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Comment on Atheists Are Saved By Jesus – Pope by Daniel Nobre

Daniel Nobre — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:01:05 +0000

I understand what you mean and why you are making some fun out of it

But I also think he has all the right to think that atheists or believers from other religions may be saved by God or any other deity that he believes in. I think that might even be a step on the right direction since it means going in the opposite direction of “there is no salvation out of our church”.

I don’t feel the need to be saved, since I do not believe in any religion, but since I think the Pope is just a regular human being who will die and “that is it” – no soul or other mystical stuff – he also has the right to believe that when one dies, one has a soul that might be saved.

Comment on Creationism Spreading In Schools by Phil Ferguson

Phil Ferguson — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:53:28 +0000

Sue,
The government is using tax dollars to defray the cost of churches. Isn’t this purchase a personal choice?

Comment on Losing Our Religion by Phil Ferguson

Phil Ferguson — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:51:57 +0000

sue,
yeah, good idea! just give up! Does jesus show up and fill your tank for you?

Comment on 2012 International Religious Freedom Report by Phil Ferguson

Phil Ferguson — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:49:22 +0000

Leif,
Thanks! Fixed!

Comment on Church Didn’t Want You to Read Bible by Richard Robertson

Richard Robertson — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:08:32 +0000

I remember reading this in detail many years ago. A lot of violence to suppress the distribution of the Bible. This was connected to the Reformation too. It’s odd that the same religious people that attack free thought originally promoted it.

Comment on The Woo of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) by Artor

Artor — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:59:39 +0000

I think of NLP much as I do of Chiropracty. They do actually have some functional techniques at the core. I will happily go to a chiropractor when I have misaligned vertebrae, and I’ve used some of the simpler NLP techniques to change the way I think about things. But there does seem to be a tremendous amount of woo piled on top of the tiny core of real accomplishments that poison the well. It would be nice if there were an easy way to pry them apart and flush the dross, leaving something useful behind. Rationality is a good tool, but depressingly few people know how to use it.

Comment on 2012 International Religious Freedom Report by Leif

Leif — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11:41 +0000

bad Link to frontiersofreason

Comment on Elizabeth Smart Schools Against Against Abstinence Only by jim n

jim n — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:01 +0000

When I finished this post I was not gong to publish it. As I found the photo, I noticed Smart was pretty and I wondered if I was promoting her because she was pretty rather than finding some more greater story of triumph? I did it anyway as the reality is that in her role as advocate looks count. It sucks but it’s true. For men as well. Short dumpy guys don’t succeed as well but women are the gender considered by many, especially conservatives, to be decorative objects.

Comment on Losing Our Religion by sue

sue — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:31:40 +0000

As a non-believer, back in those bad old drNone days, when prices went up, talk about “impotent rage.” But those crappy days are gone. Since having surrendered my life to the Lord, every day is new and fresh – even when it’s pouring and traffic is backlogged., and the gas tank and pocketbook is low. Yep, it’s about attitude and self-centered ness is the pits

Comment on Creationism Spreading In Schools by sue

sue — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:01:58 +0000

The government is using tax dollars to defray the cost of birth control pills for poor women. Isn’t this purchase a personal choice? All of us have issues concerning where our hard earned money should not be going. Oh well, we either cowboy up or launch into “impotent rage.”