Religion in the Modern World

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Home About Me Some Scary Stuff Blog Description Attempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"	Monday, October 17, 2005 Who are you trying to convince? Me or yourself? Most people that try to attack my posts don't know sweet diddly about me. They just make up things to suit what little notions pop into their heads. We all have "About Me" pages which can be useful in determining who we are dealing with, though some people choose not to fill them out. If someone had... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:02 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Magic? --- what Magic? -- Yeah - religion asks you to believe in magic. It is just that most people do not see it this way. As witnessed by a few comments that I have had recently where I was asked this exact question: What magic? I dunno, I could make a quick list: Virgin conception, Moses parting the Red Sea, Manna from heaven, Water into wine, The... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (41) (permalink) Sunday, October 16, 2005 Responding to NOPEACE ..... part 1 Everyone I mention in a blog title gets a hotlink: NOPEACE Below is a segment of a comment that was left on my last posting by NOPEACE. The comment itself was too extensive to reply to all at once. "I find some of the statements that you made in regards to Janes Opinion quite interesting. For... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 4:55 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink) Saturday, October 15, 2005 A response to JanesOpinion - Inquiring minds wish to know. . . .? Everyone mentioned in one of my blog titles gets a hotlink: JanesOpinion Now to a portion of a comment left by the venerable blogger JanesOpinion: "Tell me, what's the difference between disagreeing with the lifestyle or choices of someone (for example, a homosexual) vs having absolutely NO RESPECT... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:21 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Friday, October 14, 2005 Some people wouldn't know what respect for the rights of others is..... ..... if it bit them on the ass. "I may not agree with what you say but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it"..yeah right, sure you will, or maybe you are merely parroting these words because they sound nice. Okay, so the guy in the picture seems to have some sort of inclination that... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Thursday, October 13, 2005 Why do bloggers come out of the woodwork when someone mentions gays? This is an expansion of a question posed in a post by: cantey_1975 So, why is the question of homosexuality such a hot issue, sure to draw opinions from the entire spectrum of collective thought? I can only liken it to the pollitically correct movement of the early 90's, a time of a bit of craziness... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:09 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink) Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Good ol John Prine sure knew how to write a religious hymn wouldn't U say? Woke up this morning Put on my slippers Walked into the kitchen and died And oh what a feeling! When my soul Went thru the ceiling And on up into heaven I did ride When I got there they did say Gome, it happened this a way You slipped upon the floor And hit your head Yeah, all the angels say That... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:00 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Some people aren't worth the spit it takes to curse at them Or however the old saying goes......it seems I've made a few enemies on this site again. Strickly from my blog content and regardless of how I may be erroneously portrayed, it is not from my behaviour or comments that I have left. It is a case of a few individuals taking offence as to what I have... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 5:12 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (29) (permalink) Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Bible thumping in laws are at it again -- trying to save my worthless soul This past weekend was the Thanksgiving Holiday here in Canada, my wife flew out of town to visit her mother. Better that than her coming here, she's coming at Christmas, how much cruel and unusual punishment is a man supposed to endure? My wife saves a few bucks over the year to use as "mad money",... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 4:59 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (29) (permalink) Deluded bliss is bliss nonetheless ......this was a throw away line waiting to become a blog title. I've probably used this sentence 871 million times in my life, though admittedly just an estimate, the real number of times I have uttered these words is up there somewhere. It has a direct correlation with the number of times someone... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:36 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

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Attempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"

Monday, October 17, 2005

Who are you trying to convince? Me or yourself?

Most people that try to attack my posts don't know sweet diddly about me. They just make up things to suit what little notions pop into their heads. We all have "About Me" pages which can be useful in determining who we are dealing with, though some people choose not to fill them out. If someone had... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:02 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Magic? --- what Magic? -- Yeah - religion asks you to believe in magic.

It is just that most people do not see it this way. As witnessed by a few comments that I have had recently where I was asked this exact question: What magic? I dunno, I could make a quick list: Virgin conception, Moses parting the Red Sea, Manna from heaven, Water into wine, The... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (41) (permalink)

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Responding to NOPEACE ..... part 1

Everyone I mention in a blog title gets a hotlink: NOPEACE Below is a segment of a comment that was left on my last posting by NOPEACE. The comment itself was too extensive to reply to all at once. "I find some of the statements that you made in regards to Janes Opinion quite interesting. For... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 4:55 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

Saturday, October 15, 2005

A response to JanesOpinion - Inquiring minds wish to know. . . .?

Everyone mentioned in one of my blog titles gets a hotlink: JanesOpinion Now to a portion of a comment left by the venerable blogger JanesOpinion: "Tell me, what's the difference between disagreeing with the lifestyle or choices of someone (for example, a homosexual) vs having absolutely NO RESPECT... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:21 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Friday, October 14, 2005

Some people wouldn't know what respect for the rights of others is.....

..... if it bit them on the ass. "I may not agree with what you say but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it"..yeah right, sure you will, or maybe you are merely parroting these words because they sound nice. Okay, so the guy in the picture seems to have some sort of inclination that... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Why do bloggers come out of the woodwork when someone mentions gays?

This is an expansion of a question posed in a post by: cantey_1975 So, why is the question of homosexuality such a hot issue, sure to draw opinions from the entire spectrum of collective thought? I can only liken it to the pollitically correct movement of the early 90's, a time of a bit of craziness... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:09 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink)

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Good ol John Prine sure knew how to write a religious hymn wouldn't U say?

Woke up this morning Put on my slippers Walked into the kitchen and died And oh what a feeling! When my soul Went thru the ceiling And on up into heaven I did ride When I got there they did say Gome, it happened this a way You slipped upon the floor And hit your head Yeah, all the angels say That... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:00 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink)

Some people aren't worth the spit it takes to curse at them

Or however the old saying goes......it seems I've made a few enemies on this site again. Strickly from my blog content and regardless of how I may be erroneously portrayed, it is not from my behaviour or comments that I have left. It is a case of a few individuals taking offence as to what I have... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 5:12 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (29) (permalink)

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Bible thumping in laws are at it again -- trying to save my worthless soul

This past weekend was the Thanksgiving Holiday here in Canada, my wife flew out of town to visit her mother. Better that than her coming here, she's coming at Christmas, how much cruel and unusual punishment is a man supposed to endure? My wife saves a few bucks over the year to use as "mad money",... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 4:59 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (29) (permalink)

Deluded bliss is bliss nonetheless

......this was a throw away line waiting to become a blog title. I've probably used this sentence 871 million times in my life, though admittedly just an estimate, the real number of times I have uttered these words is up there somewhere. It has a direct correlation with the number of times someone... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:36 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

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