his thoughts on the three days of riots that have occurred there so far. The Canadian political activism website rabble.ca posted a video of Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-8826296668514493662011-08-08T16:19:00.000-07:002019-03-09T11:10:39.664-08:00Book of Mormon fundamentalists and polygamists are Mormons too
Chain The Dogma August 8, 2011
Book of Mormon fundamentalists and polygamists are Mormons too
by Perry Bulwer
The headline for my last article on this blog was deliberately provocative, as is much of what I write here. When I wrote, "Mormon pedophile polygamist, Warren Jeffs, guilty of raping girls for God" I had in mind a recent report that a Mormon Defense League (MDL) &Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-25187509242070552672011-08-07T16:34:00.000-07:002014-07-03T15:54:06.585-07:00Mormon pedophile polygamist, Warren Jeffs, guilty of raping girls for God
Chain the Dogma August 7, 2011
Mormon pedophile polygamist, Warren Jeffs, guilty of raping girls for God
He argued that religious freedom gave him the right to rape girls
by Perry Bulwer
It is no surprise that Warren Jeffs was found guilty by a Texas jury for child sexual assault, given the overwhelming evidence against him. Eleven other men in his FLDS cult Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-91379685946360955522011-07-25T15:41:00.000-07:002011-07-25T15:41:59.954-07:00Vatican more upset by Catholic Prime Minister's criticisms than clergy sex crimes against childrenChain The Dogma - July 25, 2011
Vatican more upset by Catholic Prime Minister's criticisms than clergy sex crimes against children
by Perry Bulwer
Almost two weeks after the Irish government ordered report on cover-ups in the County Cork diocese of Cloyne between 1996 and 2009, the Vatican has finally responded by recalling its envoy to Ireland. The Vatican statement said the envoy Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-82144008432219233562011-07-21T15:37:00.002-07:002013-06-23T13:07:47.585-07:00Faith, Evidence and the Immoral Drug WarChain The Dogma July 21, 2011
Faith, Evidence and the Immoral Drug War
Religion and Politics - Two Sides of the Same Con
By Perry Bulwer
The slang term I use in my subtitle, which plays on the word coin, is derived from the term 'confidence trick' and refers to the intentional deception of people after gaining their confidence, usually in relation to a financial fraudPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-12710170062529633042011-07-19T15:59:00.000-07:002011-07-19T16:01:19.421-07:00Philadelphia archbishop resigns due to old age, not for failing to protect childrenChain The Dogma July 19, 2011
Philadelphia archbishop resigns due to old age, not for failing to protect children
by Perry Bulwer
Pope Benedict XVI formally accepted the resignation of Philadelphia archbishop Cardinal Justin Rigali today. When I read the headline I assumed Rigali resigned because of his role in endangering children by protecting dozens of priests credibly Perry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com1