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"	Sunday, December 2, 2007 Talking religion with mental patients There are many people that have stopped into this blog over the years that I have enjoyed having dialogue with. Many reasonable, intelligent people frequent my comments section on a continuous basis... on a continuous basis... on a continuous basis... on a continuous basis... on a continuous... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:12 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Saturday, December 1, 2007 Our resident fundies are at it again I wandered over into some of the blogs that I usually avoid today, read a bit and then was reminded why I usually avoid these blogs. It is not my intention to insult the authors of some of these posts, they have enough problems it would seem judging by some of the sentiments expressed in their... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 3:39 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink) Friday, November 30, 2007 The Creator of all It really doesn't matter at what point in history that a person were to visit the human experience. At any juncture in our development as a species, the notion of an all powerful creator being was/is a belief held by the majority of those who are of the human race. While the names, dates and places... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Thursday, November 29, 2007 The importance of Jesus Christ It is a fair statement to say that no man before or after the life of the persona we know as Jesus Christ has influenced all of humanity to nearly the same degree. I use the word "persona" simply because we are speaking of ancient history when speaking of this man. A history that has been filtered,... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:09 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Where did we come from? Speaking in broad terms, there are 3 basic schools of thought pertaining to our origins as a species.The most popular being creation or "creation science" as it is sometimes erroneously referred to. The creationist View: God created the universe during 6 consecutive 24 hour days, less than 10,000... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:42 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Tuesday, November 27, 2007 That's why I drive a Mercedes and you ride the bus I don't actually own a Mercedes, nor would I ever care to....actually I heard that line on TV and thought it would make a neat blog title....but it is relevant to my point, if you will bear with me. There have been a few folks that have stopped by this blog over the years to get their whup on the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:36 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) Sunday, November 25, 2007 How accurate is religious history? When discussing the events that took place as chronicled in religious doctrine so many hundreds and even thousands of years ago, the reality is that we have almost no idea of what really happened. It matters not what side of the globe you live on, it matters not what religion is the subject of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:34 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink) Saturday, November 24, 2007 Picking our friends It matters not who you are, a foible of our nature as human beings is that we will instinctively gravitate towards those who think like us as we make our choices in life as to whom we will associate with. Those with whom we disagree, either on an ideological level or on specific points of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:36 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Thursday, November 22, 2007 The "Moral Majority" is neither Awhile back Kooka had a link to a protest of Petsmart stores by a bible thumping loony group called the American Family Association (AFA) who was getting all bent out of shape because they were replacing the word "Christmas" with "Holidays". Of course their reasoning was that by removing the word... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:45 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink) Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Reading about yourself on Blogit If you spend a bit of time here on Blogit, interact with others by commenting or replying to comments, you will eventually be treated to an assessment of who you are by someone. Almost routinely, your Blogit user name may appear in headlines or be referenced by others in the content of their blogs... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 1:32 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (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"

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Talking religion with mental patients

There are many people that have stopped into this blog over the years that I have enjoyed having dialogue with. Many reasonable, intelligent people frequent my comments section on a continuous basis... on a continuous basis... on a continuous basis... on a continuous basis... on a continuous... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:12 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Our resident fundies are at it again

I wandered over into some of the blogs that I usually avoid today, read a bit and then was reminded why I usually avoid these blogs. It is not my intention to insult the authors of some of these posts, they have enough problems it would seem judging by some of the sentiments expressed in their... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 3:39 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink)

Friday, November 30, 2007

The Creator of all

It really doesn't matter at what point in history that a person were to visit the human experience. At any juncture in our development as a species, the notion of an all powerful creator being was/is a belief held by the majority of those who are of the human race. While the names, dates and places... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Thursday, November 29, 2007

The importance of Jesus Christ

It is a fair statement to say that no man before or after the life of the persona we know as Jesus Christ has influenced all of humanity to nearly the same degree. I use the word "persona" simply because we are speaking of ancient history when speaking of this man. A history that has been filtered,... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:09 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Where did we come from?

Speaking in broad terms, there are 3 basic schools of thought pertaining to our origins as a species.The most popular being creation or "creation science" as it is sometimes erroneously referred to. The creationist View: God created the universe during 6 consecutive 24 hour days, less than 10,000... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:42 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

That's why I drive a Mercedes and you ride the bus

I don't actually own a Mercedes, nor would I ever care to....actually I heard that line on TV and thought it would make a neat blog title....but it is relevant to my point, if you will bear with me. There have been a few folks that have stopped by this blog over the years to get their whup on the... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:36 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

Sunday, November 25, 2007

How accurate is religious history?

When discussing the events that took place as chronicled in religious doctrine so many hundreds and even thousands of years ago, the reality is that we have almost no idea of what really happened. It matters not what side of the globe you live on, it matters not what religion is the subject of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:34 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink)

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Picking our friends

It matters not who you are, a foible of our nature as human beings is that we will instinctively gravitate towards those who think like us as we make our choices in life as to whom we will associate with. Those with whom we disagree, either on an ideological level or on specific points of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:36 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Thursday, November 22, 2007

The "Moral Majority" is neither

Awhile back Kooka had a link to a protest of Petsmart stores by a bible thumping loony group called the American Family Association (AFA) who was getting all bent out of shape because they were replacing the word "Christmas" with "Holidays". Of course their reasoning was that by removing the word... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:45 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink)

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Reading about yourself on Blogit

If you spend a bit of time here on Blogit, interact with others by commenting or replying to comments, you will eventually be treated to an assessment of who you are by someone. Almost routinely, your Blogit user name may appear in headlines or be referenced by others in the content of their blogs... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 1:32 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink)

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