Tag: christianity
member name: Bert B.
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August 01, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Blaise Pascal, the famous 17 th century French Philosopher and mathematician had some advice for those who were undecided about the existence of God. In what has become known as “Pascal’s Wager,” . . .
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September 10, 2006 01:53 PM EDT --
One of the things I find the most threatening that the Bush administration is doing is it's massive funding of "faith based" charitable activities. Even worse, it allows . . .
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December 05, 2007 01:41 AM EST --
This is the fourth in a series of conversations with my imaginary friend Al.
Here are the links for the first three:
A Question of Faith
Religion and Morality . . .
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June 28, 2008 11:09 PM EDT --
Some people do not like what their kids will experience in public schools, so they "educate" them at home. Is this good or bad?
First, I must admit that I have some bias here. . . .
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November 21, 2008 12:49 AM EST --
Devout religious believers often deplore the “moral relativism” of liberal/progressive thought, claiming that absolute moral standards, as defined by their sacred scriptures, are necessary . . .
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November 26, 2008 10:58 PM EST --
This is a continuation of the comment thread for the original article with this name.
If you are new to this donnybrook, here is a link to the article that caused all the uproar.
Click here. . . .
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August 24, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
If you are a practicing atheist, then you are practicing a religion.
Don’t try to deny it. I’ll prove it to you.
When you get up every morning and go to bed every night, don’t . . .
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May 16, 2008 11:02 PM EDT --
ONCE UPON A TIME there was a beautiful young married couple named Ken and Barbie. They had two children named Ken Jr. and Barbarella. Ken was a lawyer, in a very successful private practice. . . .
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July 06, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
A number of people are predicting the end of the world on December 21, 2012. That date is fairly significant to me. It happens to be my 76 th birthday. I suppose I should feel . . .
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August 17, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
I read an article in the LA times the other day about the pastor of a church in Buena Park, CA. His name is Wiley S. Drake, and I guess I should have suspected something phony about anyone who has . . .
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June 24, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
James Dobson, head of the fundamentalist Christian Religious Right group, Focus on the Family, issued another of his patented blasts of self-righteous flatulence today. He attacked Barack Obama, . . .
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August 08, 2008 11:57 PM EDT --
A long, long time ago, there were humans on the earth. Records show that the first ones probably lived in what we now call Africa more than fifty thousand years ago, and from there, they gradually . . .
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August 16, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
Everybody suffers from it…except me, of course. Well, I sometimes get up on my high horse about gas-guzzling SUV’s, but that’s different. I’m right, and I am just trying to help out all . . .
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May 19, 2008 08:49 PM EDT --
Dr. James Corbett is a teacher of Advanced Placement European History at Capistrano Valley High School, here in southern California. He was recently sued by one of his students who claimed that . . .
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June 06, 2008 10:50 PM EDT --
I am confused about conception. Not about the physical process. I have two children who are now in their 40's. I think I understand the physical process of procreation fairly . . .
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August 14, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
“A conscientious objector (CO) is an individual who, on religious, moral or ethical grounds, refuses to participate as a combatant in war or, in some cases, to take any role that would support a combatant . . .
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May 31, 2008 01:30 AM EDT --
Two years ago, a political firestorm erupted when some pharmacists refused to dispense drugs that conflicted with their religious views. The drugs in question were contraceptives, especially "morning . . .
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