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Quotes on Religion #1: Blaise Pascal
“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions” - Blaise Pascal, 17th century mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. Point one:...
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Making a distinction:
There is a difference between institutions and individuals. There is a difference between Ray Comfort and CS Lewis.There is a difference between Dr. Francis Collins and the leader of his church.There...
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Much Ado About Nothing
Dost thou not suspect my place? Dost thou not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me down an ass! But masters, remember that I am an ass. Though it be not written down, yet forget not that I...
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Traditions today: A discussion on how people’s cultural stories, traditions...
I want to try to start a new series of discussions here. We’ll see if anyone’s interested in it. I want to have an open, honest and serious exploration about specific foundations, tenets, dogmas of...
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Traditions Today #1: Adam and Eve
How does our understandings of the stories/traditions of our faith color the way we view, and act in, the world today?I’m not going to approach this series too systematically but I will likely focus...
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Traditions Today #2: Noah and the Flood
Considering the heated and in depth discussion that my last post got going (thanks Mike D.)I would say that this series is a supreme success. Seriously though, I doubt that I have enough readers to get...
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Supreme Court upholds "In God We Trust"
http://pewforum.org/Religion-News/RNS-Court-rejects-challenge-to-In-God-We-Trust.aspx My question, for those that may understand better than I do how this makes sense is this - isn't this pure bunk?...
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Colbert's Lent
Warning: There is some pretty crude and irreverent humor in this. I know what you're thinking, Colbert? Never! Anyway, if you are easily offended...I wouldn't watch..
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Indiana joins the anti-abortion rampage, legislating lies.
Thanks to The Young Turks for turning me onto this story.Indiana has several new abortion bills before the state legislator. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the things in some of these bills. The...
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Pagans are Snakes
Atheists and Agnostics tend to get a “party pooper” image for ruining everyone’s fun on holidays by pointing out the not so fun aspects of said holidays. So I find it interesting that, in the usual...
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She said it pretty good...
Ever since I heard about the passing of House Continuing Resolution 13 today I have been unable to put any real thought into it but I wanted to make an observation none-the-less. Trying to get a little...
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The Bible told me to...
View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com.http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Man-70-Stoned-to-Death-for-Homosexuality-Police-118243719.htmlPoint 1. There seems to be much more to the...
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Japan disaster a sign from God. Apparently God is good and ticked
I know this has already gone around plenty but I wanted to it highlight it one more time for some personal reasons.I am often accused of focusing criticism on a group that is a small fringe group with...
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Supreme Court fails, again!
John Thompson: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-571.pdfThis is more of a political rant than a religious one. John Thompson was wrongfully convicted. That is not in dispute. That the...
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The LDS faith (Mormon) is a logical choice: Hell
If any religion has it right, the Mormons do. This is a short series on why I think that statement is true, as well as few reasons for why I still am a firm disbeliever. 13 years ago, last September, I...
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Why the LDS (Mormon) faith is a logical choice but it’s still wrong: Purpose...
I mentioned in my first post in this series, that I came to the Mormon Church initially as a result of that faith’s ability to provide the best logical answers to the existential questions I was...
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Why the LDS faith (Mormon) is a logical choice: Original Sin
One of the traditional Christian doctrines that bothered me in my initial investigations was the tenet of Original Sin. The idea that we are “created sick and commanded to be well.”* The assertion that...
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Why the LDS (Mormon) faith is a logical choice: Prophecy
This is the second to the last in my series about how the LDS faith (Mormonism) is a relatively logical choice among the Christian denominations. I am doing this series for two reasons. 1 – I think...
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Why the LDS (Mormon) is a logical choice: The Trinity
What is the Trinity and what role does it play in our understanding of God? The Trinity is the very concept of the roles of God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. It establishes some of the most fundamental...
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