New Chapter,
I think they may slowly start to allow the churches money to come back, but hopefully, the other groups will be there demanding equality.
Posts by Rabbit
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18"...in case of an attack on the buses by Angry Christians..." Atheists sue
by Rabbit into me...the following story exemplifies why freedom of speech is so important.
people should be exposed to differing ideas & beliefs for their own good.. my comment is highlighted below, it's funny, sad & i realize...not representative of most christians.
(most, i believe will think about it, but, not act on it) .
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"...in case of an attack on the buses by Angry Christians..." Atheists sue
by Rabbit into me...the following story exemplifies why freedom of speech is so important.
people should be exposed to differing ideas & beliefs for their own good.. my comment is highlighted below, it's funny, sad & i realize...not representative of most christians.
(most, i believe will think about it, but, not act on it) .
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George,
In the Dallas-Ft.Worth area this same thing came up, so to be "fair"...neither churches or atheists can advertise now. I guess that's cool with me, but, I have a sneaking suspicion it was the only lawful way to keep the churches happy. It would, in my opinion, been a great debate opportunity.
Theists wanted no part of that.
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"...in case of an attack on the buses by Angry Christians..." Atheists sue
by Rabbit into me...the following story exemplifies why freedom of speech is so important.
people should be exposed to differing ideas & beliefs for their own good.. my comment is highlighted below, it's funny, sad & i realize...not representative of most christians.
(most, i believe will think about it, but, not act on it) .
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I tried to copy n' paste the story, it would't work.
Yeah, those mad dog atheists, they're capable of anything -- they even use -- words and stuff.
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"...in case of an attack on the buses by Angry Christians..." Atheists sue
by Rabbit into me...the following story exemplifies why freedom of speech is so important.
people should be exposed to differing ideas & beliefs for their own good.. my comment is highlighted below, it's funny, sad & i realize...not representative of most christians.
(most, i believe will think about it, but, not act on it) .
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To me...the following story exemplifies why freedom of speech is so important. People should be exposed to differing ideas & beliefs for their own good.
My comment is highlighted below, it's funny, sad & I realize...not representative of most Christians. (Most, I believe will think about it, but, not act on it)
Your Comments ?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110610/od_nm/us_atheist_ads
Atheists sue over bus ads on God-free lifestyle
By Suzi Parker Suzi Parker Fri Jun 10, 12:11 pm ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) – A coalition of atheists is accusing Little Rock's city bus line of violating their rights to free speech in a fight to place ads on public buses praising a God-free lifestyle.
The Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason alleged in a lawsuit that the Central Arkansas Transit Authority and its advertising agency are discriminating against the group because they're being required to pay tens of thousands of dollars to put $5,000 worth of ads on 18 buses.
The ads would read: "Are you good without God? Millions are."
Other groups, including churches, have not been required to pay the fee, which amounts to $36,000 in insurancein case of an attack on the buses by angry Christians, according to the lawsuit.
The insurance was requested by the transit agency's advertising firm, On The Move Advertising, officials said.
Because a handful of similar ads had been vandalized in other states, the ad agency required the payment for insurance reasons, said Jess Sweere, an attorney representing the transit authority.
"To my knowledge, OTMA has not requested this in the past because no other advertiser told them their ads were vandalized in other markets," Sweere told Reuters.
Sweere said the transit authority was all set to accept the ads, but that the advertising firm raised the concerns that lead to the insurance requirement. Negotiations were still going on when the lawsuit was filed last week against the transit agency and the ad firm.
"We were planning to run the ads as soon as the contract was worked out," Sweere told Reuters.
An attorney for the ad agency did not return calls seeking comment.
LeeWood Thomas, a spokesman for the atheist group, quoted an email from the advertising agency obtained by the coalition that read: "Arkansas is the buckle of the Bible Belt and I can easily envision zealots or upstanding citizens with a strong faith acting out."
Thomas said it's clear his group is being punished for the actions of others.
"The insurance money needed from us basically says CATA and On The Move trust the atheists in this community more so than the religious, otherwise the churches that advertise would have that extra insurance premium added to their total cost," Thomas said.
The coalition is asking a judge to issue a preliminary injunction forcing the bus company to accept the ads while the suit moves forward.
The transit authority and its advertising agency were served with the lawsuit on Monday. They have 21 days to respond.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Arkansas group by UnitedCoR, a Washington-based national organization that focuses on organizing local atheist and agnostic groups into coalitions and funding their bus and billboard ad campaigns.
UnitedCoR has placed such ads throughout the United States since 2008.
Out of 36 markets where ad campaigns have run, four have been vandalized, including bus ads in Detroit last year, according to UnitedCoR's website.
Last year, UnitedCoR placed ads on outdoor billboards and buses in Fayetteville, Arkansas, without incident.
In 2009, the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers, a group of atheists who are also involved in the bus ad campaign, successfully sued the state of Arkansas to erect a 'Winter Solstice' display on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol near a nativity scene.
(Editing by Karen Brooks and Jerry Norton)
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Wachtower says 97% of teens masturbate....is it realistic that 100% Witness teens don't?
by Witness 007 in"young people ask" book admits 97% of youths masturbate...to put it into perspective, it's like saying 97% of the worlds population own a phone or a t.v!!
so is it realistic to believe these witnesses going thru puberty and teenage years won't on penalty of death?.
i always thought, if nearly 100% of teens do it isn't it normal?.
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Heartofaboy...
yep...your story was my story. We met at the KH, I think he knew what I wanted to talk about, too. He was nice about it. I was SO terribly guilty of this chronic sin...as *I* was a Regular Pioneer...and
I was doing "... this vile thing in the last years of this Old System of Things(tm)" , just before Armageddon (early 70's).
Two more confessions and Jehovah just had to watch me.
Things got better tho'...I married someone just as Theocratic as me *sigh*. 3 kids and years later, I lost my mom to "no blood transfusion", then, my faith, then, my family - mostly all dubs.
Today, I have a sweet new life, with my sweet new wife. She had actually studied -- and rejected the JW shit.
We are also both -- happy masturbaters.
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Octo-Mom...has 50,000 BABIES...See Video
by Rabbit inhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/06/06/136999429/8-legged-mom-has-50-000-babies-while-2-legged-woman-watches?ft=1&f=1007.
ok, i'll admit i am 'guilty' of "gotcha journalism", but hey, it works with palin.. this story has nothing to do with the airhead that birthed 8 babies nor the former-quit-her-governor-of alaska job airhead.. it is just a beautiful, calming, makes-ya'-feel-good story, with some amazing videos.
with all the chaos in our lives, politics and the world...its nice to get a laptop view, brought to us by a kind person, of an ocean event normally unseen by human eyes.
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I march peacefully on...
For nature lovers: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/index.asp
The World at Night. Truly beautiful!
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Octo-Mom...has 50,000 BABIES...See Video
by Rabbit inhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/06/06/136999429/8-legged-mom-has-50-000-babies-while-2-legged-woman-watches?ft=1&f=1007.
ok, i'll admit i am 'guilty' of "gotcha journalism", but hey, it works with palin.. this story has nothing to do with the airhead that birthed 8 babies nor the former-quit-her-governor-of alaska job airhead.. it is just a beautiful, calming, makes-ya'-feel-good story, with some amazing videos.
with all the chaos in our lives, politics and the world...its nice to get a laptop view, brought to us by a kind person, of an ocean event normally unseen by human eyes.
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Bttt...for nature & calamari lovers
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Octo-Mom...has 50,000 BABIES...See Video
by Rabbit inhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/06/06/136999429/8-legged-mom-has-50-000-babies-while-2-legged-woman-watches?ft=1&f=1007.
ok, i'll admit i am 'guilty' of "gotcha journalism", but hey, it works with palin.. this story has nothing to do with the airhead that birthed 8 babies nor the former-quit-her-governor-of alaska job airhead.. it is just a beautiful, calming, makes-ya'-feel-good story, with some amazing videos.
with all the chaos in our lives, politics and the world...its nice to get a laptop view, brought to us by a kind person, of an ocean event normally unseen by human eyes.
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You're vewwy welcome. At least 2 people liked it...and NomadSoul was just real hungry!
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Octo-Mom...has 50,000 BABIES...See Video
by Rabbit inhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/06/06/136999429/8-legged-mom-has-50-000-babies-while-2-legged-woman-watches?ft=1&f=1007.
ok, i'll admit i am 'guilty' of "gotcha journalism", but hey, it works with palin.. this story has nothing to do with the airhead that birthed 8 babies nor the former-quit-her-governor-of alaska job airhead.. it is just a beautiful, calming, makes-ya'-feel-good story, with some amazing videos.
with all the chaos in our lives, politics and the world...its nice to get a laptop view, brought to us by a kind person, of an ocean event normally unseen by human eyes.
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Yes, it does. Makes me feel good I'm not a Giant Octopus, and it shows how fragile our environment can be. If, two octopi mate, then only 2 (hopefully equal male/female) survive - there is no net population gain. That's scary if the animals are endangered.
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Octo-Mom...has 50,000 BABIES...See Video
by Rabbit inhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/06/06/136999429/8-legged-mom-has-50-000-babies-while-2-legged-woman-watches?ft=1&f=1007.
ok, i'll admit i am 'guilty' of "gotcha journalism", but hey, it works with palin.. this story has nothing to do with the airhead that birthed 8 babies nor the former-quit-her-governor-of alaska job airhead.. it is just a beautiful, calming, makes-ya'-feel-good story, with some amazing videos.
with all the chaos in our lives, politics and the world...its nice to get a laptop view, brought to us by a kind person, of an ocean event normally unseen by human eyes.
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Wow...I was w-a-y off on survival rate...
http://sites.google.com/site/oceandbcom/giant-pacific-octopus
She lays strings of eggs and hangs them on the roof of her den. Usually females lay around 57,000 eggs. They look like grapes on the roof of her den. While the eggs get ready to hatch, the female stays in her den at all times, protecting the eggs. With her siphon, she blows on the eggs, making sure they have sufficient oxygen. When they finally hatch, she blows them out of the den. Then she follows them out and dies. The eggs drift to the surface, most of them being eaten on the way. The few that survive stay at the surface for around 6 months until they are old enough to come back down to their home. Of the 57,000 eggs laid, around two or three survive to continue the reproductive cycle. Octopuses are terminal maters, meaning they die after mating and therefore only mate once.