Moderately Religious: believing in a secular world 
Representative Peter Dedecker aroused my interest in open data a few years ago with his various pleas. Since then, I have been following all of this from a distance and I agree with him that the government must always ensure that data - provided that it is not personal - must be openly available to third parties who may or may not...
2014 remains a special year for me. Together with several other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from our mission – the Belgium/Netherlands mission – and our mission President Robinson, I have learned a lot from our initiative to do active missionary work through Facebook. In one year we managed to sell more than 1100...
These are busy days for a Mormon blogger who now wants to respond to all the opinions, blogs and free galleries that appear regarding religion. This time I aim my arrows at Walter Van Steenbrugge. He wrote in a blog on deredactie.be: Religions resemble fortified castles where equality is jealously excluded. Parked in front of the drawbridge. And the castle water looks...
This contribution appeared as a Vrije Tribune on Doorbraak.be Since the attacks in France, many articles and columns have been published about religion. The majority of these opinion pieces are written by people who are not themselves religious. These are usually pieces that view religion as negative. Maybe it's time for a believer to speak...
In response to a column by Joël De Ceulaer on knack.be, I wrote him the following answer: Dear Joël De Ceulaer, In response to your performance in Hautekiet and the resumption of your column on knack.be, I am writing you this answer. I notice that you are a concerned parent, very concerned about the education of your six-year-old daughter. That's commendable, because that's the...
This morning I choked on my milk bag while reading the newspaper. Bart De Wever had said the following in an interview: Anyone who believes that it is up to God or Allah to determine what is allowed and what is not allowed will feel happier in Iran or Saudi Arabia. I am sure that Bart did not mean it as it is stated here in the newspaper and that it belongs in the context of the shock...
As a deeply devout Christian, I am horrified by what happened in Paris. So many deaths in two attacks is just sad – and I use the word sad because I'm too sad to find a better word. It cannot and should never happen that murder takes place in the name of God. Or whatever other name you give Him. Yet this happens and happened. In almost every religion. God is...
To translate some Mormonese immediately: the priesthood is the brothers together of one unit, in our case all brothers of the congregation of Ghent. As brothers, we try to create a good bond so that we can count on each other when necessary. We meet every Sunday morning to determine who needs help and where we can help. Organize several times a year...
As a Mormon, a question I am sometimes asked is whether I believe in the literal creation of man by God or in the theory of evolution. The answer is: both or perhaps neither. It is my eternal pet peeve that religion and science are not opposites, but two different views of the same truth, because there can only be one truth. Our church...
Two weeks ago, the ACW announced that it would change its name to Beweging.net. This blog is separate from any political considerations as to why they do that. However, I would like to reflect on the fact that this association, which for centuries (or so it seems) has stood up for the interests of workers based on Christian concern, has now chosen to change the C of...
In recent days there has been a lot of commotion about the following video: To clarify: in our country, a bill by Jean-Jacques De Gucht is about to be approved that would allow euthanasia on minors. This would make us the first country in the world and has therefore already received quite a bit of attention in the foreign press. In Canada this has...
In recent days, the subject of euthanasia has been clearly in the picture again due to the proposal of Senator Jean-Jacques De Gucht. For the sake of clarity, I hereby give the definition of euthanasia as I see it: “Euthanasia is defined as the intentional termination of the life of patients who are terminally ill or suffering unbearably.” I've always had it...
Moderately Religious: believing in a secular world 
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