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Don't Judge Based On Beliefs
I am so sick of seeing comments like this out there:
"Its all theories - no one knows for sure. Even the Catholic Church's claim of intelligent design is a theory.
I suppose Mike's post is just another way to attack the one true faith - Christianity. That's OK, go on with your life of blackberry's, Ipods, The Wire, and gay pride week and see where it leads you."
It was a comment made by a reader to Toronto Mike's blog by the name of Argie to this post about creationist propaganda which is a whole other topic that Im not going to get into.
The simple fact is that comments like this are so judgemental it makes me sick. Argie is judging people based on his belief and Im going to assume he is Christian based on his response.
Folks, if you are going to follow the faith you call Christianity follow it the way the man, the myth, the legend you call Jesus would want you to, don't judge others just because they don't follow it or don't live your lifestyle. Otherwise take your faith and shove it because Jesus wouldn't want you you spreading his name attached to comments like this.
Jesus wouldn't care if you are gay, black, white, hispanic, Islamic, rich or poor, he didn't care. Im an atheist, I don't believe in the spiritual hocus pocus that goes with religion. Im one for saying that the religions that people follow are no more than glorified philosophies that have reached the masses. I also don't believe in religion because it brain washes and impedes progress.
Argie, your comment was no better than these people:
Category: religion
They Have No Clue How Big It Would Have To Be
A Christian team of of scientists, for the sake of this blog we will call them crazy ass whack jobs with no life, actually think they found Noah;s Ark.
They THINK they found it on top of a mountain in Turkey. Of course they say they have used carbon dating which they now believe in. Talk to any crazy ass whack job when carbon dating is used to date planet earth and they will tell you its an inexact science, but for finding "Noah's Ark" all of a sudden it works.
I have news for them, they can stop looking. Its not there and its not any where. Every educated scientist besides them is telling them to stop wasting their time and they are giving their scientific reasons why. I am going to give my rather unscientifc, yet logical reason why. I say logical because logic is something that the obscenely devote Christians just don't have. They don't get that Noah's Ark was a fairy tale to teach people to take care of mother nature. IT wasn't real.
Does anyone realize how fucking big that boat would have to be? EVERY SINGLE SPECIES....anyone know how many species of animals there are? Not to mention the amount of food that ark would have needed on board to feed the millions of species on board the ark? Its not the fucking ark so go home and find a new thing to go look for like the Lochness monster, now thats real. There is video of it:
Category: Miscellaneous | News | religion
OMG They Had Food At The Last Meal!?
Did you hear the news? They had food at Jesus' last meal!
Experts are shocked and concerned that over time in replicas of the last sit down for grub that Jesus and the Apostles are depicted with 69% more food on their plates and the plates were 56% larger. OMG.
Now if there is anyone other than some scientist in a lab coat staring at the damn replica long enough to notice we might be concerned, concerned that people really have way too much time on their hands to notice something so trivial.
So what! Big friggin deal, so the Lord wanted to sit down and have some dinner before he was put up on the a cross and had the crap beat out of him, whats the big fuss? What kid or for that matter is looking at that picture going...geez, im hungry for some of what Jesus is having I think I'll go get me a super sized value meal at McDonalds.
Or as they called it back in Jesus's day McLuke's, the apostle Luke actually owned a chain of food stores back then and was able to hook up the crew for the last supper they had the stale bread, sushi and some boxed wine and oh yeah some of Jesus' blood and his body, yummy, Im going out now to see if I can have some of what they are having, that painting made me so hungry!
This ranks right up there with Santa Claus needs to slim down and stop eating cookies and Cookie Monster has to eat healthy stuff now on Sesame Street because we all know those two made so many of us adults fat....no dice. Thats externalizing the blame, get a life people and stop looking at paintings for more than what they are!
Category: Miscellaneous | religion
Sick and Demented
Those are my two words for Pat Robertson. He makes religion a bad word for me. How CBS can carry his load of crap show is beyond me especially after continued remarks like what he said about Haiti. He blamed the people and their past for the massive earthquake there.
Yeah thats right Pat, slavery practices there from 200 years ago are what caused this earthquake, God's vengeance because as Pat calls it, the Haitian people signed a "pact with the devil"
Actually Pat, for comments like that I think you should be prepared for a pitchfork up your ass when you meet your makerBrit Hume Has a New Job
Brit Hume has a new job apparently on Fox News: Spiritual Advisor. I hear the gig pays pretty well too, about the same as a news anchor for a TV station that likes to masquerade as a news network thats balanced and fair or whatever they call their crappy brand of informational spewage.</p>
Brit is advising Tiger to convert from his current faith: Buddhism to Christianity because as Hume says: Buddhism just doesn't offer what Christianity does.....right.
Here we go again. This is why I can't stand conservative christians, they think their shit doesn't stink.Mark Sanford anyone? What was his faith? anyone? Bueller?.....Right, it was Christianity....Where was Brit on that one?
Im so sick of christian right wingers pushing their faith on those who either A) don't believe in religion or B) believe in something else. Brit will just stir that pot right back up with his comment because most of that sect watches Fox News religiously, no pun intended.
Religion is not a means to control ones actions, that is being weak minded if you think that your religion will guide your actions. The only one who can control their actions is you. Brit, you have just shown the world where your head is,
Tiger didn't stray from his marriage because of his faith, he strayed because he choose to, it had nothing to do with Buddhism or Christianity or any other set of beliefs. If thats the case lets start recommending something different for the dozens of republican, so called christian politicians who have gone astray Brit.
Lets see, I say Mark Sanford converts to.....Mormonism, that will allow him to include both his wife and his so called soul mate and will allow him the options that he needs.Religion: Man's Flaw
Here are two videos that discuss religion as being one of man's flaws. They suggest that religion was made by man not the other way around and go from there.
Adam Corolla makes a few appearances. It really gets you thinking about religion and its purpose/lack thereof. What is religion and how do we get to the point where we have faith in such ridiculous things. Most who read this know that I am closer to being atheist or at the very least agnostic than anything and constantly question the purpose of religion, any religion.
Category: religion
Religulous Request
Edward Lilly is a Lewiston Porter school board member who has one final request before he leaves his position in a month. He wants the 10 commandments posted in each of the districts four schools.
He represents yet another religious wack job that thinks religion will solve everything. He thinks the 10 Commandments which really are a bunch of garbage, would provide the moral code for the community.
What about laws? What about school rules? Why does it have to be tied to religion? Does he realize that Lew Port is not a Catholic school district?
They should consider it, only if he can prove that each and every single one of the students in the district is 100% Catholic. If not then no go and my bet is that its a no go.
What pisses me off more than anything about religion is how people who are overly religious (brainwashed) think that they have to impose their beliefs/will on those who quite frankly don't give a shit and are doing quite well without.
Public schools have a code, its called separation of church and state.
They recieve funding from state and federal sources and therefore have no right in imposing religion on anyone. That is why we have gone to "Winter Break" and Spring Break" Because although he may not realize it there are Jewish, Muslim, Atheist and all sorts of other backgrounds that attend not just the Lew Port public schools but every public school.
Mr. Lilly, if you want a school with the 10 Commandments posted, start your own private, Catholic school. That's what Churches are for, they post the 10 Commandments for those of us who care to attend.
Bible Bylaws?
I didn't know that the Catholic Church could just make it up as they go. Now apparently they can tell Catholics what to give up for Lent as opposed to the traditional meat on Fridays gig, which to my knowledge isn't even in the Bible, its just something they have imposed over the years.
This year, they are telling Catholics to give up their electronic devices such as Ipods, cell phones, and not using the internet until after Easter.
Where does it state that in the Bible that as a practicing Catholic you have to do this and why in a world run by technology are they asking Catholics to do this? It really makes me happy that I chose to stop practicing my religion and go the agnostic/atheist route. Religion is full of so many made up, BS rules and what you can and can't do that may or may not be in the Bible. Its in all religions too. Thats why on Fridays when I can, I get a rise out of ordering a nice juicy steak if we go out to eat this time of year because unlike most who follow the rules of Catholicism, I don't have those rules. I don't have to worry about the day or the time of year. I don't worry about waking up on Sundays to go anywhere to worship something that is no more real than Santa Claus. Today, I'll get in my car and turn on my IPod and drive off to work, text my wife a few times during the day and make some calls for work on my cell phone then I will come back here and post a few more posts after swimming. Meanwhile there are sheep out there who will deprive themselves of these items and live a sheltered life. Thats all fine and well. Giving up meat for a practicing Catholic should be plenty. Thats the standard. But apparently as always the church feels that people should do something more, so they make it up as they go.Category: religion
What A Loser
Its unbelievable that Ted Haggard can do a documentary and still be as ignorant as he is. Despite his past he still has the audacity to sit there and be as racist and as ignorant as he is in the HBO documentary The Trails of Ted Haggard. This guy has officially gone the way of Jerry Falwell. He is the new big loser amongst the Evangelical Christians. What is even scarier is that those who are closest to him don't seem to realize his incredibly screwed up view of this world. Now there is a second guy, a 20 year old that is involved with Haggard. Haggard still refuses to admit what we all know and to acknowledge that there is nothing wrong with it, hes gay. He is the only one who thinks there is something wrong with being gay, him and his messed up Evangelical Church that he is a part of. He refers to being gay as being a sin and he is trying to find a cure for it. The only thing Haggard needs a cure for is racism, because that is exactly what he is, a racist scum bag. Its guys like him that really turn me off to any and all religions because religion preaches divisiveness. "If you don't believe in this you are wrong" type of attitude. And despite his actions, as we all know actions speak louder than words, he continues to take the racist approach to his flaming homosexuality. What is great about the documentary is that he is asked the tough questions and he gives the big bullshit answers.Category: News | Television | religion
Inaugural Prayer
This is something that has been begging for me to write about since the choice of Rick Warren to provide the prayer at the inauguration of Barack Obama.
To me this isn't about what this guy stands for or what he has said, most of us know hes only slightly better than Pat Robertson and the late scumbag Jerry Falwell. What it boils down to for me, is why do we need any prayer at a political event? Why do we need anyone to pray at this? I know there is always prayer at these events and maybe that is the bigger issue. It again leads to my biggest argument of all time, separation of church and state. Politics and religion have no business being on the same stage. Make all the fancy, hyped up speeches you want at this thing, Barack Obama has earned the right to have people up there praising him and has earned the spectacle that the inauguration has become over the year, but do we really need someone to lead the country in a prayer? If we do, why does it have to be an Evangelical Christian like Warren? Why can't it be a Catholic priest or a non denominational religious figure who doesn't represent any one religion and just do a blanket catch all prayer? Freedom from religion, thats one of the things this country was founded on. We, as Americans have a right to choose our religious beliefs, and we also have a right not to have someone else's beliefs jammed down our throats at a political event. Evangelicals get this podium in politics like they are the majority in terms of religions in this country. They are far from the majority when it comes to practicing faiths. Catholics are by far and away the majority in this country. Of course the best choice, would be no prayer at all because really, if you can't appeal to all, then you shouldn't allow it to speak in a political forum.
