...ristmas, just as the tree does.
TB: Excuse me, but actually the “Christmas tree” has pagan origins also. (Editor’s note: The old girl really knows her stuff, http://www .religious tolerance. org/xmas_t ree.htm .)
BM, visibly annoyed at TB’s assumed ignorance and impertinence: Look, if you want to write a letter of complaint to bank headquarters, feel free and I’ll be happy to forward it.
TB, visibly amused at the probability that her letter would be consigned to the circular file: No, thank you. I will write a letter but I’ll... [Show More]
Out of the $8.5 trillion we’re paying for the bailout , only $400 billion is going to local communities so they can purchase and repair foreclosed homes for eventual resale. What’s wrong with this picture? I would say that it’s the ultimate in Trickle-Downness , which hasn’t worked since introduced by Reagan in the 1980’s. Voodoo economics, indeed. (Althou...... [Show More]
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Winter is setting in in the northern hemisphere. Cold winds blow down from the north, the reindeer migrate south, and the few Lapps that still practice their ancestral ways bury their tents in the snow, entering and departing via a hole in the roof which doubles as a chimney. At times, reindeer will wander across their roofs.
The annual festival of Spendmas Christmas ap...... [Show More]
This morning I read this article about a Wal*Mart employee who was trampled to death by the crowd of people stampeding in to buy cheap crap. Doorbuster indeed. Has it really come to this?
Is there really any meaning in the season anymore, or is it pretty much about getting, getting, getting? You don’t have to be a Christian to celebrate a holiday this time of year , so I’m...... [Show More]
let the whining begin Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Nov 25 2008 23:40:46
FROM Cobalt6 - Front Page: We haven’t even had Thanksgiving and already SWAC Girl is bemoaning what she calls the "political correctness" that has robbed the nation of Christmas. To which I say, Bah Humbug. Lynn Mitchell doesn’t like the fact that Staunton has renamed its annual post-Thanksgiving parade the "Holiday Parade." It won’t be long before she and o...... [Show More]
Medical research suggests that gay male couples could have children (D. Greenfeld. "Gay male couples and assisted reproduction: should we assist?" Fertility and Sterility , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , Pages 18 - 20). This seems repugnant to many for the vague reason that it seems "unna tural" ;. Afterall, the continuation of humankind is dependant on two sexes equipped in approp...... [Show More]
I’m no longer a practicing Catholic.
But now that the election is over, I may need to confess my sins.
“Bless me, Father,” I would say in the confessional, “for I have said 400 unloving things during political debates, rallies and conventions. Out loud. In front of my children.”
It’s important to note here that I am generally a mother who prides herself on practicing and preachin...... [Show More]
kates krazy krew Post Source: drdawgsblawg.blogspot.com Posted: Nov 18 2008 15:35:00
To be called a " homophobe " by an anti-Aboriginal blogger who makes excuses for neo-Nazis and jokes about the Holocaust is a perverse badge of honour, like being called an "anti -Semite&qu ot; by David Duke, or a "racist" by Tomasz Winnicki . Kate McMillan seems to have mistaken me for one of her friends. It appears that I have given offence for stating the obvious:...... [Show More]
A German university professor - and convert to Islam - says Mohammed may never have existed . And he doesn’t appear to be suicidal:
Muhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim convert and Germany’s first professor of Islamic theology, fasts during the Muslim holy month, doesn’t like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he says, guides hi...... [Show More]
...s of deviation in dynamic two such as homosexuality, lesbianism , sexual sadism, etc., and all down the catalog of Ellis and Krafft-Ebing) is actually quite ill physically.“
According to religioust olerance.o rg, the term “dynamic two“ refers to the human urge to procreate. Ellis and Krafft-Ebing were two early researchers into human sexuality.
A year later, Hubbard published Science of Survival: Prediction of Human Behavior. On the subject of homosexuality, pages 89-90 of that book say:
“Such people should be taken from the society as rapidly as possible... [Show More]
which god which century Post Source: bottledwalter.wordpress.com Posted: Nov 15 2008 16:21:54
...nces of immediate correspondence between the mythical Egyptian material and the allegedly historical Christian writings about Jesus. Horus indeed was the archetypal Pagan Christ.”
http://www .religious tolerance. org/chr_jc pa5.htm
...... [Show More]
The most important point that supporters of Proposition 8 seem to have missed is that this is a matter of civil rights, not religious beliefs. Those who would cite religion as their reason for voting in favor of this proposition are caught up in a game of semantics. If you believe that the state should not interfere in matters concerning religious freedom, then by simple logic you ought to believe...... [Show More]
Mark Oppenheimer in Slate gives odds about what the next minority group will be to win the White House. Looks like even without those Burning Man photos floating around the Net my chances are slim:
The atheists: When the lion lies down with the lamb, when the president is a Republican Muslim and the Democratic speaker of the House is a vegan Mormon lesbian, when the secretary of defense is ...... [Show More]
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Mormons settled the town of Pleasant Grove City, Utah, in 1850. Since 1971, the town’s “Pioneer Park” has featured the usual assortment of gardens, trees, and other historical relics, which sit alongside a massive permanent monument to the Ten Commandments—one of many such monuments donated by the Fraternal Order of Eagles (working to reduce juvenile delinqu...... [Show More]
...ishes people for the sins of their ancestors, or that their god could not forgive without the blood sacrifice of an innocent?
The Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, on their excellent www.religi oustoleran ce.org website, put forth their definition of Christian :
We accept as Christian any individual or group who devoutly, thoughtfully, seriously, and prayerfully regards themselves to be Christian. That is, they honestly believe themselves to be a follower of Yeshua of Nazareth (a.k.a. Jesus Christ).
Is this a useful definition? This could include people who accep... [Show More]
AUSTIN - Women who want to terminate their pregnancy in Texas would be required to listen for the heartbeat and get ultrasound images made of the fetus before undergoing the procedure, under new anti-abortion measures proposed Monday.
It was one of dozens of measures unveiled on the first day to file bills before Texas lawmakers meet in regular session early next year.
State Rep. Frank Cor...... [Show More]
...aybe with God’s help, we can do better. Maybe we can all get along. Actions Spend fifteen minutes reading about the principles of a faith that is alien to you. One place to start is www.religi oustoleran ce.org ....... [Show More]
She’s at it again. No too long ago Krista covered Raheel Raza’s critique of a supposed Islamist* threat in Canada. Well, Raza’s published another piece , but this time in the right-wing American Thinker . And this time her claims have become even more questionable, and to be honest a little ludicrous.
Now it seems Raza, through her piece in the American Thinker, is trying t...... [Show More]
There is a lot of buzz about how Prop 8 is unprecedented in overruling a Supreme Court decision on marriage. Or I should say a lot of hope being put into the judicial power since the passage of Prop 8.
Perhaps it is unprecidented as a matter of California law. Perhaps it is unprecedented as a matter of construing fundamental rights as different than just rights. But I think it is good to once...... [Show More]
zeitgeist the movie Post Source: www.joelsedano.com Posted: Nov 06 2008 04:53:29
Bueno, por fin tuve tiempo de ver la primer parte… he aquí una evaluación no muy seria ni profunda, pero con algunos hechos desmentidos de la película (bueno, únicamente sobre la parte de religión, que es donde pude investigar más):
Parte I: La historia más grande jamás contada , por el titulo uno se imagina ya de que va esta parte:religión.
Antes que nada quiero aclara...... [Show More]
I am truly, insanely happy that Obama was elected. An American miracle. Or, perhaps, just the latest proof of the genius authored by the Founders. Either way. There’s no way to play it down or understate it. In fact I can’t quite write about it yet because I’m still not convinced I’m not dreaming. More later I promise.
And I am thrilled (and honestly shocked, given ho...... [Show More]
prop 8 may still fail Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Nov 06 2008 01:42:00
... There are only two ways to amend the state constitution, and Prop 8 should have been done as a "revi sion" , not an "amen dment" ;, as discussed on these pages: http://www .religious tolerance. org/hommar l6.htm http://www .religious tolerance. org/hommar l8.htm A "revi sion" requires a 2/3 vote of the legislature, or a constitutional convention, to start a ballot initiative that will change the state constitution. It’s not supposed to be so easy to make important changes, and Prop. 8 did not f...... [Show More]
How does a show about ghouls and ghosts do a Halloween episode in a way that stands out from its normal fare? By doing a show about Halloween itself, apparently. In this episode, Supernatural managed to advance the overall arc while still providing a satisfying monster-of-the-week story; a balancing act the show carried off with typical aplomb.
The story involves Sam and Dean’s investigati...... [Show More]
...pport Zionism, but who are not fundamentalists. Some members of mainline Christian denominations and even of liberal faith groups support the Zionist cause. ....
http://www .religious tolerance. org/chr_is ra.htm
I think that all Christian should joint Christian Zionist movement and support the State Israel.
What you think about?...... [Show More]
One of the surest marks of a pseudoscience is that it stays forever the same, never altering its claims, even as the world changes around it and revolutions in our knowledge come and go. While science evolves over time, with theories becoming refined to more closely track the truth, popular delusions stay the same through the centuries, at most changing their outer robes to match the spirit of the...... [Show More]
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