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, May 21, 2007 Hoogly Googly little Goblins and Haunted Houses We have all spoken about paranormal manifestations and demons in the past. I think we all can agree that there are a lot of things the human species sees but does not understand. It is vitally important that the two tenuously related subjects are not blended together as one. Where demonology is a... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:42 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) Sunday, May 20, 2007 The Good and Scary people of Blogit During my time here on Blogit, there have been some religious folks in their attempts to set my "wrong thinking" straight who have instead; reminded me about all of the things I despise about religion. exclusionism -- Has to top the list. The sheer arrogance of implying that we have it right while... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:03 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Saturday, May 19, 2007 This country was founded on Christian values I always get a chuckle out of people's ability to seperate and combine issues for convenience. For example: how many times have you heard someone say "this country was founded, built and made great by following Christian values." then a few short breaths later say something to the effect of: "this... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:04 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (0) (permalink) Friday, May 18, 2007 Truly you must be born of the Spirit? Awhile back I received this comment from another blogger: Gomedome, "Truly you must be born of the spirit, flesh breeds flesh and spirit breeds spirit. That's a rough paraphrase of the speech Jesus gave to Nicodemus, I'm sure you've heard a hundred thousand times. It sounds trite and televangelical... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:03 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink) Thursday, May 17, 2007 A pointed question about belief "If you Don't Believe that in order to go to Heaven by accepting Jesus as your Savior could you share with me why?" I was asked this question awhile back by another Blogit member. For me, non belief in the traditional definition of a biblical God started very early in life. As young as the ages of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:38 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Classic Blog Wars On Saturday afternoons they replay some of the classic boxing matches of all time, you know the ones; Ali vs Frazier, Leonard vs Hagler etc. etc........so how about: Gomedome versus the bible thumping crazies? My alltime classic blogwar, which took place 10 months ago or thereabouts, was really... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:50 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink) Tuesday, May 15, 2007 God this, God that I often wonder if some people ever consider the fact that when they are conversing with a non believer, their insisting upon speaking of the existence of God in absolutes may be considered offensive? They seem to not understand the basic reciprocation of consideration. I liken it to the example of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:50 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (12) (permalink) Monday, May 14, 2007 The reality of conversion Hang around this category long enough and you will hear someone expouse one of the greatest fables of belief, a concocted story so preposterous, yet so widely accepted as factual that it can only be called a fable. I'm of course speaking of conversion but more specifically the fallacy that it is a... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:51 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink) Sunday, May 13, 2007 Little Furry Bloggers If you look in the left hand column of this blog template, there is a link rotating script that I have loaded the user names and links for a number of bloggers into. I get around to editing this script every once in awhile, adding new names, deleting the names of those who are no longer active on... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:51 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (0) (permalink) Saturday, May 12, 2007 Dealing with the Blogit Peanut Gallery If you ever see me use a derogatory term to describe a specific blogger, you might want to go over to your calendar and mark a big X on the date, it is as rare as Haley's Comet that I would do such a thing. It is also a surety that the action was prompted, because despite claims to the contrary I... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:22 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (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"

Monday, May 21, 2007

Hoogly Googly little Goblins and Haunted Houses

We have all spoken about paranormal manifestations and demons in the past. I think we all can agree that there are a lot of things the human species sees but does not understand. It is vitally important that the two tenuously related subjects are not blended together as one. Where demonology is a... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:42 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

Sunday, May 20, 2007

The Good and Scary people of Blogit

During my time here on Blogit, there have been some religious folks in their attempts to set my "wrong thinking" straight who have instead; reminded me about all of the things I despise about religion. exclusionism -- Has to top the list. The sheer arrogance of implying that we have it right while... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:03 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Saturday, May 19, 2007

This country was founded on Christian values

I always get a chuckle out of people's ability to seperate and combine issues for convenience. For example: how many times have you heard someone say "this country was founded, built and made great by following Christian values." then a few short breaths later say something to the effect of: "this... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:04 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (0) (permalink)

Friday, May 18, 2007

Truly you must be born of the Spirit?

Awhile back I received this comment from another blogger: Gomedome, "Truly you must be born of the spirit, flesh breeds flesh and spirit breeds spirit. That's a rough paraphrase of the speech Jesus gave to Nicodemus, I'm sure you've heard a hundred thousand times. It sounds trite and televangelical... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:03 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink)

Thursday, May 17, 2007

A pointed question about belief

"If you Don't Believe that in order to go to Heaven by accepting Jesus as your Savior could you share with me why?" I was asked this question awhile back by another Blogit member. For me, non belief in the traditional definition of a biblical God started very early in life. As young as the ages of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:38 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Classic Blog Wars

On Saturday afternoons they replay some of the classic boxing matches of all time, you know the ones; Ali vs Frazier, Leonard vs Hagler etc. etc........so how about: Gomedome versus the bible thumping crazies? My alltime classic blogwar, which took place 10 months ago or thereabouts, was really... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:50 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (15) (permalink)

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

God this, God that

I often wonder if some people ever consider the fact that when they are conversing with a non believer, their insisting upon speaking of the existence of God in absolutes may be considered offensive? They seem to not understand the basic reciprocation of consideration. I liken it to the example of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:50 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (12) (permalink)

Monday, May 14, 2007

The reality of conversion

Hang around this category long enough and you will hear someone expouse one of the greatest fables of belief, a concocted story so preposterous, yet so widely accepted as factual that it can only be called a fable. I'm of course speaking of conversion but more specifically the fallacy that it is a... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:51 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Little Furry Bloggers

If you look in the left hand column of this blog template, there is a link rotating script that I have loaded the user names and links for a number of bloggers into. I get around to editing this script every once in awhile, adding new names, deleting the names of those who are no longer active on... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:51 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (0) (permalink)

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Dealing with the Blogit Peanut Gallery

If you ever see me use a derogatory term to describe a specific blogger, you might want to go over to your calendar and mark a big X on the date, it is as rare as Haley's Comet that I would do such a thing. It is also a surety that the action was prompted, because despite claims to the contrary I... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:22 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

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