Saturday, September 17, 2005
Irreligious Joke About Nuns and Sex
Shortest Joke You Have Ever Heard! Two nuns are going through a forest. They are accosted and raped by a man. The one nun says to the other nun, "How are we ever going to explain to Mother Superior how we were raped twice?" The other nun replies, "But we were only raped once." To which the first nun...
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Monday, September 12, 2005
Okay. So I'm Dead. I Get To Meet God. Now What?
I was listening to a song on the radio that posed the question, “What would you say to God?” So it got me thinking about what an imagined meeting with God would be like. I say imagined because I will never meet him in the course of my life. So let’s say I’ve died. A suicidal tree jumped in front of...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Quality of Life
"Dying," Morrie said, "is the only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of the people who come to visit me are unhappy." Why? "Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you...
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Friday, September 2, 2005
Longing for Peace After Death
The human longing for peace after death is older than you might think. The first things written in English were poems. Almost all of these were religious in nature. The Exeter Book contains some of these poems. It dates back to 975. One of the poems recorded is titled "The Wanderer." The speaker is...
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
Why Can't We Be Sympathetic When it Matters?
I am always amazed at the level of sympathy towards natural disaster victims. Immediately it seems like everybody's sending food, money and clothing to the victims. God knows there's nothing wrong with this. Helping people who have suffered misfortune is a worthy cause. But why must we reserve this...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Bush to Pray for Katrina Victims
You’ve heard it a hundred times; you’ll be in my prayers. Big fat deal. What has prayer ever accomplished? And I mean in the way of measurable results. Will the floodwaters suddenly cease because Bush got on his knees? Will property be repaired? Will victims be brought back to life? We all know the...
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Monday, August 29, 2005
The World is Going to End. We Think.
This is something I have got to get off my chest. I am so sick of hearing all the world is going to end because the bible says so crap. For the past decade tabloids, religious groups and Christians themselves have been insisting that the Book of Revelations is coming true. A few commets blaze...
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Friday, August 26, 2005
Is God Bipolar?
Really. I want to know. Because I keep hearing this stuff about God being compassionate, kind and loving. And I'm confused. This doesn't sound like the God described in the Old Testament. Remember Saul? God commanded him to kill every living Amalekite man, woman and child. He went so far as to...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
The Herd Truth and Religion-Part One
The philosopher Neitszche writes about "herd truth." He explains that in order to avoid mutual war humanity has agreed on certain universal truths. These are things we can agree on. The definition of murder is one of them. It is a "herd truth" that it is morally wrong to take anothers life in cold...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Why Can't We Have a Hybrid of Spiritual Beliefs?
The trouble with being outside of religion is deciding what exactly you are going to believe. You can't let a religion tell you what to believe. But then again there are many philosophies outside of religion to consider. So what do you decide on? I would like a combination of...
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