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"	Saturday, January 26, 2008 I truly hate some people - with a passion "Hatred" is one of those words in the English language that gets bandied about flippantly as an accusation by far too many people. It is the subject of denial as much as any other verb in our vocabularies and is quite often the true root of many a well disguised agenda proclaiming quite the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 3:12 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink) Thursday, January 24, 2008 So you want to be a messiah? Did you miss the part about what happened to the last guy that they pinned the messiah medal on? During my time on Blogit there have been a few wannabe messiahs come and go. Folks that are so enamored with their own religious opinion that they feel compelled to not only share it with others but to... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:01 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink) Tuesday, January 22, 2008 What does morality mean to you? From Wikipedia.org, morality is defined as follows: Morality (from the Latin moralitaser "manner, character, proper behavior") has "four" principal meanings. In its first descriptive usage: morality means a code of conduct held to be authoritative in matters of right and wrong, whether by society,... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:22 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Sunday, January 20, 2008 I hope God will forgive you for your beliefs I have had a version of this statement uttered in my direction more times than I can count, numerous times as comments right here on Blogit. What a thing to say to someone and especially considering that more often than not, the person suggesting such a thing has no idea what I believe. They only... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:41 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) Friday, January 18, 2008 Gay ads on TV? One late night awhile back, when I was drifting off to sleep in front of the TV, an advertisement for condoms came on. It was well after midnight, if they are going to advertise things such as that on TV, I thought the time of day appropriate but then the ad itself took a little twist I hadn't... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:55 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Sure thing Mitt - in your dreams maybe I never though that someone would outdo Democrat Joe Biden for coming up with the biggest feel good fallacy in a throwaway catch phrase but Republican Mitt Romney has just done it. If you remember, Joe Biden on the issue of illegal immigration came up with the line that stated: "there is no such... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:41 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink) Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Prejudice is sometimes a reality Finally in my country, where about 2% of our populace is an adherent to Islam, there is a grassroots movement taking place within a number of mosques to denounce those who would support terrorism. My only response when hearing of this recently developing trend was to mutter to myself "it's about... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:23 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink) Monday, January 14, 2008 Noah and his pet dinosaurs I don't think that we can ever be surprised at the lengths people will go to in making a religious point. It doesn't even seem to matter when religion is involved, if the point itself has any credence. This can be said about a relatively new movement that wants oh so desperately to teach people the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:38 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (3) (permalink) Sunday, January 13, 2008 Your Sunday morning hymn By John Prine 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... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 3:46 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Thursday, January 10, 2008 Saving strangers I can understand why members of a family might want to influence the religious beliefs of other family members. If an individual does truly believe that their particular faith holds the key to salvation, it is only natural that they would want everyone in their family to be saved as well. What I... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (22) (permalink)

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"

Saturday, January 26, 2008

I truly hate some people - with a passion

"Hatred" is one of those words in the English language that gets bandied about flippantly as an accusation by far too many people. It is the subject of denial as much as any other verb in our vocabularies and is quite often the true root of many a well disguised agenda proclaiming quite the... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 3:12 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

Thursday, January 24, 2008

So you want to be a messiah?

Did you miss the part about what happened to the last guy that they pinned the messiah medal on? During my time on Blogit there have been a few wannabe messiahs come and go. Folks that are so enamored with their own religious opinion that they feel compelled to not only share it with others but to... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:01 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink)

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

What does morality mean to you?

From Wikipedia.org, morality is defined as follows: Morality (from the Latin moralitaser "manner, character, proper behavior") has "four" principal meanings. In its first descriptive usage: morality means a code of conduct held to be authoritative in matters of right and wrong, whether by society,... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:22 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink)

Sunday, January 20, 2008

I hope God will forgive you for your beliefs

I have had a version of this statement uttered in my direction more times than I can count, numerous times as comments right here on Blogit. What a thing to say to someone and especially considering that more often than not, the person suggesting such a thing has no idea what I believe. They only... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:41 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

Friday, January 18, 2008

Gay ads on TV?

One late night awhile back, when I was drifting off to sleep in front of the TV, an advertisement for condoms came on. It was well after midnight, if they are going to advertise things such as that on TV, I thought the time of day appropriate but then the ad itself took a little twist I hadn't... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:55 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Sure thing Mitt - in your dreams maybe

I never though that someone would outdo Democrat Joe Biden for coming up with the biggest feel good fallacy in a throwaway catch phrase but Republican Mitt Romney has just done it. If you remember, Joe Biden on the issue of illegal immigration came up with the line that stated: "there is no such... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:41 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Prejudice is sometimes a reality

Finally in my country, where about 2% of our populace is an adherent to Islam, there is a grassroots movement taking place within a number of mosques to denounce those who would support terrorism. My only response when hearing of this recently developing trend was to mutter to myself "it's about... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:23 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink)

Monday, January 14, 2008

Noah and his pet dinosaurs

I don't think that we can ever be surprised at the lengths people will go to in making a religious point. It doesn't even seem to matter when religion is involved, if the point itself has any credence. This can be said about a relatively new movement that wants oh so desperately to teach people the... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:38 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (3) (permalink)

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Your Sunday morning hymn

By John Prine 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... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 3:46 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Saving strangers

I can understand why members of a family might want to influence the religious beliefs of other family members. If an individual does truly believe that their particular faith holds the key to salvation, it is only natural that they would want everyone in their family to be saved as well. What I... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (22) (permalink)

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