Here you go ladies, a good Christian man. Every christian womans fantasy. You just better make sure you keep quiet. Seriously, everything that's wrong with religion is in this video. I'm glad he illustrated it for us so clearly.
whereami
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God is sexist! Let's spread the word! THIS IS FOR YOU LADIES.
by whereami inhere you go ladies, a good christian man.
every christian womans fantasy.
you just better make sure you keep quiet.
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Christian Imbeciles Embarrass Themselves At A Bill Nye The Science Guy Lecture.
by Low-Key Lysmith inhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profiles/blogs/bill-nye-bood-in-texas-for.
this doesn't represent all christians.
just kinda scary to think that there are some people out there who really think like this..
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whereami
What do you expect in good ol' Texas. Was Bush in the audience along with Bill O'reilly? "Tide comes in tide goes out".
For shits and giggles:
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Boy Denied Communion Because of Cerebral Palsy
by whereami incan't you just feel the love!!!
!kevin castro's grandmother calls priest's offer of annointing of sick 'offensive' .
a catholic church turned away 8-year-old kevin castro of floresville, texas, from his first communion because he had cerebral palsy, according to the boy's family.. when the rev.
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Can't you just feel the love!!!! Kevin Castro's Grandmother Calls Priest's Offer of Annointing of Sick 'Offensive'
A Catholic church turned away 8-year-old Kevin Castro of Floresville, Texas, from his First Communion because he had cerebral palsy, according to the boy's family.
When the Rev. Phil Henning of Sacred Heart Catholic Church denied Kevin his first reception of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, Henning said the boy had "the mental capacity of a 6-month old" and didn't have "sufficient knowledge of Christ" to participate in the religious rite, even though Catholic doctrine doesn't specify what level of knowledge is adequate.
Kevin's grandmother, Irma Castro, said Kevin had prepared for months for the "religious milestone" only to be offered a ritual for those who are sick.
"That is the anointing they give you before death," his grandmother told ABC's affiliate KSAT. "That was very offensive."
Kevin's family cried "discrimination."
Cerebral palsy can include any number of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination but don't worsen over time, according to the National Institutes of Health.
It is the most common motor disorder in children and is second only to autism as the most common disability in children, according to United Cerebral Palsy, an organization that provides education and support for people with a spectrum of disabilities. Each year about 10,000 babies born in the United States will develop cerebral palsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It affects boys more frequently than girls.
Cerebral palsy, though, is not always associated with intellectual disability. "It's not the same as intellectual disability, and it does not cause intellectual disability," said Chris Thomson, general counsel for UCP. "Individuals who have cerebral palsy can also have intellectual disability. But one does not cause the other and they are separate conditions."
It can, however, come with its share of misunderstanding and discrimination, like the kind Kevin Castro experienced in his church.
"Faith is an important part of people's lives, and we hope that his church and family can find a solution that allows Kevin to be an active and full participant of his faith community," said Stephen Bennett, president and CEO of UCP. "UCP is committed to full citizenship for people with disabilities, regardless of the severity and expression."
"Without knowing [Kevin's] medical diagnosis, it is impossible to know what he may be experiencing," said Thomson. "But people often mistakenly confuse cerebral palsy for an intellectual disability because of the symptoms they witness, such a slurred speech, drooling or spasticity."
Irma Castro said that she had been helping to prepare Kevin for months for his communion, and the priest's decision had shaken her faith. "I hurt for my grandson and my family," she said.
First Communion Is Important RiteThe important ceremony means the child has been embraced by the church community. and it is accompanied by traditional family celebrations and gifts.
Deacon Pat Rodgers, from the Archdiocese of San Antonio, told ABCNews.com that the decision whether to give the sacrament lies with the local priest, but emphasized, "It's never our desire, hope or wish to withhold a sacrament from someone who wants or needs it."
Henning's church offices were closed Tuesday, and he did not return messages left by ABCNews.com.
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Diary of an Ex-Mormon- Must see for all Jw's still on the fence.
by whereami inhear the story of a young teenager indoctrinated into the mormon church and culture, growing to a man who would one day reject everything he'd been taught to believe.
the similarities to the jw's are uncanny.. .
stan's full story can be found in written form at:http://www.exmormon.org/whylft79.htm.
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Hear the story of a young teenager indoctrinated into the Mormon church and culture, growing to a man who would one day reject everything he'd been taught to believe. The similarities to the Jw's are uncanny.
Stan's full story can be found in written form at:http://www.exmormon.org/whylft79.htmwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-RKWYTXI8&feature=channel_video_title
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Is this a forum for JW issues or a poorly designed political and celebrity site?
by Band on the Run init appears to me that even in the few months that i have been here there is less and less emphasis on jehovah's witnesses and anything remotely related to jws and more very poor posts about politics, foreign affairs and celebrities.
i can't omit the juvenile sex ones, which i find lacking in erotic nature.
it seems the 6th grade boys are meeting in the locker room.. the posts that involve jws have a very different tone from the drivel posted on others.
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whereami
I think it's time to mention that you're a "lawyer" again. People might start to forget you know.
Stop getting your panties up in a twist and just hang out. Don't like it, don't click it.
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America to be destroyed?
by StopTheTears inthe destruction of the babylon of the future takes place in one hour and the kings of the earth wail over her demise.. .
this indicates the worlds leaders are not expecting america's judgment and destruction.
this destruction comes suddenly and without warning.. .
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I knew I heard you somewhere before!!!! Is this really you? You're DA MAN!!!!
Speaking at The Oak Initiative, Alan Keyes says the earthquake in Japan shows that God is about to destroy America for violating God's laws.
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I'm on the front page of AOL o.O
by brizzzy inhey guys, so the book came out today.
my story and the book are on the front page of aol news right now (and i was just on npr and heading into another npr interview right now): http://www.parentdish.com/2011/04/26/brianna-karp-girls-guide-to-homelessness/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl5|sec1_lnk2|58386.
some of the jw stuff is mentioned and of course there are a few jws and jw apologists flooding the comments section proclaiming my apostate-ness ;).
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Great job. Congrats.
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Bill O'Reilly: Is There a Hell?
by whereami ini get a kick listening to these silly people.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kbyxtk40zo.
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I get a kick listening to these silly people.
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HBO: Game of Thrones
by leavingwt ini haven't read the wildly popular books, but i've found the new hbo television series, game of thrones to be quite entertaining.
so far, two episodes have aired, and i think i'm hooked.
there are more than a few interesting characters, both good, bad and in between.
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whereami
Hey LWT!!! Me and the wife are also enjoying the series on HBO. Last night was great.
I wanted to KILL that kid prince for getting that dog killed.
Enjoy.
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Christianity Beyond the Bible.
by whereami inchristianity beyond the bible .
i read a lot about religions of all kinds, but i feel i have a certain specialty when it comes to christianity.
years of being surrounded by christians has inevitably given me a different understanding of christianity than i could possibly have of most other religions.. for example, what i know about buddhism is what i have read.
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Christianity Beyond the Bible
I read a lot about religions of all kinds, but I feel I have a certain specialty when it comes to Christianity. Years of being surrounded by Christians has inevitably given me a different understanding of Christianity than I could possibly have of most other religions.
For example, what I know about Buddhism is what I have read. I don't know many Buddhists... a handful, but most of them weren't particularly normal people, so I imagine there is some strange selection bias there.
Islam may be an even worse situation, because I know what I have read (including the Quran and a partial reading of the Sunni hadith) and the portrayal of Islam in the media. While you may be quick to assume I refer to the violent representation, there is that, but there is also the strange PR Muslims who go around trying to spread positive views of Islam... to ridiculous effect. You know the types: they say "Islam means peace," though Islam means "submission." I guess in a war, those are probably the same thing, but to me the two terms are not comparable enough for my comfort.
With Christianity, however, I have exposure to an undeniably broad spectrum of believers, more so than with any other religion (though I'm close with Judaism).
There are more types of Christians than I could probably name in a single sitting, but they tend to swing between two extremes: fundamentalists and modern/liberal Christians. I suspect there is a similar spectrum in most religions, and one should be careful before making broad generalizations about these groups.
For example, "fundamentalist" tends to swing the mind towards images of people who take their religion too seriously, to violent results. This is not necessarily the case. Take, for example, a fundamentalist Christian sect like the Amish. Their views are undeniably fundamentalist: they take the Sermon on the Mount to a particularly literal level, and they meet my essential criteria for being a fundamentalist: namely, unusual clothing.
Then there are modern sects like the Mormons, which also have strange clothing (magic underwear), and an overly stringent ideology (no caffeine), and yet they meet my view of what a modern Christian does, which is go beyond the Bible. Essentially, Mormons have created a fundamentalism based on a modernist movement. In many ways most Protestants have followed this path as well (with the exception being those which have continued to liberalize).
While I see fundamentalism as being more dangerous in more cases than liberal religions, I still feel uneasy about most modern Christians. Unfortunately, it's hard to talk about without using strongly emotional language. I see modern Christianity as the more insidious strain, one which presents a sane face while embracing insanity.
The types of people I'm talking about take many different stances, but they all ultimately take Christianity and adopt ideas that were developed outside of the Bible (and there are those who do the same with some other religion, or an eclectic combination). This generally includes the "spiritual but not religious" folks, as well.
Ideally, I find people who do this annoying. In the context of fundamentalists who go to great lengths to impose their beliefs on others through aggressive evangelism and sometimes even legislation... yeah, I can't honestly be bothered to care too much about the "I think God will just judge you on how you were as a person," crowd.
But there is concern, because fundamentalism hides behind the reasonable believers. What's more, liberalized believers serve only to make religion more appealing, preventing level-headed people from seeing religion for what it is: an antiquated system of educating people.
I can't blame people for improving on religion. It's an effective means of reaching people, because religion has some strange attraction on people. There is something about religion that is for humans like a laser pointer is for a cat: it draws the attention, and it remains eternally tantalizing because it cannot be tangibly grasped.
Religion might also be seen as the method by which some part of the brain gets off. I don't know much about the brain (even less than the little bit that leading neurologists can grasp), but I know that there is some inherent area of the brain that wants the ultimate questions answered for us in a simple narrative. It's clearly not the same part that craves verification or realism, but it's in the brain, not the heart. That much I am certain of.
So how do you address someone who is making a concerted effort to make their beliefs more palatable for modern society? I think most people just smile and nod, but I can never just leave well enough alone.
For one thing, I've never much understood why people think that they can abandon some part of Christianity and think it's okay. Rather than go into many different issues, I want to address the primary problem I have seen from very liberalized Christians: the very idea of God.
Perhaps the strangest aspect of the redefinition of Christianity by modern Christians is the idea that, "It doesn't matter what religion you follow, if you're a good person you will go to heaven." What horse shit! I mean honestly, that is the most unfounded idea I have ever seen in my life. That idea is less plausible than the very idea of God.
Make no mistake about it: the most consistent and unchanging idea in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, is this: God ahead of all else, and you're damned if you disagree. Two to three of the ten commandments are devoted to this idea (depending on how you number them, as there is some dispute since there is no numbering in the text). An additional commandment is dedicated to a day just for thinking about God.
If there is one idea which is incompatible with Christianity (or any of the monotheisms), it is the belief that worship of God is optional.
There is a further attempt to redefine God as something more abstract than the being that physically walked with Adam and Eve in the garden. I can understand the need to do this in this day and age, where we understand that God doesn't live in the sky, opening the firmament and unleashing the waters of heaven in the form of rain.
But some people take it too far, especially when discussing something clearly explained in the Bible, like the creation. The Bible is very explicit, and since that happens so rarely, I am angered when people who insist it is "symbolic."
Sure, the creation myth is "symbolic," so I guess Jesus is just symbolism too? No? Where does it end when deciding what parts of the Bible are meant to be taken literally? This is not an issue of morality where Jesus softened the expectations, this is an account of how the supposed creator of the universe did his job. Jesus didn't say something like, "I come to set the record straight: the universe wasn't created in 6 days thousands of years ago, as can be calculated from the listed genealogy in the Torah..."
I have news for all of those who want to try to mold Christianity into what they wish it was: you don't have to call yourself a Christian. Get some courage and stand up to the majority. Don't buy into Christ-lite. I like ideas from Norse mythology, that doesn't mean I have to say I worship Thor; I just adopt those ideas as my own and incorporate them into my philosophy.
In other words: I don't care that people are cafeteria Christians. There's nothing wrong with using an idea from the Bible if you find it appealing. What isn't necessary, however, is to adopt the misleading moniker of "Christian," an act which emboldens fundamentalists to make claims such as "Most Americans are Christians, so we should run the country based on Christian values."
I have nothing to gain by convincing anyone to be an atheist, but I have to admit that I find it productive to convince people to stop pretending they are Christian when they are not.
http://anythingbuttheist.blogspot.com/2011/04/christianity-beyond-bible.html