a truly shocking story in the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9501478/taliban-behead-17-caught-dancing-to-music-at-party.html.
it makes you realise how fortunate you are to live in a rational society.. .
cedars.
it's a currently evolving sect of dudeism.
we believe the dude is the messiah, but our saints are ren and stimpy.
we also encourage, but of course do not require, herbal medicines of the happy kind. this is to aid in understanding the teachings of ren, stimpy and powdered toast man.
a truly shocking story in the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9501478/taliban-behead-17-caught-dancing-to-music-at-party.html.
it makes you realise how fortunate you are to live in a rational society.. .
cedars.
apparently the attacks on girls trying to get an education in afghanistan are increasing.
thankfully not all of islam is like this but i can't help but think of a certain group that tried to prevent others from reading a book in english by burning those books and the guy who printed them
religion, when forced on others, definitely is a snare and a racket
that's why my church of ren and stimpy will have as it's central dogma, don't be a dick
slavery... racisim... corporate greed... atom bombs used against civilians... 53 million aborted... a debt to be paid by generations yet to be born... an oubreak of child-offenders in public schools.... does anyone think america is evil?
or, does she have evil elements that ruin her brand as a great nation?.
**because i have been accused of all kinds of things, let me tell you my full agenda here: i am roman catholic.
Here again we come to the conclusion that you, and people like you, will give a free pass to those you wish, and throw stones at those you wish. I, though, recognize evil, or immorality, anywhere it can be found, even in my beautiful Church and in myself, and I hate it (but not the people who partake in the evil or immorality, because these things we are all capable of). I can make the distinction between the person and the wickedness. Relativism is a perverted way of rationalizing bad behavior for the sake of the person instead of condemning bad behavior for love of the person, as you see in Christianity
the very notion that you can overlook all the history of the cactholic church, while claiming it's the true religion, while looking down your nose at other nonbelieving religions goes to show that you're more than happy to give a free pass when it suits your purpose. i am not. after carefully examining different religions and their histories, i came to the conclusion that i couldn't support any of them, especially one with as bloody and corrupt a history as yours. that's not a free pass, for anyone. still you seem to have some arrogant sense of high minded morality as though yours is somehow better than anyone else's because you think your god is better. this is more or less equivalent to some kid on the playground claiming his kid can beat the other kid's dad up. if you want to believe in a book that claims as real: 1. a woman turning into a pillar of salt 2. the parting of the red sea so that who knows how many people could miraculosly escape 3. angels killing armies in a single night 4. angels messing around with humans and having some sick hybrid child 5. ANGELS 6. some guy with magic hair 7. fireballs raining down from heaven 8. a virgin birth 9. some guy turning water into wine 10. same dude spitting and rubbing mud in a blind guy's eyes to heal him 11. same guy raising the dead 12. also feeding thousands with scraps that weren't even enough to have a family reunion 13. did i mention him raising people from the dead? go ahead and believe anything you want. just don't try and push your book and your self righteous sense of morality on anyone else. i don't need a comic book to tell me what i feel is right or wrong and if morality is really universal and endowed by some magic king, you wouldn't either.
slavery... racisim... corporate greed... atom bombs used against civilians... 53 million aborted... a debt to be paid by generations yet to be born... an oubreak of child-offenders in public schools.... does anyone think america is evil?
or, does she have evil elements that ruin her brand as a great nation?.
**because i have been accused of all kinds of things, let me tell you my full agenda here: i am roman catholic.
no, you believe in some magic fairy god that endowed everyone with the same moral standards.
clearly that's not the case as different cultures have different standards.
as cultures and ideals merge, certain practices and customs have fallen by the wayside.
some groups, for instance, used to think it was perfectly fine to burn non-believers at the stake and they also felt it perfectly fine to squelch free speech by burning a bookmaker who wanted to help others see his version of the light. they also found it perfectly okay to enslave millions, while working to death whole groups of people.
thankfully their morals have largely fallen by the wayside as human thought and philosophy evolved.
slavery... racisim... corporate greed... atom bombs used against civilians... 53 million aborted... a debt to be paid by generations yet to be born... an oubreak of child-offenders in public schools.... does anyone think america is evil?
or, does she have evil elements that ruin her brand as a great nation?.
**because i have been accused of all kinds of things, let me tell you my full agenda here: i am roman catholic.
the idea that morality is universal is stupid.
some cultures found it acceptable for young girls to be married off
some cultures found it acceptable for young boys to be in relationships with older men
homosexuality was acceptable for some cultures
human sacrifices
cannibalism?
my italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.
these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".
they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.
if all catholics/christians AREN'T the same, how is it that all atheists/pagans ARE the same?
would i be in trouble?let's suppose that i had never stopped going to the meetings at the kingdom hall, and that i was still actively engaged in the field service.
if you were to be invited into my home you couldn't help but notice that the entire top (probably 6 foot across) of my entertainment center (a piece of furniture that holds the tv and that has glassed-in shelves on each side) is crowded with religious figurines, most of which came from the local catholic store.. .
next to that is the nativity scene that has several pieces: the wise men, the "star", the babe jesus, and joseph and mary etc.
i think they'd turn tail and run while confused that you aren't being haunted
my italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.
these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".
they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.
You speak truth to deaf ears.
deaf ears?
has it ever occurred to you that your "truth" doesn't work for everyone?
has it ever occurred you that your "truth" might not even be true?
would you like to know the truth about your truth?
slavery... racisim... corporate greed... atom bombs used against civilians... 53 million aborted... a debt to be paid by generations yet to be born... an oubreak of child-offenders in public schools.... does anyone think america is evil?
or, does she have evil elements that ruin her brand as a great nation?.
**because i have been accused of all kinds of things, let me tell you my full agenda here: i am roman catholic.
" Except for the atomic bombs that describes pretty much everywhere. Actually the US has a better record on racism than lots of places."
i dunno if it's better per se, but at the very least it's not much worse than anywhere else.
japan is NOT a good place for foreigners workers as i understand it.
you could point to the middle east, europe (lest we forget the french and the row about their soccer team?), africa (not only talking about south africa, that's all over. north and south egypt for instance, tribal wars, etc), those problems are everywhere unfortunately.
slavery... racisim... corporate greed... atom bombs used against civilians... 53 million aborted... a debt to be paid by generations yet to be born... an oubreak of child-offenders in public schools.... does anyone think america is evil?
or, does she have evil elements that ruin her brand as a great nation?.
**because i have been accused of all kinds of things, let me tell you my full agenda here: i am roman catholic.
as for the question, it's no more evil than many other institutions...
