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"	Friday, October 5, 2007 Those horrible, evil, despicable atheists Unless you are a simpering idiot, you will eventually become weary from the ravings of simpering idiots. Reading post after post over the years written by a variety of chuckleheads decrying the evil influences of atheism on society from a position of nearly complete ignorance qualifies as the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:20 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Thursday, October 4, 2007 So what was God telling Christians back then? Post in this category long enough and there are a few phrases that are sure to be thrown your way in comments that are derived from some of the famous bible stories. The phrase: "... the tree of knowledge of good and evil " has been used more times than I can count, mostly as a means of solidifying... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:07 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (16) (permalink) Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Agnosticism nurtured by astronomy As a young lad growing up I was asked to believe (forced may be a better word) that the universe was created in 6 days by an omnipotent benevolent being. He rested on the 7th day apparently. By the looks of the size of the universe he created he must have needed the rest. The big guy must have been... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:06 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink) Monday, October 1, 2007 How and why biblical prophecies work They don't actually "work" as in any of the biblical prophecies ever coming to fruition but moreso they work in the sense that the observer is conditioned to ignore all of the failures of biblical prophecies. That ultimately is how all prophecies work, from the carnival fortune teller to the modern... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:02 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (19) (permalink) Saturday, September 29, 2007 I can laugh at myself - how about you? When I find myself embroiled in a difference of opinion and am completely convinced that the other person is not playing with a full deck, I have to laugh at myself. Who's the numbnut if one guy has a full deck and the other guy doesn't? The one with the full deck has to be the object of humor. The... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:48 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink) Friday, September 28, 2007 Distinguishing between a rebuttal and an attack If you were to ask just about anyone who lives on the North American continent if they adhere to the ideal of freedom of religious expression or another closely related ideal in freedom of speech, they will answer in the affirmative. In reality however, we have all merely been programmed to respond... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:23 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Thursday, September 27, 2007 Why are you the way that you are? My blog title doesn't mean anything, it's irrelevant. I just needed something to fill in the subject field but while we are at it why are you the way that you are? Fairly innocuous words at first glance but there is a subtle negative implication inherent in this phrase. We don't walk up to people... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:56 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink) Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Does anyone want to hear my side of the story? All disputes have 3 sides to the story as they say; their side, your side and the truth. This time around; my side of the story, which I like to think is the truth, differs so much from "their side", it is as if one of us is from another planet, speaks a different language, has an attention deficit... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 3:06 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink) Monday, September 24, 2007 Let us find common ground in our beliefs The blog title denotes a nice sentiment, one that should be a no brainer in that realistically there is little choice but to find common ground in what others believe. That is if you want to have dealings with them and not perpetually insult them. Most people in practice will support this notion, at... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:59 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (20) (permalink) Thursday, September 20, 2007 Is it time to wrap up this blog? Over the last 3 days I've had 21 clicks on this blog. There was a time when I would have considered 21 clicks in one day an anomaly, as this blog averaged 75-150 clicks per day for a couple of years. An average of 7 readers per day suggests a few realities. I've been getting stale for awhile now,... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:55 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"

Friday, October 5, 2007

Those horrible, evil, despicable atheists

Unless you are a simpering idiot, you will eventually become weary from the ravings of simpering idiots. Reading post after post over the years written by a variety of chuckleheads decrying the evil influences of atheism on society from a position of nearly complete ignorance qualifies as the... Sign in to see full entry.

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

Thursday, October 4, 2007

So what was God telling Christians back then?

Post in this category long enough and there are a few phrases that are sure to be thrown your way in comments that are derived from some of the famous bible stories. The phrase: "... the tree of knowledge of good and evil " has been used more times than I can count, mostly as a means of solidifying... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:07 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (16) (permalink)

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Agnosticism nurtured by astronomy

As a young lad growing up I was asked to believe (forced may be a better word) that the universe was created in 6 days by an omnipotent benevolent being. He rested on the 7th day apparently. By the looks of the size of the universe he created he must have needed the rest. The big guy must have been... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:06 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink)

Monday, October 1, 2007

How and why biblical prophecies work

They don't actually "work" as in any of the biblical prophecies ever coming to fruition but moreso they work in the sense that the observer is conditioned to ignore all of the failures of biblical prophecies. That ultimately is how all prophecies work, from the carnival fortune teller to the modern... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:02 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (19) (permalink)

Saturday, September 29, 2007

I can laugh at myself - how about you?

When I find myself embroiled in a difference of opinion and am completely convinced that the other person is not playing with a full deck, I have to laugh at myself. Who's the numbnut if one guy has a full deck and the other guy doesn't? The one with the full deck has to be the object of humor. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:48 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink)

Friday, September 28, 2007

Distinguishing between a rebuttal and an attack

If you were to ask just about anyone who lives on the North American continent if they adhere to the ideal of freedom of religious expression or another closely related ideal in freedom of speech, they will answer in the affirmative. In reality however, we have all merely been programmed to respond... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:23 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Why are you the way that you are?

My blog title doesn't mean anything, it's irrelevant. I just needed something to fill in the subject field but while we are at it why are you the way that you are? Fairly innocuous words at first glance but there is a subtle negative implication inherent in this phrase. We don't walk up to people... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:56 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink)

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Does anyone want to hear my side of the story?

All disputes have 3 sides to the story as they say; their side, your side and the truth. This time around; my side of the story, which I like to think is the truth, differs so much from "their side", it is as if one of us is from another planet, speaks a different language, has an attention deficit... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 3:06 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink)

Monday, September 24, 2007

Let us find common ground in our beliefs

The blog title denotes a nice sentiment, one that should be a no brainer in that realistically there is little choice but to find common ground in what others believe. That is if you want to have dealings with them and not perpetually insult them. Most people in practice will support this notion, at... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:59 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (20) (permalink)

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Is it time to wrap up this blog?

Over the last 3 days I've had 21 clicks on this blog. There was a time when I would have considered 21 clicks in one day an anomaly, as this blog averaged 75-150 clicks per day for a couple of years. An average of 7 readers per day suggests a few realities. I've been getting stale for awhile now,... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (22) (permalink)

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