Category: Information & Education

If you asked what religious denomination I was born into, I’d be somewhat weary to answer. You see I was once a devout Catholic who never ate meat on Fridays during Lent and attended mass every Sunday without fail. But one of the things which truly signifies our transition from child to adult is the ability to see the world through our own eyes – to not simply accept the ideas and beliefs we’ve been taught, but to question their meaning and their relevance in our lives. Like many other Catholic’s I’ve spoken to, I’ve started to question my religious faith – feeling as though the church I once found comfort and solace in has let me down by, pardon the pun, failing to practice so much of what they…

As children we naively believe that what you're really eating comes from the shelves of our local supermarket, not from farms or dairies or factories, which crank out the morsels our taste buds crave in massive quantities. But did you ever stop and ask yourself is what we’re eating tainted by the way in which it’s being produced? Has the quality and benefits of the food we’re consuming on a daily basis been diluted in order to meet the high demands of the buying public? At my sister in law’s suggestion, my wife and I tuned in to a recently produced documentary entitled, “Food, Inc.” - all about what we're really eating. In short, filmmaker Robert Kenner uncovers a startling reality about the way in which food in the United…

I used to be a devout Catholic who regularly attended religious services on any given Sunday. But once I became a freethinking adult, I found that many of my beliefs about religion stemmed more from my parent’s views than from my own. I see religion as a very private matter, up to the individual, and something that shouldn’t be forced upon anyone by radical groups looking for allies. I’ve also discovered there’s a lot of hypocrites out there - who preach the word of their God of choice, but do little to practice its beliefs in their every day lives. I’m not sure if that makes them any more religious than I am, but I’m sure in their own minds it does. As I understand it, the purpose of religion…