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"	Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Welcome to Blogit It's been 50 months since I joined this blogging site. In that time we have seen many bloggers come and go for a variety of reasons. Some simply never caught the blogging bug while others left in disappointment. Sometimes disappointed in their own performance as writers but most times the let down... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:10 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (17) (permalink) Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Little Furry Bloggers Update Every once in awhile I get around to updating my link rotator script in the left hand column of this blog. (Little Furry Bloggers Rising up to Heaven) It is with a heavy heart that I remove names such as SuccessWarrior and TVblogger but they are gone, replaced by new names and the online personas... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:49 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Monday, October 15, 2007 I don't have to respect your inferior beliefs Because mine are better I don't actually think this way but it is a fair statement to suggest that many a person here on Blogit has approached me with this attitude. For the life of me I cannot understand how they think that their behaviour is going to accomplish anything but insure that they go... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:55 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Saturday, October 13, 2007 The misinformation age If you surf the internet attempting to research any subject in any field it is likely that you will happen upon a website dedicated to misinformation. The qualifiers for publishing material of any kind on the internet are a computer, an internet connection and a pulse. A credit card is optional if a... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:04 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Friday, October 12, 2007 I must live on a different planet The complete and utter nonsense that some people advance as fact never ceases to amaze me. The number of people that will readily accept and proliferate the most preposterous of notions simply because it aligns with their beliefs is a source of equal astonishment. Hands up if you have ever met a... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:02 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (27) (permalink) Thursday, October 11, 2007 Remembering a college exam The first part of the exam was to read about a dozen stories derived from ancient mythology from a number of different cultures. Stories that had been grouped together because they all seemed to be chronicling the same events. The great flood in particular was presented as being witnessed by a... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:21 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Religious agendas ain't doing us any favors There is currently a trend unfolding within North America that has adherents to the Christian religions performing a great disservice to our societies. In the process of attempting to advance their agendas, much misinformation is disseminated. Some of it so blatant that it can only be described as... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:53 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Tuesday, October 9, 2007 All Atheists are Extremists? - give your head a shake Blogit has a way of fostering avenues of thought that fester into half baked notions that through the lack of scrutiny or the willingness of some to advance their agendas at all costs, become what appear to some as legitimate ideas. Then they run with it, never again examining the unsupportable... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:12 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) Monday, October 8, 2007 Popular misconceptions and other fun things It isn't actually "fun" when one realizes that far too many people are all too happy to blame others for the problems of society, are happy to proliferate negative stereotypes of entire groups of people and are happy to remain blissfully ignorant.... There is nothing fun about these things at all if... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Saturday, October 6, 2007 Jumpin Bejesus Reflecting back on nearly 40 months of writing this blog I have to ask myself why I bother. The same old tired subjects keep re-surfacing, the same old tired and very predictable reactions continue to manifest themselves. Not much changes. Deeply religious people reading an opposing viewpoint, (it... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:57 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (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"

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Welcome to Blogit

It's been 50 months since I joined this blogging site. In that time we have seen many bloggers come and go for a variety of reasons. Some simply never caught the blogging bug while others left in disappointment. Sometimes disappointed in their own performance as writers but most times the let down... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:10 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (17) (permalink)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Little Furry Bloggers Update

Every once in awhile I get around to updating my link rotator script in the left hand column of this blog. (Little Furry Bloggers Rising up to Heaven) It is with a heavy heart that I remove names such as SuccessWarrior and TVblogger but they are gone, replaced by new names and the online personas... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:49 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Monday, October 15, 2007

I don't have to respect your inferior beliefs

Because mine are better I don't actually think this way but it is a fair statement to suggest that many a person here on Blogit has approached me with this attitude. For the life of me I cannot understand how they think that their behaviour is going to accomplish anything but insure that they go... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:55 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Saturday, October 13, 2007

The misinformation age

If you surf the internet attempting to research any subject in any field it is likely that you will happen upon a website dedicated to misinformation. The qualifiers for publishing material of any kind on the internet are a computer, an internet connection and a pulse. A credit card is optional if a... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:04 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink)

Friday, October 12, 2007

I must live on a different planet

The complete and utter nonsense that some people advance as fact never ceases to amaze me. The number of people that will readily accept and proliferate the most preposterous of notions simply because it aligns with their beliefs is a source of equal astonishment. Hands up if you have ever met a... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:02 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (27) (permalink)

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Remembering a college exam

The first part of the exam was to read about a dozen stories derived from ancient mythology from a number of different cultures. Stories that had been grouped together because they all seemed to be chronicling the same events. The great flood in particular was presented as being witnessed by a... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:21 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Religious agendas ain't doing us any favors

There is currently a trend unfolding within North America that has adherents to the Christian religions performing a great disservice to our societies. In the process of attempting to advance their agendas, much misinformation is disseminated. Some of it so blatant that it can only be described as... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:53 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

All Atheists are Extremists? - give your head a shake

Blogit has a way of fostering avenues of thought that fester into half baked notions that through the lack of scrutiny or the willingness of some to advance their agendas at all costs, become what appear to some as legitimate ideas. Then they run with it, never again examining the unsupportable... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:12 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

Monday, October 8, 2007

Popular misconceptions and other fun things

It isn't actually "fun" when one realizes that far too many people are all too happy to blame others for the problems of society, are happy to proliferate negative stereotypes of entire groups of people and are happy to remain blissfully ignorant.... There is nothing fun about these things at all if... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Jumpin Bejesus

Reflecting back on nearly 40 months of writing this blog I have to ask myself why I bother. The same old tired subjects keep re-surfacing, the same old tired and very predictable reactions continue to manifest themselves. Not much changes. Deeply religious people reading an opposing viewpoint, (it... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:57 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

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