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, August 15, 2005 Laying asphalt on the road to hell. It was time to run away from home again. Without having an actual count of how many times I had done so, only to return a few days later, it is safe to say that my attempts to leave permanantly numbered in the dozens. As usual I headed out into the bush with my rifle, about 40 or 50 rounds of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:13 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (12) (permalink) Sunday, August 14, 2005 Escape from the mission school --- shifting my spiritual center Sometimes there is a mood in the air of such overwhelming negativity that it blocks out the sun, it becomes a cloud and maybe rightfully so, is referred to as the cloud of despair. It is a darkness of the soul, the inner selfs wage war on each other. What is right becomes re-defined, the definition... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:09 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink) Why such acidity and seemingly unkind words towards Christians? I have to use words cause I left my flame thrower in my other pick up truck. Seriously though.... let's begin by asking yourself a few honest questions. How would you yourself react if the majority of people that met you felt it was their right to insult you. I'm not speaking about showing a little... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 5:30 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink) Thursday, August 11, 2005 More stuff for Christians to choke on In the past I have referred to the bible as a work of adult fiction. Unsuitable for children, of little value in terms of life guidance and for the most part, a full fledged depiction of mankind's folly. Harsh words you say? Not by a long shot. For the most part I remain quite civil towards the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:37 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (20) (permalink) So where the heck did Satan come from ? I received this pearl of wisdom in comment yesterday: " The sad fact is that you are deluded. Satan is a very real being, and you have absolutely NO proof to show that Satan is a mere invention." What are they teaching kids these days? Actually and as a matter of fact, Lucifer who is erroneously... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:06 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink) Wednesday, August 10, 2005 A few quick questions for Christians to choke on? Did Jesus know how to read and write? Considering that not one word written by him exists anywhere, it is reasonable to assume that he was illiterate, which would not be unusual during his time but what of his apostles and other followers? Are we to believe that not one person in this entire very... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:31 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink) Tuesday, August 9, 2005 How about a dose of reality for a change ? Continually we hear people speaking of spreading a message of love for our fellow man. We will even hear people stand up and proclaim that they are living a life of love for their fellow man and their God is a God of love etc. etc. All we need is love, everybody now. Yeah okay but at what point do... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:03 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Monday, August 8, 2005 So what really happened 2,000 years ago? It will never cease to amaze me how a historical event such as the crucifixion of Christ has somehow become elevated to the status of eternal truth even though we do not know any more about it than any other event from that time period. When current event reporters cannot even get something that... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:58 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Sunday, August 7, 2005 Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time ???? Yeah right, sure it does. Fairness to whom? Those who would want to manipulate science to reconcile with their ever diminishing grasp of reality? It really is a shame that Darwin presented his theory of evolution with what he referred to as the missing link. This one point of reference where man... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:04 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink) Saturday, August 6, 2005 A last word and an example of teachings different from Christianity. A completely different type of story from ancient native mythology: Condensed from a much larger work intended as children's stories to begin teaching them values. Shortly after the beginning of time and the creation of man, Awonwilona the creator of all, decided to drop in for a quick inspection of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (17) (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, August 15, 2005

Laying asphalt on the road to hell.

It was time to run away from home again. Without having an actual count of how many times I had done so, only to return a few days later, it is safe to say that my attempts to leave permanantly numbered in the dozens. As usual I headed out into the bush with my rifle, about 40 or 50 rounds of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:13 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (12) (permalink)

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Escape from the mission school --- shifting my spiritual center

Sometimes there is a mood in the air of such overwhelming negativity that it blocks out the sun, it becomes a cloud and maybe rightfully so, is referred to as the cloud of despair. It is a darkness of the soul, the inner selfs wage war on each other. What is right becomes re-defined, the definition... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:09 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink)

Why such acidity and seemingly unkind words towards Christians?

I have to use words cause I left my flame thrower in my other pick up truck. Seriously though.... let's begin by asking yourself a few honest questions. How would you yourself react if the majority of people that met you felt it was their right to insult you. I'm not speaking about showing a little... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 5:30 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink)

Thursday, August 11, 2005

More stuff for Christians to choke on

In the past I have referred to the bible as a work of adult fiction. Unsuitable for children, of little value in terms of life guidance and for the most part, a full fledged depiction of mankind's folly. Harsh words you say? Not by a long shot. For the most part I remain quite civil towards the... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:37 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (20) (permalink)

So where the heck did Satan come from ?

I received this pearl of wisdom in comment yesterday: " The sad fact is that you are deluded. Satan is a very real being, and you have absolutely NO proof to show that Satan is a mere invention." What are they teaching kids these days? Actually and as a matter of fact, Lucifer who is erroneously... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:06 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink)

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

A few quick questions for Christians to choke on?

Did Jesus know how to read and write? Considering that not one word written by him exists anywhere, it is reasonable to assume that he was illiterate, which would not be unusual during his time but what of his apostles and other followers? Are we to believe that not one person in this entire very... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:31 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink)

Tuesday, August 9, 2005

How about a dose of reality for a change ?

Continually we hear people speaking of spreading a message of love for our fellow man. We will even hear people stand up and proclaim that they are living a life of love for their fellow man and their God is a God of love etc. etc. All we need is love, everybody now. Yeah okay but at what point do... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:03 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink)

Monday, August 8, 2005

So what really happened 2,000 years ago?

It will never cease to amaze me how a historical event such as the crucifixion of Christ has somehow become elevated to the status of eternal truth even though we do not know any more about it than any other event from that time period. When current event reporters cannot even get something that... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:58 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Sunday, August 7, 2005

Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time ????

Yeah right, sure it does. Fairness to whom? Those who would want to manipulate science to reconcile with their ever diminishing grasp of reality? It really is a shame that Darwin presented his theory of evolution with what he referred to as the missing link. This one point of reference where man... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:04 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

Saturday, August 6, 2005

A last word and an example of teachings different from Christianity.

A completely different type of story from ancient native mythology: Condensed from a much larger work intended as children's stories to begin teaching them values. Shortly after the beginning of time and the creation of man, Awonwilona the creator of all, decided to drop in for a quick inspection of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (17) (permalink)

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